VoLTE not the only mobile VoIP option

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	VoLTE not the only mobile VoIP option Last week, we highlighted a report on VoLTE (Voice over LTE) that talks about how mobile operators are transitioning to a technology that will incorporate voice over IP (VoIP) onto the mobile data channel. However, we’ve also seen other alternatives for mobile VoIP blossom over the years, including mobile apps offered by “over the top” (OTT) VoIP providers (such as Vonage and Skype), landline VoIP carriers (such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable) and Internet portal providers including Google, Yahoo!, and others.New entrants are adding diversity of choice for mobile VoIP, with Facebook topping the list of successful newcomers. In the latest round of financial reports, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that his company has rolled out VoIP calls on WhatsApp, also reporting that Facebook Messenger “already accounts for more than 10% of mobile VoIP calls globally.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection Big Changes to SQL Licensing This document we focuses on SQL migration and how licensing changes may impact you. You may be asking, what programs are available to me? Rest assured there are options for you to evaluate and we're here to assist you in determining which the best fit for your organization is. Learn More In this Issue HP switches fortify campus SDNs LA school district seeks millions from Apple over iPad software woes INSIDER Hottest jobs, industries and cities for IT pay in 2015 INSIDER Get a raise! 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Read now LA school district seeks millions from Apple over iPad software woes The Los Angeles Unified School District is seeking a multimillion dollar refund from Apple over a failed project to provide 650,000 students with iPads they could use at home.LA Unified approached Apple in 2013 about using its tablets as part of an ambitious project to provide every student, teacher and administrator in the U.S.'s second-largest school district with an iPad.The initiative, then known as the Common Core Technology Project, would cost around US$1.3 billion, the school district said at the time, with half that figure going to Apple and the remainder being used to build out wireless networks at the schools.Apple hired Pearson Education as a subcontractor to develop software for the iPads, but according to a letter the school district sent to Apple this week, a "vast majority" of the student have been unable to use the software.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network You may have heard the buzz about iBeacon, a technology that enables proximity-based services for mobile devices. 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