August 2008

Managing multiple TV service providers on the same TV set

Wed, 2008-08-27 19:18 — JR

The idea of a wiki pluggin for MT turned out to be a self-inspiration. I have not blogged any creative ideas for long. But like the IP traffic, they travel in bursts. Incidentally we had a 2 hour break â€“...

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DECT could win over WiFi for in-house wireless VoIP

Wed, 2008-08-27 19:57 — JR

Talking about creative ideas, here is a third idea of the day: A hardware add-on that can be plugged into an IAD (through an Ethernet port) serving as a base station for a DECT phone. That is what I thought...

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Dial-up in the time of cholera

Fri, 2008-08-15 19:30 — JR

I have been reduced to dial-up internet for over 10 days now, which is one of the reasons why I have not blogged. Canâ€™t stand the dial-up speed anymore. We have been unable to reach our office for the last...

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Interview with Bob Howard-Anderson, CEO, Occam Networks

Wed, 2008-08-13 10:27 — JR

With reference to VoIP, your product allows Class 5 switching via GR.303, which has been one of the ways carriers were migrating to VoIP. Why have they instead gone for over-the-top VoIP option instead of migrating Class 5 voice infrastructure...

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France Telecom 2Q08 VoIP and IPTV Update

Tue, 2008-08-05 12:15 — Sabiya Naaz

â€¢ FT had 5 million VoIP subscribers in France as of end 2Q08. Added 346k subscribers during 2Q08 â€¢ 670k VoBB customers outside France. Poland: 176k VoIP subscribers, other European countries 494k â€¢ VoIP represented 64% penetration into the ADSL...

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40,000 Veraz gateway ports on sale

Tue, 2008-08-05 13:30 — JR

Over $50 million worth telecom equipment that belonged to Starvox, will be sold via online auction next week on the 12th of this month. The equipment includes over 40,000 Veraz gateway ports and around 5,000 Cisco VoIP gateway ports. Cisco...

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64% VoIP subscribers in France use VoIP as primary fixed line

Tue, 2008-08-05 15:14 — JR

Arcep, the French communications regulator, has published its 1Q08 report on French telecoms market. The document reveals that majority of the VoIP subscribers in the country use VoIP as the primary line. In fact a fifth of all French fixed...

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Interview with Ken Epps, CEO, U4EA Technologies

Wed, 2008-08-06 11:31 — JR

Enterprise media gateway business is dominated by Cisco. My understanding is that it is a tough business to be in unless your shipments scale significantly. Would that be a fair assessment? Scale is important and we are looking for channels...

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How to use Voice 2.0 to drive web traffic

Thu, 2008-08-07 06:50 — JR

Developers have never been so hot in telecoms. They must be spoilt for choice given the numerous programs out there enticing them with high level voice APIs. On the other hand these high level APIs across multiple vendor platforms could...

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Charter Communications 2Q08 VoIP Update

Thu, 2008-08-07 12:14 — Sabiya Naaz

â€¢ 1.2 million VoIP subscribers at the end of 2Q08. â€¢ Added 90,500 new subs during 2Q08, the most active VoIP quarter so far. â€¢ VoIP revenues increased to $134 million from pro forma revenue of $80 million in a...

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