The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 10: SpectraLink)

(This write up concludes the theme, The 10 that Established VoIP) In absence of the wireless component, VoIP cannot claim to be an all encompassing communications technology. Voice-over-WiFi, which has essentially been serving as the wireless face of VoIP, saw...

Posted by JR on September 24, 2007 8:51 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 9: NexTone)

With the softswitch offering, VoIP industry had heavily focused on IP-PSTN call flow. Not many were focused on call management within the IP cloud. NexTone was one of the first companies that looked at this problem. That is one area...

Posted by JR on August 7, 2007 8:55 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 8: Skype)

Skype is easily the most influential consumer offering that the VoIP world has been able to produce in its history of 13 years. It is easier to see things in retrospect. So let me list the reasons why I think...

Posted by JR on August 1, 2007 9:17 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 7: Softbank BB)

Voice-over-Broadband (VoBB) breathed a new life into VoIP. A few companies stand out in terms of their contribution toward making that happen. These, in my opinion, include Cisco and NetCentrex on the equipment side, and Softbank BB, FastWeb and Vonage...

Posted by JR on July 31, 2007 5:33 PM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 6: Cisco)

Cisco created demand for VoIP in the enterprise segment as opposed to responding to the demand. That is what sets it apart from the rest. The company has been involved in an everlasting period of educating the enterprise customers on...

Posted by JR on July 30, 2007 11:26 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 5: 3GPP)

In order to justify our choice for selecting 3GPP among the 10 most influential organizations in VoIP history, we have to start with answering two straightforward questions: (1) How far is 3GPP responsible for drafting IMS blueprint, and (2) What...

Posted by JR on July 20, 2007 1:05 PM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 4: Sonus Networks)

By 1999, the first phase of VoIP miracle had been achieved. People could make international calls for a fraction of the cost they previously paid. Companies like Vocaltec and ITXC had made significant contributions in making that happen. The next...

Posted by JR on July 18, 2007 1:43 PM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 3: ITXC)

I have chosen ITXC among ‘The 10 That Established VoIP’ for the company’s pioneering contribution in the areas of International Long Distance (ILD) VoIP wholesale model, management of voice transportation over public Internet, commercial interoperability among varied VoIP platforms, and...

Posted by JR on July 16, 2007 9:50 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 2: Level 3)

VoIP at Level 3 started in 1997 with an internal project on inter-working of SS7 and IP. The project aimed to separate control and media elements for IP data traffic and was initially named as SIOS (SS7-IP Operating System) project....

Posted by JR on July 13, 2007 11:18 AM

The 10 that Established VoIP (Part 1: VocalTec)

Product named Internet Phone, developed by VocalTec, was a pioneering product from two aspects: (1) It had the ability to do VoIP call over the bandwidth-starved public Internet of 1995, and (2) The developers of Internet Phone had to overcome...

Posted by JR on July 13, 2007 11:10 AM

10 organizations that established VoIP industry

VoIP represents a major paradigm shift in communications technology. It is changing business processes and consumer lifestyles worldwide. Not only is the change over to VoIP irreversible, VoIP has proven to be the main catalyst in convergence of services and...

Posted by JR on July 13, 2007 11:05 AM