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NewsSurewest increase revenue, barely profits
Independent telco SureWest Communications reported a 20 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter to about $51.6 million, but the company was barely in positive net income territory, with a Read more...
Could international telcos unite against Skype?
Speaking of mega-ventures, could a dozen or so incumbent telcos from around the world team up to launch a free international calling service that would challenge Skype? ThinkPanmure analyst Anton Read more...
Report: Telcos looking for their share of VoIP
VoIP traffic has increased 35% in the past year and carriers are continuing to spend money to grab their share of the market, says a new report from iLocus. Among the iLocus findings:All major Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Yahoo vs. Skype in VoIP war?; Telecom Italia pulls back; and much more...
> Yahoo to battle Skype in bid to conquer VoIP market Report > 72 percent Of Read more...
Comcast sees voice sign-ups boom, profit fall
Comcast added 639,000 digital telephony subscribers during the first quarter and almost half a million broadband Internet customers, but that may not be enough to offset a fresh round of concerns Read more...
Vonage lands $215 million in debt financing
VoIP service provider Vonage said it has lined up $215 million in debt financing from a private third party which will help the company refinance much of its current debt of more than $253 million. Read more...
Massachusetts moves toward new telco tax
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue is currently collecting a lot of information about the telephone poles and wires that run over public rights-of-way in communities across the state. Why? Read more...
Budgets push enterprise to hosted IP telephony
Hosted IP telephony and VoIP services are hot and likely to continue to grow as small- to medium-sized enterprise customers look for more budget-conscious telecom solutions, says a new report from Read more...
Sonus Networks to acquire Atreus Systems
Sonus Networks is acquiring Atreus Systems, a vendor of VoIP technology and IP service provisioning systems based in Ottawa, Canada. Atreus has been around for nine years and actually has been a Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Skype flattens international rates; Packeteer luring potential buyers?; and much more...
> Skype's new flat-rate international plans prove VoIP is commoditizing, analysts say. Read more...
| Press ReleasesNet2Phone Lowers Prices on Residential Broadband Phone Service to Help Consumers in Tough Economic Times NEWARK, N.J. — Net2Phone, the VoIP pioneer, is lowering prices on VoiceLine, its flagship residential broadband phone service. Now for a flat Read more... U4EA Technologies Expands Multi-Service Business Gateway Product Line with Fusion 500 INTEROP LAS VEGAS – April 29, 2008 – U4EA Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of integrated access technology for converged communications, today announced it is expanding its Multi-Service Read more... ADTRAN Launches Innovative IP Phones to Complement Broad Line of VoIP SolutionsHUNTSVILLE, Ala., Apr 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ADTRAN(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading supplier of IP-based networking solutions, today announced a new line of IP telephones. The ADTRAN IP 700 Read more... Fonality® announces the Fonality Authorized Certified Ecosystem (FACE) Fonality®, the leading provider of open source phone systems, today announced the Fonality Authorized Certified Ecosystem (FACE), a program that certifies third party products for trixbox® CE, Read more... Packet8 Virtual Office Business Phone System Now Available at OfficeMax Retail OutletsSANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc.(Nasdaq: EGHT), Read more... Whitepapers and ReportsVoIP Technology OverviewVoice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is already shaping the future of telephony. Tektronix provides an introduction to VoIP, the benefits of IP telephony over traditional telephony, standards and Read more... |