19/03/2010 - VoIP Monitoring: Interview with Jan Bastian, CEO of VOIPFUTURE

VOIPFUTURE, a provider of RTP Monitoring as a standard network solution, was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

They deliver technology to monitor and evaluate voice quality in Next Generation Networks. The products are characterized by performance, precision and vendor independence.

17/03/2010 - VoLGA Significantly Outperforms Call-Setup Times

Recent Voice over LTE testing confirms that VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) outperforms current 3G network call-setup times by nearly 40 percent. At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Steven Shaw, VP of Marketing at Kineto.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Ron Pass of REVE Systems

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona REVE Systems, a provider of VoIP products and solutions was presenting its flagship product – iTel Mobile Dialer Express that’s being used across 1200+ switches, in more than 50 countries across the world.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with John Hermansen of Global IP Solutions

Global IP Solutions is a voice and video processing software, enabling the development of video solution for video and voice over IP. They recently announced their new software available for android and iPhone platforms which will enable people to develop applications for video conferences.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Johan Lantz of Genaker

Genaker focuses on development of state-of-the-art solutions based on SIP, they are R&D Company that aims to replace the legacy of the walki-talki devices with modern technology communicating over cellular networks.

04/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Chris Labonne of Dialogic

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Chris Labonne, Field Applications Engineer at Dialogic.

In Barcelona they were presenting a wide variety of applications enabled by Dialogic technology, including Click-to-Video-Call, IVVR, Video Advertising, Gaming, Messaging, and VCCV, Video Conferencing, Video LBS, Video Portal, and VRT, Video SDP VAS with HD Voice.

04/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Olga Toprover, Sales Director at Forte IT

In Barcelona we talked to Olga Toprover, Sales Director at Forte IT, a Russian IT company specialized in call center, IVR and IVVR software development that has been chosen as a hardware platform of Dialogic - recognized leader and developer of industry standards in computer telephony.

01/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gil Regev of Fring

Smartphone.Biz-News.com had a chat with Gil Regev, Marketing Communications Manager for Fring. He gave us a live demonstration connecting from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the Fring Headquarters.

Since the video calling has been so successful they announced that they will be expanding it to 9.2 and 9.3 Symbian platforms.

23/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Rodrigue Ullens, CEO of Voxbone

In a cozy booth at Mobile World Congress we found Rod Ullens, Co-founder and CEO of Voxbone, a VoIP carrier providing a centralized access to local phone numbers and toll-free numbers around the world.

Watch the interview with Rod to find out what are the competitive advantages of Voxbone’s innovative VoIP solutions.

26/10/2009 - IP Becomes More Attractive to SMB's: Interview with Jeff Howe, President of Allworx

In the world of communication services and VoIP technology there are a lot of companies out there providing services to large businesses and enterprises.

What seems to lack is the company that serves the SMB's as a provider of similar services in both an easy to use and affordable package.

In a conversation with President of Allworx, Jeff Howe, he explains why they've focused on the SMB market,”If you look at IP as an industry all together there are a lot of moving parts right now. For example, from a pure industry perspective, a lot of the key features for the SMB space from a lot of our other competitors are typically missing.”

19/10/2009 - StromPhonie Powerline Telephone Technology from AGFEO

VIDEO INTREVIEW. The StromPhonie is an integration into the Powerline technology within AGFEO Telephone Systems and therefore does not require any telephone wire installation. With the aid of IP based ASIP (AGFEO System IP) technology system phones can be connected to the telephone system by using the standard 230 Volt mains socket.

Lars Husemann, Product Manager for AGFEO gave us a short introduction to the company’s star products and a demonstration of the StromPhonie system.

13/10/2009 - Automating Phone Calls: Interview with Irv Shapiro, CEO of Ifbyphone

Ifbyphone does something very very simple. They automate phone calls. The process of automation can be done with pretty much any phone call.

“Lets say for example you wanted to have a toll free number, an 800 number or even a local number for your business, and when your customer called that number, you wanted to take their caller ID and automatically look up if they have any orders outstanding with your business and if they did, you wanted to tell them when those orders would ship,” said Irv Shapiro, CEO & CTO of Ifbyphone, in response to how the automation works.

28/07/2009 - Touch Screen and Portability Key To Media Phone Success

INTERVIEW: In the last six months the likes of AT&T, Verizon and Korea Telecom have launched media phones as the market for connected entertainment products begins to grow.
But Oz Zimerman, corporate vice president of marketing for the DSP Group, told voip.biz-news that such devices must offer consumers something different - rather than trying to compete with the next generation of PCs.

30/06/2009 - Service Transparency Vital Between Legacy Networks and LTE

INTERVIEW: Telecom carriers are beginning to deploy IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) technology in their networks instead of buying VoIP equipment.
VoIP.biz-news spoke to Mavenir Systems, a provider of converged voice and messaging solutions, about the opportunities and challenges faced in delivering next generation communications.

09/06/2009 - INTERVIEW: Carriers' "Sea Change" Towards IP Networks, JAJAH CEO Trevor Healy

JAJAH CEO Trevor Healy talks to voip.biz-news about the "sea change" currently taking place in the communications industry - and explains how that has resulted in JAJAH itself evolving from a consumer VoIP focus to become a global IP communications platform provider.

21/05/2009 - IPsmarx Streamlines Bundled Services' Billing

Billing can be a complicated process for VoIP service providers and calling card operators - especially if they want to diversify and offer more than one service.
In some cases customers end up receiving separate bills or a third system has to be used to generate them.

27/04/2009 - VoIP Vendors Failing To Re-think SMB Retail Products

The economic crisis has frequently been held up as an opportunity for the VoIP industry to introduce businesses to the benefits and efficiencies offered by "non-traditional" telecom services.
But Kent Hellebust, CMO and general manager of Individual and Digital Phone Services at Telanetix, believes many VoIP service providers are failing to respond to the fast moving pace of the business retail channel.
He tells voip.biz-news how telecom vendors can effectively capitalise on potential opportunities in the US Small and Medium Business (SMB) market.

22/04/2009 - Social Networking and IM Broaden Appeal of Mobile VoIP Beyond Cheap Calls

INTERVIEW: Alan Paton, research director for independent VoIP comparison website LowCostMob.com, tells voip.biz-news about the increasingly crowded - and sometimes confusing - mobile VoIP market.
He also explains how social networking and Instant Messaging services such as Twitter have the potential to extend the appeal of mobile VoIP beyond simply offering cheap calls.

26/03/2009 - MyGlobalTalk Prepares Single-SIM Mobile VoIP Solution

INTERVIEW: Larry Stessel, CMO of i2Telecom, talks to voip.biz-news about a new mobile VoIP solution being readied for launch.
The new technology will allow users to make low-cost international calls from anywhere in the world using one SIM card.
i2Telecom's MyGlobalTalk was the winner of voip.biz-news' Product of the Year Award 2008.

17/03/2009 - GoHello Expands Mobile Virtual Phone System to US and Asia

INTERVIEW: Francois Mazoudier, CEO of GoHello, tells VoIP.biz-news about its expansion plans and explains his vision for the future of business phone systems - which doesn't include hardware PBXs.
GoHello offers - and has patented - an ALLmobile, virtual phone system that works on every mobile network in the country where it's deployed, doesn't require equipment and is not dependent on mobile operators.

11/03/2009 - VoIP Solutions Provider Cypress Communications Expanding into Europe and Middle East

One of the US's largest providers of VoIP solutions, Cypress Communications, is to announce shortly that it is expanding operations into Europe and the Middle East.
After more than 20 years providing managed communication solutions to clients across the States, the Atlanta, Georgia-based company is to extend its network internationally.

03/03/2009 - INTERVIEW: Carrie Hartford Fedders From IPsmarx Technology

IPsmarx was named as joint winner of the 2008 voip-biz.news Product of the Year Award last week for its SIP-based calling card platform.
Carrie Hartford Fedders, account manager with IPsmarx, spoke to voip-biz.news about the solution, which eliminates the need for a VoIP gateway and PSTN lines using DID (Direct Inward Dialing)
technology.

06/02/2009 - ClearSight Networks' Steve Wong Talks About How To Ensure VoIP Call Quality

Steve Wong, VP of marketing at ClearSight Networks, explains to VoIP.biz-news some simple steps for remedying poor VoIP quality once it has been uncovered in a network.

23/12/2008 - Snom Favors Italy Over UK For Expansion

The VoIP phone maker and developer Snom Technology is opening an office in Milan.
In what could be a barometer of the current state of Europe's economies, the German company ruled out a move to the UK.
Heike Cantzler, marketing manager for Snom Technology, said both the UK and Italy were considered for the expansion.

18/12/2008 - OnePhone VoIP Client Coming To Blackberry

Devoteam is to release a Blackberry version of its VoIP client OnePhone that runs on mobile platforms enabling voice calls over an IP network.
It is expected to be available for the RIM handset in the first quarter of 2009.
OnePhone is a SIP-based, dual mode GSM-WiFi solution that is able to interwork with public and private WiFi hot spots, and with mobile networks.

11/12/2008 - VoIP Business Phone Systems Made Simple

As VoIP increasingly shifts into the mainstream more businesses are going through the process of selecting the best phone systems for their needs.
VoIP.biz-news asked Terry Martin, CEO of Coms PLC, to explain some of the options surrounding business VoIP and offer some basic guidelines for SMEs.

26/09/2008 - Why Isn't VoIP Videoconferencing Taking Off?

In these times of budget cuts and soaring travel costs, videoconferencing has been hailed as an effective means of communicating with far-flung employees and customers.
With early problems of video quality now overcome, VoIP videoconferencing products would seem to be an ideal corporate communication tool.
Voip.biz-news.com spoke to Huw Rees, VP of marketing and sales at Internet-based voice and video telephony company 8x8, to get his feedback.

17/09/2008 - Vyke Says Mobile Operators Risk Being Leap-frogged in Evolving Market

VoIP provider, Vyke, has warned that mobile operators are poorly positioned to cope with latest industry developments.
Aaron Powers, head of business development at Vyke, said the operators are failing to spearhead new innovations – leaving them open to greater than ever competition from a new breed of rivals.

17/09/2008 - VoIP Providers Must Allow Emergency Calls and Give Caller Location

The UK communications industry regulator, Ofcom, has told internet telephony providers that they must now allow emergency 999 calls over their networks or face the risk of enforcement action.
Effective immediately, the ruling for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers affects businesses such as BT, Vonage and Skype that offer services that connect VoIP calls to the public telephone network.

17/09/2008 - Skype Questions Carriers Commitment to "Open" Networks

Christopher Libertelli, Skype's senior director of government and regulatory affairs for North America, has written a strongly-worded letter complaining that the major US wireless carriers are all talk when it comes to "open" networks.
Writing to the FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, he said that if the Commission wanted to live up to its stated goal of making open networks more accessible, it would affirm that this policy covered wireless networks.