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Today’s VoIP News January 30, 2012

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:21:43 +0000

Top Stories of the Week – January 28, 2012

Econet launch VoIP service in Africa

More than three million Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd subscribers will now be able to make the cheapest international calls using phones, tablets and computers through the Internet after the telecommunications company launched VoIP services recently. VoIP is a technology that allows telephone calls to be made over computer networks like the Internet.

Speaking at the service launch the company’s commercial director, George Barbaressos, said the country currently has six VoIP service providers that include PowerTel, Gigatel, Econet, Brodacom and Africom.

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AT&T launches unified communications services with cloud technology

Leveraging its expertise in cloud computing, mobile and voice services and IP network connections, AT&T makes available to companies of all sizes, the full benefits of unified communications (UC) through a simple and reliable service. The company’s unified communications services helps organizations control costs and eliminate unpredictable expenses. The new unified communications’ functionality reduces complexity and simplifies access.

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ESET Launches Mobile Security for Android

ESET announced the launch of ESET Mobile Security for smartphones with Android operating systems. Their solution for smartphones is now available for Android OS computers.

The solution for mobile devices ESET, previously only available for computers running Windows Mobile and Symbian, can now run on Android operating systems and is capable of protecting 70% of smartphone users against known and unknown threats.

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Today’s VoIP News January 23, 2012

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:47:35 +0000

Top Stories of the Week – January 21, 2012

Integra expands multisite business push with nationwide voice service capability

Integra has made yet another milestone in its journey to serve larger business customers by making its voice services suite available on a nationwide basis.

Large enterprise SIP trunking customers that have wide area networks (WAN) laid out across multiple U.S. markets will be able to connect their remote sites or offices via a centralized IP PBX.

Deployed on its MPLS-enabled IP VPN product, one of the key selling points is that it eliminates the need to manage and maintain costly multiple phone systems and carrier relationships throughout their respective WAN by putting it onto one common platform.

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Emergency call management solution for enterprise IP telephony now globally available

911 Enable, the leading provider of VoIP emergency management, announced today that its revolutionary application Emergency Gateway (EGW) is now available worldwide. This expansion helps companies to provide access to emergency calls for help when needed.

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T-Mobile releases VoIP Services for IPhone

T-Mobile began offering a calling service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn't market those devices. The operator is expanding its free voice-over-IP (VoIP) service, called Bobsled, to iPhones, iPads and even Android phones. Users with the application can make calls to mobile or landline phones in the U.S., Canada and also Puerto Rico without incurring charges. Users can make the free calls over cellular data networks, which typically charge for the Internet access usage, or over free Wi-Fi.

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Today’s VoIP News January 16, 2012

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:01:52 +0000

Top Stories of the Week – January 14, 2012

Europe edges out Asia in IPTV as networks show strong growth

Broadband and IPTV have shown a significant surge in growth in Q3-2011 to more than 581 million subscriptions with more additions in the quarter than at any time since early 2009. The figures published by the Broadband Forum by Point Topic also point to the growing importance of fiber as FTTH and hybrid FTTx deployments increase. Such a growth in connectivity has boosted the TV industry considerably with IPTV approaching 55 million subscribers as Europe holds on to top regional position against strong growth out of Asia. Overall broadband growth during the quarter was calculated to be 17.4 million lines, bringing the global total to 581.3 million, representing a quarterly increase of 3.08% and an annual growth rate of 12.89%.

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DrayTek achieves a milestone in developing reliable IP network

DrayTek Corp, a network solutions provider located in Taiwan, today announced that the well-known Italian IT magazine PC Professional has made great reviews to the DrayTek Vigor solution IPPBX 3510 through the testing of its scalability and feature-rich IPPBX including its extensive security. Simone Zanardi, IT professional copywriter PC Professional has said that "the solution provided by the design of DrayTek Vigor IPPBX is perfect for extending the functionality of an existing PBX PSTN installed in a small office."

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Siemens Enterprise Communications chooses Fortinet technology to ensure its OpenScape Cloud Services

Fortinet, a leading provider of network security, has announced that Siemens Enterprise Communications, a global provider of business communications solutions, has deployed multiple devices such as the FortiGate network security -1240B to ensure its OpenScape Cloud Services.

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Today’s VoIP News January 9, 2012

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:38:28 +0000

Top Stories of the Week – January 7, 2012

Google plans IPTV push in 2012 with new partnerships

Google TV has a new interface and new hardware partners as the company has announced that it has brought new hardware manufacturers on board as partners for its IPTV service Google TV. LG is the biggest name to join the Google TV ecosystem this year and will unveil a new line of Google TV sets running on its own L9 chipset at CES in Las Vegas next week.

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Microsoft helps Telefónica Spain revive its pay television service

Determined to revive its failing IPTV service, Spain’s Telefónica banged on the table to substantially improve its pay-TV service, which operates under the brand Imagenio and that can receive over 70 channels via broadband networks (ADSL and optical fiber).

To do this, Telefónica recently launched a new Imagenio, renewing the technology platform that supports it and that from now on will be provided by Microsoft.

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Survey reveals new technologies will dominate the next decade

Is 2012 the year that many believe will mark the end of the world? But if the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are not, you may want to make some smart long-term investments with a different kind of 'riders'.

In the 90's, Intel, Microsoft, Dell and Cisco were the so-called "four horsemen of technology ': technology companies that are high profile and public, no doubt, contributed to solid growth for investors year after year. For nearly two decades, the four firms had the keys to the technological growth machine: the personal computer, Intel processors manufactured; Microsoft produced the software; Dell PCs and Cisco was the connecting network.

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Today’s VoIP News January 4, 2012

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:35:29 +0000

Top Stories of the Week – December 31, 2011

Sprint sues four cable operators for VoIP patent infringement

Sprint Nextel is suing Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox and Cable One, claiming the service providers infringed on a dozen of its VoIP patents.

The suits, which were filed individually against each operator in U.S. District Court in the District of Kansas, cite some of the same patents it successfully used in its fight with Vonage last 2007, a fight that eventually brought Sprint some US$80 million when Vonage was forced to pay to license the technology from Sprint.

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Interoute signed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to offer SIPCOM Lync Server 2010 in Europe

Interoute, owner and operator of the largest cloud services platform in Europe, has signed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to offer SIPCOM Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to companies and organizations throughout Europe. This host Interoute platform unified communications cloud SIPCOM will provide organizations with new ways to connect employees, regardless of physical location.

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Sipgate is a universal VoIP app for iPhone and iPad

Even though most German mobile operators do not appreciate VoIP telephony – in the long run however, these companies can not survive without mobile Internet telephony. The provider Sipgate now has a new version of its VoIP app on the iTunes AppStore released by Apple, which runs on both the iPhone and iPod Touch and can be used on the iPad.

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Malaysian government to use Internet TV for public relations

Malaysia has introduced a new Internet video service which will help the government deliver information, news and other updates to the public in the country, according to media reports.

The IPTV channel, 1MalaysiaIPTV, can be visited online from all Internet devices, PC or mobile, while dedicated applications for BlackBerry, Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) will provide additional access points for Malaysians.

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Top Stories of the Week – December 17, 2011

Upgraded MO-Call iPhone VoIP application released

MO-Call’s popular application for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad has been updated and it is available for download from App Store or through iTunes. The new app has improved call quality and it is adaptable to different sorts of wireless internet connections.

All iPhone users will be able to experience the full range of MO-Call features, including free or cheap local and international VoIP calling, sending low-cost SMS or sending quick IM, improved call quality and much more.

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Time Warner Cable soon to launch latest online offerings from HBO in January

Time Warner Cable recently announced the upcoming launch of HBO’s online video offerings, HBO GO and MAX GO. The companies will run a short beta trial and then the service is expected to launch to all Time Warner Cable viewers who subscribe to HBO in January. Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO or Cinemax will have free, unlimited access to the corresponding online services 24 hours on any computer within the U.S. with a broadband connection, as well as a host of other devices, including the Apple’s iPad.

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Skype includes photo, video sharing to its Android App

VoIP giant Skype announced the latest version of its service for Google Android devices, the Skype 2.6 for Android, which enables users to send photos and videos to contacts from Skype on an Android smartphone. The free service works over WiFi or 3G on a mobile data plan.

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Philippine government agency to sue telcos for violating order to lower SMS rates

The Philippine’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is filing a legal case against the country’s three largest telecom companies – Globe Telecom, Smart Communications, and Sun Cellular for failing to lower their Short Messaging Service (SMS) rates according to an NTC executive order.

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Top Stories of the Week – December 10, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Nexus could be the best option for mobile VoIP solutions users

People who are searching for a device on which to run their mobile voice over VoIP solutions could find the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the best option. Mobile VoIP enables users to enjoy crystal-clear calls with their friends, family and associates via their handset without paying for a standard voice package. Instead, VoIP technology provides a platform on which to make calls over the internet – whether that be through a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

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Do you twitter? Into VoIP? A few guys you might want to follow

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000

I was inspired by a post from Luca Filigheddu, a perennial VoIP commentator who always has something to say, who posted about his list of top 30 VoIP thought leaders who used twitter and their twitter accounts. My list is much smaller, but contains a few people I thought deserved to be on the list (and one that isn’t actually on twitter – oops sorry about that!)

For a longer list, I highly recommend reading Luca’s post – it is very insightful.

Frederik Hermann – netzkobold

Frederik Hermann is Director of Global Marketing for JAJAH. A professed marketing communications and social media professional and originally from Germany, Frederik moved to the Silicon Valley to take the role at Jajah.

Jajah, is the world’s most innovative communications company, offers flexible, next-generation telephony solutions for consumers and businesses. JAJAH’s award-winning communication services make it easier for people to stay in touch using any device.

Follow Frederik at: http://twitter.com/netzkobold

Jeff Pulver – jeffpulver

Wow, what can you say about Jeff Pulver that hasn’t already been said?!?! Well, if you are new to VoIP, here is what you need to know: he is a bit of a pioneer and visionary in the world of VoIP, founder of the one time ‘Pulver media empire’ (which went bankrupt in 2008). Most importantly, Pulver is the chief writer of what’s referred to as “the Pulver Order”, which was adopted in 2004 by the Federal Communications Commission as the first FCC ruling regarding internet protocol communications. The order ruled that computer-to-computer VoIP is not a telecommunications service. He coined the term purple minutes to describe value-added IP network traffic. (from Wikipedia). Now he is working in the world of social communications, unified communications and HD Voice.

Follow Jeff at: http://twitter.com/jeffpulver

Mark Spencer – markster

Another guy that hardly needs an introduction, Mark Spencer is the creator’ of Asterisk, the largest and most popular open source VoIP project and currently also the CTO and Founder of Digium, the company that ‘owns’ the open source project.

Follow Mark at: http://twitter.com/markster

Craig Walker – cwalker123

This is a guy, you might start hearing about if you haven’t already, what with the buzz happening around the recently dusted off Google Voice project (that just might one day go beyond its limited US Beta). Why would you hear about Craig? and why should you care what he has to say? Well, he is the former CEO of Dialpad as well as the former CEO of GrandCentral, which was purchased by Google and re-launched as Google Voice

Follow Craig at: http://twitter.com/cwalker123

Om Malik – OM

Om Malik, and the GigaOM network. Not specifically VoIP, but technology and telecommunications with lots of VoIP thrown in. Evangelists and connectors that you wouldn’t want to miss. There are lots more that should be on this list, if you can think of any more let me know and I will update this post.

Follow OM at: http://twitter.com/om

Luca Filigheddu – Filos

Luca Filigheddu is an executive with 10 years of management experience in VoIP, Social Media and Product Marketing as well as a well recognized expert in the VoIP market.

He’s currently CEO at Abbeynet, an italian company which develops technologies and services in the field of IP Communications since 1999. Abbeynet is the company behind services like Chocophone, Abbeyphone,Sitòfono and Hictu!.

Follow Luca at: http://twitter.com/filos

John Chambers, Cisco

OK, well, this is NOT twitter and you can’t follow him, but come on, you have to follow this guy anyway you can because he is the 900lb gorrilla in any room talking about VoIP. You can’t have a top list of anything Internet/telecom and not have John Chambers on it! You can follow what he does on video on youtube – see what he has to say.

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VoIP on iPhone! – this one is cool.

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:10:50 +0000

How many times have you waited at your desk for an important phone call? Or made a mad dash across the office when you heard your desktop phone ringing? Would you like to be able to receive calls to your business number when you’re away from the office, without having to lug around your laptop and softphone?

Well, now you can! If you have aniPhone or iPod Touch, the SipPhone on iPhone ($6.99) from VNetCorp allows you to make and receive office calls from any wireless hotspot, anywhere in the world, without using your regular cellular phone service. Your iPhone becomes an extra office phone that rings when your desk phone does, for free! Think of it as a cordless phone that works while you are in the office and also from any wireless hotspot.

To set up your iPhone as a wireless SIP phone this is what you need to do:

1. First, in whatever PBX or Voip service you use, create a new endpoint and write down the SIP ID (or just get a SIP ID)

2. You will also need the IP Address of your PBX or Sip Server

3. You will also need your account name and password (if your system requires one)

4. Then simply download the SipPhone iPhone application through the App Store (search for “SipPhone on iPhone”) and configure it.

1. Open SipPhone, Tap Accounts, then Tap Edit.

2. Tap ‘+’ and you should see the following:

3. Tap Domain and enter the LAN IP address that you wrote down earlier.

4. Tap Username and enter the SIP user/account name that you wrote down earlier (for example, 10007.)

5. Tap Password and enter anything as a password; some systems do not require a password, but SipPhone requires you to enter one.

6. Tap Save, Tap Done, then Tap the on/off toggle button to turn SipPhone on.

3. Now all you have to do is connect your iPhone to your WiFi network.

That’s it! You can now make and receive VoIP calls with your iPhone or iPod Touch using a wireless connection and not using up Cell minutes.

NOTE: To use SipPhone on an iPod Touch, you will also need a microphone or a headset with a microphone.

VoIP Security – Dan York, The Black Bag Security Review

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:00:50 +0000

Dan York gives a great Podcast (delivered here in a powerpoint presentation) about VoIP Security. It is an enjoyable anecdotal talk, where he sets up a story and tells the pitfalls that can begall an unsuspecting ‘sysadmin steve’ who inherits a VoIP system. Really, the intent here is that there are a number of potential security holes in VoIP that at the very least you need to be aware of. If your phone calls and what you say don’t need to be ‘private’ then you probably don’t need to worry too much!

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Basic VoIP security threat tutorial, ARP poisoning

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:49:43 +0000

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A very basic tutorial from techcentric.org on how to STOP VoIP security threats , CAIN, ARP and MITM attacks. Explains that an ARP Poisoning attack is a man in the middle attack (intercepting data in this case VoIP packets).

They recommend that you use SKYPE instead of SIP to avoid man in the middle attacks; or download ZPhone, it works with most SIP clients, or put your VoIP calls on VPN.

See the SIP protocol diagram (right)more information on what is happening during a SIP based VoIP call

Not the most insightful tutorial and a few people have commented that there were a few inaccuracies or that it was too basic, I thought it was a great tutorial for a ‘first timer’ trying to get a handle of what is going on with VoIP security threats. I would definitely need more details from here though.

VoIP Security Threats – Video, Peter Cox

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:50:10 +0000

Peter Cox(?) a security consultant specializing in VoIP security has a great Podcast primer on VoIP security examples. He states that there are really three categories of VoIP Security Threats:

IP level Threats – shared with the web and email and others, common knowledge to many people already
Protocol and application specific threats, based on the way the SIP protocol is designed and is implemented, these VoIP security vulnerabilities can result in misdirected calls, terminated calls, and general call disruption
Content related VoIP Security threats, the interfere with the media stream (the voice or video call)

The most serious is a application level flooding attack, the works by running a script that sends a bunch of calls to an extension in rapid succession and hangs up once answered. It would make a phone unusable, no effective calls in or out.

Imagine also that the attacker injected content into a call, ring the phone and then play a recorded message – Telephone or VoIP SPAM! the last thing we need

Another set of threats revolve around the need of SIP phones to register with an IP/PBX. these kind of VoIP attacks can come in and de-register phones and extensions and render people unable to receive calls