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The Biggest Challenge for HD Voice

I'm down here in New York City attending Jeff Pulver's HD Communications conference and will be blogging from here on and off throughout the day where the first speaker just touched on what I think is to be the biggest challenging facing HD voice. HD voice is...

Tags: Voice, PSTN, HD Voice, Software Client, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Can this man build the video PSTN?

Skype rolled out Skype 4.0 too much fanfare about its improved video quality, but improved voice quality won’t matter much if your video buddy isn’t running Skype. Scott Wharton thinks he might have just the solution. The former marketing mastermind behind Broadsoft, spun out to start Vidtel last year. The...

Tags: Phone, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Endpoint, Service, PSTN, Scott Wharton, Vidtel Video Service, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-02-09

PrettyMay Voice Plugin for Skype 3.0.5.8 (Windows)

PrettyMay Voice PlugIn for Skype PMVPS is a powerful Skype voice add-on.With PMVPS, you can record and replay any Skype call easily. PMVPS offers many features, such as call recording, voicemail, music-sharing during a conversation, and saving Skype voicemails to local audio files. PMVPS also allows you to...

Tags: Mobile, Voice, Skype Technologies S.A., Cell Phone, Microsoft Windows, Plug-in, PSTN, PrettyMay, add-on.With PMVPS, VOIP, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Networking, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-20

CMBA - CallManager Basic Administration v6.1

View Available Dates and LocationsWhy take CMBA from Global Knowledge? We offer a unique, real-world CMBA lab environment that teaches you how to build and test a sophisticated IP telephony network that you can use as a template for a real deployment. We have set...

Tags: Administration, Cisco Systems Inc., Global Knowledge, Human Resources, Networking, PSTN, Telecommunications, Training, VOIP, Workforce Management

Training 2008-06-01

GWGK/TUC Mini Camp

View Available Dates and LocationsGWGK: This advanced Authorized Cisco course covers the in-depth and important topics needed to implement Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeepers in Enterprise or Service Provider environments with CallManager and Cisco Unity. Learn to install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco voice gateways and ...

Tags: H.323, Fault-tolerance, Router, Network, PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., PSTN, HQ, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications

Training 2008-01-01

How Cisco IT in India Converged the VoIP and PSTN Infrastructure

Limited call-center status and IN Exchange helped make communication more convenient for some Cisco employees, but did not resolve the basic and most obvious issue created by the restriction on PSTN and VoIP interconnection. Because PSTN and VoIP could not be interconnected, two network infrastructures were needed - essentially two...

Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., PSTN, VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2007-12-18

Independent European Telecom Provider Makes History by Connecting PSTN Customers Over IP DSLAMs

As the largest alternative telecom provider to business users in Norway and the second largest alternative telecom provider in Sweden, Ventelo decided to expand its portfolio of services for enterprise customers by taking advantage of the multiplicity of IP DSLAMs in those countries. Ventelo opted for a solution comprised of...

Tags: Telecommunications Company, RAD Data Communications Ltd., IP, PSTN, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2006-12-11

Comcast VoIP 1, Dave "Grandfather of Internet" Farber, 0

And so, as Rich Tehrani reports, it played out in a Texas courtroom yesterday when Comcast successfully defended itself against a $2.2 billion lawsuit filed by Caritas Techologies.Dave Farber, who is often cited as the "grandfather of the Internet," holds a series of VoIP-related patents. That was, and is,...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet, Comcast Corp., conferee, telephone, Caritas Techologies.Dave Farber, patent, VoIP, in-charge conferee, PSTN, network

Blog posts 2006-11-14

XCallerID 3.1 (Windows)

New version for Caller ID program. It works with PSTN, ISDN & Mobile lines. Persons Database (Name, Address, Phone, Mobile, e-mail, job, birthday); Messages Database (Title, DateTime, Message, Sound, Program); Incoming Calls Database (Name, Phone, DateTime, Rings, Line) It supports PSTN, ISDN and now Mobile phones connected via cable, irda...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Microsoft Windows, ISDN, PSTN, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2006-08-10

Study: VoIP reliability, audio quality still not equal to PSTN

Study: VoIP reliability, audio quality still not equal to PSTNVoIP ReliabilityWe started using a product called the EdgePRO by XRoads Networks and it has provided a very good solution for us in terms of VoIP Reliability. I would recommend it highly, as we have had several ISP outages and...

Tags: Telephony, Internet service providers (ISPs), VoIP Reliability, VoIP, PSTN

Discussion threads 2006-07-22

SightSpeed 5.0 beta adds new video codec

SightSpeed released a beta download of its 5.0 version (it's confusingly labeled version 4.6) of its IP video and voice service last night, with a bunch of new features, listed below. The highlight of the beta is a new codec that improves video clarity and resolution. PSTN out calling PSTN...

Tags: SightSpeed, video

Blog posts 2006-05-25

Skype expert: SkypeOut a "lousy PSTN experience"

Skype expert: SkypeOut a "lousy PSTN experience"Where's my fork?Time to STICK IT IN THEM. $3 billion in good money after bad. Criminally negligent stupidity.You'll find regrets on eBaySkype is fundamentally unsuited to PSTN calls -- yet this is how they plan to make money? eBay are SUCKERS!Try Stanaphone instead for...

Tags: VOIP, PSTN, Skype Technologies S.A., SkypeOut, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-22

Skype expert: SkypeOut a "lousy PSTN experience"

Martin Geddes knows telephony inside out. You don't get to be cited on 17 Sprint patents if your knowledge of telephony engineering issues isn't deep and broad. Martin knows Skype inside out as well. He's one of the key writers for Skype Journal, an independent news and views site...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., SkypeOut

Blog posts 2006-02-22

VoIP Hacks: Link Two Asterisk Servers With PSTN

One can build a two-office unified dial plan using two Asterisk servers. This way, a user need only dial the extension of the user at the other office to reach him, instead of calling that office's main number, waiting for prompts, and then dialing the user's extension. Asterisk can handle...

Tags: Server, O'Reilly Media Inc., PSTN, Extension, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

Book chapters 2005-12-13

PSTN Modernization in a Broadband Access Network

The way voice services are delivered to end users is changing at the same time as fixed line operators are faced with the declining profitability of their cash cow: voice services. Operators are focusing their investment on broadband networks capable of offering services that generate new revenues and differentiate them...

Tags: Voice Service, Microsoft Access, Network, Broadband, PSTN, Way Voice Service, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, VOIP, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2005-09-01

Report: Katrina knocks out Vonage service in New Orleans

Report: Katrina knocks out Vonage service in New Orleanswell duh.. omg what was the point of this blog?DUH!Bell afraid of VOIP?What was that stupid story, a paid advertisement for SBC, Mah Bell or whoever is down there in LA? How about a story on whether phone service remained intact...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PSTN, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Katrina, hurricane

Discussion threads 2005-08-29

So how bad *was* the Vonage outage?

So how bad *was* the Vonage outage?Of courseThe third alternative is to actually get off your butt and do a little research to find the facts rather than just comment on the he-said, she-said.Vonage outageConsidering the types of people most likely to use Vonage, they're also much more likely to...

Tags: Manufacturing, VOIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., outage, PSTN

Discussion threads 2005-08-04

IP Network Solutions: Interconnecting VoIP Networks and the PSTN (for Smaller Service Providers)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explore the issues, challenges, and solutions of interconnecting IP technology with SS7 technology to provide VoIP access to the PSTN. This paper focuses on a distributed ownership infrastructure model, designed for the smaller service provider, where the PSTN access is outsourced...

Tags: Network, VeriSign Inc., IP, IP Network, PSTN, VOIP, Business Services, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers 2005-08-03

Part 1-Here's an overview of the Keynote Systems VoIP Test

I've now had a chance to read and absorb the Overview of the Keynote Systems Competitive Intelligence for Consumer VoIP Service Providers study released yesterday. The study used precise metrics to measure various call quality performance criterial on some 166,000 VoIP-incumbent phone company calls between New York and San Francisco....

Tags: Keynote Systems Inc., PSTN, T1, VoIP

Blog posts 2005-07-13

Study: VoIP reliability, audio quality still not equal to PSTN

Update: this post contains corrected information, based on additional data sent to us by Keynote Systems.Keynote Systems is out with a five-week study that claims VoIP reliability and audio quality still fall short of PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network standards. For its "Keynote VoIP Competitive Intelligence Study," Keynote tested VoIP...

Tags: KeyNote, PSTN

Blog posts 2005-07-11