This ones quite a story. I am not a patent attorney, but I would think that this info would be useful to all the players involved in the VoIP patent infringement cases between Vonage and Verizon, and Vonage and Sprint. Dan Connor, who runs the Vonage Forum, has just found...
My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...
Why dont all of our cellular phones show us the elapsed time of our phone conversations during our conversations? Or why dont these same phones utitlize Bluetooth for more than just voice connections between headsets and handset?Its all because the carriers dont want that to happen.Thats the assertion of Tim...
What diligent counterterrorism efforts are to some, serious civil liberties violations are to others.Entitled "These photos illustrate AT&Ts phone, Internet tracking activities for NSA," this post encompassed controversies surrounding the unmasking of several facilities that have been said to be of several rooms in protected AT&T facilities where phone...
Youve heard of Big Brother right?Well, hes here and his name is the Federal Trade Commission.In a move that the agency says is aimed to crack down on deceptive, word-of-mouth marketing, the consumer protection agency will start to insist that online peer-to-peer communication in which a marketer is paying...
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,...
Here's Google's response to AT&T's charges that Voice discriminates against users in certain, expensive locations. Google's argument: yes, the common carrier system is broken and should be fixed so that local carriers can't rip off common carriers for outrageous connection fees. >Under the common carrier laws, AT&T...
There's a Net Neutrality battle going on and AT&T has put a double-edged sword at the feet of the FCC - and Google's name is written all over it. AT&T sent a letter to the FCC today, asking the regulatory agency to look into the practices of...
Apple, AT&T and Google have responded to an Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the Google Voice app flap. Apple says Google Voice apps interfere with iPhone functionality. AT&T says it had no role in the App Store approval process. If you recall, Google Voice related applications were booted from Apple's...
Now this is stimulusRight Acronym[i]To me, this seems like it will have far more direct benefit than No Child Left Behind.[/i]NCLB actually stands for, "no carrier left behind." Like the other one, it means that everyone holds back to the slowest in the group. It would, for instance,...
In most countries, regulatory authorities have plenary authority over telecommunications numbering resources. These organizations create regulations to control the allocation, reservations, and utilization of Telephone Numbers TNs once they are released to Communication Service Providers CSPs. Oracle's Communication Unified Inventory Management UIM Telephone Number Management module provides a flexible platform...
FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedentif comcast is truly guiltythey should be fine and severely monitor and audit for a period of time . so they walk straight. FCC should make a example out of them so other should fear FCC for realRE: FCC slaps Comcast's...
Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...
As the prevalence of sound recordings in today's enterprises grows, new requirements for legal and regulatory compliance are accelerating the need to manage these recordings (e.g. broker/dealer telephone conversations) as business records. Digitized audio communication and digital storage are proliferating Technologies, such as Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol VoIP telephony and unified messaging, which...
'Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA; give them BPM'That's what I have been saying all alongI wrote a post in response to this article. I agree that BPM is key to SOA initiatives.http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/without-bpm-soa-is-sol-22704Business people will never care about SOAIt shouldn't be any surprise that business folks get...
Your thoughts on net neutralityYeah. Hows that workin out for us so far?"The Department submits, however, that free market competition, unfettered by unnecessary governmental regulatory restraints, is the best way to foster innovation and development of the Internet."The US has internet services that are made a laughing stock by...
What does 'open access' mean?What a joke..."a market-based pro-competition solution...over a prescriptive regulatory approach."What a load of crap!This so-called "market-based pro-competition solution" is a farce. These telecoms do everything in their power to limit competition with their walled-gardens and we the consumers lose.What an industry hack! Does this writer really...
THIS JUST IN: In Silicon Valley’s version of “The Bachelor,†Anne Wojcicki not only landed one of America’s richest men, Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, but she also got her husband’s company to finance her start-up.Google said Tuesday that it invested $3.9 million this month in 23andMe, the biotech...
A federal appeals court recently ruled that VoIP services like Vonage should not be regulated the same as phone companies, reports the Associated Press. The decision - which upholds a 2004 FCC finding that VoIP should not be saddled with existing regulations - bars states from...
Late yesterday at the Von Show, key lobbyists for Skype and Verizon aired their differences with about a matter that you would probably care quite a bit about if you knew more about it.Its my hope that after you read this post, you will.The issue at hand here is Skypes...