Archive for the ‘VoIP General’ Category
Monday, October 11th, 2010
EXFO Launches the Industry’s Highest Capacity Wireless, IMS and VoIP Security Test Solution
QUEBEC CITY — EXFO Inc. announced today the release of new software features on the InterWatch R14 and QualityAssurer QA-604 platforms adding wireless, IMS and VoIP security gateways testing capabilities, which are critical in the deployment of wireless and wireline network architectures such as IMS, femtocells and LTE.
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Jabra intros Skype-certified Bluetooth headset
Jabra has introduced a new Extreme-series Bluetooth headset with the ‘For PC’ suffix that is certified to work with Skype. It ships with a pre-paired USB adapter that connects the headset to computers for VoIP apps or others that can use wireless audio….
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Tags: Capacity, EXFO, Highest, Industry's, Launches, Security, solution, TEST, VoIP, Wireless
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Exclusive Q&A: Google’s Andy Rubin Talks Android
Mobile analyst Sascha Segan sits down with Andy Rubin, Android architect and vice president of engineering at Google, to discuss America’s hottest smartphone platform. On tap: the upcoming Android 3.0, carrier influence, and whether Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is a threat.
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Skype releases mobile application for Android users
VOIP calling service lands on Google’s mobile OS Posted by Luke Johnson
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Tags: Android, Andy, Exclusive, Google's, Rubin, talks
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Voice Over IP (VoIP) phone lines now represent over 50% of all new phone line installations. Every one of these new VoIP phone lines and handsets must now be protected from malicious hackers because these devices now reside on the network and are accessible from the Internet just like any server or workstation.
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Tags: Practical, Security, VoIP
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Skype Now Available for Android (With a Couple Asterisks)
Popular VoIP service, Skype, is now available for Android handsets. The app allows you to call and instant message other Skype users for free, and there are low-cost monthly plans for calling out to regular phone numbers and receiving calls to your own Skype-provided telephone number. The app is free and works with handsets sporting [...]
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On the Need to Separate the Telecom Business Agenda from Government Policy
At Guadalajara, Mexico this week, in the policy debate kicked off by the ITU, Russian Federation’s Minister of Communications proposed that the ITU should give itself veto power over ICANN decisions.
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Tags: Android, Asterisks, Available, Couple, skype
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Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Mansfield Oil CIO: How IT Is Driving Revenue
After a major data center virtualization project, it has started selling IT services directly to its customers.
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Skype launches full Android client
A long eight months after Skype appeared on Verizon Wireless’ Android smartphones, following one of the VoIP provider’s most strategic carrier deals, its application has been released on all Android handsets running release 2.1 and above.
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Tags: Driving, Mansfield, Revenue
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Sunday, October 10th, 2010
- Comfortable stereo ear clip headphones
- Clear stereo sound
- Small lightweight in-line microphone
- Compatible with Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Google Talk, AIM and Yahoo! Messenger
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Tags: 26693, Earclips, InLine, Microphone, Stereo, VoIP
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Tags: Architecture, VoIP
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010
- VoIP/Skype USB Phone with LCD Display General Features: Black design
- USB interface (USB 1.1 and 2.0 compatible) LCD display PC to PC and PC to phone operation
- Echo cancellation Noise reduction Duplex communication Caller ID function Ring style selectable
- No sound card and external power required Plug and Play 60-inch USB cable length (approximate)
- Regulatory Approvals:
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Tags: Black, Display, Phone, VoIP/Skype
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010
While many books describe the theory behind Voice over IP, only Practical VoIP Using VOCAL describes how such a phone system was actually built, and how you too can acquire the source code, install it onto a system, connect phones, and make calls. VOCAL (the Vovida Open Communication Application Library) is an open source software project that provides call control, routing, media, policy, billing information and provisioning on a system that can range from a few test phones to a large, multi-host carrier grade network supporting hundreds of thousands of users. VOCAL is freely available from the Cisco Systems-sponsored Vovida.Because VOCAL is open source, you can look “under the hood” to the base code and protocol stack levels and discover not only how the system works, but also how common problems are being worked out in the development environment. You can take this system to another level by implementing a feature or functionality that no one’s thought of before.
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Tags: Practical, using, Vocal, VoIP
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
Skype releases Android app to the public: the pros and the cons
Tuesday, popular instant messaging and VoIP chat client Skype officially launched its Skype application for devices running Android 2.1 and up. While Skype is one of the most popular VoIP clients, bringing it to the Android platform has been quite problematic.
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Tags: Android, Cons, Pros, Public, releases, skype
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