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Covad Introduces VoIP PBXi Voice Service
Covad Communications Group Inc. today took the wraps off its Covad VoIP PBXi Voice Service, which uses existing on-premises phone equipment and requires no upfront capital expenses. Covad is distributing the services through all of its channels, including resellers, agents, dealers and direct sales teams. bWhile a fully managed VoIP service may be ideal for many ... (169 words)


VOIP's Residential Growth in North America
Om Malik offers up his usual keen insight into market statistics being offered by Frost & Sullivan about the North American VOIP market. Frost & Sullivan suggests residential revenue will hit $4.07-billion by 2010 from $295.1 million in 2004. Om does some math, and comes to the conclusion average revenue per subscriber is $18 a month - making VOIP "nothing but a cheap tack-on service. Unless you are bundling VoIP service with cable or DSL service, or packaging it as a part of some triple-play offering, there is little chance of making money in this game". Ouch! Perhaps the VOIP market's Achilles' Heel is starting to reveal itself with the bottom line being there is little money to be made by offering the service. If this is true, it spells bad news for Vonage and its IPO aspirations, but great news for Skype, which is leveraging the growing demand for ultra low-cost VOIP services.


Shaw's VOIP #s
Shaw Communications added 22.5K cable telephony customers in fiscal Q3 - the first full quarter the service has been available from the Calgary-based cableco. All in all, it's not a pretty good number given Shaw is charging $55 a month for cable telephony - the most expensive VOIP service in Canada. There are some suggestions Canadian cablecos (Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw) have decided to have premium prices out of the gate to "control" demand and ensure customers who do sign up are happy campers. Once any kinks have been worked out, the cablecos could then get more competitive on price. Meanwhile, Videotron is having trouble keeping up with strong demand for its cable telephony service that ranges from $15.95 to $30 a month. Check out my posting earlier this week for a good look at the VOIP pricing landscape in Canada.


Zoom Technologies, Inc.: Zoom Launches VoIP Phone Service for Private Labeling
BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Zoom Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM) today announced its Zoom VoIP ASAP? Service, a turnkey VoIP telephone service that gives Internet Service Providers (ISPs) a fast and inexpensive way to sell VoIP service that the ISP brands and controls. Using Zoom's unique setup package and toolkit, an ISP with HTML experience should be able to implement a customized VoIP service in one week from start to finish.


In-Stat: 2005 Could be Landmark for VoIP, Integrated Access Services
Roughly half of all enterprise decision makers who responded to a recent In-Stat survey indicated plans to purchase emerging telecom services -- such as VoIP services and Integrated Access Services -- in the next 12 months. In-Stat believes that the conditions are right for increasing adoption of integrated access services and other IP services in this lucrative market of firms with over 1,000 employees.


VoIP Phone Home?
Until genuine changes are made with SIP VoIP there does not appear to be a convincing or compelling reason today for users to choose anything other than P2P VoIP services such as Skype to render Internet "best effort" home phone services.


Onit Enters Strategic Alliance with Energy & Projects Team to Sell VoIP Services in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
Onit Communications, a leading provider of hosted Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, today announced it plans to sell its VoIP services in Europe, Asia and the Middle East through a strategic alliance with Energy & Projects Team, Inc. (EP-Team), a Dallas-based company specializing in the logistics management of large projects and transport of related outsized or hazardous cargo. EP-Team, which provides its consulting services to multinational companies in the energy, aerospace and engineering and construction industries, will leverage its international contacts to introduce Onit and market its managed VoIP service as a cost-efficient alternative to traditional communications services. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]


FCC Extends VoIP 911 Deadline
a.different.perspect writes The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline for formal acknowledgement of the limitations of the Enhanced 911 service used by VoIP providers by 30 days, to September 28. The FCC requires that VoIP companies in the United States inform and receive acknowledgement from all their customers of the pitfalls of E911, which corresponds 911 calls made on a VoIP service with the physical address of the caller according to company records but which wont report correct information if, for example, a customer uses their VoIP phone away from their registered address. Currently 1.5 million VoIP subscribers have ...


SBC VoIP Gets 911 Service Because SBC Owns the 911 Service
CNet news is reporting that SBC’s VoIP service, which is being rolled out at present time, will be one of the first, if not the first, to come tapped into a coherent 911 service. This is because SBC, of which the SBC VoIP service is a subsidiary, also owns said 911 services…. Direct and Related Links for 'SBC VoIP Gets 911 Service Because SBC Owns the 911 Service'


Australian ISP iiNet launched VoIP service
The VoIP market is on the rise. West Australian Internet Service Provider iiNet launched a new VoIP service throughout the country. The new service is names as iiNetphone. This product will be available to the users having a fixed-line service...


 

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