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  • Top Stories of the Week - February 18, 2012

    Cisco questions Microsoft's Skype Deal Before European Commission

    Cisco has appealed the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's Skype acquisition, asking for new conditions concerning interoperability issues which might potentially kicking off a messy legal battle between tech behemoths.

    “We respect greatly the European Commission, and value Microsoft as a customer, supplier, partner, and competitor,” Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, wrote in a Feb. 15 posting on the company’s corporate blog.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • NXP Software and Verimatrix provides secure content delivery to Android devices (Mobile)

    NXP Software has integrated its client security Verimatrix ViewRight Web within the Android version of its LifeVibes QuickPlayer. ViewRight Web is part of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS), and their integration into QuickPlayer improved security which allows for the deployment of enhanced content type "stream" Android phones and tablets. This opens the door to new revenue streams for service providers such as broadcasters and IPTV providers to add premium services (fee) Internet television.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Patton sends thousands of VoIP gateways BRI SmartNode, as the new model becomes available (VoIP)

    Patton recently announced the general availability of two new SmartNode family members: the SmartNode 4120 Single / Dual-Port BRI VoIP gateway and the SN-DTA Singe / Digital dual-port BRI VoIP Terminal Adapter.
    Patton BRI new VoIP product lines are now in full production, as thousands of orders of single / two SmartNode 4120 BRI gateways and DTA SmartNode (TM) have been met. Patton currently ships hundreds of units on a monthly basis.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • U.S. FCC requires VoIP providers to report service outages (Consumer)

    Emergency calls to 911 are expected to become more reliable with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to treat VoIP providers as well as providers of wireline and wireless in equal footing with traditional phones.

    The FCC has decided to require all providers of interconnected VoIP service for reporting network outages with the suppliers of mobile phones and service to follow.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Top Stories of the Week - February 11, 2012 (VoIP)

    Cheap VoIP service propel Rebtel to 15M users

    Rebtel, the second-largest VoIP calling company behind Skype, announced major milestones recently that prove consumers just can’t get enough of cheap phone calls.

    The company said that it has surpassed 15 million connected users since its launch in 2006. Rebtel users have made over 500 million calls on the service and have run up over two billion minutes of international calls.

    Rebtel offers mobile and desktop PC applications that let its users call each other for free, or make inexpensive calls to international numbers. The company’s service is also accessible through any landline or mobile phone without an application. Rebtel just recently released version 2.0 of its iPhone version, which added a first-ever feature to let you hop between voice and data networks during a VoIP call.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Dialog Semiconductor acquires VoIP technology for VTech desktop phones, the S-Series (VoIP)

    Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated, innovative semiconductor solutions for power management, audio and energy-efficient wireless communication at close range, announced that chips of the power-saving Green VoIP chip series are now being used by VTech, a world leading provider of cordless and corded telephones.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Emcali announced IPTV service in Colombia (IPTV)

    The possibility of IP subscription television in Colombia is almost a reality. Currently, Emcali is testing the technology and the structure packages to be launched. Soon, the company will begin offering the subscription television packages through the IP system. The offer will be 90 channels in standard and high definition.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Qualcomm makes possible the first VoIP call over LTE (VoIP)

    Qualcomm, in collaboration with Ericsson, has successfully completed the first voice call from a mobile network to a WCDMA network LTE. The two companies have used technology Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) to achieve this milestone. It is hoped that Qualcomm and Ericsson will offer demonstrations of their achievement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Top Stories of the Week - February 4, 2012

    The new meets the old: First LTE to CDMA VoIP handover complete

    Qualcomm on Thursday finally came forward to announce an LTE milestone that took place at the end of December: the first voice call to be seamlessly handed over from an LTE mobile network to a WCDMA network using Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC). This is an important milestone because SRVCC lets the LTE-based VoIP/IMS packets be transferred to the legacy circuit-switched domain, unifying the old mobile networks with the new.

    By: Andrei Patrick
  • Videoplaza gets $12 million funding to accelerate its international expansion (IPTV)

    Videoplaza, the world's leading management platform video advertising for publishers, today announced it has received a second round of funding worth $12 million from Qualcomm Ventures and Innovacom. The funding will accelerate the global expansion of the company and ensure sustained product leadership following the evolution of video ad inventory to new devices and platforms. After a good 2011, Videoplaza has increased its international customer base and has more than five times the volume of ads served in the past year. The company has opened new offices in Madrid, Berlin and Singapore and works with a customer base in 17 markets worldwide.

    By: Andrei Patrick