Will large enterprises start using Skype now that they offer SIP trunks? Skype recently announced a beta program for SIP trunking. They partnered with industry SBC leader, Acme Packet, to create the service. While Skype has offered its Skype In/Out services as a way for Skype users to talk to others on the...
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Archive for February, 2010
Skype SIP Trunks for the Enterprise
SIP Trunking Breeds New Edge Devices: OpenScape Branch
Earlier this month, Siemens Enterprise Communications announced a new release of OpenScape Voice. One of the highlights of Version 4 is OpenScape Branch, described as offering "scalable, feature-rich communications for cost-conscious customers with multiple branch offices." It seemed to me that every press release on branch solutions seemed to promise similar benefits, so I...
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Can Wireless Replace the PSTN?
There are multiple conditional answers. For features and functions, wireless duplicates and enhances the telephone experience. Economically, wireless can compete with the PSTN. However, geographic coverage is better, at this time, with the PSTN. The biggest issue is the legislative and regulatory requirements for the PSTN that are not matched by wireless networks. The...
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Skype in My Pocket? Mobile VoIP Crosses The Chasm, Part 1
In the USA, we are a spoiled bunch when it comes to communications. We were the first to eliminate the notion of a long distance call, and probably the first to force unlimited plans from our wireless companies.
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Gartner Tips for Wireless Cost Containment
Here's a release from Gartner where they report an overwhelming majority of enterprises have moved to corporate-liable mobility plans, as a way of better managing this still-growing communications cost.
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