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  • IPsmarx and Superb Internet Announce an Alliance to Offer Turnkey VoIP Solutions

    Ipsmarx, a VoIP solution provider, announced their new strategic alliance with Superb Internet to further their mission to “provide turnkey VoIP solutions at competitive prices."

    IPsmarx’ MarketReady Softswitch places the communications services that VoIP Service Providers need on a single platform, with an integrated softswitch, billing, and a unified management console, to easily manage customers’ accounts.

    It also offers promotional tools that allow service providers to market and grow their business faster, such as an integrated E-store, and multi-tier administrative interfaces for the support of resellers and agents.

    The IPsmarx VoIP.Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award” winning VoIP Calling Card platform offers innovative features, such as pinless service, a bonus point loyalty program, and a variety of recharge options.

    By partnering with Superb Internet, IPsmarx is able to offer their VoIP solutions bundled with a hosted server to clients who wish to transition into the VoIP market with low initial investment in hardware.

    “IPsmarx provides an all-in-one VoIP solution that combines integrated billing, switching, installation, and technical support–while Superb Internet offers a hosted server with bandwidth and security that meet IPsmarx’ specifications,” the companies announced.

    “The ability for service providers to be able to use our innovative VoIP applications and softswitch solutions, supported on a Superb Internet hosted server, allows us to offer a turnkey system,” said Arash Vahidnia, CEO of IPsmarx.

    “Our customers can now quickly deploy VoIP services with the peace of mind provided by Superb Internet’s managed hosting service.”

    “IPsmarx has a great reputation for a rich feature set and reliable software,” said Haralds Jass, President and CEO of Superb Internet.

    “We are excited about combining the IPsmarx VoIP service platforms with our highly reliable managed server offerings to simplify VoIP service deployment.”

  • Nortel CVAS Enhances Its 4G Mobile VoIP Solution

    Nortel CVAS (Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions) unveiled new wireless and 4G mobile VoIP solution enhancements. According to Nortel, the enhancements equip carriers to deliver “a superior user experience, reduce network deployment costs and speed time to market.”

    It equips operators to integrate seamlessly with all cellular technologies, including 2G, 3G and the latest 4G LTE and WiMAX networks. The solution delivers a set of voice, messaging and multimedia services to all of the subscriber’s devices, with seamless hand-off across WiFi, GSM 2G/3G, CDMA 2G/3G, HSPA/+, WiMAX and LTE networks.

    Nortel CVAS says its new enhancements in 4G Mobile VoIP also equip carriers with “advanced routing capabilities for querying a Home Location Register“ to optimize call routing into the cellular network, billing enhancements to facilitate billing correlation between legacy cellular and SIP networks, and roaming support on a foreign cellular operator’s network.

    “The solution offers integrated wireless signaling gateway capability that allows operators to leverage their existing OAM systems for fault management, performance management, provisioning and billing. Subscribers can enjoy a better communication experience because the solution enables seamless hand-off between mobile and broadband networks, as well as advanced features like single identity, presence, web-based call screening, visual voicemail, and SMS to IM interworking,” the company says.

    Nortel is implementing large scale 4G VoIP network that offers voice continuity between 4G mobile VoIP, existing 2G/3G cellular voice and WiFi. In addition, they have deployed VoIP solutions that leverage the subscriber’s laptop and mobile device in parallel for call control and multimedia service enrichment.

    Nortel CVAS 4G Mobile VoIP solution enhancements are expected to be available in the second half of 2010. The solution can be deployed as a stand-alone SIP Application Server, as a 3GPP IMS-compliant application server or as an upgrade for carrier customers who have already deployed Nortel’s Communication Server (CS) 2000 IP Multimedia softswitch .

    Samih Elhage, president, CVAS, Nortel said, "Our 4G Mobile VoIP solution simplifies operator deployments and eliminates the need for costly upgrades to existing Mobile Service Control Points and back-office systems, which results in lower costs and faster time to market for carriers. In addition, Nortel CVAS mobile VoIP and FMC innovations have been deployed by several leading service providers across the globe."

  • Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless Now Available

    At the CTIA WIRELESS 2010 in Las Vegas, Verizon and Skype announced that Skype mobile is already available with nine Verizon 3G smartphones.

    Skype mobile uses the Verizon voice network for the wireless connection of the Skype-to-Skype calls.

    Verizon customers with Android 3G smartphones and BlackBerry 3G smartphones can now call international phone numbers at Skype calling rates.

    They need a Verizon Wireless smartphone and data plan to use Skype mobile. Skype-to-Skype calls will not be charged against their monthly minute allowances or data plans.

    The service will be available initially on BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition, and Tour 9630, as well as Motorola’s DROID, DROID ERIS by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR.

    According to John Harrobin, Senior VP of Digital Media and Marketing at Verizon Wireless, "Skype mobile will change the way mobile consumers in the United States make and receive calls."

    "With an ‘always on’ capability, Skype mobile on your 3G smartphone means you never have to miss a call or make an appointment to connect with Skype users around the world. With Skype mobile, we’re untethering Skype users from their PCs and enabling them to stay connected – on the best wireless network in the country,” he said.

  • Femtocell Base Stations Poised for Spectacular Growth

    The research group iSuppli says that the ecosystem surrounding femtocells, or cellular base stations that improve indoor wireless coverage, is headed toward critical mass among all major nodes of the wireless supply chain and will vault into explosive growth after reaching a decisive watershed this year.

    According to iSuppli’s projections, unit shipments of femtocells will more than triple this year, rising to 1.9 million, up from 571,000 in 2009. A period of phenomenal expansion then will follow, with shipments reaching 7.2 million units in 2011, up 289 percent from 2010.

    Shipments will rise by 232 percent to reach 23.9 million units in 2012 and by a whopping 657 percent to hit 39.6 million units in 2013.

    “Throughout the wireless supply chain, companies are busy mobilizing to provide solutions for femtocells, which resemble Wi-Fi routers in appearance,” said Francis Sideco, principal analyst for wireless research at iSuppli.

    “Instead of enabling wireless local area networks, however, femtocell base stations improve 3G coverage inside buildings or homes—locations where wireless signals tend to be weak because of building materials blocking the signal or the site’s distance from a cell tower.”

    Among participant nodes, Tier 1 entities in the United States and major global operators like Vodafone Group plc in the United Kingdom have launched femtocell solutions. Commercial deployments also are being launched by an increasing number of carriers around the world.

    In addition to carriers, several device manufacturers are firming up their femtocell positions after recently announcing the selection of England-based company picoChip to supply the key baseband chipset components for their products.

    Femtocells likewise are being evaluated by chipset suppliers such as Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, which are examining entry strategies for breaking into the market, as iSuppli reminds.

    According to Sideco, given the inherent use cases and environmental requirements of indoor deployments, self-optimizing networks are essential to the success of femtocells.

    “While technical and commercial challenges remain, femtocells are proving to be viable solutions for players in the wireless industry—especially mobile network operators—seeking to optimize their resources in providing seamless wireless coverage inside indoor environments,” says iSuppli.

  • 8×8 Awarded Virtual Telephone Extension Patent

    8×8 has been granted United States Patent entitled "Virtual Telephone Extension." The patent relates to methods of routing communications to users and associated equipment by utilizing a user identifier that serves as a virtual extension number.

    By utilizing the invention described by the patent, users can remotely direct their calls to communication devices at various geographic, voicemail and email destinations.

    Claim 14 of the new patent reads, "A method for routing telephone calls to communication devices using telephone networks, each communication device having a unique device identifier, the method comprising: assigning identifier data to each of a plurality of users, the identifier data for each user including at least two unique telephone numbers and at least one unique device identifier; and in response to receiving a call through one of the telephone networks, matching a telephone number in the call with one of the at least two telephone numbers assigned to a particular user, and switching the call to a destination communication device designated by the device identifier in the identifier data for the particular user."

    The issued patent contains twenty claims and was filed in 2002.

    According to 8×8, since its establishment in 1987, the company has been awarded seventy-six United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications, signaling, processing and storage technologies.

  • Grandstream Now Skype for SIP Interoperable

    Grandstream, a manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions and Skype announced that Skype for SIP interoperability testing and certification of Grandstream’s IP PBX and gateway has been completed successfully.

    Grandstream says that “with this interoperability, the thousands of SMBs using Grandstream’s GXE502x series IP PBX and related gateways can start to reap significant cost savings by directing their outbound calls to mobile phones and landlines worldwide via Skype at very competitive rates.”

    SMBs can also allow their customers and remote employees to make FREE inbound calls to their corporate PBX system using Skype from anywhere in the world.

    According to Grandstream, businesses can leverage the investment in their corporate website even further by enabling Skype users to click on a global click-to-call button on the website to place immediate calls to sales or support via Skype.

    Skype calls received through the Grandstream IP PBX are handled by the PBX in the same way as other inbound calls.

    David Gurle, VP and General Manager of Skype for Business said, "By certifying its PBX and gateway equipment as interoperable with Skype for SIP, Grandstream is enabling its thousands of business customers to easily connect their existing PBXs and gateways to Skype and to receive the same financial and productivity benefits that businesses already get when using Skype software on their desktops.”

  • VoIP Monitoring: Interview with Jan Bastian, CEO of VOIPFUTURE

    VOIPFUTURE, a provider of RTP Monitoring as a standard network solution, was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    They deliver technology to monitor and evaluate voice quality in Next Generation Networks. The products are characterized by performance, precision and vendor independence.

    Their technology is based on an innovative voice evaluation algorithm that delivers precise information about voice quality on individual call and complete service level.

  • VoLGA Significantly Outperforms Call-Setup Times

    Recent Voice over LTE testing confirms that VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) outperforms current 3G network call-setup times by nearly 40 percent.

    At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Steven Shaw, VP of Marketing at Kineto. They were demonstrating its VoLGA solution that delivers call-setup times even up to 65 percent faster than alternative LTE voice technologies.

    Kineto also provides software and services to major wireless infrastructure and handset vendors so they can deliver smart offload solutions based on Wi-Fi and Femtocell technologies.


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  • IPsmarx Introduces IP-PBX And SIP Trunking To Its “All In One” Solution

    IPsmarx has just announced the addition of a Multi-level IP-PBX and SIP trunking to its integrated VoIP softswitch/billing platform.

    According to the company, it’s a “complete solution for competitive service providers” to offer the portfolio of services demanded by the Small Mediums Business market.

    The Multi-level IP-PBX supports popular capabilities such as voicemail, unified messaging, auto attendant, DID management, E-911 and a host of calling features such as call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling, shared line appearances, Follow me services and more.

    Ipsmarx says this single integrated softswitch application server „allows service providers to simplify the management of customer accounts and reduce operations costs, while providing rich billing, reporting and invoicing functions, all in a single platform with the reliability and scalability not found in open source, or low end solutions.”

    The new solution of IPsmarx allows service providers to offer SIP Trunking to SMBs needing multiple channels for SIP connectivity of their premise-based PBXs. It also provides support for SOHO businesses and residential access with a complete set of Class 5 services.

    It has unified customer management console with web access for online account management. This allows service provider network administrators, customer service reps and resellers to create multiple rate plans and unlimited minutes packages.

    IPsmarx assures that end user customers are provided with access to their own system, allowing self-service extension management, extension group management, extension range flexibility, flexible auto attendant routing, direct phone number assignment and DID assignment.

    The system also offers integrated marketing capabilities: its promotion marketing system includes an integrated email platform to cross-promote services. It supports multi-lingual IVR, as well as multiple currencies. There is also an e-store function that includes a user portal, customizable features, automated sign up, and online payment processes.

    “We listened to our service provider customers and added the services and capabilities to address their needs in serving the SMB market,” said Arash Vahidnia, CEO of IPsmarx.

    “They needed a platform that is easily managed and provide the reliability that come from the IPsmarx testing protocol.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Ron Pass of REVE Systems

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona REVE Systems, a provider of VoIP products and solutions was presenting its flagship product – iTel Mobile Dialer Express that’s being used across 1200+ switches, in more than 50 countries across the world.

    iTel Mobile Dialer Express is a soft phone or dialer to make VoIP call from the mobile phone. This has been designed keeping operator’s requirement in mind.

    According to Ron Pass, Sales Director at REVE Systems, iTel Mobile Dialer Express not only let your clients to make VoIP call from their mobile phone using your VoIP service, but will let you do the branding of your service as an operator.