News: Telecom and VoIP

News: Telecom and VoIP

Telecom Industry News, VoIP News, Wireless Telephony and IP Networks

News: Telecom and VoIP

News: Telecom and VoIP
Telecom Industry News, VoIP News, Wireless Telephony and IP Networks

More than $1 Billion Being Spent on Consumer Video Telephone Services, Says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- The market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the billion dollar barrier for the first time this year, as an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world start making video phone calls. According to the study, nearly $1.1 billion will be spent on residential video telephony services worldwide in 2007, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

To Stay Profitable Telecom Providers Will Outsource More Than $1 Trillion over Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp.

BOONTON, N.J. -- With increased competition and lower-margin products cutting into their profitability, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending nearly $1.4 trillion over the next five years on outsourced services in order to reduce costs, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007 alone, wireline and wireless carriers will be spending more than $198 billion on outsourced services worldwide.

TeamF1 Introduces Managed Access Point Solution for Production-Ready Wi-Fi(R) Devices

FREMONT, Calif. -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded networking and security software, today announced its Managed Access Point Solution (MAPS), a new comprehensive turnkey software package that combines the latest 802.11 wireless standards with field-proven networking and security components.

LocaModa Launches Location-Based Text-Messaging Games That Reduce Restaurant Wait Time

LocaModaCHICAGO, Ill. - Chicago Digital Signage Expo -- LocaModa Inc., pioneers of interactive out-of-home media, today announced their web-enabled mobile game platform for the hospitality industry. LocaModa's interactive platform reduces perceived wait time for customers by engaging them in games using their cell phones as controllers. The games are designed to be played on large digital displays in cafes, mall food courts, fast food restaurants and theme parks.

Atreus Systems Achieves OSS/J Certification, Helps Providers Simplify Back-office Integration

Atreus SystemsOTTAWA, Canada -- Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning and activation software for VoIP and user-centric IMS services, today announced that its xAuthority provisioning platform has been certified as compliant with the OSS Through Java Initiative's Service Activation API. This certification ensures that xAuthority will integrate rapidly and cost-effectively with compliant Order Management and Customer Relationship Management OSS systems.

MPLS Now Offers Frame Relay Users Faster More Cost Effective Point to Point Solution

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) gives network users better performance for existing applications and flexibility to divert and route traffic around link failures, congestion, and bottlenecks at 10-40% savings over Frame Relay, according to Alain Nguyen of ShopforBandwidth.com.

Wireless Enterprise Applications Will Generate $66 Billion Over Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp.

BOONTON, N.J. -- The transformation of various enterprise applications from fixed to mobile access technology will generate more than $66 billion in carrier service revenue over the next five years, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp. By the close of 2007, service revenues generated by mobile applications traversing wired and wireless networks in the US will reach just over $9 billion.

wyndstorm Social Networking Suite Delivers High-Level Security for File Sharing and VoIP Calling

myKryptofonWASHINGTON, D.C. -- ID Rank Security has selected YFonGlobal, a leading-edge provider of turnkey social networking solutions, with built-in VoIP Calling, to provide the VoIP network services for their security communications product, myKryptofon. Using YFonGlobal's wyndstorm communications network, myKryptofon technology allows users to require.

Cable TV Operators Targeting Small Business Phone Customers Means Phone Companies Lose $4 Billion Over Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp.

Insight ResearchBOONTON, N.J. -- The top 20 cable operators are ramping up to grab a slice of the lucrative small business phone market, a move that could cost incumbent phone companies more than four billion dollars over the next five years, says a new market research report from Insight Research Corp.

Wiffiti Gives Nonprofits Ability to 'Text out Loud'

BOSTON, Mass. -- LocaModa Inc., a pioneer of interactive out-of-home social media, today announced that Wiffiti, their proprietary text messaging platform, will be a part of the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC on April 4-6, 2007. The conference, focusing on Reinventing Politics: Creating Social Change From the Ground Up, will bring together over 1000 representatives from the nonprofit sector.

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