by Garrett Smith
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One of the questions that I am asked most frequently about the VoIP industry is “What’s next?”
It’s was with that in mind, that I have decided to run a month long interview series with many of the industry’s thought leaders about the near future of VoIP. The thought leaders, comprised of CEO, VP and product managers, from various verticals of the marketplace were all asked the same eight questions (see below) about the future, opportunities and hurdles that they see for the industry in 2009.
While no one has a crystal ball, in interviewing over 30 folks (yes, you will see an interview almost every day), there are many recurring themes – and even some new ones that I hope will help you better navigate the market during 2009 and beyond.
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by Garrett Smith
This is part three of a three part interview series with Polycom Co-Founder and Voice Division CTO, Jeffery Rodman. If you missed part one, you can check it out here. If you missed part two, you can check it out here. Now, on to the exciting finale! [click to continue…]
by Garrett Smith
This is part two of a three part interview series with Polycom Co-Founder and Voice Division CTO, Jeffery Rodman. If you missed part one, you can check it out here.
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by Garrett Smith
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year, you probably have read, seen or if you are lucky, experienced what many to consider to be VoIP’s killer feature: High Definition (HD) calling. Pioneered, brought to market and championed by Polycom through their HD Voice technology, HD VoIP is quickly gaining thousands of converts as it’s popularity continues to swell as this next wave of more discerning converts finally switch to VoIP. For a technology that is highly lauded by those who both produce and use it, there is still a lot that is not known about it and misinformation about HD VoIP amongst the industry and the customers it serves.
So, what better way to educate and dispel myth’s then to get the straight facts from the guy who co-founded the company leading the HD VoIP charge and also serves as the CTO for the companies voice division? [click to continue…]
by Garrett Smith
Chris Lyman is one of my favorites in the industry. He’s got drive, vision and an incredible mind for this technology.
That’s why I was happy to see his HUD3 demo a few month’s ago and was even more excited to hear that the official version of HUD3 was launching this week at IT Expo. Since I wasn’t able to make it out to the IT Expo, but still wanted to get Chris’s thoughts on the release, I shot Chris a few questions about HUD3 via email. Let’s take a look… [click to continue…]
by Garrett Smith
Late last week I had the pleasure of interviewing truphone’s Director of International Operations, Keith Wallington. Keith, as his title reflects, is responsible for international operations at Truphone. For those who are not familiar with Truphone, Truphone is a provider of Mobile VoIP services to the masses. What follows is our summary of conversation.
Keith, for those who are not familiar with mobile VoIP, how does it work?
In the context of Truphone, mobile VoIP is the transmission of voice telephony over a wireless bearer (typically Wi-Fi). Truphone has deployed a complete mobile telephony core network architecture based on IP: the IP equivalents of an HLR (Home Location Register) and MSC (Mobile Switching Centre).
The Truphone service treats the public wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) as the access bearer.
Tell us about Truphone
Truphone develops Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) mobile Internet telephony, delivered by means of 3G mobile networks and Wi-Fi networks.
The Truphone service enables free and low-cost calls for customers by routing calls via Wi-Fi and the Internet. The service is presently in a ‘beta’ state and offers Voice-over-IP, SMS-over-IP and ‘presence’ capabilities. This beta service was announced in mid-2006, when Truphone became the first company to introduce true Internet telephony for mass market mobile phones.
Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network (SCN). SCN is privately owned, funded by both venture capital investment and angel investors. Truphone is based in London and provides service to users in the UK, Europe and U.S.
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by Garrett Smith
trixbox is the Latest Revolutionary Product From Fonality/trixbox
Chris Lyman is one of my favorite CEO’s in the VoIP industry. I have interviewed Chris on numerous occasion’s, but with every new interview, Chris continues to impress me with his vision for the future of the VoIP and IP industry and the innovative products and services that his company continues develop to help shape that vision.
The release of trixbox Pro, a free hybrid-hosted phone system, that allows a business to install the software on a local computer and then the local computer connects to the Fonality network where server health, call quality and usage are constantly monitored. The hybrid-hosted nature of trixbox Pro also extends the corporate phone system outside the firewall, so an employee’s extension can follow them when they work from home, remotely on a laptop, or even on their mobile phone.
With the release of trixbox Pro, Fonality has also launched trixNet. trixNet is a free in-network calling service which lets any trixbox Pro user call any other trixbox Pro user, using their regular phone numbers. Calls over trixNet are not subject to any local or long-distance charges.
I had a chance to sit down and speak with Chris recently about these new products and services from trixbox and the impact they will have on the industry and the trixbox community.
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