LineSider Appoints Seasoned Telecommunications Executives to Board of Directors

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

DANVERS, Mass. - July 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LineSider Technologies, a leading provider of software and systems for next-generation IP business communications, today announced the appointment of two experienced telecommunications technology executives, Pano Anthos and Dale Booth, to its board of directors. Read more…


SelectRadio Partners with Internet Music Pioneer InsideJazz.com to Deliver Live Music Performances to Mobile Listeners

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

PHOENIX, Ariz. - July 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Users of Windows Mobile phones and wireless handhelds now can get four continuous channels of all-live jazz, blues and Latin performances and complete concerts on-demand through a new partnership between InsideJazz.com and the makers of SelectRadio(R) software. Users of the latest version of SelectRadio software can get live music in both 32kbps and 128kbps streams. Read more…


Recent FCC Ruling May Leave Consumers Exposed

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

IRVING, Texas - July 25 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- More than one million consumers in the United States may be impacted when cellular carriers are no longer required to provide Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) service to more than 26 million alarm systems. Because of the potential impact to security systems that rely on AMPS technology, the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) is urging consumers to contact their alarm company to ensure continued response to intrusion, fire and/or medical alert alarms. Read more…


Presence-Based Services Including Instant Messaging and Push to Talk Will Reach Nearly $23 Billion in 2007, Says Insight Research Corp.

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - July 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The worldwide market for presence-based telecommunication services, including Instant Messaging (IM) and Push-to-Talk (PTT), is expected to reach nearly $23 billion in 2007 as an ever increasing number of cellular and wireline carriers provide customized services predicated upon the availability of their end-users. According to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation, presence-based telecommunication services such as IM and PTT are wildly popular in Asian countries. Read more…


Wireless Backhaul Driving Demand for Private Line Services, Says Insight Research Corporation

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - Aug. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The $40 billion private line services market is posting solid growth for the second year in a row, says a market analysis study from Insight Research. Private lines are point-to-point circuits leased by enterprises from telecommunications carriers in order to link enterprise sites to each other and to the Internet. Private lines are also used by cellular carriers to link their towers to land line networks. Read more…


Consumers Adopting Dual Mode Phones for Fixed Mobile Convergence While Enterprises Lag Behind, says Insight Research

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - Oct. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Led by consumer demand, fixed mobile convergence (FMC) is taking off around the world, even as businesses watch from the sidelines, says a new study from Insight Research. According to the new market research report, over the next five years FMC will generate more than $35 billion in revenue for service providers and hardware vendors. Read more…


Iamota and AppLocation Team Up to Deliver Location Aware Mobile Content and Services

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

VANCOUVER, Canada - Oct. 16 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Pete Smyth, President, CEO and Founder of Iamota Corporation and Gary Hartwig, President of AppLocation Systems Inc. announced today the availability of location aware mobile content and services. By combining Iamota's proprietary end-to-end mobile marketing, messaging and payment platform with AppLocation's carrier grade MOBILEFusion(TM) platform, brands can now deliver location sensitive services and features. Read more…


Exclusive Verbal Greeting Card Service with a Unique Delivery Process Through Its Greeting Call Center

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - Dec. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Greet A Call, LLC, introduces its eloquent verbal greeting cards that are delivered via telephone to the greeting industry. 'This heartfelt verbal greeting service leaves Recipients with an everlasting personable impression,' says owner Leundrius Arties. This 'One of A Kind' greeting call center creates eloquent verbal greetings which are delivered by live call center greeters. Read more…


Keith J. Powell Named Vice President of Sales at Telovations

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

TAMPA, Fla. - Dec. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Telovations Inc. today announced that Keith J. Powell has been named vice president of sales. Keith will be responsible for commercial direct sales, enterprise sales and the channel partner sales groups. He will report directly to the company president and CEO. Keith brings his more than 20 years of senior sales management experience in telecom and related industries to Telovations. Read more…


Telecom IT Spending to Exceed $46 Billion in 2008, says Insight Research Corp.

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - Jan. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The global market for operations support systems (OSS) - the computing and software IT infrastructure that performs engineering, provisioning, and management functions in telecommunications networks - will exceed $46 billion in 2008, explains a new report by Insight Research. Telecommunications industry spending for OSSes is expected to lag only slightly the forecasted growth in service revenue over the next five years, indicating that the industry is fully expecting sustainable growth in the years ahead. Read more…


New Copper Bonding Products for Telecommunications Will Grow Carrier Ethernet and Wireless Backhaul Markets Worldwide, Says Insight Research Corporation

13.03.2008 03:06 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - Feb. 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A new class of hardware product that bonds together multiple slower-speed copper circuits into a high-speed link promises to extend the worldwide market penetration of carrier Ethernet services as well as lower backhaul costs for wireless and DSL services, says a market analysis study from Insight Research. On a worldwide basis, carriers' revenue from the three applications of the new copper bonding technology will sharply increase over the next five years. Read more…


Telovations and Tech Data U.S. Partner to Deliver Managed Voice Services

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: send2press.com

TAMPA, Fla. - Feb. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Telovations Inc. and Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq GS: TECD) today announced a strategic partnership designed to extend Telovations' Managed Voice Services to select Tech Data resellers in 16 U.S. markets. Tech Data will offer its resellers the ability to promote Telovations' Managed Voice Services to their customer base. Read more…


Corporate Phone Bill Will Hit $133 Billion in 2008, Says Insight Research

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: send2press.com

BOONTON, N.J. - Feb. 14 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Spending by businesses on wired and cellular calling will hit $133 billion by the close of 2008, says a new market research report from Insight Research. The study predicts that cellular calling will account for nearly 39 percent of the corporate phone bill for telecommunication services in 2008, and is the fastest growing expense area. Read more…


Passers-by and Web Users Interact with Times Square Digital Screen

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: send2press.com

BOSTON, Mass. - Feb. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LocaModa Inc., pioneers of mobile and web-based interactive out-of-home media, today announce their platform integration with Clear Channel Spectacolor's giant 40' by 40' digital screen in New York's premier Times Square location. LocaModa's platform enables out-of-home signage to be controlled by mobile consumers and visible from the web. Read more…


LocaModa Connects Social Networks to Social Locations

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: send2press.com

BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- LocaModa Inc. today introduced breakthrough social connectivity to its interactive Out-of-Home platform. LocaModa 3.0 enables mobile consumers to control and interact with social media around them using any mobile phone on any network, while also giving their friends online a window into what's happening via websites such as Facebook. Read more…


Why so few Skype WiMAX Phones?

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

Brian Dolan of Fierce Wireless notes that Skype’s gm of mobile and hardware devices Gareth O’Loughlin, is wondering just where all the Skype-compatible WiMAX devices are at this year’s Mobile World Congress closing out today in Barcelona.... Read more…


Kevin Fleming will deliver Keynote at Asterisk & Open Telephony Conference

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

The Asterisk & Open Telephony Conference today announced that Digium executives Kevin Fleming, director of Software Development, and Mark Spencer, founder and CTO, will present two keynote addresses at the popular event hosted by IT360? Conference & Expo 2008. The... Read more…


Asterisk 1.6.0-beta3 Released

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

The Asterisk.org development team has released Asterisk-1.6.0-beta3.This release contains a number of bug fixes over beta2, as well as a few new features.* Added an 'n' option to SpeechBackground to request that the channel not get answered.* Added a number... Read more…


Zaptel 1.2.24 and 1.4.9 Released

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

The Asterisk.org development team has released Zaptel versions 1.2.24 and 1.4.9.Zaptel 1.2.24 Highlights:* Linux kernel 2.6.24 compatibility* New module parameters for tuning VPMADT032 echo canceller modules* Improved interrupt handling in the wcte12xp driverZaptel 1.4.9 Highlights:* Linux kernel 2.6.24 compatibility* New... Read more…


Rumor: Intel to Reunite Sprint and Clearwire With $2 Billion WiMax Infusion

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

A new report from TheStreet claims that Sprint and Clearwire could be reuniting thanks to a $2 billion investment from another WiMax champion, Intel. Before Sprint tore up the existing WiMax agreement it forged with Clearwire, the plan was to... Read more…


WiMAX as a Military Technology?

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

Nortel Government Solutions is working with the US Department of Defense to explore possibilities for military use of WiMAX. An ideal situation for the Department of Defense would be a powerful wireless network that could instantly connect “anytime, anywhere” whether... Read more…


Telephone Reminders for Asterisk 1.4 with Phone and Web Scheduling

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

If you loved your ‘Speak and Spell’ when you were a kid, then prepare for a childhood flashback… except the Nerd Vittles version is more akin to ‘Spell and Speak.’ Today’s edition of Telephone Reminders for Asterisk 1.4 not only... Read more…


Sprint CEO hints at Clearwire partnership, dual-mode WiMAX / CDMA handset in 2008

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

We've said it before and we'll say it again. Sprint had better get their WiMAX/XOHM network lit-up right-quick, before they exhaust their financial means to do so. There's a lot riding on XOHM, and a couple wrong moves could spell... Read more…


Enterprise Telephony Market Tops $9.6 billion in 2007

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

The enterprise telephony market grew 6% between 2006 and 2007, to $9.6 billion, according to Infonetics Research's latest "Enterprise Telephony" report. The market was buoyed by strong IP PBX systems equipment sales, and dragged down by TDM PBX/KTS equipment... Read more…


Codec g729-v34 Builds Now Available

13.03.2008 03:07 - source: Asterisk

Greetings,The software G.729 codec module from Digium has been updated for all platforms.? There are x86_32 and x86_64 versions optimized for specific processors available for both Asterisk 1.6 and 1.4 for the following platforms.?* Linux?* Solaris 10?* FreeBSD 7.0?* FreeBSD... Read more…