Vonage faces uphill battle

According to Half Life Source, Vonage is facing an uphill battle against Verizion Communications as US district judge Claude Hilton has ordered a permanent injunction against the Internet phone carrier for use of rival Verizon's patents.

The injunction could potentially cause major disruptions in service for as many as two million Vonage customers, thought the injunction will not take effect for at least two weeks.

Judge Hilton has decided to wait two weeks to consider Vonage's request for an extended stay.

Nortel today announced a service assurance solution combining IBM Tivoli Netcool Carrier VOIP Manager software with network consulting and integration services from Nortel, states CNN Money.

This solution is for communication service providers seeking greater network capacity and performance with lower costs.

Nortel's Service Assurance Solution unites IBM Tivoli Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager, Nortel's Tivoli Netcool-based Common Management Platform and Nortel Global Services to provide greater visibility and control across multi-technology, multi-vendor networks.

Edgewater Networks has unveiled its EdgeMarc VOIP VPN Network Services Gateways, a technology that's compliant with key Internet Protocol telephony solutions from Avaya, says TMCnet.

Edgewater officials say businesses can simplify their office connectivity, enable secure, high-quality voice and reduce problem resolution times through remote monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, with the help of the new VOIP VPN solution.

The VOIP VPN appliance comes with features such as a packet inspection firewall, VOIP prioritisation, traffic shaping, passive call quality monitoring, a managed Ethernet switch, and an all-in-one access gateway with T1 CSU/DSU or Ethernet WAN.