IP services more than VOIP
Intel`s Michael Stanford thinks voice is just "the first drop in the deluge" of applications for IP-enabled networks, reports InformationWeek.
Stanford was speaking in the keynote session at the VOIP Developer Conference in San Francisco recently. He spelled out some of the ways developers, resellers and corporate users might take advantage of the power of IP-based networking.
"The writing`s on the wall for wireline voice," Stanford said, predicting that within three to five years, cellular services will "totally dominate" voice traffic. As for VOIP, Stanford sees it as "just the baseline feature" of advanced IP networks.
VOIP to cut costs
Small business owners looking to cut communication costs may not have long to wait now that Vonage is beta-testing a new VOIP service for small and medium businesses reports Small Business Reporting.
Vonage Business Plus, which is aimed at companies with 10 to 100 employees, is in trial with about 75 businesses.
It will be formerly rolled out in the fourth quarter this year in the US and likely a quarter later in Canada.
Comcast targets wireline services
Comcast, a US provider of basic cable, digital cable, high-speed Internet and digital phone services, says it will take aim at telco wireline voice services in its entire 35-state footprint by the end of 2006, reports Light Reading.
The cable operator announced agreements with Sprint, AT&T and Level 3 communications, in which carriers will provide connectivity between Comcast Digital Voice and the PSTN.
"We`re positioning our voice service against traditional telephone service," a Comcast spokeswoman said.
Comcast will try to convince cable customers and other consumers that its VOIP service is indistinguishable from traditional wireline service and less expensive.
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