Cisco Earns Top Rating in Challenging VoIP Security TestCisco Systems(R) (Nasdaq:CSCO) today announced that its Internet Protocol (IP) telephony system has earned Miercom's highest security rating after sustaining three days of grueling, round-the-clock tests conducted by sophisticated "hackers" looking for security vulnerabilities.
UK VoIP market hots up - ZDNet UK NewsOn Instant and Gossiptel are both offering potential customers the promise of much lower telephone bills by letting them conduct calls over the Internet rather than a traditional phone network. Gossiptel, which launched on Monday, is targeting consumers, while On Instant has its eye on the business market.
Computerworld Singapore - Vol. 10 Issue No. 21, 26 May - 8 June 2004 - Securing voice on IP networksGary Coman, manager, IP Communications, Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems, provides the following guidelines for securing voice on IP networks.
Techweb > News > Internet phoning regulations > Federal Lawmakers Urge FCC To Take VoIP Under Its WingThree Republican federal lawmakers are urging the Federal Communications Commission to rule that VoIP services are âinterstate in nature,â arguing that such a determination would bring VoIP technology under FCC jurisdiction and away from state regulators.
The lawmakers' letter was sent after the New York Public Service Commission ruled last week that VoIP provider Vonage Holdings was a telephone company and thus subject to state regulation.
Light Reading - ETSI to Stage VOIP Test: "At two events, one in Europe and one later this summer in the United States, manufacturers of VoIP gateways and terminals will have the opportunity to test their equipment in controlled and uniform IP network conditions. Manufacturers will learn about their equipment performance, compare the results to other implementations and derive hints for potential system optimization together with the speech quality testing experts. Anonymity is guaranteed."
Boardwatch: Infonetics: VOIP Kit Market StumblesWorldwide next gen voice product revenue totaled just over $294 million in 1Q04, down 13% from 4Q03, and is expected to grow to $446 million by 1Q05 as the market continues to move from trial mode to commercial deployments, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly worldwide market share and forecast service, Next Gen Voice Products.
"The market stumbled this quarter, as we expected, because it came off such great heights from the previous quarter due mostly to a surge of year-end budget clearing," said Infonetics Research's Kevin Mitchell, directing analyst and co-author of the report. "But the trend is still moving towards IP, the market is still above 3Q03 levels, and we still project massive investments in next gen voice equipment between 2004 and 2007."
UK's Largest Academic VoIP Network Uses Quintum's Tenor Switches to Connect 50,000 Students Across 28 UniversitiesVoIP market leader Quintum Technologies today announced that Keycom, a supplier of pre-paid telephony and Internet connection and services to university students in the United Kingdom, has successfully deployed Quintum's Tenor switching platform to provide voice services to over 50,000 students across 28 universities. As a result of the deployment, Keycom has reduced the cost basis of its voice services by almost 70 percent, enabling it to fully recoup its investment in less than six months.