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Cisco IME Server to Expand Reach of UC Beyond Firewalls

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 21:35 in News | viewed 31 views times | 0 Comments

Cisco is preparing to launch its IME server, a technology that is designed to extend the same sort of video collaboration that is found within a company to partners and customers. A new protocol proposed by Cisco, dubbed Viper, will... (Continue reading)

Avaya, Polycom Partner on UC Solutions

Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 3:58 in News | viewed 30 views times | 0 Comments

Avaya and Polycom are expanding their relationship to include the development and marketing of new voice and video unified communications solutions. The integrated offerings will be based on Avaya's Aura UC platform and Polycom's Open Collaboration Network strategy. ... (Continue reading)

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Verizon Wireless on Track for Big LTE Rollout in 2010

Written on 8 Mar, 2010 at 19:34 in News | viewed 55 views times | 0 Comments

Verizon is on track to deploy LTE in 25 to 30 markets, it has previously announced, after successful testing in Boston and Seattle. The rollout will enable LTE to finally begin catching up to WiMax, which Clearwire and Sprint currently... (Continue reading)

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Cisco Announces HealthPresence Platform

Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 3:54 in News | viewed 73 views times | 0 Comments

Cisco Systems is integrating its TelePresence video collaboration technology and its unified communications products to create a health care platform designed to improve patient care in virtual physician visits. The platform, which will launch later in March, will allow more... (Continue reading)

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Nortel Sells VOIP Business to Genband

Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 21:33 in News | viewed 68 views times | 0 Comments

Nortel Networks, just over a year into its bankruptcy, is selling off its last significant business with Genbands $182 million bid to buy Nortels VOIP business. Nortel over the past few months already had sold off the bulk of its... (Continue reading)

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Jabra PRO 9470 Makes Every Phone Wireless

Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 19:19 in News | viewed 75 views times | 0 Comments

Jabra PRO 9470 extends one wireless headset simultaneously to desk, soft and mobile phones. - Jabras PRO 9470 wireless headset is a fine alternative for heavy callers looking for a single headset that supports every phone in the arsenal, but... (Continue reading)

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Cut Costs with Business VoIP Service

Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 7:18 in Reviews | viewed 63 views times | 0 Comments

Voice Over Internet Protocol, known in the telecommunications industry as VoIP, is a relatively new technology for using a broadband internet connection in lieu of conventional, land line phone service. Business VoIP service can eliminate up to 50 percent of... (Continue reading)

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VoxOx Adds Native Translation to Differentiate From Skype, Google Voice

Written on 16 Feb, 2010 at 22:48 in News | viewed 78 views times | 0 Comments

VoxOx has baked a Universal Translator directly into is Web communications platform, provides foreign language messaging translation for text messages, instant messaging, e-mail and messaging communications via Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The neat trick here is that only one person... (Continue reading)

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VOIP Market Will Stabilize in 2010, Dell’Oro Says

Written on 10 Feb, 2010 at 17:50 in News | viewed 94 views times | 0 Comments

With the expected growth in the housing market and aggressive pricing bundles from service providers, the VOIP market, which has been hammered by the shaky economy over the past two years, should begin to stabilize in 2010, according to DellOro... (Continue reading)

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Cisco Uses Starent Buy to Expand Mobile Platform

Written on 10 Feb, 2010 at 0:33 in News | viewed 103 views times | 0 Comments

Building on the Starent ST40, Cisco introduces the ASR 5000, a platform dedicated to the mobile network to create an end-to-end Internet IP Protocol next-generation network. - Cisco's $2.9 billion acquisition of Starent began to pay off Feb. 9 as... (Continue reading)