Free always trumps services that require you to pay, right?
Well, not necessarily. With free, you get what you pay for (ie: if customer service is an issue, you need to suck it up because you aren’t paying anyway). With paying service, you have to foot a bill … and sometimes that bill can escalate as [...]
School districts looking for cost-effective solutions to help balance their budgets and one such method of saving money on services (so they can spend it where it really matters: on education!) is by switching to VoIP communications.
That’s what the Cresskill Public School District in New Jersey is doing. The district has chosen Optimum Lightpath to [...]
The first-ever TSG-6 SIP-compliant phone has been released by Tone Commander and it’s already approved by the National Telecommunications Security Working Group (NTSWG) for government and military use. The US-made Tone Commander 7810 TSG-6 IP phone can be integrated wherever IP networks are available.
“We are proud to offer this dynamic, cutting-edge new phone,” said Steve [...]
The race to develop mobile VoIP applications is proceeding at breakneck speed, especially when it comes to the iPhone. While a big part of the contest involves adding feature upon feature, it’s ha…
To anyone looking for a virtual phone number, free would seem better than $4.88 per month. Virtual numbers have no permanent connections to specific physical phone lines. They simply receive calls and…
In Spain, a phone company called Telefonica is giving unemployed customers a break on their bill. Nice gesture. Read about it on VoIP Watch.
Smith on VoIP names six VoIP alternatives to AT&T’s CallVantage, which is being shuttered.
Free Skype to Skype calls in the UK? Yep, with 3UK and a 3 SIM card. Read about it [...]
Microsoft’s Tellme has announced three core speech and network innovations that pave the road to cloud-based voice services. The advancements include a rollout of VoIP carrier service that reduces the costs of customer transport, advanced speech services and a new technology for more natural text to speech reading.
“Our goal is to give enterprises technology that [...]
Good news for Vonage.
You may remember that back in February I told you all about Vonage being in danger of being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. Basically, the internet telephony company had fallen below the minimum average global market capitalization of no less than $100 million over a consecutive 30 trading day period.
Well, [...]
Point. Click. Go. That’s one of those easy, fun things about web-based VoIP solutions. But hosted IP PBX solutions traditionally lacked that capability … until now.
A user dashboard for hosted IP PBX applications? Oh yes. Vocalocity has just released on, bringing click-to-call functionality and on-screen ease to the hosted IP PBX environment, which has traditionally [...]
Cynergy will now be offering a greater range of hosted IP communications services thanks to a strategic alliance with IP communications provider Smoothstone.
“Smoothstone’s flexibility in mainstream hosting complements our work on the frontend for mid-range businesses,” said Jeff Cohen, co-founder of Cynergy Telecom Management. “Our experience, audiences and goals are aligned in a rapidly evolving [...]