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VoIP patent under review by Patent Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review a controversial patent issued in 2001 that is claimed to cover much of the technology underlying VoIP.
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HP, 3Com deal causes product headaches
HP and 3Com fit remarkably well together when considering the target markets that drove them together in this week's blockbuster $2.7 billion deal: core Ethernet switching and China. But most of the rest ? lowend, SMB and edge switching, plus wireless networking ? faces considerable overlap.
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HP set to buy 3Com
HP is set to buy networking company 3Com in a move that will shake the enterprise networking market
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Nortel Avaya bid win could hurt enterprise users
Users should chart the progress of Avaya's purchase of Nortel's enterprise assets carefully, so that they are spared any unpleasant product integration or rationalisation surprises.
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Truphone puts VoIP on Blackberry minus Wi-Fi
Truphone has opened a new front in its fractious battle to undercut mobile networks, announcing a beta version of its software that lets Blackberry users make VoIP phone calls.
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VoIP still suffering from audio delay
VoIP service providers are still experiencing significant problems with audio delay in their calls, according to a study by Keynote Systems. And while the call quality of VoIP and PacketCable have continued to improve, both services still lag behind PSTN.
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Microsoft exhibits 15 new unified communications phones
Microsoft has put stickers on 15 phones that work with its Office Communications Server beta, at the launch of a branding scheme for its unified communications products.
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IBM and Cisco team on unified comms
IBM and Cisco announced a joint effort to create an industry-wide unified communications and collaboration platform, at the Spring 2007 VoiceCon conference in Florida yesterday.
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Vista to get VoIP
"We are going to enter the voice over IP market the beginning of next year." That's what Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a Microsoft partner conference in Tokyo on Monday.
