FYI, Vocaltec and VoIP
Vendors Unite Behind Voice-Over-IP Customers Are Still Wary
(04/02/98; 12:16 p.m. EST
techweb.com
Reducing telecommunications costs by as much as 40
percent and creating applications that integrate both
voice and data traffic are some of the reasons behind
the growing interest in voice-over-IP, said attendees
of this week's Voice on the Net conference in San
Jose, Calif.
.
While vendors are bullish about the potential for
voice-over-IP, customers have yet to exhibit the same
enthusiasm. This week, for instance, there were few
end users at the show. "This conference is a vendor
love-in," said Christopher Mines, an analyst with
Forrester Research, in Cambridge, Mass. "Where are
the customers?"
Mines said he believes customers who spend a lot on
international voice traffic and fax service are prime
targets for using voice-over-IP. Until now, customers
have been hesitant to add their voice traffic to IP
networks, fearing quality would degrade. While quality
is improving, many say it is still not on par with
traditional service.
Internet Protocol Voice: It's Here; Get Used To It
March 25, 1998 10:30 AM PST
IP Vs. Circuit Switch .
zdnet.com
Trying to find the right business model often means
making partnerships between vendors and service
providers from different industry segments, another
trend in this new market. The industry coalition for
voice on the Net, for example, is a mix of computer
and telecommunications companies, including Cisco
Systems Inc., Dialogic Corp., Intel Corp., Inter-Tel
Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp.,
Vienna Systems Corp. and VocalTec Communications
Ltd.
The members will convene at the third Internet
Telephony Common Ground meeting in San Jose on
March 30 during the spring '98 Voice on the Net
Conference to discuss the effect of IP telephony on
universal service as defined by the Telecommunications
Reform Act of 1996.
25 Unsung Heroes of the Net
April 1, 1998 11:29 AM PST
zdnet.com
Dr. Elon Ganor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, VocalTec Communications Ltd.
Deutsche Telekom Tackles Internet
April 1, 1998 11:29 AM PST
zdnet.com
Network Services .
March 25, 1998 12:56 PM PST
zdnet.com
Access Power Inc., an Internet telephony service
provider, is offering phone-to-phone service over an
Internet Protocol network to commercial and
residential customers for 7 cents per minute in eight
cities, including Orlando, Fla.; Houston; Salt Lake
City; and Tucson, Ariz. The phone-to-phone
connection uses software downloadable from the
www. accesspower.com Web site and a VocalTec
Communications Ltd. Internet Phone and Telephony
Gateway. PC-to-phone service is available for 5 cents
per minute.
Random Access
March 12, 1998 2:22 PM PST
zdnet.com
Considering the millions of voice calls that traverse the
private switched telephone network each day, it might
be hard to believe estimates that the ratio of traffic over
Internet Protocol (IP) networks will equal traffic on
voice-only lines by year's end. In addition to swearing
by those numbers, IP telephony pioneer VocalTec
Communications Ltd. (www.vocaltec.com), which
compiled the data based on estimates from several
research firms, claims the ratio of IP traffic to voice
traffic will be 99 to 1 in just a few years. |
