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USA Talks.Com to Offer Unlimited IP Telephony For a Flat Rate
CAT to be Sole Provider of VoIP Services in Thailand
SouthNet Telecom & Deutsche Telecom to Use Ascend Gear for VoIP Service
PSINet to Expand Network with the Acquisition of Rimnet and Inet
ICG Netcom Launches IP Telephony Service in 31 US Markets
Swisscom Testing Inter-Tel's Technology for VoIP Service
Forward Concepts Offers DSP DSP Chipset Market Predictions
CalTech Unveils Plans for Wireless VoIP Service in US
Indonesian Providers Team with Digitcom to Offer IP Telephony Service
mediaWays GmbH to Use Digi International's Gateways for Service
Killen & Associates to Release Report with VoIP Market Projections
Billion AMC HK to Distribute IPVoice's IP Telephony Gateway
Compuserve Enters Co-Marketing Agreement with MediaRing
Motorola Unveils Dual Port Voice Cards for its Vanguard Products
Optus to Integrate CallManage's LCR Technology into FACSys Fax Server
SingTel to Deploy NetCentric's Internet Fax Technology
Data Race Sues Lucent for Remote IP Telephony Patent Infringement
USA Talks.Com to Offer Unlimited IP Telephony For a Flat Rate
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USA Talks.Com has announced that it is planning to offer an IP telephony
service with unlimited calling time for a flat rate. The company plans to
build a VoIP network across the US to offer the service. The service is
scheduled to be introduced throughout California by the end of this month.
USA Talks.Com plans to expand its VoIP offering to 34 major U.S. markets by
the end of October, with definite plans to enter international markets in
the near future.
USA Talks.Com
usatalks.com
CAT to be Sole Provider of VoIP Services in Thailand
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The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) has announced that it will
be the sole provider of IP telephony services in Thailand. The government
agency indicated that it will revoke the licenses of any ISP with Internet
phone facilities or plans to provide such services.
Communication Authority of Thailand
cat.or.th
SouthNet Telecom & Deutsche Telecom to Use Ascend Gear for VoIP Service
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SouthNet Telecom has announced that it will use Ascend's gateways to
support its VoIP services. The provider will utilize Ascend's series 4000
and 6000 MultiVoice on the Max gateways, which support 16 and 48
simultaneous calls, respectively. Features of the gateway software
include authentication of user names and PINs, translation of phone numbers
to IP addresses, and voice call routing over an IP network.
SouthNet also reports that it will run calls over WorldCom's frame relay
network. SouthNet will dedicate its own IP backbone for voice traffic, and
will upgrade network segments from T-1 lines to T-3s as traffic increases.
SouthNet will commercially launch VoIP services to 20 markets this week.
It plans to expand to 100 markets by the end of the month, with plans to
service 250 domestic and international locales by the end of 1999.
In a separate announcement, Deutsche Telekom has reported that it also has
plans to use Ascend's MultiVoice on the MAX platform for a VoIP service.
The provider will use the equipment along with VocalTec's Ensemble solution
to offer PC to phone Internet telephony between markets in Germany and
Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan,
the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and the US
A pilot service is currently being offered to Deutsche Telekom's T-Online
Internet service customers.
Ascend
ascend.com
T-Online
t-online.de
VocalTec
vocaltec.com
PSINet to Expand Network with the Acquisition of Rimnet and Inet
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PSINet has announced plans to expand its network into the Asia/Pacific
region with the acquisition of two providers: Inet in the Republic of Korea
and Rimnet in Japan. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not
disclosed. Both deals are expected to close this month.
Customers of both Inet and Rimnet will gain access to PSINet's full
portfolio of dial-up and dedicated Internet connectivity services including
electronic commerce, security services, web hosting with multimedia
support, global roaming for remote access, enterprise intranet and extranet
services, Internet faxing (InternetPaper) and voice over the Internet
(PSIVoice).
Rimnet currently offers its own domestic and international Internet
telephony and international Internet fax service.
PSINet
psinet.com
Rimnet
rimnet.co.jp
ICG Netcom Launches IP Telephony Service in 31 US Markets
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ICG Netcom has announced the launch of its IP telephony service in 31 US
markets for 5.9 cents per minute. The service enables voice and facsimile
communications in and between Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and
Englewood, Colorado; Alameda, Berkeley, Canoga Park, Corona, Cupertino, Del
Mar, Hayward, Irvine, La Puente, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario, Palo Alto,
Pasadena, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo,
Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale and Thousand Oaks, California; and Akron, Cleveland,
Columbus and Dayton, Ohio.
The service is priced at 5.9 cents per minute for customers who make calls
that originate and terminate on ICG Netcom's IP network. Calls made that
terminate outside of ICG's network will be priced at 8.9 cents per minute.
The company expects to expand the service to include at least 166 US
markets by the end of '98, with international plans for next year.
In a separate announcement, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)
has ruled that Ameritech, the RBOC in Ohio, must pay ICG for the
termination of local calls to ISPs. The decision upholds the
interconnection agreement between the two companies and makes PUCO the 21st
state commission to order RBOCs to honor interconnection contracts signed
with CLECs.
ICG
icgcomm.com
Netcom
netcom.com
Swisscom Testing Inter-Tel's Technology for VoIP Service
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Swisscom has announced that it is testing Inter-Tel's Interprise VoIP
solution for a commercial Internet telephony service to be introduced on a
wide-scale later this year. The PC to phone service, known as SurfCall,
is currently available to Swisscom's Blue Window Internet service customers
Inter-Tel
inter-tel.com
Swisscom, The Blue Window
bluewindow.ch
Forward Concepts Offers DSP Chipset Market Projections
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Forward Concepts has just released a DSP chipset market report entitled
''DSP Strategies 2002.'' The study projects the market for programmable
DSP chips will grow 20% in 1998 to the $3.9 billion level, and see
continued growth resulting in a $13.4 billion industry by 2002. Optimistic
forecasts are based on projected demand for products that use the
technology including digital cameras, VoIP networking equipment, satellite
phones, smart antennas, AC motor controls and digital TVs.
Forward Concepts
fwdconcepts.com
CalTech Unveils Plans for US based Wireless VoIP Service
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CalTech International Telecom has announced that it is developing a
wireless IP telephony service with a QoS guarantee. Users will have the
option of having calls routed over the POI (Plain Ole Internet) or over
CalTech's network. CalTech will guarantee the quality of service for
calls routed over its own network.
The service will utilize wireless digital phones enabling users to roam
within a 16 mile radius of the subscribed phone. It will feature voice
mail, call forwarding, caller ID, 3-way calling, fax, and paging.
Access to real time billing information will be provided to CalTech's
customers via an IVR system or through its web site. Customers may choose
to have their invoice delivered over the Internet via fax or e-mail, or by
snail mail.
The service is scheduled to be launched next quarter in California,
Illinois, and New York.
Indonesian Providers Team with Digitcom to Offer IP Telephony Service
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Digitcom has announced that PT Duta Pertiwi Santosa (Wisma StarPage,
Jakarta) will offer its IP telephony service, DigitcomNet, in five
Indonesian markets including Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, and Denpasar.
Digitcom will begin marketing the service within 90 days.
Digitcom
digitcom.com
StarPage
starpage.co.id
mediaWays GmbH to Use Digi International's Gateways for Service
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Digi International has announced that mediaWays GmbH will purchase its ITK
NetBlazer 8500 gateways to provide a VoIP service in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. The deal has an estimated value of $3 million.
The ITK NetBlazer 8500 is an H.323 compliant VoIP gateway capable of
supporting from 2 to 120 data and voice ports per unit, with the capacity to
house up to 1,000 ports on a single system.
mediaWays has already use the gateways for an Internet telephony trial in
Germany. The trial tested various capabilities of the gateway product
including phone to phone and PC to PC multimedia IP communications.
mediaWays GmbH is a network systems integrator. The company manages an IP
network in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Its customers include AOL,
CityWeb and BauNetz.
mediaWays GmbH
mediaways.de
ITK Telekommunikation AG
itk.de
Digi International
dgii.com
Killen & Associates to Release Report with VoIP Market Projections
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Killen & Associates has announced that it will release a VoIP market report
entitled
"Internet Protocol Telephony: The Fortune 1000 Market", based on a survey of
Fortune 1000 companies in the retail, manufacturing, and insurance
industries.
Killen has indicated the report will reveal that less than 1% of Fortune
1000 companies currently utilize VoIP technology. The research firm
projects that, by 2002, 18% of these companies will use VoIP, and by 2005,
utilization of the technology will grow to 33%.
Availability of the full report is expected by the end of this month.
Preliminaries on the report are available at
killen.com
Killen & Associates
killen.com
Billion AMC HK to Distribute IPVoice's IP Telephony Gateway
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IPVoice has announced that Billion AMC HK will distribute its TrueConnect
IP telephony gateways and supporting management software in Hong Kong and
China.
The TrueConnect VoIP gateway utilizes Natural MicroSystems' Fusion
technology, providing up to 96-ports per gateway with T1, E1, ISDN, PBX,
and analog connectivity. The product, which supports H.323 protocols,
features order entry, billing, reporting, and customer service
applications. Its data-management capabilities include debit card support,
invoicing functions, credit card authorization (single or batches),
customer A/R module, a suite of management reporting, PIN generation,
DNIS/DID/IP configuration modules, and multi-lingual support.
Billion offers an extensive array of telecommunications consulting services
to its client base, which includes government agencies, telecom service
providers and international businesses.
IPVoice
ipvoice.com
Compuserve Enter Co-Marketing Agreement with MediaRing
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Compuserve/Europe and MediaRing have entered into a co-marketing agreement,
in which Compuserve will promote MediaRing's Talk, its IP telephony
software, within its service. As part of the promotion, MediaRing will
offer customers two months of free calling. In exchange, MediaRing will
bundle Compuserve software with its Talk software package.
MediaRing Talk runs in the background of a user's PC. It monitors the
telephone line, enabling online or offline PC users to receive an Internet
call. When a call is received, the recipient's MediaRing software notifies
the user of the call and automatically logs the PC onto the Internet. The
software in both machines will then use Mediacom's directory server to
locate IP addresses, and establish a voice connection. When the call
is completed, the software will automatically disconnect each PC from the
Internet.
MediaRing
mediaring.com
Compuserve
compuserve.com
Motorola Unveils Dual Port Voice Cards for its Vanguard Products
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Motorola's Internet and Networking Group has unveiled a dual port voice
card for its Vanguard 3200 and 6400 series branch products. The Vanguard
voice solutions are engineered to support G.723.1, G.729 and H.323
protocols. The product line ranges from single port desktop units to large
concentrator nodes capable of combining data and voice traffic over frame
relay or IP networks.
Motorola
mot.com
Optus to Integrate CallManage's LCR Technology into FACSys Fax Server
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Optus Software has announced that it is integrating CallManage's LCR
technology into its Windows NT based FACSys Fax Messaging gateway. The LCR
technology will calculate which carrier has the lowest rate for each call
based on its destination, the time of day, special carrier offerings and
other optional parameters. It will then route the fax transmission to that
carrier's network. The LCR solution also provides consolidated billing for
all fax calls made to each carrier.
CallManage
callmanage.com
FACSys
facsys.com
SingTel to Deploy NetCentric's Internet Fax Technology
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Singapore Telecom has announced that it will deploy NetCentric's FaxStorm
Internet fax system over its existing international network. The FaxStorm
Internet fax system is a carrier-class IP telephony solution that enables a
wide range of IP-based fax services to be offered including desktop fax,
email fax, fax-to-fax, managed broadcasts, fax in box and fax on demand web
sites. The system includes communication servers, subscriber software tools
and browser-based management applications.
NetCentric
netcentric.com
Singapore Telecom
singtel.com
Data Race Sues Lucent for Remote IP Telephony Patent Infringement
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Data Race has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Lucent in
Federal District Court, citing a patent infringement along with related
charges. Data Race is seeking unspecified damages and a permanent
injunction prohibiting Lucent from marketing and selling its Virtual
Telephone system.
Data Race claims the Virtual Telephone system and Internet Telephony server
products infringe upon its patent entitled "System and Method for Providing
a Remote User with a Virtual Presence to an Office," number 5,764,639.
Data Race
datarace.com
Lucent
lucent.com
IP xStream Web Site Expands to Include Internet Fax Market Data
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IP xStream, an ongoing market research project conducted by Gecko Research
+ Publishing, has introduced new data on its web site covering the Internet
fax market. The newly published data includes lists of market-related
organizations, Internet fax service providers, and enabling network
equipment including gateways, jacks, and software. The section also
provides a list of market partnerships and alliances.
The new fax section, along with the rest of the IP xStream web site is
freely accessible to the Internet community.
Gecko Research + Publishing
hfc.net
IP xStream
ipxstream.com
IP xStream's Internet Fax Section
ipxstream.com
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