Source: www.voip-news.com

Hughes Europe has rolled out a HN System solution for Telefonica Espana that offers satellite-based VoIP rural telecommunications services.

“The rapid implementation of our Hughes satellite-based system network enables Telefonica to provide a high-quality and cost-effective communications service to meet its Universal Service Obligation under Spanish law,” said Christopher Britton, managing director of Hughes Europe. “Customers living in rural and remote areas can, for the first time, have access to all the benefits of broadband communications, such as Internet access, data transmission, Fax Group III and access to emergency services,” said Britton.

According to Hughes:

The rural network installation by Hughes is the latest project in a highly successful 15-year relationship working with the Spanish telecoms giant. For Telefonica Espana, the Hughes solution offered the ideal combination of cost-effective equipment performance, lower operational cost, and minimal implementation risk. And, because of the companies’ long-standing relationship, Telefonica had complete confidence in Hughes’ ability to deliver.

The new communications services are made possible through the installation of a second switching centre interconnecting the rural satellite VoIP network to the national telephony network. These services are available to new customers based in remote/rural areas and to existing customers migrating from the existing TRAC network (Telefonia Rural de Acceso Celular — Rural Telephony with Cellular Access) to the satellite-based VoIP network. The network comprises approximately 8,000 terminals, of which 80 percent are residential, 15 percent public telephony for city councils, and 5 percent for small/medium enterprises.

Source: www.voip-news.com

VOXOFON is spreading the word about their low-cost mobile VoIP service, which allows users to make VoIP calls from their internet-enabled smartphone at a fraction of the cost of calling directly through their mobile carrier.

“Making an international phone call from a cell phone can cost a small fortune, and the wireless carrier will make at least a 90% profit on that call,” says VOXOFON President Alexey Goloshubin.

The VOXOFON service is supposed to be easy to use and low in cost. It’s supported by BlackBerry and Android phones with a download.

According to the company:

Calling abroad with VoIP used to involve sitting in front of a computer with a set of headphones, but in the past few years, the service has evolved, as new companies competed with innovative services for the long-neglected market share of friends, family and business associates trying to keep in touch – and travelers trying to avoid roaming fees.

Some telephone companies offer mobile VoIP for smart phones, but they require special software be installed, a phone that supports WiFi, and calling in a WiFi zone.

What do you think of this service?

Source: www.voip-news.com

Users of the new T-Mobile G1 phone now have a VoIP option. VOXOFON is available on the Android platform through Android Market. According to VOXOFON, users who tried the application in beta enjoyed how easy it was to use.

“At present, most people who own mobile phones still make international calls via landlines, calling cards or computer VoIP services,” said Alexey Goloshubin, president and CEO of VOXOFON. “With inexpensive and easy-to-use options such as VOXOFON’s Android application, we expect an increasing number of people to use their mobile phones for calls abroad. It’s much more convenient.”

So, how do you get it?

Current G1 phone owners can download the VOXOFON application on the device by clicking on the “Market” icon for a list of Android applications. In addition, VOXOFON’s website, http://www.voxofon.com/, has a special section with a short video showing how to use the service.

Source: www.voip-news.com

With the economy in peril, companies like VOXOFON are capitalizing on the need to save, save, save by spreading the word about their low-cost VoIP service. VOXOFON’s prices start at just 1.3 cents per minute for international calls and the company says there are no additional fees.

VOXOFON international calling services allow customers to call using their computer, their land line, their cell phone, a smart phone, or even a calling card. All are available by going to http://www.voxofon.com/.

Recently named by VoIP News as one of the best services to use during the economic downturn, VOXOFON has also been called “one of the coolest new phone services” by several industry publications due to its variety of easy-to-use service options.

“Everyone wants excellent service at reasonable prices, and VOXOFON can provide that and more,” Alexey Goloshubin, president and CEO of VOXOFON, said.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Go FON.

FON’s WiFi community recently registered its 1 millionth member. Yes. 1 millionth. The record breaking registrant is from Japan. FON has 400,000 free registered hot spots.

According to FON:

Martin Varsavsky, Founder and CEO of FON, is very proud of this rapid growth. ‘When we started less than three years ago, some people were skeptical about the future of WiFi and the concept of sharing. Now everybody talks about WiFi and uses it. Even Apple’s 3G iPhone makes you download from iTunes via WiFi. The best wireless proposition is one in which light applications are used over 3G and heavy apps such as music, TV, videos, movies, games, etc. communicate over WiFi. That is what one million people have realized!’

Source: www.voip-news.com

There’s a new product available that combines elements of trixbox Pro Unified Agent Edition and salesforce.com’s AppExchange. Fonality’s trixbox Pro Unified Agent Edition can be obtained from Fonality Australia.

The collaboration of the two innovative systems provides a unique customer centric view of a company’s telephony interaction and contributes to the customer value creation.

Fonality Australia director, Marc Englaro said that it used to take time and budget to create the kind of deep integration between a CRM and a phone system.

“Fonality is creating a clear channel between the two systems and helping organisations get a complete picture of the interactions with a customer or prospect. Fonality is the first company to provide automatic logging of phone calls into Salesforce.com. No longer do the sales and service representatives have to manually log calls into the CRM system. Now, all inbound and outbound calls are automatically matched with the corresponding record in Salesforce.com, and call data is captured and logged,” said Fonality Australia director Marc Englaro.

According to the companies:

The Fonality UAE value creation process is driven by the following features:
- Performance Management:
- Automatic Call History provides a detailed history of who employees are calling and the duration of each call.
- Integrated Call Recording allows any call to be recorded from the PBX system and attached to the corresponding record in Salesforce.com.
- Lead Management Reporting provides reports on how many calls were required for conversion, lead activity, etc.
- Agent Activity Reporting ranks agents based on activity and productivity.
- Outbound Call Reporting shows which reports are busiest on the phone, how many calls have been made to leads and customers.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Have you heard of Indafon.com? Apparently it’s a new VoIP-instant messaging-SMS service that can be accessed from anywhere via PC. It offers free Indafon to Indafon calls, as well as cheap calls to other networks (payable through PayPal.
It was developed in Europe.

According to a press release:

The Hungarian version of the service was launched in its current form four months ago. It has acquired 50.000+ Hungarian users by now and Indafon.com is working on the first partnership program with one of the largest webmail providers in the country. Indafon.com has made every effort to lend contacts a friendly appearance and keep the contact list, instant messaging and, of course, phone calls very easy to use. Together with Indafon the mail partner will keep all the features on its own website, making possbile to all of its users to have real-time communication features like Gmail, but also adding phone calls with nearly no investment.

The company has launched with a promotion to spark interest where potential users can create wanted posters about their friends to lure them into trying the service.

Has anyone tried this? I’d love to know some thoughts.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Always with the new!

VOXOFON is the latest in VoIP. The company is billing itself as low-cost and easy-to-use for international internet telephony. The service has a good deal of flexibility as well. Calls start at 1.3 cents per minute, and can be made from computers, landlines or cell phones.

“We think VOXOFON will appeal to a wide audience because our customers can use whichever services they are most familiar with,” said Alexey Goloshubin, president and CEO of VOXOFON. “Many people are still using calling cards and some don’t have computers and may prefer our virtual phone numbers. As our customers become more comfortable with the newer technology, they can move on to that without having to change their VOXOFON account in any way.”

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Since December I’ve now been in Madrid, Barcelona, London and Paris and as much as I try to find a FON, none of them seem to be anywhere. I don’t mean casually traveling through, but spending enough time to feel like a resident or at least a semi-resident.

I mean, I wander the streets, dine in cool and hip bistros, tapas, wine bars or find the trendy places that one can enjoy oneself. I don’t just visit the tourist spots. So with my Nokia N and E series phones, plus my Blacberry, MacBooks and now Asus eeePC, I regularly log on to the net. But over the last year, finding the FON has been harder than finding an Earthlink Muni WiFi signal….

I think Jonathan Greene was right.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Open source developers have another place to play, with the start of FACE by Fonality.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

It’s taken Lee Dryburgh a while to get all his eComm video posted, but one of the waits was worth it.

Client Fonolo captured the eComm Best New Product.

You can view CEO and founder Shai Berge’s presentation on the page as well.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

In a move that totally pre-empts the likes of FON and other "social hotspot" networks, BT has taken the concept of openness to a new level with the launch of a HotSpot available option at all TOTAL BROADBAND locations.

In their announcement they are actually promoting VoIP so this is a good sign for client Truphone and other VoIP on the mobile handsets.

What this means is BYE BYE MuniWireless and HELLO PUBLIC WIRELESS, a concept I have shared with friend and WiFi diva Esme Vos of MuniWireless fame. Basically what BT has done is what I suggest to a few folks years back on what the cable MSO’s should do…..darn I hate it when I’m right (again.) Steve Garrido are you remembering ?