TransPacific Purchasing PrepaidTel.com

Source: www.voip-news.com

VoIP processing software developer TransPacific Telecom has agreed to purchase the disfunct PrepaidTel.com from Prime Companies. Prime Companies discontinued operations of PrepaidTel in 2007. Shareholders will get 15 percent of the new company.

According to te companies:

The agreement with TransPacific Telecom, Inc., the developer of award winning VOIP processing software, allows TransPacific to make the necessary filings to take the merged company public. “This merger will enable TPT to become publicly traded, providing us the opportunity to utilize the capital markets and to raise the funds that will be used to make TPT a world renowned, elite telecommunications carrier of choice,” said Stephen Thomas, TPT CEO.

“Spinning off 15 percent of the merged company to our shareholders will be a significant dividend in the expected future growth of TransPacific Telecom,” said Norbert Lima, Chairman of Prime Companies’ Board of Directors. Mr. Lima, with 35 years experience in the telecommunications industry, will become President of TPT upon completion of the transaction.

Published on January 29th, 2009 under IDT, S, T, TRA

Prioritizing Traffic for Bandwidth-Intensive Apps

Source: www.voip-news.com

Optenet has a new content security solution that includes a new bandwidth optimization function. The Optenet Bandwidth Management enables highly granular, real-time network traffic control.

According to the company:

With Optenet’s bandwidth management capability, the ISP or customer administrator can monitor and control the bandwidth resources consumed by a URL connection, an IP address, or a traffic group, in efforts to reduce network congestion caused by increasingly popular practices such as streaming video, frequenting social network sites, and the downloading of large multi-media files.

“It’s critical for companies to optimize bandwidth capacity for the most significant traffic, whether that’s mission-critical data or the CEO’s email,” said Joel Silberman, vice president, North America, Optenet. “Prioritizing traffic is particularly important as businesses expand or add new, bandwidth-intensive applications, like VoIP and Web conferencing which require high-quality connectivity.”

Published on October 29th, 2008 under BA, ban, Bandwidth, IDT, RIT, S, T, TRA

Phase 1 Complete for New Bandwidth.com Deployment

Source: www.voip-news.com

The first phase implementation of Bandwidth.com’s new all-IP network has been completed by Sonus Networks. The Next-gen network deployment is intended to provide secure, advanced business communications services to small and medium businesses in the US.

“Our ability to serve small businesses has driven Bandwidth.com’s dramatic growth,” said David Morken, co-founder, CEO and president at Bandwidth.com. “We partner with Sonus because they share our vision for innovation and have a track record of delivering reliable, scalable and cost effective networks. We invest in industry leading technology, anticipating demand for our mission critical services like SIP trunking. Using Sonus infrastructure ensures that Bandwidth.com’s network is optimized intelligently to provide for and ultimately capture that demand.”

Bandwidth intends to use the complete Sonus solution.

“Meeting the demands of enterprise customers requires secure, scalable and highly available networks,” said Mohammed Shanableh, vice president of global sales at Sonus Networks. “The Sonus portfolio of integrated solutions delivers a robust IP-based network for advanced services. The intelligent session control technology enables Bandwidth.com to make its network more resource efficient. Bandwidth.com will be able to offer its business customers a range of innovative applications such as IP Business trunks, IP Centrex and collaboration applications.”

Published on October 3rd, 2008 under BA, ban, Bandwidth, Bandwidth.com, IDT, mpl, S, T

Microsoft and Bandwidth.com Partner Up

Source: www.voip-news.com

Response Point customers can now take advantage of a strategic alliance between Response Point-manufacturer Microsoft and Bandwidth.com. Bandwidth offers SIP-based phone lines.

“Bandwidth.com’s advanced network capabilities and ubiquitous U.S. coverage will greatly expand the IP service options available to Response Point customers,” said Xuedong Huang, general manager of Microsoft Response Point. “Bandwidth.com’s exceptional quality standards, focus on small businesses and ability to deliver a complete IP-based solution will benefit our Response Point customers from coast to coast.”

The companies plan to layout more details at the SMB Nation 2008 conference in Seattle that begins on Oct. 3.

“Bandwidth.com plans a nationwide roll out to train Microsoft’s small-business specialists, On-Line retailers and other value added Microsoft resellers on the simplicity of connecting Response Point to Bandwidth’s bundled voice service portfolio this fall,” said Jeff Uphues, VP of Sales, Partner Services of Bandwidth.com.

Published on September 25th, 2008 under BA, ban, Bandwidth, Bandwidth.com, IDT, MI, Microsoft, S, T

There Ads Are Just About Everywhere.

Source: gigaom.com

Earlier this week, Delta Airlines announced plans that will turn the boarding passes into advertising opportunities, or billboards, hawking destination specific businesses and products. An Omaha-based start-up, Sojern is behind this advertising offer, which is going to be adopted by four airlines in addition to Delta – American, Continental, United, and US Airways. Given that airlines are in such desperate position, mostly because of their incompetency, they are ready to try anything, however strange it might seem.

Now there is word that IDT Corporation, a calling card company is going to start using advertising messages on its pre-paid calling cards. Using technology from in-call advertising start-up VoodooVox, IDT will hawk marketing and advertising messages that are matched with their demographic profile. For instance, someone is calling Dominican Republic, an ad for airline would be piped in while the caller is waiting for his call to connect. IDT sells about 17.5 million pre-paid calling cards every month.

Given the razor thin margins in the long distance business, I am not surprised IDT is going down this path, but I wonder if they will use some of the fat CPMs from advertising to offer cheaper or near free long distance call. Now that would be cool, and perhaps somewhat receptive from the audience, who might get annoyed by ads intruding their calls.

These two examples make me ask the question: are we getting so saturated with ads that they will just become meaningless and lose their entire effectiveness?

Published on July 17th, 2008 under IDT, In call advertising, Voice, VoodooVox, Web

Fixed Rate Service from Bandwidth.com

Source: www.voip-news.com

Bandwidth.com has introduced BoxSet service bundles that combine unlimited calling, bundled internet service and flat rate pricing. the BoxSet is intended for the SMB sector. The flat rate starts at $179 per month.

“Small and Medium businesses nationwide can benefit from the ease of use, scalability and price of bundled service offerings for their voice and data communications,” said John Macario, President of Savatar. “Additionally, service providers such as Bandwidth.com who can offer the flexibility of a range of bandwidth options and solutions will drive faster adoption in this rapidly growing segment.”

Published on June 11th, 2008 under BA, ban, Bandwidth, Bandwidth.com, fixed, ICE, IDT, S, SER, T

TalkSwitch and Brandwidth.com Fully Interoperable

Source: www.voip-news.com

Small businesses can now benefit from full interoperability between TalkSwitch IP PBX and the Bandwidth.com network. TalkSwitch systems provide call handling and routing for businesses while Bandwidth.com offers affordable, high-quality voice and data services. Voice and data services are consolidated over dedicated Internet Access Circuits.

“As a Bandwidth.com SIP IP PBX certified partner, TalkSwitch has exceeded the stringent requirements we place on equipment connecting to our network,” said Sean Rivers, Director of Engineering, Partner Services at Bandwidth.com. “They are dedicated to addressing the unique needs of the small business, and have proven products that fit that market. We think that coupling those products with the great calling plans and programs from Bandwidth.com is a perfect solution.”The full interoperability reduces costs for businesses while enhancing network services and simplifying operations. TalkSwitch systems are hybrids that allow for both using VoIP services and traditional telephone networks.

“Small businesses want solutions that are easy to use, easy to integrate and easy to manage,” said Jan Scheeren, President and CEO of TalkSwitch. “That’s what’s brilliant about a solution featuring TalkSwitch and Bandwidth.com. It’s reliable, affordable, powerful and above all, it’s very owner-friendly(TM).”
The systems are designed for companies with up to 64 users per location.

Published on March 18th, 2008 under IDT, S, T, TalkSwitch

Net2Phone and IDT sign a merger agreement

Source: voipcentral.org

IDT Corporation and Net2Phone have signed a merger agreement under which IDT acquires Net2Phone. According to the terms and condition described in the agreement, NTOP Acquisition, a subsidiary of IDT would merge with and into Net2Phone and Net2Phone would continue as the surviving corporation. If the merger takes place, each issued and outstanding share of common stock and Class A common stock of Net2Phone would be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive $2.05 in cash without interest. It is the same price per share which was paid by IDT in its tender offer for Net2Phone common stock that expired after an offer period on January 27, 2006 in which IDT acquired 31.6 million Net2Phone shares. Following merger, Net2Phone would become a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of IDT and the shares of Net2Phone common stock would seize to be quoted on the Nasdaq. Both the Net2Phone board of directors have unanimously approved the transaction following the recommendation of the Independent Committee of the Net2Phone board of directors and IDT board of directors.

via [Businesswire]

Published on February 18th, 2006 under IDT, net2phone