Source: www.voip-news.com

Dialogic 2000 Media Gateway Series is now certified as interoperable with Ingate SIParator and Ingate Firewall products, according to Dialogic Corporation and Ingate Systems. The media gateway went through testing to validate the interoperability.

With customers at the SMB and enterprise level clammoring to upgrade to VoIP services to cut operating expenses, SIP trunking has really gained in popularity.

“To date, most SIP trunking providers and resellers have focused on the opportunity to migrate SMB class customers from PSTN service in concert with an upgrade to a SIP-ready IP-PBX system. While this opportunity focus remains logical and compelling, there is also a significant opportunity to migrate Enterprise class customers who maintain legacy (non-SIP) PBX and contact center systems” stated Steve Johnson, President of Ingate Systems. “The combined security features of the Ingate SIParator with the SIP to PBX trunk conversion capability of a DMG2000 gateway enable a cost effective, secure and reliable SIP trunk interface for these customers.”

According to the companies:

SIP trunks are delivered to business customers over broadband IP data networks. With this interoperability solution, both Ingate and Dialogic products are deployed on the customer premises to support the SIP trunking service. The Ingate products are deployed at the network edge between a wide area IP network and the corporate LAN, securely passing SIP signaling and VoIP media streams to and from the corporate LAN. The Dialogic gateway resides on the corporate LAN and is connected to the legacy PBX or contact center via traditional T1/E1 trunk ports. The DMG2000 gateway passes the SIP Trunk signaling and media from the Ingate SIParator to the PBX by emulating traditional PSTN trunk services.

“We are very pleased to announce this interoperability with Ingate today,” said Franz-Josef Eberle, General Manager, Dialogic Enterprise Gateway Product Group. “Ingate is a recognized leader in securing SIP trunking for business customers, which comprise a critical piece that can be overlooked by some device vendors. We believe this solution set truly opens up a whole new Enterprise market opportunity for SIP Trunking providers and their resellers.”

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

And now, ABC News expands the story that ran on Good Morning America yesterday.Just click here.

Source: www.voip-news.com

• Thinking of switching to a VoIP phone system? Do you know what costs are involved with doing that? From upgrading the infrastructure to installation and customization, there is a VoIP News feature to help you out. Check out Checklist: Calculating the Total Cost of an IP Phone System.
• Need a solution to tie the important data in your cell phone — contacts, voice mails, etc – to a tangible backup? Check out this VoIP News article: Skydeck Provides Web Access to Mobile Accounts

Source: www.voip-news.com

Robert Poe, here at VoIP-News, lists the Top 25 VoIP Innovations of 2008. Check out Andy Abramson’s take on the list too.

Smith on VoIP continues The Near Future of VoIP series with Nick Galea and Andy Abramson.

Mobile Pakistan blog has some buzz on Nimbuzz.

Source: www.voip-news.com

First – what is the VoIP News LinkedIn Experts Group? If you are a VoIP expert and a member of LinkedIn, you can head on over there and request membership in our group. But for those of you coming here because you are ALREADY members, here is a question for you all. Something sadly rather topical. Please respond in comments.

In the current economic climate, how do you deal with prospective partners or clients or customers or vendors around concerns about cost and ROI?

Source: www.voip-news.com

First – what is the VoIP News LinkedIn Experts Group? If you are a VoIP expert and a member of LinkedIn, you can head on over there and request membership in our group. But for those of you coming here because you are ALREADY members, here is a question for you all. Please respond in comments.

How are you planning to integrate mobile devices and applications into the voip services you use and which you are building for your employers or clients? Are you looking for straightforward integration or are you looking to add to the suite of applications the business can employ once you have mobility enabled with voip?

Source: www.voip-news.com

Two tidbits about 8×8 for those that are interested:

• FY2009 First Quarter results will be discussed on a conference call on July 31 at 4:30 p.m. EST. You can connect via webcast or phone. For details, click here.
• The 2008 annual meeting proxy materials are available online. Click here to learn more.

Source: www.voip-news.com

What major company is going to finally reveal what’s going on with them on Monday? Massive layoffs have left a lot of questions . . .

What country has raided and seized a VoIP vendor in an emerging market?

And is your regulatory archival method for VoIP up to snuff? Really?

Find out the answers to these questions and more in this news update from VoIP News.

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

Source: www.voip-news.com

Mediacom has renewed its contract with Ceon for 3 more years, which extends the agreement to 2010. Ceon began providing service to Mediacom in 2005. Mediacom uses Ceon’s Intelligent Order Manager for its residential  VoIP and high-speed data services.

“As we continue to grow our bundled broadband and VoIP services, we are relying on Ceon to provide the backbone of our service fulfillment architecture,” says Peter Brown, Senior Director of IP Development, Mediacom. “Ceon’s service fulfillment solution enables us be more responsive to customers and allows us to scale our services more efficiently.”

Ceon IOM’s flexible, customizable software can handle advanced order handling and workflow capabilities for VoIP and other IP-based services.

“Mediacom’s contract renewal is a significant vote of confidence for Ceon,” says Peter Burke, CEO of Ceon. “It reinforces our position as a leading provider of operations support systems solutions in the MSO marketplace. We look forward to providing additional value-rich, high-performing solutions and further strengthening our partnership with Mediacom as it continues to rolls out advanced IP-based services to its subscriber base.”

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

I felt the best use of my time and this blog was to search for, and post what I thought were the best post-iPhone 3G news stories.

Here goes:

Saul Hansell’s BITS Blog summarizes interview with AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega.  The new plan goes up $10 and why current iPhone users may not get the $199 price point.

Om Maliks’s GIGAOm Blog begs the right question:  is 3G Ready for the iPhone Stress Test?  Om also interviews Ralph de la Vega here right after the official launch.

Michael Miller’s Forward Thinking Blog gives the best overview of not only the 3G iPhone, but information and insight on Mobile Me

Eric Zemin’s Over The Air – InformationWeek Blog has a skeptic’s view of why not to buy the 3G iPhone

And just for fun, the Intomobile Blog has FCC documents which it can now release showing Apple’s application for the device.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Counterpath’s FMC comes to Slovenia.

This is not really news, because I heard about this at MWC, but nonetheless shows that FMC is still alive and growing.