Source: voipcentral.org

Yahoo! is spearheading in the VoIP world. After launching a series of IP-based services, the California-based internet company is now taking yet another noticeable step to provide VoIP peering services to its customers.

According to this source, Yahoo! has acknowledged VSNL Singapore, the international wing of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited to enhance its VoIP services.

As per the mutual agreement between the two global leaders, Yahoo! would access Teleglobe VoIPLink Service and Teleglobe VTS service from VSNL.

The Teleglobe VoIPLink service is a fast, simple and cost effective way to bridge interoperability between VoIP networks and terminate voice traffic anywhere in the world. While, the Teleglobe VTS service would enable Yahoo! to provide high quality, cost effective retail termination to its Voices Phone Out (known as PC-to-Phone) customers.

Michel Guyot, president, Global Voice Services, VSNL International noted,

We are excited to be working with Yahoo! and supporting its Internet community with our innovative, high quality voice peering and termination services.

Recognized as one of the largest international carriers of the world, VSNL has more than 415 combined direct and bilateral relationships with leading international voice telecommunication providers.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

TMCnets Cindy Waxer reports that Yahoo has selected VSNL Singapore Pte Ltd., the international arm of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, and its voice peering and termination services to exchange high quality VoIP traffic on a global basis and provide premium international retail call termination for Yahoo!’s VOIP IP Telephony services.
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TMCnet article
Cindy Waxer’s column

Source: voipcentral.org

Indias Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dayanidhi Maran commenting on IPTV in India said that the first roll-out was likely to happen in June 2006 in Mumbai and Chennai. His optimism comes from the fact that in India convergence is happening on a huge scale with big telecom players like Reliance Infocomm, MTNL and BSNL participating fully on this.

Also, on the issue of the efforts of the government making internet popular for vernacular population, Maran announced that Department of Information Technology (DIT) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) are collaborating on the development of local language browser that will enable users to translate English characters into the vernacular medium of choice. Given that India 18 officially recognized languages, it is going to be a really long project. Anyway, he said that the browser will be ready in 3 years.

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