========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com VOIP UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 1, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Covad Switch to Covad business-class VoIP and manage all of your communications from our award-winning Web-based dashboard. Save up to 40%, simplify your network and increase productivity—and it's unbelievably easy to manage. Call for your free Covad voice assessment today: 877-805-8850 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145695-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Microsoft in the Telephony Middle—Again 2. News: VOIP Helps Narrow Level 3's Q3 Loss 3. News: Cingular's Acquisition of AT&T Wireless OK'd 4. News: Digital Assistants Lose Ground, Smart Phones Gain 5. News: Broadsoft to Integrate with Microsoft Presence, IM Visit eWEEK.com's VOIP Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145698-1 ========================================================= VOIP Update ========================================================= 1. Microsoft in the Telephony Middle--Again As it did with its Telephony API in the '90s, Microsoft is hoping an industry of VOIP vendors meets at the integration nexus it provides with its Live Communications Server and Istanbul client. Then as now, the draw is the desktop user base. Read Ellen Muraskin's column. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145701-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: VOIP Helps Narrow Level 3's Q3 Loss Internet backbone company Level 3 Communications' loss narrowed in the third quarter from last year, as demand rose for its Internet telephony services. Check out Level 3's financials. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145704-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Cingular's Acquisition of AT&T Wireless OK'd Federal regulators last week cleared the way for Cingular Wireless's $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services. Read about the merger. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145707-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Digital Assistants Lose Ground, Smart Phones Gain PDA shipments declined for the third straight quarter as large vendors continued ceding a depressed market to smaller electronics makers, analysts say. Read more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145710-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Broadsoft to Integrate with Microsoft Presence, IM BroadSoft, maker of the BroadWorks softswitch and application server used by many VOIP service providers, was one of several companies at last week's VON show in Boston to announce plans to integrate its platform with Microsoft's new Live Communications Server. Read about Broadsoft's plans. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145713-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145716-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145719-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145722-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=89&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145725-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145728-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145731-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1317-22-43-4482-145734-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
