========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com VOIP UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 29, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM Can an integrated voice, data and video network boost productivity, cut costs and simplify management? See how mid-sized businesses are benefiting from Voice Over Internet Protocol in a complimentary report and case study. Plus, find out about an IBM Network Readiness Assessment. Visit IBM. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149721-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Startup's Offer Lowers the VOIP Price Floor 2. News: Exploding Cell Phones a Growing Problem 3. News: Lobbyists Try to Kill Philly Wireless Plan 4. News: Get Ready for the MIM Revolution 5. News: Net2Phone Rolls Out Wi-Fi VOIP Handset 6. Opinion: Blame it on Overpaid Operators Visit eWEEK.com's VOIP Topic Center http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149724-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= VOIP Update ========================================================= 1. News: Startup's Offer Lowers the VOIP Price Floor A voice over IP startup whose founders hail from MCI has come up with a new consumer-scale calling package that brings the monthly unlimited charge as low as $16.58. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149727-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Exploding Cell Phones a Growing Problem Curtis Sathre said it was like a bomb going off. His 13-year-old son Michael stood stunned, ears ringing, hand gushing blood after his cell phone exploded. Safety officials have received 83 reports of cell phones exploding or catching fire in the past two years, usually because of bad batteries or chargers. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149730-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Lobbyists Try to Kill Philly Wireless Plan Philadelphia's plan to offer inexpensive wireless Internet as a municipal service--the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city--has collided with commercial interests including the local phone company, Verizon Communications. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149733-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Get Ready for the MIM Revolution Mobile Instant Messaging software replaces SMS and lets users know the status of all contacts stored in their cell phone's memory, as personal computers do with buddy lists. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149736-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Net2Phone Rolls Out Wi-Fi VOIP Handset Net2Phone has announced the release of a Wi-Fi handset for its VoiceLine IP telephony service. Mum on its OEM origins, the service provider will sell the XJ100 handset for $160, chiefly through its reseller channel of cable operators, ISPs, interconnects and telcos. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149739-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: Blame it on Overpaid Operators I've been reading about and following the emergence of Voice over IP services since their inception and have also seen various voice-over-the-Internet initiatives come and go. The investment in those expensive old phone switches and the desire of phone companies to keep them running are the biggest of many roadblocks to the full implementation of VoIP. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149742-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149745-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149748-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149751-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149754-0-0-0-1&[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://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1353-22-82-4482-149757-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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