Why use SIP for IP communications?
08 February, 2010 by Brendan Maree, Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence’s Brendan Maree exhorts businesses thinking about implementing IP telephony to ask one question before anything else. Why use a network architecture based on the session initiation protocol (SIP) to support internet protocol (IP) communications? Or put it this way … they should at least take a look at the SIP open communications standard and do their homework on it.
Digium Switchvox SMB 4.5 VoIP UC solution
05 February, 2010
Wavelink Communications has released the Digium Switchvox SMB 4.5, an updated version of Switchvox, the VoIP unified communications (UC) solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. Switchvox SMB 4.5 delivers applications traditionally accessed through the web interface directly to phone handsets.
Telecom submits two responses to NZ's broadband request
01 February, 2010
Across the ditch, submissions are starting to fly for NZ's equivalent NBN, the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB), with Telecom submitting two responses.
Aculab dual redundant SIP service (DRSS)
22 January, 2010
Aculab is claimed to be the first communications technology vendor to offer a dual redundant SIP service (DRSS) in a core product line. Aculab expects to introduce this application, enabled by its Prosody range of media processing products, later this quarter.
Sony Australia PCS-XG55 HD visual communication system
20 January, 2010
Sony Australia has announced the PCS-XG55 HD visual communication system for entry-level and branch office users to meet their needs of cost-effectiveness for better video quality and convenience.
HD videoconferencing boosts productivity
13 January, 2010
Ricoh has rolled out a Telstra and Polycom end-to-end, high-definition videoconferencing system increasing employee and enterprise productivity by using the system for around three hours per day across all its offices.
Pure IP comms provides functional infrastructure
13 January, 2010
Point to Point Technology (PTP) was established in Melbourne and is a distributor for a wide range of mobile communications accessories and after-market products. Within a relatively short time, the company established a Sydney sales office and expanded into New Zealand. Furthermore, PTP was moving into the lucrative US market, with further international representation planned in the medium term.
YeaLink SIP-T20P, SIP-T22P IP phones with high-definition voice codec
12 January, 2010
The SIP-T20P by YeaLink is an easy-to-install, entry-level IP phone designed for extensions on corporate telephone systems that generate low to medium call levels.
The future of videoconferencing
11 January, 2010 by Andrew Collins*
Cisco’s acquisition of videoconferencing vendor Tandberg is interesting in itself - but the move didn’t occur in a vacuum. Andrew Collins talks to the pundits about what the acquisition means for the industry, and what else the future holds.
Telstra will set Point Cook alight with FTTP
22 December, 2009
FTTP trial for Pt Cook as an example for the National Broadband Network.
Optus and Dodo sign $160 million telco deal
22 December, 2009
Optus announced it has cemented a four year $160 million agreement to provide Dodo with wholesale mobile, voice and mobile broadband services.
Hornsby Shire Council deploys customer interaction centre
15 December, 2009
Hornsby Shire Council has completed the deployment of a 20-site, 500-seat unified communications solution using the Interactive Intelligence Customer Interaction Centre (CIC) application suite.
First commercial LTE service launched in Stockholm and Oslo
15 December, 2009
TeliaSonera, the mobile telco operator, has launched commercial LTE services in Stockholm based on Ericsson's technology and in Oslo based on Huawei's technology.
Nextgen awarded $250 million NBN regional backbone tender
07 December, 2009
The Leighton-owned carrier Nextgen Networks has been awarded tender for the federal government’s Regional Backbone Blackspots Program.
Clouds are looming for UC
02 December, 2009
Until now, Australian organisations haven’t had many offerings to pick from when it came to hosted unified communications. But as Andrew Collins found out, the Australian UC market is about to be inundated with cloud-based services.
