Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Netcom, has signed a contract with Australian ISP, TPG, to deliver a wholly-managed Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform as an enhancement to TPG's recently launched Virtual Phone Card.

Telstra has announced plans to release a VoIP service based on Lucent technology to residential customers in the 2005-06 financial year.

Wednesday, 09 February 2005 18:30

VoIP handsets start to gain traction

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Worldwide WiFi VoIP handset revenue totaled US$45 million in 2004 and units totaled 113,000, according to research organisation Infonetics Research's latest report, "WiFi Phones Annual Worldwide Market Size and Forecast," which includes annual revenue and unit forecasts through 2009. Revenue and units are projected to show strong growth through 2009 as enterprises slowly but steadily continue to deploy voice over wireless LANs (VoWLAN).

Wireless device solutions vendor, i-mate, and internet telephony provider Skype Technologies, have announced the first wireless mobile handsets preloaded with Skype software.

VoIP telephony software developer, Integrated Research (ASX:IRI), has released a new suite of shrink wrap products designed to manage VoIP deployments in multi-site, branch-office organisations such as banks, finance and insurance organizations, retailers, hospitals, travel agents and educational institutions.

Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:00

Explosion in VoIP use worldwide tipped

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Market research in the US has revealed that increased use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) by cable television operators will help boost cable's presence in the telephone service market.

Wednesday, 08 December 2004 09:00

VoIP won't bury PSTN yet says Cisco boss

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Everybody is having a rush of blood at the prospect of replacing their old fashioned expensive to use (line rentals and call charges are a killer) plain old telephones, with sleek new cheaper VoIP systems. However, Cisco Australia managing director, Ross Fowler, says it just isn't going to happen anytime soon.

ICT services group, UXC Limited (ASX:UXC), through its business unit Integ Communications, has won a major Alcatel IP telephony contract with big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young in one of Australia's largest IP rollouts.

There has been a strong global swing to remote working over the last 12 months, driven largely by increased VoIP and broadband usage, according to a new survey from AT&T and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Wednesday, 01 December 2004 07:27

Telco jobs boom fuelled by VoIP in 2004

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Telecommunications ICT job advertisement numbers have grown an incredible average 3.38% per week since February this year, according to a recent jobs survey from telco consulting group Badja. What's more, the pace is expected to continue in 2005.

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