Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:51:17 PDT
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Reverse 911 in Ventura County . . . VoIP Phones Need to be Signed Up
Folks in Ventura County, California, will now receive automatic Reverse 911 calls in case of emergency. The new system works with landlines, mobile phones, VoIP and TTY. Potential uses for the system include alerting people to evacuations, hazards or water problems. Landline numbers — both listed and unlisted — were already added to the calling list. [...]

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:19 PDT
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Jajah Direct Launches Abroad
Jajah Direct, a PC-free VoIP call service, has launched in Europe in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The launch means ultra-low-cost international calls for users in those countries. According to VoIP Monitor: Making low cost international calls has never been so cheap or simple. Unlike many VoIP solutions, JAJAH Direct is computer-free and can work on [...]

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:53 PDT
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A Little on 8×8’s New Patent
I promised to talk about this today, so here it is. 8×8, Inc. has received a new patent. I won’t bore you with the exact number. The patent is for something called distributed local telephony gateway . . . it was awarded on July 1. According to the patent announcement, the patent is related to IP communication [...]

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:02:02 PDT
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Hidden Costs of T-Mobile’s @Home
Is T-Mobile’s @Home as great a deal as it sounds? The service touts $10 a month unlimited calling via broadband . . . but you need a broadband line. And a T-Mobile cell phone line. And a special router . . . Starting to sound like there’s a lot being tacked onto the deal? There is. [...]

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:05:07 PDT
Eye on the Blogosphere
Wednesday Links: Gizmo5, Jajah, 8×8
VoIP Watch wonders if 8×8’s patent announcement puts other VoIP companies behind the 8-ball, so to speak. (More on that patent tomorrow.) Read it here. Citrus has extended the Digitalk platform. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK. VoIP Weblog reports that Gizmo5 is now being served by Jajah. Read it here.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:48:20 PDT
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EVENT: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
The 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is being held in Houston, Texas, from July 7 to 10. Among the participants will be AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc. “Our partnership with Microsoft is key to our mission to improve our customers’ businesses by delivering world class integrated IP business communications solutions that are feature rich, easy to use and [...]