Pbx InfoPBX Blogs, Journals, Forums and InformationThe touchy-feely side of telecoms- February 28, 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Celeste Biever At the end of March 2005 Samsung will release a mobile phone with a difference. Not only will it be able to send images and streaming video, but the phone can vibrate in such a way that you can add the sensation of a playful tickle to your text message, or make the person on the other end of the phone feel as if their handset has slapped them across the face. Welcome to the world of haptics - the technology of recreating touch and.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article533.html Telecom Fraud: The Cost of Doing Nothing Just Went Up- February 25, 2005 by Craig Pollard - Head of Security Solutions, Siemens Communications - Wednesday, 23 February 2005. Emotive terms such as cyber attack and cyber-terrorism are always certain to generate plenty of media excitement, with science-fiction visions of malevolent hackers creating vicious computer viruses to rampage through cyberspace, doing unseen and untold damage to the infrastructures that support our way of life. However, while the reality of IT security is far more mundane than such...http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article532.html News Briefs For Feb.- February 20, 2005 The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced CDMA2000 subscribers totaled 147 million users, adding 21.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2004. At the end of 2004, CDMA users surpassed 240.2 million users, according to CDG.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article531.html Bank of America breaks down its VoIP deployment- February 18, 2005 Phil Hochmuth, Network World "Divide and conquer" is Bank of America's approach as it undertakes a massive PBX-to-VoIP migration, according to the bank's top network architect, speaking at the VoiceCon in the US last week.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article530.html Congressional Staff Floats Tax On Long Distance PBX, VoIP Calls, and Data Communications- February 16, 2005 Proposed statutory changes could subject currently exempt communications to US Communications Excise Tax. The staff of the US Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation have proposed several changes to the communications excise tax. If all of the suggested changes are adopted, long distance voice calls caried on a company's internal network, VoIP calls, and data communcation services such as Internet access would all be subjected to a 3% federal tax.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article529.html Centrepoint Technologies TalkSwitch IP PBX Among First to Ship with SIPconnect- February 13, 2005 Customers benefit from reduced costs, improved service quality and simplified integration with VoIP Service Providershttp://www.pbxinfo.com/Article528.html You Send It... Send Files for Free- February 12, 2005 Do you ever have files that are too big for someone's email Maybe you have large folders of files you need moved but don't have a media storage big enough to handle it I just found http:www.yousendit.com. A FREE Service that allows you to send files to anyone right through your browser. You can send any file up to 1Gig. This is great for large files that regular e-mail can't handle. YouSendIt makes it ridiculously easy to use and best of all it doesn't cost a thing.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article527.html INFORMATION NEEDED- February 10, 2005 INFORMATION NEEDED what is PNBX SERIAL HUNTING WHAT IS DIGITAL LINEhttp://www.pbxinfo.com/Article526.html Fighting Back Against Threats To Voice Over IP- February 9, 2005 Security Alliance formed to provide testing tools, list security practices, and keep members up to date. By Paul Travis InformationWeek As voice-over-IP services grow in popularity, the potential for viruses, worms, and other security threats aimed at the technology also will grow. A group of security and networking vendors, research universities, and a government agency this week will form the VoIP Security Alliance to uncover and fight those security risks.http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article525.html Inter-Tel Unveils New PBX- February 7, 2005 It's called the 5000 Network Communications Solution and it was built from the ground up around IP communications. We had a nice briefing on this major new phone system last week from Jeff Ford, chief technology officer for Inter-Tel. Interestingly enough, as Jeff went down the checklist of functionality, we asked if their long-time business phone system -- the Axxess platform -- didn't also provide pretty much the same things The answer in every case was yes. This includes IP...http://www.pbxinfo.com/Article524.html |