Daily PayloadNews from the VoIP, Videoconferencing, Mobile Communication, and Related IndustriesAMS to the rescue- May 27, 2008 So where is VoIP technology heading next The answer: Advanced Multimedia System, or AMS. AMS represents the next leap in terms of capabilities and features, enabling users to utilize a multiplicity of devices that are associated in such a way as to enable seamless multimedia conferencing (a.k.a., "rich media communications"). Users will no longer be restricted to just voice and video, but will be able to use any number of applications within a "call". Also, by the very design of AMS,...http://www.dailypayload.com/3023 VON bankrupt- May 26, 2008 Rumors are that VON has no more money left after the VC backed out of them. VON Europe has been cancelled and there is no official response from Pulver as to why. This would have been the 10th anniversary of VON Europe.http://www.dailypayload.com/3022 U.S. cell phone sales take a dip- May 21, 2008 Sales of cell phones in the U.S. declined during the first quarter of 2008, as the maturing market was hit by a slowing U.S. economy. Nearly 31 million handsets were sold in the U.S. during the first quarter of this year, down 22 percent from the same period a year ago.http://www.dailypayload.com/3021 Cable hedges its wireless bets- May 21, 2008 It's mobile or bust for cable operators that seem to be trying anything and everything to get into the wireless market.http://www.dailypayload.com/3020 ITU Approves the Creation of a Question to Study the Advanced Multimedia System (AMS)- May 19, 2008 At its last meeting that just concluded May 2, 2008, the ITU-T SG16 approved the creation of a new Question to study the next-generation multimedia communication system, called the Advanced Multimedia System (or AMS). This technology is intended to significantly advance communication capabilities by enabling users to use various devices and applications together.http://www.packetizer.com/news/16 The Future is Mobile- May 19, 2008 There are some very interesting new statistics that shows that the popularity of mobile devices is taking off, at the expense of traditional landline phones. Further, new advances in capacity and technology will definitely reshape the way we all communicate in the future.http://www.dailypayload.com/2008/0519.html ID Fraud Comes To VoIP- May 18, 2008 Passwords and usernames from Voice over Internet Protocol accounts are now selling for more than stolen credit cards numbers, a VoIP equipment maker says.http://www.dailypayload.com/3017 Cisco's Telepresence Gets Personal- May 13, 2008 Cisco Systems will take its TelePresence virtual meeting systems into home offices later this year, bringing telecommuters nearer to their corporate colleagues and society one step closer to science fiction.http://www.dailypayload.com/3016 Sprint Nextel continues to bleed customers- May 12, 2008 Sprint Nextel subscribers continue to jump ship, as the company's sales decline and losses widen. Investors have been pushing the company to sell assets and focus on its core cell phone business and has already dumped its WiMAX effort. — Focus on core phone business, though That is exactly what caused them to get into this situation. A phone is a phone and Sprint is smaller. They must do something different, else they will disappear.http://www.dailypayload.com/3015 Vonage: On the road to recovery- May 9, 2008 Vonage is getting back on track with improved quarterly earnings and a deal to resell broadband service from Covad, a DSL service provider. The new service, called Vonage Broadband, will offer speeds of 3 megabits per second to 6 Mbps to residential and small-business customers.http://www.dailypayload.com/3014 |