Daily PayloadNews from the VoIP, Videoconferencing, Mobile Communication, and Related IndustriesApple announces faster, cheaper iPhone- June 10, 2008 Apple announced a much faster iPhone that's half the price of the current model: the new 8-gigabyte iPhone will cost $199 and a 16-gigabyte version will cost $299. Steve Jobs said the new iPhone, which is based on 3G technology, is 36% faster than top rival Nokia's N95 smartphone.http://www.dailypayload.com/3031 Look Out, Vonage. Here Comes magicJack- June 7, 2008 Another upstart has crashed into the world of telephones, selling calls so cheaply it would seem no incumbent can compete. MagicJack is a $40 device that provides unlimited VoIP calls to the United States, plugs into any standard Windows PC and a standard alaog phone, and works anywhere in the world. Subsequent years of service are just $20 per year.http://www.dailypayload.com/3030 Creeping "Socialism": How VOIP is Regulated Today- June 6, 2008 As regulated entities, telecommunications carriers must comply with 911, privacy protections, universal service fund contributions (see your phone bill), and disability access, all so-called "social regulations." VoIP providers, it turns out, must comply with these as well.http://www.dailypayload.com/3029 Glowpoint Launches Telepresence Exchange Network- June 5, 2008 Glowpoint announced the launch of the Telepresence Exchange Network (TEN), a service designed to solve the challenges of placing telepresence video calls between companies on different networks.http://www.dailypayload.com/3028 Nokia Siemens CEO Slams 'Silly Pricing'- June 5, 2008 The "silly pricing" that has forced Nokia Siemens Networks to walk away from at least one major mobile infrastructure deal in India has now shifted into the managed services market, according to their CEO.http://www.dailypayload.com/3027 sipgate Opens Up iPhone to Third-Party VoIP Services- June 5, 2008 sipgate announced the availability of a free application for the iPhone that allows consumers to natively use any VoIP service which uses the SIP protocol. — And paying international data transfer fees will be cheaper than a GSM call Not likely anytime soon.http://www.dailypayload.com/3026 SIP, in time- June 2, 2008 Work on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) began in 1996 and the first standards track specification (RFC 2543) was out in 1999. Many had high hopes that SIP, as a peer-to-peer protocol, would redefine the very nature of telecommunications. In the intervening years, there have been some deployments, some changes and a new standards track document, RFC 3261. But so far, SIP has only a relative toehold in the world of communications.http://www.dailypayload.com/3025 Why Mobile SIP Will Surpass IMS- June 2, 2008 Let's face it, IMS is on life support, and it's about time we pull the plug. The inevitable emergence of mobile networks built from the ground up to handle data makes existing VoIP technologies the superior choice for voice on the mobile network. — And there is the forthcoming new system from the ITU that will enable users with so much more capability. IMS is dead and SIP has little value.http://www.dailypayload.com/3024 |