Wired - SIP allows the service to connect with other voice and chat networks. Since June, Gizmo has attracted more than 250,000 users. Gizmo is the brainchild of Michael Robertson, the entrepreneur behind the pioneering MP3.com (sold to Vivendi Universal for
Source: www.wired.com

Charter Deploys 1 Millionth Cedar Point SAFARI C(Cubed) Line
Converge Network Digest - Cedar Point’s SAFARI C(Cubed) is a carrier class VoIP switch that incorporates all of the components that make up the voice switching infrastructure, providing a seamless evolution to SIP-based features and an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS
Source: www.convergedigest.com

IP Adoption Will Drive FMC Growth
Yankee Group - Avaya, Cisco and Nokia lead in this solution. SIP/Wi-Fi solution: Similar solution to UMA (dual-mode, seamless hand-offs), but it provides added benefits such as multiple Wi-Fi access point hand-off capability and PBX extension
Source: www.yankeegroup.com

WebProNews - The countries that will be added to the list include Italy, Ireland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Australia; in Hong Kong and India, 3 Group’s parent company, Hutchinson Telecommunications International, will make the Yahoo! services available. Users

Kerry Pledges Support For Net Neutrality
WebProNews - Ted Stevens’ telecommunications bill was voted down by a vote of 11-11 in the Senate Commerce Committee, the battle would now be fought on the Senate floor. Kerry joins a list of other senators who’ve pledged to vote down or stall Stevens’ bill if no

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
FOX News - The paper now says it’s unable to confirm that two of the three telecommunications giants BellSouth and Verizon turned over any records to the NSA. Both companies issued strong denials after a national uproar last month. USA Today reports that

Business Wire (press release), CA - Jun 27, 2006… Controller for securing bilateral interconnects; the NexTone MSX, a Multiprotocol Session Exchange platform for interconnecting SIP and H.323 networks; and the …
Source: home.businesswire.com

Avaya Bolsters IP Phone Line
Sci-Tech Today - 9 hours ago… The phones support the H.323 VoIP protocol, and a Session Initiation Protocol software image is expected to be released next year. …
Source: www.sci-tech-today.com