SBC nixes notion of Vonage E-911 trialBy: By Donny Jackson SBC Communications this week declined an offer from Vonage to participate in an E-911 trial designed to address VoIP provider’s emergency-service shortcomings that have been highlighted by events during the last two months... Iridium unveils P2T plansIridium Satellite last week announced it plans to offer push-to-talk service to the Department of Defense by the end of the year and to other customers during 2006... Texas AG files 911 suit against VonageBy: By Donny Jackson Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott yesterday filed a lawsuit against Vonage, claiming the leading voice-over-IP provider deceives customers by failing to communicate that its voice service does not include access to the E-911 system associated with traditional telephone service... Level 3 withdraws VoIP petitionBy: By Donny Jackson Telecom carrier Level 3, which connects calls from VoIP providers such as Vonage to the PSTN, on Monday withdrew its forbearance petition that asked the FCC to rule that VoIP calls are not subject to interstate or intrastate access charges... Push-to-talk coming to Palm-powered devicesPalmSource said it has reached an agreement with Qualphone to incorporate the latter’s push-to-talk-over-cellular client to the Palm OS operating system for mobile information devices... Samsung unveils push-to-all solutionSamsung Electronics recently unveiled the prototype of a push-to-all solution--which combines push-to-talk and video conferencing capabilities... SandCherry, Datria intro voice-enabled productivity solutionSandCherry and Datria Systems have jointly developed a solution dubbed Ticket Master that enables utility and enterprise personnel equipped with two-way radios to talk to Datria’s self-service applications using SandCherry’s Voice4 Radio platform... Report: P2T carriers need bundles outside U.S.A report issued by The Yankee Group urged carriers deploying push-to-talk services to create service bundles that also include conferencing, instant messaging and instant availability if they want to that hope to find success in markets outside the U.S... Thales releases firmware for its P25 radiosThales Communications said it has introduced firmware designed to upgrade early versions of its Project 25-compliant radios... New and old radio technologies have roles in homeland securityBy: By Doug Mohney At the 2005 Homeland Security & Global Security Summit in Washington, D.C., this week, leading-edge ultrawideband (UWB) radio technology was side-by-side next to old-fashioned, but still critical, radio gear, specifically antennas... Motorola, Nextel launch Direct Talk handsetMotorola and Nextel announced the launch of the Motorola i325 IS handset, which offers Direct Talk, a back-up walkie-talkie service launched in December that Nextel customers can use when they are outside the carrier’s coverage areas... EFJ units land government dealsEFJ, Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary has received a $1.3 million contract from the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association to provide its Project 25-compliant Netelligent communications system... Nuvio offers E-911 service with VoIP PBXBy: By Donny Jackson Voice-over-IP provider Nuvio today announced the launch of E911 services for its NuvioCentrex product, which is a hosted IP-based PBX for small and medium-sized businesses... Analog Devices shrinks integrated radioAnalog Devices has announced that its new Othello-G direct-conversion radio chip will let the radio in GSM/GPRS phones shrink to 1.5 square centimeters... NTT DoCoMo turns mobile phones into train ticketsGiant Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo said yesterday it will begin testing a new service next month that lets customers use their mobile phones as train tickets... |
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