VoIP Era Changes everything
On the last day of the 2009 – Y2K+10 Eve – it is appropriate to look back at the massive communications transformation that occurred during the first decade of the 21st century.
Ten years ago today, virtually everyone got traditional telephone services – time-division multiplexed services (TDM) from the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs). While the ILECs still are massive and powerful, their initial core technology is winding down as they struggle to adjust to an IP world.
In this world, not everyone is equal -- but they are a whole lot more equal than in the past.The state of things is nicely summarized by Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm. She focuses in on a filing made to the Federal Communications Commission by AT&T in response to a request for comments on how to transition from a cricuit switched to an all-IP network. In its filing, AT&T asks for relief from the requirement that it support plain old telephone Service (POTS), and asks for a date when it will be relieved from the burden.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Telefonica Buying VOIP Vendor Jajah
Jajah, a small Silicon Valley VOIP company, is being bought by Telefonica Europe for $207 million in an all-cash deal. Jajah's technology is designed to enable consumers and businesses to communicate over the Internet on any device and from any network. The company's voice-over-IP platform has made inroads into social networks, such as Twitter.
Jajah, a small Silicon Valley VOIP company, is being bought by Telefonica Europe for $207 million in an all-cash deal. Jajah's technology is designed to enable consumers and businesses to communicate over the Internet on any device and from any network. The company's voice-over-IP platform has made inroads into social networks, such as Twitter.
Level 3 selected by iTalk Global for voice services
(TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Provider of fibre-based communications services Level 3 Communications Inc (Nasdaq:LVLT) has been selected to provide wholesale voice services to iTalk Global Communications Inc.Under the contract announced on Wednesday, financial terms of which were not disclosed, Level 3 will provide iTalk with wholesale voice and local inbound calling services.These services are expected to allow iTalk to expand the area to which it delivers VoIP retail services to US residential and small business customers and to US and foreign telecom carriers and cellular operators.
(TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Provider of fibre-based communications services Level 3 Communications Inc (Nasdaq:LVLT) has been selected to provide wholesale voice services to iTalk Global Communications Inc.Under the contract announced on Wednesday, financial terms of which were not disclosed, Level 3 will provide iTalk with wholesale voice and local inbound calling services.These services are expected to allow iTalk to expand the area to which it delivers VoIP retail services to US residential and small business customers and to US and foreign telecom carriers and cellular operators.
Nortel to end...
Now that the Canadian government has rubber-stamped Ciena’s (CIEN) $769-million purchase of Nortel’s (NRTLQ.PK) Ethernet and optical business, and the carrier VoIP unit is now in play, it doesn’t leave much left on the lawn for the Nortel Garage Sale.
According to a Nortel spokeman (via GigaOm), the remaining assets include the joint venture with LG (LGERF.PK) (Nortel-LG) and the 3,000 or so patents, including the much-coveted LTE patents.
And after their sale, that will be it. There will be noting left – zilch, nada, zippo, zero, nul, nunca. More than 100 years of corporate history will go down the drain, and provides years and years of business school case studies in the process.
Now that the Canadian government has rubber-stamped Ciena’s (CIEN) $769-million purchase of Nortel’s (NRTLQ.PK) Ethernet and optical business, and the carrier VoIP unit is now in play, it doesn’t leave much left on the lawn for the Nortel Garage Sale.
According to a Nortel spokeman (via GigaOm), the remaining assets include the joint venture with LG (LGERF.PK) (Nortel-LG) and the 3,000 or so patents, including the much-coveted LTE patents.
And after their sale, that will be it. There will be noting left – zilch, nada, zippo, zero, nul, nunca. More than 100 years of corporate history will go down the drain, and provides years and years of business school case studies in the process.
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