Adtran’s Co-Founder Mark C. Smith passed away on Tuesday March 27th due to complications from pneumonia.
According to ChannelWeb, Mark Spencer, the creator of Asterisk and recently took over the CTO role at Digium, was among the hundreds of mourners who waited as long as 90 minutes to pay their last respects to Mr. Smith.
Smith, a […]

OpenSER is a flexible, mature and stable SIP communications server. However unlike Asterisk, OpenSER requires extensive knowledge of the SIP Protocol and presumes nothing about your configuration or method of deployment.
I am basing this configuration on OpenSER v1.1.1 which is currently considered the most ’stable’ version. Although v1.2 has been released, I am going […]

Bloomberg just announced that U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton approved Verizion’s injunction against Vonage. However, Hilton stated he wouldn’t sign the order before a hearing for Vonage’s request for a stay has completed - which is scheduled to take place in two weeks.
On March 8th a Jury found that Vonage infringed three patents and should […]

The FCC’s decision to except VoIP Providers from State telecommunicationns regulations was upheld by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Court. This is great news for VoIP Providers like Vonage, but a disappointment for those states wanting to gain control and taxation over VoIP based services.
In 2004, the FCC ruled that […]

Ars Technica reports that Cingular/AT&T has blocked their customers from calling various ‘free’ calling services, like FuturePhone and PartyLine Connect, in the 712 area code. Cingular representative Mark Siegel said, “We have to pay terminating access for every minute the person is on the line. Typically these companies run them through local exchange companies […]

I just heard that Pulvermedia is hosting a pre-Sping VON webinar entitled “Verizon vs. Vonage: Where does VoIP Stand?” on Thursaday, March 15th, at 1:00PM EDT.
Lets hope this sheds some light as to the future of VoIP.

A federal jury in Alexandria, VA handed down a very disturbing decision against Vonage’s usage of VoIP technologies patented by Verizon.
This decision, if not overturned, will have a serious impact on the continued growth of VoIP Services. I fear that Verizion’s lack of ability to produce a profit with their existing business model […]