Colin C. Haley

Amid escalating competition for residential VoIP customers, 8×8 is packaging its videophone with its Packet8 broadband telephony service. The Packet8 standalone desktop phone began shipping this summer and uses a broadband connection (DSL or cable modem) to transmit audio and video. It costs $299 plus a $29.95 monthly fee for the service. The Santa Clara, […]

Looking to extend its reach, Juniper Networks has expanded its relationship with IT distribution giant Ingram Micro , the companies announced today. Ingram Micro will now offer Juniper’s routers — namely its J-series and entry-level M-series platforms — to resellers. The move builds on an existing relationship. Ingram Micro is the primary distributor of Juniper’s […]

Epok, a security firm at the intersection of identity rights and Web services will introduce an upgrade to its flagship platform and a new customer today. Trusted Data Exchange (TDX) 4.0 is designed to help customers exchange information with trusted parties using Web Services . “Our main focus is on the wireless carrier market and […]

It was a lot easier to manage higher education IT systems a generation ago. Back then, a manager controlled a central computer and decided who could access it and why. This is not the case today. College networks are now exponentially larger and much more open, which makes them more useful for students, faculty and […]

French telecom equipment maker Alcatel has won two multi-million-dollar contracts from Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT), the company announced today. The exact value was not disclosed. The pacts were inked in conjunction with French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to Hanoi this week. While there, he pledged support for Vietnam (a former French colony) to […]

Pulver Communications Corp. is introducing a new SIP-based application to enhance the usability of IP communications, company founder Jeff Pulver said. The offering, pulver.Communicator, will launch at this month’s Fall VON show in Boston. It melds elements of instant messaging, VoIP and social networking. Initially developed for Windows XP, versions are being tested for the […]

Six Apart, the company known for its Moveable Type blogging platform, has raised $10 million in second-round financing from August Capital. As part of its investment, two of August Capital’s partners — David F. Marquardt and David M. Hornik — will join Six Apart’s board of directors. The investors bring significant IT experience with them. […]

The number of U.S. households using Voice over IP will rocket from 400,000 to 12 million over the next five years, a new report from JupiterResearch predicts. But certain service providers are better positioned to grab new customers than others. Analysts say established telecom carriers like AT&T and Verizon hold two key advantages over startups […]

Avaya is buying Tenovis for $370 million in cash, a bid that will more than double the IP telephony specialist’s revenues from Europe, the companies said today. Provided the deal passes muster with regulators, Avaya’s European revenues from the continent will jump from 12 percent to 30 percent. “Together, we’ll create the third-largest enterprise communications […]

Cox Communications has released details of its residential and business Voice over IP rollouts. The cable giant said Tulsa, Okla., has become its second consumer voice market (Roanoke, Va., was the first). By year’s end, it will add Baton Rouge, La., parts of west Texas and southwest Louisiana. Cox also announced plans to launch its […]

Voice over IP providers Vonage and AT&T have cut rates by $5 per month for existing and new customers, as competition for early adopters of the technology heats up. Vonage now charges about $25 per month for unlimited calling throughout the 50 states and Canada. It also still has a $15 per month plan that […]

Level 3 Communications said it will pay $34 million cash for Sprint’s wholesale dial-up Internet access business. It’s the Broomfield, Colo., network operator’s third such purchase. Sprint’s service provides dial-up Internet access to ISPs throughout the United States. The transaction lets Level 3 expand its managed modem footprint to smaller U.S. markets. “We have about […]