Tag: VoIP

Broadband phone service provider Vonage will make available portable Wi-Fi phones later this year to help defend itself against AT&T's expansion into its market, a Vonage executive said Monday. Via [news.com.com]

Vendors should stop pushing IP telephony and Wi-Fi technology in isolation and put forward converged communication strategies instead. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Vendors are offering telephone handsets designed for use over corporate wireless LANs. Via [vnunet.com]

Nortel Networks Corp. Monday unveiled handsets, access points, a switch, and other gear designed to extend wireless LANs to support enterprise telephony. Via [infoworld.com]

Wireless local area networks and Net-based phoning have been among the most talked-about emerging technologies for businesses over the past year, and now, vendors are introducing products they say will help companies combine the two. Via [news.com.com]

A recent deal between Nokia and Cisco Systems gave Wi-Fi cell phones a key boost--but analysts say the devices may be slow to catch on, because carriers remain reluctant to sell them. Via [news.com.com]

Broadband equipment maker Netopia on Friday announced a program designed to spur manufacturers to develop more Wi-Fi cordless phones. Via [news.com.com]

A group of suppliers led by SpectraLink is pushing the IEEE to set up a study group for a future voice over Wi-Fi standard. The companies were hopeful that their proposal would be adopted at the currently ongoing IEEE summit in Vancouver, Canada, though sources believe that is unlikely to happen. Via [theregister.co.uk]