VoIP subscriptions top the 100 million mark

The number of VoIP subscriptions worldwide peaked 100 million for the first time late last year, according to research house Point Topic, representing 15% development over the first three calendar quarters of 2009.

The figures also showed that in terms of entire subscribers, the UK still had some catching up to do, beaten by the other six G7 economies, as well as China and South Korea. While in terms of whole subscribers, the US was out in front, but proportionally, the French came in top with 38% of all fixed lines delivered over IP phones.

Point Topic senior analyst John Bosnell said that "an enthusiastic set of suppliers, cost effective bundles, suitable regulations and a developing infrastructure," had promoted the French VoIP market.

Bosnell suggested that these lessons could be applied to other markets, including the UK, to speed up adoption.

Softclient services such as those offered by Skype were not included in the study, but are also seeing major growth. Skype logged 27.7 billion PC to PC minutes in Q3, in addition to 3.1 billion minutes between PCs and conventional phones.

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Unlike Skype, a New iPhone App Makes VoIP Calls Over 3G

Peter Sisson, the founder and chief executive officer of Toktumi, a San Francisco-based VoIP startup, is excited. He was jumping with happiness when I spoke with him earlier today. Why? Because Apple just accepted the newest version (2.0) of his company’s mobile VoIP app, Line2. The app, which costs 99 cents, permits you to call and receive phone calls over both 3G and Wi-Fi networks.

What Toktumi has done is make a back end similar to that of Google Voice -but unlike Google, it's gotten Apple's blessing. It's one of the more absolute mobile VoIP apps currently available for download; I particularly like the fact that it permits you to receive calls straight to your mobile phone over a cellular network even if you don’t have 3G or Wi-Fi coverage.

It comes with its individual features such as conference calling, call waiting, call transfer and even voice mails - in other words, the service is similar to a virtual second line on your phone. The service costs $14.95 a month for unlimited calls in the Canada and U.S.

Toktumi, which launched at DEMO 2008, has had to traverse a hard path to get to where it is today, and Sisson is understandably excited about the kind of exposure the authorization from Apple of its app will bring. Sisson, a veteran of the VoIP business, sold his previous company, Teleo, to Microsoft.

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snom and Voipfone announce partnership

Snom technology AG, a developer and producer of IP phones, has announced that UK VoIP internet phone service provider, Voipfone, which offers a wide range of hosted VoIP services to small businesses and residential customers, has been approved as a superior level service provider partner.

snom's service provider accreditation scheme facilitates resellers to help end users make the most of their snom’s handsets with high-quality partners in other areas of the VoIP network.

The superior service provider accolade is awarded based on PBX functionality.
Features including voice mail integration, call transfer and hold music were tested using Voipfone's service to ensure they were fully compatible with the snom handsets.

Voipfone, a founding member of ITSPA, the UK's industry trade group, at present display the snom accreditation symbol on its website and marketing collateral and will also advantage from a listing on snom's website, so resellers know it is a trusted partner whose services are interoperable with snom phones.

UK sales manager for snom, Nelly Monkhouse, said: "We have been working with Voipfone through one of our recognized distributors, ProVu, since 2005 and we are delighted it has passed the interoperability testing to work with us as a superior level service provider.

Here at snom, we are dedicated to aligning with partners that meet our high standards and aid us to ensure that our customers get the most from their VoIP phones.”

Colin Duffy, CEO of Voipfone, remarked: "We're really happy to be working with snom as an advanced service provider.

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China VoIP & Digital Telecom Completes Business Transition, Allowing Focus on Providing Integral Virtualization Solutions and Services in the Future

China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. a Nevada corporation, announced that it has discontinued its complete VoIP business and is focusing on providing integral virtualization solutions and services in China from now on.

VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is a service that conveys voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. This business offers high-quality IP communication services for enterprises and government agencies with much lower fees and costs. However, the business was blocked by the Chinese Government in July 2009 owing to certain political needs.

In order to shift its business focus to China's virtualization market, the Company needed a second subsidiary in early 2008. The latest subsidiary, Beijing PowerUnique Technologies, is located in Beijing and specializes in virtualization software R&D, sale and service.

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VoIP Gaining Ground, So Where Will Legacy Voice Make Its Last Stand?

Voice over Internet Protocol penetration among U.S. businesses will rise rapidly over the next few years, reaching 79 percent by 2013, compared to 42 percent at the end of 2009, according to research out today from analyst firm In-Stat. At this point I wonder what market demographic symbolizes the last stand for legacy circuit switched voice. Will it be consumer landlines or will it be mobile voice over 3G networks?Current telephone networks are slowly being phased out as the world moves to IP communications. At present in the U.S. only 78 percent of consumer homes have a landline and only 22 percent rely on them exclusively. In the next three years I dream both numbers will be much lower, which is why the FCC is looking at how to hold Broadband access (which is necessary for IP telephony) for all.

In the mobile world, legacy voice will connect around for a while longer. Even though the next-generation Long Term Evolution networks will support voice, it’s still unclear how carriers will control voice calls over the all-IP LTE network. In addition, the existing 3G and even 2G networks will still be around delivering voice calls, so legacy voice is still going to rule on mobile phones.

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Confirmed: VoIP capabilities coming to Google Voice

After Google's acquisition of Gizmo5 back in November, people could not help but surprise if and when it would be fully integrated with Google Voice. Ever since the announcement, speculation has overflowed the internet.

Rumors about Google's upcoming phone being VoIP only began circulating, and excitement has sustained to build.

Today, those rumors are all beginning to appear together. In a post on eWeek, Google executive, Bradley Horowitz, has openly disclosed that Google plans to implement VoIP into their Google Voice service sometime in 2010. This will permit users to make phone calls via any data connection, regardless of a voice plan.

"What we're trying to do with telephony is give people a seamless experience that frees up their telephony communication from the silos where it's existed for the last decade. Voicemail, my contacts, all of those things have been segregated from the rest of my Web experience. We have big plans to do a improved job.

Voicemail transcription, threaded SMS and inbox integration are fantastic features, but we're really just scratching the surface. Gizmo5 provides us talent and talent technology. They have specific tech and skills in further integrating telephony with desktop and devices and Web-based computing. We want to make sure you're communication is available to you irrespective of where you are at, what device you contain in your pocket, etc."

This might alter the entire telephony landscape. Soon, a user will be able to take any phone with Wi-Fi capabilities (and Google Voice support) and use it on their home's wireless network as a free, unlimited calling, house phone. Not only that, but this confirmation by Horowitz may actually validate the $530 price tag that the unlocked Nexus One is rumored to carry. If Google Voice will do VoIP straight from an Android phone, users would require nothing more than a pre-paid, data-only, SIM card to have a truly unlimited cell phone. Possibly Google's January 5th announcement will discuss the future of full Android/Google Voice integration. This would totally cut out wireless carriers from being able to charge for voice services. The world of cell phones as we know it, will stop to exist. There's no declaration of a specific date in 2010, but rest assured, Google VoIP will arrive soon, and when it does, it's sure to shake things up.

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Snom's VoIP Service Product receives important accolade

Snom Technology AG manufacturers and develops Voice-over-Internet-Protocol telephones and interrelated equipment based on the IETF open standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). This sip based products recognised for its high-quality, customisable and cost-effective business solutions. Snom is also differentiated by the company’s ten-year history in the VoIP industry, and its commitment to high security standards.

All of Snom’s software exists in the firmware on its voip phones - making it easier for voip users to new features and download updates. snom customers advantage from the interoperability and flexibility that snom voip telephones offer, including integration and universal compatibility and plug-and-play with any SIP-based telephony platform.The Linux-based VoIP telephones support all common standards, as well as the latest voip technology platforms including STUN (Simple Traversal of UDP through NATs), ENUM (telephone number mapping) and NAT (Network Address Translation). All snom voip phones are well-suited with SIP-based telephone systems and system components including open source platforms such as Asterisk, SER or sipXpbx, and proprietary solutions offered by Snom’s certified partners.

The devices are suitable for make use of in little and medium-sized enterprises, residential offices, and for Internet Phone Service Providers, carriers, and OEM customers.