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 Today's Top Stories
1. Vyke is here to save the day
2. Warding off big hack attacks
3. Jajah lures iPhone subs
4. 711 opens VoIP door a little wider
5. ABI offers SIP, UMA forecasts
Also Noted: Spotlight On... Now I know my S-I-Ps; Land of 10,000 hotspots; VoIP goes to school; and much more...
1. Vyke is here to save the day
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If Vyke Communications' execs haven't already considered it, let me offer them the idea of adopting the cartoon character Underdog as company mascot. Like Underdog, Vyke is here to save the day for people who've had it with mobile operators' attempts to thwart mobile VoIP. Vyke has announced that later this year it will introduce an upgrade to its mobile software that will give subscribers' handsets superpowers that can undo anything MNOs do to cripple their built-in VoIP capabilities. In a Vyke press release, CEO Kjetil Bøhn said, "Users need to remember that...attempts to keep mobile VoIP out of the market amount to nothing less than an announcement that the mobile operators intend to continue overcharging consumers for as long as they can."
For more on Vyke's end run around MNOs:
- read this article from VoIP Monitor
Related Articles:
Vyke adds text messaging to mobile VoIP client. Report
Truphone beefs up its service. Report
T-Mobile, Truphone tussle. Report
Truphone/Vodafone tiff expands. Report
 Fixed Mobile Convergence Progress Report
July 17, 12:00 pm ET / 9 am PT / 5 pm GMT
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2. Warding off big hack attacks
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If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't so good after all. Is this the case with VoIP? Not yet. But as VoIP matures, people are starting to figure out new ways to abuse the very things we like so much about it. Hackers are no exception. Getting in front of them instead of trying to play catch-up is the best way to avoid trouble from hackers.
For more on VoIP hack attacks and how to prevent them:
- read this article from PCMag.com
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Hacker calls VoIP a security risk. Report
IRS vulnerable to wireless hackers. Report
3. Jajah lures iPhone subs
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Wasting no time, Jajah is taking iPhone subscribers to school on how they can make cheap VoIP calls with their expensive new toys. The pitch, called Free.Your.iPhone, encourages iPhoners to use their phones' Web browsers to go to the mobile Jajah site, enter their Jajah user name and password and click on a number in their address book to make a global call and save a bundle in the process. A person making a call to the U.K. could save 20 cents a minute. Zat's fabulous, dahhhhling!
For more on Jajah's tempting proposition:
- read this TMCnet article
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Fierce gets the iPhone. Article
Pricey Prada phone gets free VoIP with Jajah. Report
4. 711 opens VoIP door a little wider
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First it was CALEA and E911. Now VoIP providers also must support 711 functionality to enable the disabled to take advantage of VoIP. While it makes manufacturing products and providing services more complex, it's nice to know that people who are hard of hearing or speech impaired can enjoy the benefits of VoIP like the rest of us. In addition to offering functionality, VoIP providers must contribute to the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) fund. TRS helps pay for the operators who connect 711 calls.
For more on new VoIP regulation:
- read this article from ars technica
Related Articles:
SF Vonage users get E911. Report
More addresses in E911. Report
Judge to VoIP carriers: Heed CALEA. Report
5. ABI offers SIP, UMA forecasts
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The analysts at ABI Research certainly have been busy. They've released two new research briefs: one on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and another on Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA). The SIP brief forecasts that SIP services will become the norm after 2010 and rapidly come to dominate the world's telecom markets. ABI says by 2012 about half of all telecom users will be using at least one SIP-based service, which in turn will generate more than $150 billion in annual service revenue. In the UMA brief, ABI forecasts that because of delays in the the development of competing solutions, Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) will capture 65 million fixed mobile convergence subscribers by 2012.
For more:
- see this release on the SIP forecast
- and check out this release on the UMA forecast
Related Articles:
Lyse Tele rolls out IMS/SIP-based FMC solution. Report
3GSM Fixed/Mobile Convergence. Report
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TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Now I know my S-I-Ps
Do you know your SIP basics? If the answer is, "well...sort of," or, "maybe...not so much," don't feel bad. Just sit back with your favorite beverage in one of your kid's sippy cups and read this excellent articles that seeks to sort out everything you wanted to know about SIP but were afraid to ask. The topics covered include SIP vulnerabilities, SIP testing, and SIP-based phones. Article
> Vyke, The Cloud Networks make Europe land of 10,000 hotspots. Article
> ENA, Sylantro take VoIP to school. Article
> Firms on fast track to mobile VoIP. Article
> Big Pond uses the power of veto on VoIP. Article
And Finally... Big dreams totally rule! Article
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