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News10 Ways to Make Your VoIP Rollout Easier
It's not likely to make David Letterman, but Tech Republic has documented 10 ways to make your VoIP rollout easier. It's nice to save money and provide
delivery of voice messages to e-mail boxes, but Read more...
The ultimate E911 compliance test: Dial
One of the ongoing concerns with VoIP has been the ability of service providers to effectively deliver a 911 call to the appropriate authorities. In an ideal world a VoIP-transported 911 call should Read more...
Revamping VoIP Regs Down Under
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced a new three-strand approach to VoIP regulation. First, the government agency has been reviewing how existing regulation applies Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: E911 gets Senate approval
VoIP users are one step closer to getting full 911 emergency services after the Senate finally passed the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act this week. The bill was proposed by Read more...
U.K. mandates VoIP emergency calling
Britain has joined the U.S. to mandate the enabling of emergency calls from U.K.-based VoIP services. The new rules formulated by telco regulator Ofcom will come into effect Sept. 8 and follow a Read more...
911 bill passes House
The House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring large telcos to connect VoIP providers to the carrier's 911 emergency networks. VoIP providers will also have to offer enhanced 911, or E-911 Read more...
ALSO NOTED: VoIP strategic not tactical; Red Sky connects biz to 911; and much more ...
> VoIP is strategic, not tactical. Analysis > RedSky's new E911 AnywhereTM service provides Read more...
VoIP customers miss evacuation warnings
The emergency phone warning system used to notify residents about this weeks California fires was not able to reach VoIP phone users and houses with only cell phones. E-week reports residents with Read more...
House gives nod to VoIP E911
The FCC began levying fees on cable operators for access to E911 systems--now, Congress is ready to tell the telcos they must Read more...
e911 bill provides VoIP liability protection
An e911 bill circulating on Capital Hill would give VoIP providers the same liability protection as other voice providers, according to Bill Wilhelm with Bingham McCutchen. If Read more...
| Press ReleasesOfcom confirms VoIP providers must provide access to 999 and 112 Ofcom today confirmed that from 8th September 2008, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services that allow users to make calls to normal national phone numbers must also have the ability to connect Read more... RedSky's E911 Anywhere(TM) Delivers Centralized 911 for Enterprise IP Telephony Solution provides location tracking, 911 call routing for IP phones in US, Canada NEW YORK, Oct. 25 -- RedSky Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of automated E911 solutions to the enterprise, Read more... |