Print article Refer to a friend Business Wire 2009 2009-01-27 19:23:06 - CallFire" today announced free 1-hour Call Tracking consultations for companies interested in tracking telephone calls back to the original advertisement. Advertisers using internet, radio, TV, or print can easily purchase hundreds or thousands of unique telephone numbers that are then allocated to individual advertisements. CallFire's call tracking interface lets advertisers trace and visualize which campaigns are driving the most telephone calls. Use Call Tracking to get answers to tough questions. - Which campaigns drive the most phone calls to my sales team" - Which infomercial resulted in the most telephone inquiries" - Which campaign resulted in a high-volume of calls, but very few sales" - What time do most listeners hear my messages? Track conversions in real-time and pause underperforming campaigns. Call Routing and tracking campaigns can provide call statistics in real time. This c read more »
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What do mig33, iSkoot and Truphone have in common? They are all startups that have raised gobs of money from venture capitalists. They all offer mobile VoIP clients. And now, all three are looking beyond plain vanilla voice services as they try and navigate the new, post-credit crunch economic reality. These startups are realizing that in order to make real money they would need to create billions of minutes in calls to off-net services. It is a game only the biggest -– Skype, for instance –- can play. And even then, making profits isnРІР‚в„ўt all that easy. More than a few startups have died trying to play the low-margin minutes game. (Related post: VoIP – Dead or Alive?) For these three , the sheer size of their VC funding — over $100 million among the trio — provides a cushion while they plot their evolution. Truphone, one of my favorite applications, has already gone from being just a mobile VoIP client to becoming an all-encompassing communications read more »
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AudioCodes and MIPS Technologies (News - Alert) have released VoIPerfect and VoIPerfectHD VoIP software on MIPS32 processor cores. This combination will allow System On Chip (SoC) designers to develop cost-effective products that will have advanced VoIP Quality of Service (QoS). AudioCodes (News - Alert) designs and manufactures advanced VoIP, converged VoIP, data networking products and applications to service providers and enterprises. The broad ecosystem of support, DSP extensions and multi-threading capability make MIPS cores are an ideal fit for VoIP products, according to Udi Kalekin, vice president of software engineering at MIPS Technologies. Kalekin said the company is pleased to work with AudioCodes in developing this optimized solution. MIPS Technologies is also looking to continue to work with AudioCodes on future algorithms and software to further benefit the cost-sensitive and rapidly developing VoIP market. The product portfolio of MIPS Technologies consists of process read more »
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From the Wires Avotus Partners with AOTMP Research to Inform on Best Practices for Call Accounting in a VoIP Environment By: Business Wire read more »
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Verizon Wireless launched a VOIP-based, Linux-powered home phone on Friday, the Verizon Hub. Verizon dressed the OpenFrame up with their own proprietary services. The Hub plugs into a home broadband line and acts as a family calendar, limited Web browser, messaging center, digital picture frame and, of course, a phone. Verizon did not announce pricing or service plans for the Verizon Hub, but said all would be revealed before the product goes on sale on Feb. 1. The Hub is based on OpenPeak s OpenFrame design, which we saw at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2008. The Hub s home screen shows floating, Web-based widgets such as a calendar and the weather, along with details about missed calls and visual voice mail. The device can stream movie trailers and other video from V CAST; send directions to phones using VZ Navigator; track children s cell phones using Chaperone; view local traffic information, and send and receive text, picture, and video messages. read more »
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VoIP Service Providers Not Focusing on Impending Threats, Report Finds Copyright 2008 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved2009-01-26 NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- As the VoIP market evolves, security threats loom on the horizon; however, service providers are not seemingly taking the necessary actions to prepare for the impending threats, according to the latest report published by (), a subscription research service from TechWeb's Light Reading ().www.lightreading.com/entvoip examines applications in the VoIP security market, including security trends and the evolution of products, as well as target markets for VoIP security and the managed services strategies of various vendors. It also examines the outlook for the next 12 to 18 months for VoIP security, including threats the market faces, the impact of economic troubles, the buildout plans of various vendors, and the partnerships, investments, and acquisitions vendors have made. Finally, the report provides a comparative analysis read more »
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TMCnet Editor Bringing new features to a cost-saving technology that s gaining traction in this slower economy, a Philadelphia-based enterprise hosted VoIP provider today announced that it s adding call recording to its platform. Officials at Alteva say that with their call-recording solution, Alteva (News - Alert) Archive, customers in service-driven industries can record and manage critical communications. According to William Bumbernick, chief executive officer of Alteva, any customer-service driven business is a prime candidate for hosted call recording. Remote workforces not only need accurate communication, but they need a way to analyze, document and share the valuable marketing data that is gathered on the fly during customer calls, Bumbernick said. Officials at Alteva say their Archive solution is completely secure, cost effective, and comes with an easy-to-use Internet application. There s no software required for the hosted service, so that customers can go online and man read more »
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Guide 'could help firms select hosted VoIP service' 19/01/2009 09:00:33 A company has released a series of unbiased guides to help small businesses understand voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephony.Conjungo has also issued advice on enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management with the aim of raising awareness of how these technologies work and their benefits, those looking at hosted VoIP may be interested to discover.Among the areas covered are the advantages which these tools can provide and the difficulties involved with setting them up in-house.David Cruse, the chief executive of the company, claims there has been an increase in the number of smaller firms looking to use these developments, which could include hosted VoIP services.He states: For many small business users, it is difficult to get independent advice and to understand what these technologies mean in business terms. In other news, Lord Stephen Carter, first minister for communications, tech read more »
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