SIP Trunking

  Avoidable Issues with SIP Trunks
Implementing a SIP trunk involves five parties: the customer, VAR, PBX vendor, SBC vendor, and finally the SIP trunk provider. Every year, The SIP School surveys the issues that impede a successful implementation. The 2013 survey should be available …

  SIP Trunking Week in Review
SIP Trunking continues to grow as an important technology for expanding communications needs.

  SIP Trunking News Roundup
Those trying to decide whether to embrace SIP Trunking for their communications needs have seen compelling evidence over the past few weeks as the technology continues to make inroads and news.

  Softphone Software is-phone v2.1 Releases
VoIP phones have been around for a few years. Services such as Vonage provide phone service via Internet data networks. What is less known is that these services can provide communications directly to your computer. The term softphone is used to desc…

  SIP Trunking, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
As most of us are now aware, SIP trunking is a great technology for reducing costs associated with traditional landline telco circuits. Rather than paying for a PRI and only using a portion of the available channels, SIP trunking allows businesses to…

  Voice Carrier Selects Sangoma Vega Gateways for SIP Trunking, VoIP Deployments
Voice Carrier, a provider of SIP trunking and VoIP services for enterprises and SMBs, has selected Sangoma Technologies Corporation's Vega Series gateway as the recommended media gateway for its SIP trunking and VoIP service deployments. This selecti…

  Allstream Expands SIP Trunking to Reach 10,000 More Businesses in Canada
Canadian all-business communications provider Allstream recently expanded the scope of its SIP trunking service, allowing it to reach an additional 10,000 medium and large-sized enterprises in Canada. As such, more companies in a broader range of cit…

  SIP Trunking Week in Review
Enterprise session border controllers (E-SBCs) play an important role in enabling SIP trunking and all unified communications applications with Microsoft Lync. Ingate Systems' E-SBC, the SIParator, is fully certified for use in Lync environments and …

  SIP Trunking and UC with Lync: The Role of the E-SBC
Enterprise session border controllers play an important role in enabling SIP trunking and all unified communications applications with Lync. Ingate Systems' E-SBC, the SIParator, is fully certified for use in Lync environments and meets or exceeds bo…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
As VoIP continues to expand, so does the adoption of SIP. As a result, SIP trunking companies continue to development new products and solutions. Consequently, this past week was no different in terms of such announcements as vendors revealed new pro…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
TMCnet's Robbie Pleasant reported that according to a study from Infonetics Research, SIP Trunking is poised to overtake legacy T1 lines in less than two years, as more companies begin to switch over. "This change is just a symptom of a massive telec…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
It was a busy week in the SIP trunking sector. Here are some of the major stories from TMCnet. Broadvox, a provider of managed business VoIP services, has published a guide titled, "Selecting Your SIP Trunking Provider: Six Key Considerations," wh…

  Broadvox Publishes 'Selecting Your SIP Trunking Provider: Six Key Considerations' Guide
Broadvox, a provider of managed business VoIP services, reportedly published a guide titled, "Selecting Your SIP Trunking Provider: Six Key Considerations" which provides valuable insights about how SIP trunking can help users fully utilize their ins…

  Ingate Systems and eZuce Partnership to Enhance UC Security
Perhaps one of the biggest concerns for anyone looking to get into cloud-based communications, even SIP trunking, is security. That's one obstacle the recent alliance between Ingate Systems and eZuce wants to overcome by bringing a new level of secur…

  Masergy Intelligent SIP Trunking Now Compatible with Key Avaya Communications Systems
Masergy Communications, a provider of network and cloud communications services, confirmed that its Masergy Intelligent SIP Trunking service is now in compliance with key communications solutions from Avaya.

  While Technology Companies Certify SIP Equipment, The SIP School Certifies SIP Workers
While the telecom industry makes great strides toward the wider implementation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), signaling protocol used for controlling communication sessions - such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol (IP) - like any…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
The first week in April was a busy one for the SIP Trunking community, with a series of new approaches, acquisitions, alliances and accolades peppering the newsreel. Let's take a look at the events of this week.

  AT&T Believes in 'Magic,' Honored for Ninth Consecutive Year by Gartner
For nine years in a row, Gartner has touted AT&T for its worldwide fixed enterprise networking services by placing the company in its "Magic Quadrant for Global Network Service Providers." The AT&T magic consists of a full portfolio of voice and d…

  FonAngle's MeshLINQ Receives Accolades from TMC
With an increasing number of businesses moving to the cloud, high volume bandwidth, call quality and reliability are becoming challenges that companies have to overcome. It seems as if FonAngle Communications is doing just that, recently being touted…

  The Importance of Interoperability Testing in the SIP Trunking Model
SIP trunking, a VoIP and streaming media service based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), is seeing its star rise in the world of telecom. As more Internet telephony service providers (ITSP) deliver telephone services and unified communication…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Let's kickstart your Easter weekend with a review of this week's news from the SIP trunking community. This week, the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) released profiles to enable plug-and-play compatibility in technology offering…

  The Choices of UC and SIP Trunking
While Unified Communications is not exactly new, it's always changing, improving and innovating. UC and VoIP have managed to provide affordable, streamlined communications, making it easier than ever to communicate with colleagues across long distanc…

  ADTRAN's Executive to Join CompTIA Telecom Advisory Council
ADTRAN, Inc., a provider of next-generation networking solutions, recently announced that Meggin Sawyer, regional vice president of service provider networks for ADTRAN, will join the CompTIA Telecom Advisory Council (TAC). As the newest member of TA…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Another week gone by means another week for tech news. Let's look at what happened in SIP trunking.

  Voxeo Celebrates Big Anniversary of SIP Support
The 10th anniversary is traditionally celebrated with tin or aluminum, but over at Voxeo, it's all gold as it marked its own 10th anniversary of session initiation protocol (SIP) support. SIP is one of the biggest parts of voice over Internet protoco…

  SIP Trunking Week in Review
It's time to wrap up the headlines in technology news, and here we'll take a gander at what went on in SIP trunking for this mid-March week.

  Broadvox Intros Call Bursting Feature as Add-On to SIP Trunking Solutions
Broadvox, a provider of managed business VoIP services, recently released Call Bursting as an add-on feature with its SIP trunking solutions.

  SIP Network Operators Conference Releases its Schedule
There's plenty to discuss at the third annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC), held from April 22-25. Key among them is SIP Trunking, security, emergency services, SIP-IPv6 - and of course, WebRTC. The preliminary schedule for SIPNOC 201…

  SIP Forum Sets SIPconnect-IT 2013 for Early May
The SIP Forum today announced its second annual interoperability testing event, SIPconnect-IT 2013, which aims to help drive industry-wide adoption of the SIPconnect 1.1 Technical Specification. This five-day event will be held from May 6-10 at the U…

  ASIMS Introduces New Tools and Service to its Avatar Solutions Platform Suite
Network monitoring and management solutions provider, ASIMS, has announced addition of new cloud-based, end-to-end communications and network intelligence tools to its flagship Avatar Solutions Platform Suite. These tools will ensure the continuity a…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to this TMCnet week in review, recapping some of the top stories from the past week in the SIP trunking space.

  Bandwidth Announces Unification of inetwork Wholesale Division, SIP Trunking Business
Bandwidth, a preferred choice for innovative and scalable voice, 9-1-1 and SMS solutions, has announced a new wholesale and enterprise division. The company has combined inetwork wholesale and SIP trunking businesses into a single entity, in respo…

  The Benefits of Software-Based SIP Trunking
It is no secret that voice-over-IP (VoIP) and unified communication is the direction of business communication. While in many cases consumers are still playing with VoIP as they gradually move away from landlines and embrace VoIP technologies such as…

  Ingate Systems' E-SBC Helps NACR in Large-Scale Call Center SIP Trunk Installation
The arena of Session Initiation Protocol, or 'SIP', has been consistently evolving solutions and technologies, aimed at addressing the ever increasing need for better and enhanced telecommunications services.

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to another TMCnet week in review, recapping some of the highlights from the week just past in the SIP trunking sector. Firs up, Gamma made its best-in-class SIP trunking services available with bundled billing, allowing unified communicati…

  Illinois-Based ANPI Announces New Managed ANPI SIP Trunking Solution
With an objective to deliver reliable business solutions that serve the evolving needs of businesses through technology and service innovation, ANPI - a provider of SIP, VoIP and hosted IP communication and application services - has announced a new …

  The SIP Forum Extends SIPNOC 2013 Call for Presentations Until End of February
The SIP Forum, an IP communications industry association that aims to promote and advance SIP-based technology, recently extended the official Call for Presentations for its third annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC 2013), to be held at t…

  Gamma Unveils SIP Trunking with Bundled Minutes
Gamma has revealed that its best-in-class SIP trunking services are now available with bundled minutes. SIP trunks with bundled minutes billing will allow UC resellers to leverage the expenditures of their customers.

  TMCnet SIP trunking Week in Review
It's been an exciting week for the SIP trunking community so let's dive right in.

  Infonetics Research: Carrier Router and Switch Market to Grow Again in 2013
Recently, Infonetics Research announced its vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its Q4 2012 and FY 2012 Service Provider Routers and Switches report. Global IP edge and core router and carrier Ethernet switch revenue reportedly incr…

  TouchTone Launches Sip Trunking Voice Solution
TouchTone Communications, a provider of voice, data and VoIP solutions, launched a new unlimited local and long distance SIP trunking phone service called BusinessFlex.

  WiMacTel Selects ThinkTel as SIP carrier
WiMacTel, a nationwide provider of pay phones, inmate telephone systems, inmate friends & family calling plans and operator services, recently selected ThinkTel, a Canadian-owned business telecommunications provider catering to the SMB, enterprise an…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
As usual, the SIP trunking community had a busy week with all sorts of certifications and expansions so let's get right to it.

  Net2Phone SIP Trunking Solution Certified for Use with Avaya IP Office
Distributor-based VoIP provider Net2Phone has achieved compliance of its SIP trunking solution with Avaya IP Office 8.1. The SIP trunking solution underwent compliance testing by Avaya and has been deemed compatible for use with both IP Office 500 an…

  Argentina's Telecommunications Services Market Will Grow 31 Percent by 2017
Telecoms in Argentina are on the verge of a huge expansion. According to Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert), the market will grow 31 percent over the next five years from $18.44 billion to $26.58 billion.

  Internet2 Brings SIP Cloud to Multiple Member Universities
It's a big day for several universities around the country, as Internet2 has completed the deployment of its SIP cloud voice services at its new offices in Emeryville, California. This provides some great opportunities for schools involved with Inter…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
The SIP trunking space has had a busy week so let's just dive right in and get to it. Session Initiation Protocol is used for communicating between different devices across an Internet protocol. But if you didn't know that or what exactly it does, no…

  Xpander Communications Launches SIPtrunkservices.com, Expands its SIP Reach
Xpander Communications, a provider of modern Internet-based communications services such as SIP trunking and hosted PBX and former myvoipprovider.com Provider of the Month, today launch SIPtrunkservice.com, a specific division of the company's SIP tr…

  The Best SIP Trunk Providers for 2013
SIP trunking can save lots of money on phone bills for companies as there is no need for separate voice and data connections. It also reduces long distance charges, almost making them local calls.

  BizVoIP.com Selects Bandwidth
SIP trunking technology provider, Bandwidth, has announced that the company's unified communication trunking (UC Trunking) solution has been selected by BizVoIP.com, a source of voice communications systems to large businesses. SIP trunking techno…

  Windstream MPLS Networking Solutions Certified by Metro Ethernet Forum
Windstream, a provider of advanced network communications, today had its MPLS enabled Virtual LAN Services certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) as compliant for both MEF 9 and MEF 14 technical specifications as well as being Carrier Ethernet 1…

  The SIP School Teaches Everything SIP
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a communications protocol used for communicating between different devices on a company network or across the Internet. For instance, this could be a two-way phone conversation, using VoIP on the LAN or WAN or a S…

  Telcentris SIP Trunking Solution Certified for Zultys IP Phone Systems
Zultys a specialist in unified communications solutions and Telcentris announced the certification of the latter's SIP Trunking solution for Zultys IP Phone Systems. The Zultys IP phone system integrates voice, video, data and mobility into a single …

  Ingate Systems Says You Need More than Just a SIP to Optimize Enterprise Communications
One of the great things about being at TMC's ITEXPO Miami is that even the water cooler conversations are scintillating. I had the opportunity of talking industry trends and market realities with Steven Johnson, president of VoIP infrastructure provi…

  MegaPath Launches Enterprise Trunking for Multi-Location Businesses
MegaPath Corporation today launched a new voice offering called Enterprise Trunking, aimed at multi location organizations as well as a standalone SIP trunking solution for single-location business customers. These new solutions serve to augment …

  Turkcell Customers to Experience Higher Mobile Internet Speeds
As smartphone's continue to invade the communication landscape, the concept of Internet surfing has travelled from 'behind the desk' to 'at your fingertips,' as people want to stay connected even while on the go. The situation is the same everywhere …

  Bandwidth.com Looks to Spread the Word about UC and SIP at Upcoming Event
The folks at Bandwidth.com feel fortunate to have been on the cutting edge of the SIP communications revolution, and they are excited to help bring the space into the future. In order to help promote knowledge, innovation and collaboration in the SIP…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
This week in SIP trunking news, the SIP forum announced that the Call for Presentations is now open for SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC 2013). The third annual conference will be held in Herndon, VA, at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel from April 22-2…

  SIPNOC 2013 Call for Presentations Now Open
The SIP Forum recently announced that the Call for Presentations is now open for the third annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC 2013), which will be held at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel in Herndon, VA, from April 22 -25, 2013. SIPNOC 2013 is…

  Ingate Shares SIP Trunking and Unified Communications Visions of the Future
There is little doubt that unified communications is the wave of the future. Studies show that UC solutions help with worker productivity, and that, of course, helps the bottom line. But deploying a UC strategy entails more than just selecting the ri…

  TMCnet's SIP Trunking Week in Review
Diving right in SIP trunking news this week, Quickcomm has decided to expand its professional services and will now give customers more visibility into their strategies and global telecommunication expenditures. According to an article from TMC contr…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to the first SIP trunking week in review of 2013, recapping some of the top stories in this sector from the week just past as reported by TMCnet.

  Auto-Provisioning of SIP Phone Improved by Q-Suite 5.7
Indosoft Inc. has unveiled an enhancement to the Q-Suite 5.7 by extending the auto-provisioning competence of SIP phones to include Polycom and Linksys or Cisco IP phones. Q-Suite's auto-provisioning has simplified phone registration and administrati…

  Ziggo Business Plans to Offer SIP Trunking, Refreshes Office Pro
The year 2012 saw a clear trend of enterprises migrating to session initiation protocol (SIP). Productivity and reduced costs can be the major reason for this migration. Ziggo Business, a provider of media and communications services, is following su…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to the last SIP trunking week in review of 2012! Despite the holiday this week, there was still a fair amount of activity in the SIP trunking sector. Being the last week of the year, of course, there was time taken to look back at 2012 in …

  AudioCodes Mediant E-SBC Now Certified by AT&T for Use with Genesys Applications
VoIP technology enabler, AudioCodes, confirmed its achievement of an important certification milestone with AT&T and Genesys. The company's Mediant Enterprise 3000 Session Border Controller (E-SBC) achieved certification with AT&T IP Flex Reach SIP T…

  Ingate Helps Swedish SIP Trunk Service Provider Qualify for Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Ingate Systems, a source of Session Border Controller (SBC) technology solutions, recently helped a Swedish-based Internet telephony SIP trunking service provider to qualify for connecting Microsoft LyncServer 2010 to its telephony services, by integ…

  Broadvox Publishes Article on SIP Trunking Failovers
Failures in SIP trunking operations make a company miss important business communications, and adversely affect the image of the company. Recently, Broadvox published a new article called Business Continuity with SIP Trunking.

  Grudi Associates Utilizes New VoIP Technology
Recently, Grudi Associates announced that the company is making use of new Voice over IP (VoIP) features for both premises-based and hosted phone systems. This will help in communicating more effectively and dependably.

  Year 2012 Saw Enterprises Migrate to SIP Trunking Services
The year 2012 has seen the trend of enterprises migrating toward Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Webtorials, the premier Internet site for IT-related education and resource-sharing, surveyed 300 enterprises, and about one-third of them have deploy…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to another TMCnet week in review, recapping some of the top stories from the past week in the SIP trunking industry. First up, IntelePeer signed an agreement with Chinook Communications to integrate IntelePeer's CoreCloud SIP trunking with…

  Ingate SIParator E-SBC Qualifies for Microsoft Lync
The Ingate SIParator E-SBC has passed and qualified in Microsoft Corp's Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program for Lync Server 2010. In achieving this qualification, service providers, enterprise customers and resellers can be sure …

  IntelePeer Partners with Chinook Communications
IntelePeer Inc., a provider of on-demand, cloud-based communications, recently signed an agreement with Chinook Communications to integrate IntelePeer CoreCloud SIP Trunking with hosted Microsoft Lync unified communications deployments offered by Chi…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
As we get closer to Christmas, even the tech world seems to be slowing down. However, there were still some noteworthy events in the SIP trunking sector this week. Here's a look at a handful of them as reported on by TMCnet.

  TXU Energy Deploys Acme Packet's SIP Trunking Solutions
Many companies in the United States have started deploying session initiation protocol (SIP) trunks and services to increase flexibility and control costs. One among them is TXU Energy, a provider of retail electricity solutions and services.

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
This week didn't see a ton of development in SIP trunking, but so goes the ebbs and flows of an industry that's always evolving. There was nonetheless some provoking news in the space, so let's review.

  GENBAND Submits S3 SBC and A2 CAS for SIPconnect 1.1 Testing at New Hampshire Event
Developer of IP infrastructure and applications solutions, GENBAND, today officially announced its participation in the SIP Forum's SIPconnect-IT 2012. The event kicked off December 3 and is scheduled to carry through until tomorrow at the University…

  Cirpack Successfully Deploys SBC and Softswitch for SIP Interconnection between Two Italian Network Operators
Technicolor recently announced that Cirpack has successfully deployed Technicolor's Session Border Controller (SBC) and softswitch to provide SIP interconnection between two network operators in Italy. Cirpack is a provider of local exchange and tran…

  CyberData Corporation Unveils New SIP Outdoor Keypad Intercom
CyberData Corporation, an original equipment design and manufacturing company, recently released a brand new device called the SIP Outdoor Keypad Intercom.

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to another week in review, bringing you some of the top stories for the last week of November in the SIP trunking sector as reported on by TMCnet.

  Cablevision Optimum Voice SIP Trunking and Cisco UC300 Series Certified Interoperable
Cablevision Systems Corporation, a media and telecommunications company, today had its Optimum Voice SIP trunking service certified with Cisco Unified Communications 300 Series for small businesses. This makes the Cisco UC320 part of an exclusive gro…

  IPX Interconnection Becoming Urgent for HD Voice, RCS and LTE
HD voice, RCS and LTE are the driving forces in carrier plans to SIP interconnect. IP Exchange (IPX) services have been talked about a lot, but European carriers are now at the point where they must start connecting their network above and beyond sim…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Despite the Thanksgiving holiday this week, the SIP trunking sector still saw a fair amount of activity. Here are some of the highlights as reported by TMCnet. First, Infonetics Research released its report for the third quarter of 2012 on the ser…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Welcome to another week in review, bringing you a handful of the top stories from the week in the SIP trunking sector. Let's begin!

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
After a restful weekend from the extra hour gained from the end of Daylight Savings Time, the SIP trunking sector was filled with noteworthy events this week. Here are some of the highlights as reported by TMCnet. First, Entisys became a Mitel aut…

  Acme Packet Enterprise SBCs Land New Certification
Big news for those looking for session border controller (SBC) technology; already a major name in the industry, Acme Packet's enterprise SBCs have just landed a new certification. Today, Acme Packet announced that it's the first to be certified with…

  Latest Update to Carrier-Grade Solution to Strengthen SIPRoutes Framework
The market's first SIPRoutes is currently touted as the most widely adopted and successful cloud-based least cost routing environment available. The latest update to its carrier-grade solution strengthens the SIPRoutes framework and claims to solve t…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
The SIP trunking sector was once again bustling with activity this week. Here's a look at some of the top stories from the past week. First, GL Communications released its latest MC-MLPPP Conformance Tester software, which simulates a complete PPP…

  Lancope's StealthLabs Intelligence Center to Share its Threat Research with Customers and Public
Lancope has launched the StealthLabs Intelligence Center (SLIC) to share global threat research with customers and the public.

  Lancope Appoints New Managing Director of EMEA
Lancope, Inc., provider of flow-based monitoring solutions, has recently hired Tariq Ahmed as Managing Director of EMEA and International.

  Gigamon Continues Investment in its GigaSMART Technology
Gigamon has announced the launch of the GigaSMART technology in the GigaVUE H Series of fabric nodes.

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
It's been another busy week in the SIP trunking sector; here are the top stories as reported by TMCnet. First up, AhnLab released V3 Click, claimed to be the industry's first personal security appliance.

  Which Interconnection Model is 'Best' - Peering or Settlements?
As always when the communications business undergoes dramatic technological and regulatory change, there will be conflict among business ecosystem participants about the way "regulatory rules of the game" should evolve. Quite frequently, regulatory m…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
It was busy as usual this week in the SIP trunking sector. Here are the top stories as reported by TMCnet.

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
It was a busy week in the SIP Trunking sector. Here are some of the major stories from TMCnet. Ingate Systems, along with The SIP School, will offer a new line of training and certification courses, focusing on the Ingate Enterprise Session Border…

  Training, Certification Available with Ingate & The SIP School
Earlier today, Ingate Systems, along with The SIP School joined together to bring out a new line of training and certification courses, focusing on the Ingate Enterprise Session Border Controller and the Ingate SIParator Enterprise Session Border Con…

  TMCnet SIP Trunking Week in Review
Leveraging other technologies, SIP Trunking continues to improve communications across enterprises and corporate networks. Suppliers' like Ingate Systems continued to introduce new products in this space as well.

  Grandstream GXP2200 Sets the Stage for Flexible Android Applications on Desk Phones
Grandstream Networks, a manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, launched its first SIP phone, the GXP2200 Enterprise Application Phone running on the Android platform. The Android operating system is getting popu…

  Skullcandy Enjoys Level 3 Goodies
Level 3 Communications, Inc. has just revealed that Skullcandy, a global manufacturer of headphones, earbuds and headsets, is now leveraging its network and SIP offering to improve communication among key corporate locations in North America and Chin…

  Ingate Unveils High-Cap E-SBCs, New Trial and Training Options
Ingate Systems has expanded its product line, its free trial offer and its training options, the company told TMCnet this week at ITEXPO West in Austin, Texas. New products include the Ingate Firewall 2970 and Ingate SIParator 97 enterprise sessio…