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Ringio, a new company founded by a group of long-time SaaS and Telephony Executives, has launched a new service for small and mid-sized businesses that brings them a combination of CRM and telephony functionality that until now has been available only through call centers and enterprise-level telephony systems.

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After a green building project blocked cellular coverage, a U.K. college used fixed mobile convergence to enable roaming VoIP calls over Wi-Fi and cellular networks for users with dual-mode smartphones.

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Rising smartphone use and mobile appliance growth have created new service opportunities for wireless operators. In their mobile network planning, they must calculate how much to invest in new technology if return on investment is marginal.

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While there’s nothing revolutionary about Microsoft’s Communications Server “14,” unveiled at VoiceCon Orlando, the new unified communications product does have some compelling features. Learn more about them.

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Major questions surrounding mobile appliance service deployment will affect operators’ mobile network infrastructure planning in terms of enabling Quality of Service and Evolved Packet Core technology if they can sell premium services.

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At VoiceCon Orlando, Microsoft unveiled Communications Server “14.” Communications Server “14″ is a holistic telephony solution and extensible, interoperable unified communications platform.

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As 100G DWDM optical network transport takes hold to speed optical channel rates to accommodate traffic growth, DWDM technology vendors, telecom service providers and standards groups have to make hard choices in terms of modulation formats. Find out why the industry is favoring multilevel phase modulation to avoid the problems it encountered with 40G DWDM development.

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SIP trunking was a hot topic at VoiceCon this year as companies look for ways to reduce the costs and data center footprint of their voice infrastructure. A case study panel at the conference demonstrated SIP trunking benefits and challenges.

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The telecom industry wants to move quickly to develop 100G DWDM optical network transport. In part 1 of this expert lesson, optical networking expert Ray Mota looks at the forces driving first-generation adoption. After learning from 40G mistakes, standards organizations want to make sure interoperable high-speed optical transmission products get to market quickly at the right price point for easy deployment. He goes on to provide a short history of 100G DWDM development and looks at the technologies that will enable 100G DWDM. As a bonus, Mota offers his projections on future 100G DWDM deployments

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How do IT decision makers define unified communications, and who are the real UC decision makers within enterprise organizations? Answers: “Who cares?” and “You may be surprised.”

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