VoIP Summaries #3
News and info briefs for the VoIP indusry.
Customers of XO Communications spent nearly 4 billion minutes chatting over VoIP in Q2 2006, almost one and a half times Q2 2005. Source: [VON Magazine]
Vonage reputedly spends over $20 mln per month on advertising. This includes TV as well as spyware-style and online banner ads. Apparently, CEO and chairman Jeffrey Citron confirmed a 2006 advertising campaign of nearly $400 mln. Source: [21 Talks]
An Australian market research company says that only 60% of VoIP providers in that country belong to the TIO (Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman) scheme. The Ombudsman recommends that VoIP providers join this scheme to avoid "a regulatory clampdown".
Red Hat, the now venerable software vendor for the open source Linux operating system, has started up a telecom partner program. [via eWeek] Their strategy is to extend themselves into the embedded systems markets. With the number of PMC (Personal Mobile Communication) devices, with or without VoIP, growing steadily, it'sprobably a wise strategy.
Customers of XO Communications spent nearly 4 billion minutes chatting over VoIP in Q2 2006, almost one and a half times Q2 2005. Source: [VON Magazine]
Vonage reputedly spends over $20 mln per month on advertising. This includes TV as well as spyware-style and online banner ads. Apparently, CEO and chairman Jeffrey Citron confirmed a 2006 advertising campaign of nearly $400 mln. Source: [21 Talks]
An Australian market research company says that only 60% of VoIP providers in that country belong to the TIO (Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman) scheme. The Ombudsman recommends that VoIP providers join this scheme to avoid "a regulatory clampdown".
Red Hat, the now venerable software vendor for the open source Linux operating system, has started up a telecom partner program. [via eWeek] Their strategy is to extend themselves into the embedded systems markets. With the number of PMC (Personal Mobile Communication) devices, with or without VoIP, growing steadily, it'sprobably a wise strategy.
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