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Verizon and Tata have agreed to SIP peer/federate to enable access to the other’s telepresence suites, making the two carriers the first to officially do so. How the agreement works at the network level is unclear; specifically, does it just apply to telepresence apps or to all SIP traffic. From a customer perspective, this makes perfect sense. [...] Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to require wireless data roaming deals between competitors. The Order to require facilities-based providers of commercial mobile data services to offer data roaming arrangements to other providers “on commercially reasonable terms and conditions” passed by a 3-2 vote on party lines, with Democratic commissioners and FCC Chairman Genachowski voting for, [...] Alexandria, VA — (April 7, 2011) — HD voice is expected to grow significantly over the next three years as Tier 1 service providers such as Cincinnati Bell, Comcast, France Telecom, and Verizon offer the technology to business, residential, and wireless customers. Already, seventeen mobile carriers have either operational service or announced plans for HD voice [...] Verizon Wireless (www.verizonwireless.com) should support HD voice across a number of LTE devices and users will ultimately be able to exchange wideband calls within and outside of Verizon’s network. “The initial devices we’ll support [AMR-WB] are smart phones for sure,” said Verizon Wireless Marjorie Hsu, VP Technology Development. “Other devices on the road map, we’re working through [...] Has the cable industry gone all-SIP when it comes to full-blown SIP peering? One source says “Yes,” and said Comcast and the rest of the cable industry is saving big bucks on termination and per-minute charges. One of the presenters at the VIP Peering conference said – but HD voice has not be able to confirm – [...] WARNING: BIG pictures ahead These are several slides I’ve selected from the the AT&T SIP transport presentation given at the 5th Annual IIT VoIP Conference and Expo last week. Please note: 1) This is not the full presentation, just excerpts. 2) As of October 18, evening, the full presentation is *not* on the IIT server and 3) Even [...] IIT VoIP Conference and Expo 2010, Chicago-burbs – AT&T (www.att.com) has gone public with its architecture and plans (including business plans) for its SIP peering architecture. While a company spokesperson wouldn’t discuss how far along the company was in discussions with other Tier 1 carriers, HD Voice News believes AT&T is much further along than PowerPoint [...] Cincinnati Bell’s Evolve hosted HD voice service is currently a stand-alone island, but other carriers – outside of the usual suspects – are starting to kick around the idea of peering HD voice calls directly. Mike Herman, product manager for Evolve, said that conversations about HD voice peering had literally started in “the last 45 to 60 [...] While Cisco’s Intercompany Media Engine (IME) has received a lot of coverage, it also has detractors who believe the device has “a number of drawbacks” for enterprises looking to federate services. Objections against the Cisco IME include– 1. IME only works with Cisco CUCM or Session Manager Express (SME) and ASA firewalls – even though Cisco has introduced [...] A more in-depth discussion on how the Cisco (www.cisco.com) IME (Intercompany Media Engine) can be found over on TMCNet (www.tmcnet.com). The IME offers an interesting way to bypass SBC-based federation schemes by directly negotiating a “virtual SIP trunk” between two companies to directly exchange SIP traffic for HD voice and video traffic. Of course, the drawbacks are [...] |
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