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• ​NZ SME specialists take on telcos with new cloud voice solutions

  "The big telco players across New Zealand are failing to help Kiwi small-medium enterprises quickly migrate to cloud-based phone systems."

• OPINION: The missing Lync

  If you are looking at the options for your organisation’s telecommunications strategy, then the chances are you’ve already taken a look at Lync, and you are certainly not alone.

• Small businesses kept on hold by telecom customer service: ACCAN

  Nearly a third of small business owners suffer from significant customer service issues with phone and broadband providers, according to a report released by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).

• Telstra invests $4 million in cloud communications company

  Telstra completed a $4 million investment in Whispir that will help the cloud-based software company expand into Asia.

• Ten ways your voice and data can be spied on

  Attackers seeking to do harm or mischief to networks work with an ever expanding arsenal of tools that sometimes seem to be the stuff of spy fiction, but they are all too real.

• SOA compliance leads the way

  Having seen many vendor presentations announcing new products and strategies recently, I’ve noticed a common thread. The IT world has embraced the concept of total multi-vendorism based upon agreed-to industry standards.

• Free voice calls for all

  Forget free local calls — Annette Presley, co-founder of Slingshot and CallPlus, says once unbundling is introduced she’ll be offering free voice calls.

• 802.11r strengthens wireless voice

  For wireless telephony, clients such as mobile phones must be able to rapidly disassociate from one access point and connect to another. The delay that occurs during hand-off cannot exceed about 50ms, the interval that is detectable by the human ear.

• Woosh cracks voice problem

  Woosh’s voice service has finally launched, nearly two years after originally intended, and COO Rich Cane is touting the service as being one of the first in the world.

• Woosh launches long-awaited voice service

  Woosh hopes to blow the lid off the phone calling market with its new, aggressively-priced voice service.

• EBay to acquire Skype for $3.7 billion

  Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire internet telephony company Skype Technologies SA for US$2.6 billion (NZ$3.7 billion), the companies announced overnight.

• Woosh strikes voice deal with Telecom

  Woosh's long-promised voice service is one step closer after the Auckland-based wireless network provider signed an interconnection agreement with Telecom.

• Voice to email link coming for Treo users

  Treo owners are about to get another bragging right. Good Technology will make available next week a download that allows GoodLink subscribers to access voicemail from their Palm Treo 600 or 650 inbox, thereby eliminating the need to dial in for voicemail.