By Sharla Sikes
A recent security risk to Cisco’s IP Phones and Unified Communications Manager was identified and blocked.
On Thursday, Cisco “rushed” security patches to protect its VoIP setup from allowing malware into networks using its at-risk products.

By Sharla Sikes
A new portable VoIP phone using WiMAX data communications made its public debut at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

By Sharla Sikes
On Monday, BlackBerry users across America found themselves without e-mail service in a massive outage.
Caused when BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. attempted to expand its network, the outage shook users’ confidence in their handhelds. RIM routes all e-mails through just a few locations; the company hoped to expand its central hub in […]

By Sharla Sikes
Well, here we go again … 2008’s lawsuit battles have begun.
Verizon has brought suit against Cox Communications and Charter Communications in new patent infringement cases.

By Sharla SikesCounterPath Corp., a provider of desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, has recently made a few major purchases.
CounterPath announced acquisitions of BridgePort Networks, Inc., a designer of Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions and FirstHand Technologies Inc., an innovator in extending enterprise telephony features to smart phones and dual-mode handheld devices over WiFi […]

By Sharla Sikes
AT&T plans to unveil its new VoIP service, designed for IPTV customers. Called U-verseSM Voice, the IP multimedia subsystem-based service will work with T&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV.
AT&T is currently only offering the service in Detroit, but has plans to expand throughout the rest of this year. U-verse is AT&T’s […]