VoIP Evolution

Are Telecom Carriers Scared Enough Yet?

Telecom carriers from around the world came to Silicon Valley recently to talk to innovators. The occasion was TC3 2010, the third annual Telecom Council Carrier Connection get-together, put on by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley. The purpose of the event was to let carriers tell innovators in the valley the kind of innovation they're looking for, and make contact with entrepreneurs they can work with. The big question is how serious the carriers are about pursuing the opportunities that innovators present. And the key to answering the question is understanding how desperate the carriers are.

Sprint Expands SIP Trunking Availability

SIP trunking services deliver voice calls from telecom providers to companies over IP data connections. Feeding their traffic directly into IP PBXes on the companies' premises, such services can bring considerable benefits. Sprint began offering SIP trunking to companies using Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 R2, an IP PBX software package that runs on Office servers, in February of this year. Now it's making the service generally available to business customers.