Complete IP telephony solutions based on SIP are still rare but an increasing number of carriers are investigating the use of SIP as an access protocol. Several large carriers have announced live network deployments of SIP, most notably Level 3...
Delaney's views were echoed by Paolo Simoes of Portuguese carrier TMN, who said: "IMS-enabled IM/SIP messaging on convergent devices will be the predominant mobile messaging technology of the future, replacing all others.
The company also added IMS support to its media gateway, Softswitch and PSTN gateway products. Protocols included in the IMS standards, such as SIP, can help carriers offer these new services. Now the company is adding support to more devices, such...
In fact, all the leading IVR vendors such as Avaya, Edify, Genesys, Intervoice, Nortel and VoiceGenie support SIP and in doing so have integrated VoIP capabilities into their platform offerings. In order to interconnect different applications on...
This migration to IP will allow carriers such as Verizon and SBC to consolidate their networks so that all traffic, whether it's email, web surfing or voice calls, travel over a single network. Kagoor's products have been installed in more than 100...
The newly merged carriers will have to re-evaluate their networks. Sue also pointed out that with fewer customers in the market, these carriers will have stronger purchasing power, which could lead to lower profit margins on equipment.