by Pivot
Tag: Voice
CEO: Frontier Emergency Phone Service Will Target Rural Areas, VoIP on Tap Too
Frontier Communications plans to offer a landline phone service designed for emergency use only, said Frontier CEO Maggie Wilderotter at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference yesterday. Also at the event, Wilderotter…
Communications Preference Survey: 56% Choose Phone, 25% Choose Text
We can text or email, but a phone call remains by far the preferred form of communication for Americans, especially when a special moment or event is the motivation, according to results of a new…
IDT Launches White Label OTT Messaging Solution
NEWARK, NJ – May 12, 2014: IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), a leading supplier of wholesale voice and payment services to telecommunications providers around the world, announced today that it is offering mobile operators IDT Messaging,…
Xfinity Customers Will Stream Personal Video on Comcast X1 Platform
April 29, 2014 — LOS ANGELES & PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced that X1 triple-play customers will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television.…
Granite Telecommunications To Use Metaswitch For Core Switching
LONDON and BOSTON – February 19, 2014 — Granite Telecommunications, LLC, has built a geographically redundant IP-based voice infrastructure using Metaswitch Networks’ software and equipment for its core voice switching functionality. Granite is a provider…
Comcast Business Adds Mobility Features to Business VoiceEdge
PHILADELPHIA, PA – September 19, 2013 — Today Comcast Business announced new capabilities for Business VoiceEdge™, a cloud-based PBX solution for SMBs, that extends its unified communications (UC) and video calling features to today’s increasingly…
Lumos Networks Launches Hosted Call Center
WAYNESBORO, VA – September 18, 2013 — Lumos Networks Corp. (NASDAQ:LMOS), a leading provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure & IP Services in key mid-Atlantic markets, today launched its cloud-based hosted call center solution, which provides…
Ritter Communications Enhances Managed Voice Service
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 10, 2013 — Ritter Communications recently launched an enhanced version of its Managed Voice service, which is designed to provide customers with greater accessibility and added flexibility with a hosted…
Vonage Gets New VoIP Patent
HOLMDEL, NJ – June 25, 2013 — Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of communication services connecting people through cloud-connected devices worldwide, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Pat. No. 8,472,342, “Systems…
FCC: Landline Voice Lines Decline 4.7% in Six Months, VoIP Growth Slows
Data released late last week from the Federal Communications Commission documents the ongoing decline of traditional landline voice service. As of mid-2012, there were 102 million end-user switched access lines in service – down 4.7%…
Time Warner Cable Updates Home Phone App
NEW YORK – June 19, 2013 — Time Warner Cable today announced several enhancements to features on its VoiceZone Connect app for PC and Mac computers. VoiceZone Connect is an app that lets customers manage…
AT&T Continues Home Phone Service Push with Wireless, Now Offering Prepaid
We first reported AT&T’s move into the home with wireless back in August 2012. Their A&T Wireless Home Phone product provides an adapter to be used in the home which routes home phone calls over…