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SipStorm chooses Ubiquity for VoIPSipStorm, Sanibel FL, has chosen Ubiquity Software’s VOIP Plus product for its wholesale VoIP service launch in November. "Bringing customers beyond vanilla VoIP is critical to competeing effectively in the telcommunications marketplace. The leveraged innovation and experience from the folks as SipStorm, combined with Ubiquity’s proven SIP Application Server and professional services experts creates a winning combination for delivering enhanced VoIP services," according to The Yankee Group’s Danny Klein in a press release. BPL requires sound business plan: S&PUtility companies must have a pragamatic business plan for the implementation of Broadband over Powerline (BPL) service to avoid uncertainty in recovering their investment, says a new report by Standard & Poors. Broadband Over Power Lines: What is it, and Why Now?, is available on RatingsDirect, S&P’s web-based research and analysis system. Broadband to 00s what cable was to TV in 80s: In-StatBroadband is becoming a mainstream, must-have residential service, according to In-Stat/MDR. The market research firm is projecting strong growth in both cable and DSL subscribers over the next several years, growing from a combined 24 million U.S. subscribers to nearly 50 million in 2008. Growth will slow, however, as the market moves to maturity. The firm forecasts that subscriptions to high-speed cable Internet access or DSL will grow from its current 27.3% penetration of U.S. households to 42.1% by 2008. In-Stat finds that DSL will experience the higher growth rate over the next several years, and that growth in broadband penetration will be highest among African-Americans. The predictions are made in the firm’s report, Speeding Ticket: The US Residential Broadband Market by Segment and Technology. Cisco introduces new voice security enhancementsCisco Systems is now offering new security features for its IP communications system. Cisco CallManager 4.1, now shipping, extends voice media and signaling encryption support for new 7940G and 7960G Cisco IP phone and over 2.5 million installed Cisco 7940G and 7960G phones. The encryption is designed to protect the security and privacy of telephone conversations and against tampering with telephone signaling packets. Cisco says in a press release that the technology complements the VPN and theat defence security capabilities these platforms already offer. Further, Cisco announces the availabilty of secure private messaging for Cisco Unity, an encrypted messaging feature that protects the contents of voice messages. Cisco CallManager 4.1 software with a Cisco Media Convergence Server starts at U.S. $5,995 and is available with a no-cost upgrade for 4.0 customers. Media encryption software on media gateways is a standard option in the recently introduced Cisco Integrated Services Router. The new secure voice messaging feature in Cisco Unity 4.04 is a no-cost enhancement for Unity customers.

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News | 10/28/2004 4:00 am EDT

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