XoIP Video/Audio over IP
AOL將推IP電話服務 傳統電話業務面臨大挑戰
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（國際新聞中心林慶煇／綜合外電） 2005/03/21
據華爾街日報（WSJ）報導，美國ISP業者美國線上（AOL）預計在1個月內推出IP電話服務，預計此舉將大大改變電信市場生態，傳統電信業者將受到IP電話激烈挑戰。
AOL的用戶數約在2,200萬戶左右，該公司計劃全面提供IP電話服務；據Yankee Group調查，美國目前傳統電路交換市話仍有1.12億戶，而至2004年底為止，IP電話僅有100萬戶左右，但估計到2005年底時，IP電話用戶會達到280萬戶，成長率高達180％。
目前切入IP電話市場的業者不在少數，除虛擬業者Vonage外，許多有線電視系統業者都已藉提供寬頻服務之便連帶提供IP電話服務，有不少傳統電信業者亦循類似模式，在DSL服務之上附加IP電話服務。
AOL最大的優勢在於擁有知名品牌，且其人機界面向受各方讚賞，且依AOL已宣佈的定價策略，預計推出之IP電話服務具備價格競爭力；以Vonage IP電話服務費率為例，月租費24.99美元可無限制撥打美國境內電話，AOL的費率採用量分級制，最低費率將低於Vonage。
一般預料，除了價格優勢之外，AOL可能將電子郵件及即時訊息服務整合在IP電話服務中，更能吸引用戶使用，也大幅提高IP電話的適用性；對其他業者而言，整合不同通訊方式的服務並不容易，亦沒有便利的平台。
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Skype影響固網業績? 廠商：目前效應不明顯
Skype影響固網業績? 廠商：目前效應不明顯
2005/03/17 20:39
記者陳曉藍／台北報導
對於Skype之類的網路電話，究竟會不會直接影響到固網的營收，在拓墣產研所舉辦的研討會中，PChome Online、Dopod與中華電信的代表，均與拓墣產研看法不相同，但是多普達產品開發繼企業應用處市場行銷總監李伯彥認為，兩年後是否會直接影響到固網業績，很難預料。
代理Skype的PChome Online通訊應用服務部副總經理羅子亮表示，Skype的產生，並不是破壞電信產業，而是新技術產生不同的經濟模式，就像e-mail推出，沒有人探討郵局業務被瓜分，在自己看來Skype是一種網路應用，Skype Out也需要向電信業者採購通話時數。
多普達產品開發繼企業應用處市場行銷總監李伯彥說，不可諱言，固網業績的確是節節衰退，其中很大的因素是行動電話的影響，應用在雙網手機來說，沒有人敢只辦WiFi不使用GSM，因此兩年內網路電話不會直接影響電信業者，兩年後則很難預料。
而中華電信數據分公司處長鍾福貴則認為，消費者最重視的是通話品質保證，Skype等軟體不具寬頻接取及完整VoIP服務平台，目前對固網的影響不大，影響比較大的反而會是Direct Access VoIP從ISP角色經營，能掌控用戶寬頻接取，可以管理用戶之間通話服務品質，如日本Yahoo！BB、義大利FastWeb或瑞典的B2，這類的服務具品質保證，對固網將造成直接衝擊。
2005/03/17 20:39
記者陳曉藍／台北報導
對於Skype之類的網路電話，究竟會不會直接影響到固網的營收，在拓墣產研所舉辦的研討會中，PChome Online、Dopod與中華電信的代表，均與拓墣產研看法不相同，但是多普達產品開發繼企業應用處市場行銷總監李伯彥認為，兩年後是否會直接影響到固網業績，很難預料。
代理Skype的PChome Online通訊應用服務部副總經理羅子亮表示，Skype的產生，並不是破壞電信產業，而是新技術產生不同的經濟模式，就像e-mail推出，沒有人探討郵局業務被瓜分，在自己看來Skype是一種網路應用，Skype Out也需要向電信業者採購通話時數。
多普達產品開發繼企業應用處市場行銷總監李伯彥說，不可諱言，固網業績的確是節節衰退，其中很大的因素是行動電話的影響，應用在雙網手機來說，沒有人敢只辦WiFi不使用GSM，因此兩年內網路電話不會直接影響電信業者，兩年後則很難預料。
而中華電信數據分公司處長鍾福貴則認為，消費者最重視的是通話品質保證，Skype等軟體不具寬頻接取及完整VoIP服務平台，目前對固網的影響不大，影響比較大的反而會是Direct Access VoIP從ISP角色經營，能掌控用戶寬頻接取，可以管理用戶之間通話服務品質，如日本Yahoo！BB、義大利FastWeb或瑞典的B2，這類的服務具品質保證，對固網將造成直接衝擊。
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Marvell攜手Freescale 向雙網手機叩關
XoIP Video/Audio over IP
Marvell攜手Freescale 向雙網手機叩關
（記者沈勤譽／台北） 2005/03/16
瞄準無線區域網路（WLAN）整合在行動電話的商機，包括德州儀器（TI）、Broadcom、Agere等同時掌握2者技術的晶片大廠，均已展開佈局，單一技術業者則尋求結盟共拓商機，Marvell就與飛思卡爾（Freescale）合作，開發具備WLAN功能的行動裝置解決方案。
Marvell宣佈與飛思卡爾合作，開發具備WLAN功能的行動裝置解決方案，鎖定行動電話、智慧型手機及可攜式娛樂設備，將在Freescale的無線平台及應用處理器上，整合Marvell的WLAN解決方案。
Marvell強調，透過具備WLAN功能的行動裝置，使用者無須攜帶厚重的筆記型電腦（NB），就可在機場、校園等熱點，快速下載音樂、圖片、簡報或電子郵件，節省寶貴時間。
事實上，Marvell已經針對消費性產品推出嵌入式WLAN解決方案，是業界首款整合嵌入式CPU及大量記憶體的方案，支援802.11a／b／g，可用於數位無線電話、VoIP電話、影像電話及其他消費性電子產品。
Marvell表示，現有方案必須仰賴主機系統，提供多數WLAN處理能力，但主機必須本身具有強大的處理速度，才可能發揮WLAN效能，諸如無線電話等產品本身則未能具備此一能力；此外，一旦主機處理器無法提供足夠的效能，WLAN在執行安全性及QoS標準時，將佔用處理器的多數資源。
Marvell強調，該晶片藉由自身的處理器，可充分發揮WLAN效能，同時減少未來升級時的整體成本，同時大小也僅有9mm X 9mm，並支援高速SDIO、SPI及其他序列介面。
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Marvell攜手Freescale 向雙網手機叩關
（記者沈勤譽／台北） 2005/03/16
瞄準無線區域網路（WLAN）整合在行動電話的商機，包括德州儀器（TI）、Broadcom、Agere等同時掌握2者技術的晶片大廠，均已展開佈局，單一技術業者則尋求結盟共拓商機，Marvell就與飛思卡爾（Freescale）合作，開發具備WLAN功能的行動裝置解決方案。
Marvell宣佈與飛思卡爾合作，開發具備WLAN功能的行動裝置解決方案，鎖定行動電話、智慧型手機及可攜式娛樂設備，將在Freescale的無線平台及應用處理器上，整合Marvell的WLAN解決方案。
Marvell強調，透過具備WLAN功能的行動裝置，使用者無須攜帶厚重的筆記型電腦（NB），就可在機場、校園等熱點，快速下載音樂、圖片、簡報或電子郵件，節省寶貴時間。
事實上，Marvell已經針對消費性產品推出嵌入式WLAN解決方案，是業界首款整合嵌入式CPU及大量記憶體的方案，支援802.11a／b／g，可用於數位無線電話、VoIP電話、影像電話及其他消費性電子產品。
Marvell表示，現有方案必須仰賴主機系統，提供多數WLAN處理能力，但主機必須本身具有強大的處理速度，才可能發揮WLAN效能，諸如無線電話等產品本身則未能具備此一能力；此外，一旦主機處理器無法提供足夠的效能，WLAN在執行安全性及QoS標準時，將佔用處理器的多數資源。
Marvell強調，該晶片藉由自身的處理器，可充分發揮WLAN效能，同時減少未來升級時的整體成本，同時大小也僅有9mm X 9mm，並支援高速SDIO、SPI及其他序列介面。
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Vonage CEO Slams VOIP Blocking
Vonage CEO Citron Slams VOIP Blocking
Date: Thursday, March 10 @ 01:31:03 EST
Topic: Vonage News
Vonage CEO Slams VOIP Blocking
March 9, 2005
By Stephen Lawson
The top executive of VOIP (Voice over IP) provider Vonage Holdings Corp. is satisfied with regulators' response to a carrier that blocked Vonage's service but sees a broader danger ahead with technology for detecting the data service that customers are using.
In an interview Monday at the Spring VON (Voice on the Net) trade show in San Jose, California, Vonage Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeffrey Citron also said traditional carriers can't afford to compete all-out with Vonage and other VOIP upstarts despite having greater resources.
Late last year, Vonage determined that Madison River Communications LLC, a broadband provider based in North Carolina, was blocking the use of Vonage's service by some Madison River customers. Following an investigation by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Madison River last week agreed to pay the FCC US$15,000 and not to block VOIP services on its network.
Vonage, in Edison, New Jersey, has been an early leader in rolling out VOIP technology, which this week is bringing together about 240 exhibitors and 6,000 attendees at Spring VON. VOIP breaks up voice calls into data packets and sends them over IP networks, which usually allows for less expensive phone service and can enable advanced services such as unified messaging. Calls made on a VOIP service may travel over the broadband data network of a consumer's phone company or cable provider while bypassing that provider's own voice calling service.
Vonage was pleased with the FCC's action and how quickly it came, Citron said.
"How often do you see the FCC in the position to be able to act in a few weeks?" Citron said. It showed clearly that blocking VOIP service violates FCC rules, he said. Vonage never filed a complaint against Madison River because it didn't have to push the FCC to take action, Citron said. Vonage is investigating possible blocking by one or two smaller service providers and will bring its evidence to the FCC if its suspicions are confirmed, he added.
However, there are larger issues at stake in the matter, Citron contends.
"I think it's a technical issue that extrapolates itself into a First Amendment issue," Citron said. Service providers that own infrastructure and deliver content or services over it now have the capability to look into the packets going to and from a customer's connection and determine what kind of service they are using and even the content of those packets, he said. It is technically possible for network operators to read e-mail, block e-mail messages based on content and limit access to Web sites, Citron said.
In addition to anti-competitive moves against VOIP companies and other content and service providers, the problem raises censorship issues, he said.
"What happens when the media property that owns distribution is owned by a religious group?" Citron asked. Laws should be brought up to date to prevent abuse, he said.
Jeff Pulver, CEO of Pulver.com Inc., which provides a VOIP service and organizes Spring VON, said he can imagine a future U.S. Supreme Court case to address such an issue. However, he downplayed deliberate port-blocking by network operators.
It's common for VOIP users to hit a virtual brick wall when they try to make calls from a hotel or a Wi-Fi hot spot, but in most cases there's no conspiracy, he said.
"Most actual cases of port blocking have been human error," Pulver said. Engineers often block the virtual network "ports" commonly used for VOIP without knowing what they're doing -- and there are ways around it, such as assigning calls to a different port, Pulver said.
Vonage's Citron said he isn't sweating as big traditional carriers such as AT&T Corp., SBC Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. move on to the turf where Vonage has taken the early lead with more than 500,000 subscribers. Vonage is adding more than 15,000 lines per week, more than any other provider, and he sees that trend continuing. Meanwhile, big competitors such as Verizon have more to gain today by concentrating on its lucrative traditional phone service, he said. They are not aggressively pushing VOIP yet, he said.
"It doesn't make sense for them to go out and push voice over IP products today. As a matter of fact, if they did, they would destroy their own company," Citron said. And their customers won't jump to VOIP en masse immediately: The most aggressive estimates see only about 20 million VOIP users by 2008, he said.
"If Verizon can wait five years ... before it does anything aggressively in VOIP, and if it loses 10 percent of its customer base, it will have generated nearly 100 billion in cash just by waiting," Citron said. By that time, Vonage will be in a commanding position, he said.
Date: Thursday, March 10 @ 01:31:03 EST
Topic: Vonage News
Vonage CEO Slams VOIP Blocking
March 9, 2005
By Stephen Lawson
The top executive of VOIP (Voice over IP) provider Vonage Holdings Corp. is satisfied with regulators' response to a carrier that blocked Vonage's service but sees a broader danger ahead with technology for detecting the data service that customers are using.
In an interview Monday at the Spring VON (Voice on the Net) trade show in San Jose, California, Vonage Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeffrey Citron also said traditional carriers can't afford to compete all-out with Vonage and other VOIP upstarts despite having greater resources.
Late last year, Vonage determined that Madison River Communications LLC, a broadband provider based in North Carolina, was blocking the use of Vonage's service by some Madison River customers. Following an investigation by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Madison River last week agreed to pay the FCC US$15,000 and not to block VOIP services on its network.
Vonage, in Edison, New Jersey, has been an early leader in rolling out VOIP technology, which this week is bringing together about 240 exhibitors and 6,000 attendees at Spring VON. VOIP breaks up voice calls into data packets and sends them over IP networks, which usually allows for less expensive phone service and can enable advanced services such as unified messaging. Calls made on a VOIP service may travel over the broadband data network of a consumer's phone company or cable provider while bypassing that provider's own voice calling service.
Vonage was pleased with the FCC's action and how quickly it came, Citron said.
"How often do you see the FCC in the position to be able to act in a few weeks?" Citron said. It showed clearly that blocking VOIP service violates FCC rules, he said. Vonage never filed a complaint against Madison River because it didn't have to push the FCC to take action, Citron said. Vonage is investigating possible blocking by one or two smaller service providers and will bring its evidence to the FCC if its suspicions are confirmed, he added.
However, there are larger issues at stake in the matter, Citron contends.
"I think it's a technical issue that extrapolates itself into a First Amendment issue," Citron said. Service providers that own infrastructure and deliver content or services over it now have the capability to look into the packets going to and from a customer's connection and determine what kind of service they are using and even the content of those packets, he said. It is technically possible for network operators to read e-mail, block e-mail messages based on content and limit access to Web sites, Citron said.
In addition to anti-competitive moves against VOIP companies and other content and service providers, the problem raises censorship issues, he said.
"What happens when the media property that owns distribution is owned by a religious group?" Citron asked. Laws should be brought up to date to prevent abuse, he said.
Jeff Pulver, CEO of Pulver.com Inc., which provides a VOIP service and organizes Spring VON, said he can imagine a future U.S. Supreme Court case to address such an issue. However, he downplayed deliberate port-blocking by network operators.
It's common for VOIP users to hit a virtual brick wall when they try to make calls from a hotel or a Wi-Fi hot spot, but in most cases there's no conspiracy, he said.
"Most actual cases of port blocking have been human error," Pulver said. Engineers often block the virtual network "ports" commonly used for VOIP without knowing what they're doing -- and there are ways around it, such as assigning calls to a different port, Pulver said.
Vonage's Citron said he isn't sweating as big traditional carriers such as AT&T Corp., SBC Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. move on to the turf where Vonage has taken the early lead with more than 500,000 subscribers. Vonage is adding more than 15,000 lines per week, more than any other provider, and he sees that trend continuing. Meanwhile, big competitors such as Verizon have more to gain today by concentrating on its lucrative traditional phone service, he said. They are not aggressively pushing VOIP yet, he said.
"It doesn't make sense for them to go out and push voice over IP products today. As a matter of fact, if they did, they would destroy their own company," Citron said. And their customers won't jump to VOIP en masse immediately: The most aggressive estimates see only about 20 million VOIP users by 2008, he said.
"If Verizon can wait five years ... before it does anything aggressively in VOIP, and if it loses 10 percent of its customer base, it will have generated nearly 100 billion in cash just by waiting," Citron said. By that time, Vonage will be in a commanding position, he said.
Vonage選擇TI為主要供應商
Vonage選擇TI為主要供應商
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（DigiTimes.com郭芸蓁／台北） 2005/03/14
德州儀器（TI）宣佈，領先業界的寬頻電話公司Vonage已選擇TI做為其所推薦的VoIP元件和軟體供應商，這使得VoIP設備製造商為Vonage寬頻電話網路發展產品時更樂意採用TI的VoIP元件和軟體技術。
TI和Vonage已於去年合作發展Vonage網路相容的VoIP產品，同時強化其軟體以提供新的VoIP服務。在拉斯維加斯上個月舉行的消費電子展（CES）會場上，兩家公司還宣佈合作發展兩款新型VoIP裝置，包括由Viseon提供的VoIP影像電話以及VTech的無線寬頻電話系統，這兩款Vonage網路相容產品都採用TI的VoIP軟體和晶片，預計今年底即可上市。
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（DigiTimes.com郭芸蓁／台北） 2005/03/14
德州儀器（TI）宣佈，領先業界的寬頻電話公司Vonage已選擇TI做為其所推薦的VoIP元件和軟體供應商，這使得VoIP設備製造商為Vonage寬頻電話網路發展產品時更樂意採用TI的VoIP元件和軟體技術。
TI和Vonage已於去年合作發展Vonage網路相容的VoIP產品，同時強化其軟體以提供新的VoIP服務。在拉斯維加斯上個月舉行的消費電子展（CES）會場上，兩家公司還宣佈合作發展兩款新型VoIP裝置，包括由Viseon提供的VoIP影像電話以及VTech的無線寬頻電話系統，這兩款Vonage網路相容產品都採用TI的VoIP軟體和晶片，預計今年底即可上市。
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Motorola disappointed with Taiwan manufacturers of Microsoft powered phones and intends to dump them
Motorola disappointed with Taiwan manufacturers of Microsoft powered phones and intends to dump them
January 21, 2005 [General]
This may come as a shock, but apparently Motorola is very angry at Taiwan's manufacturers of their Windows Mobile phones: Compal Communications (that was supposed to manufacture MPx100 but was dumped already before), Chi Mei Communications (i.e. CMCS, they produced simple MPx200 that didn't have camera and Bluetooth and now they produce MPx220 that has camera and Bluetooth but camera is of very poor quality and this phone has a lot of issues and problems) and Compal Electronics (that was supposed to produce Motorola MPx but this phone never reached EU or USA and is very slow and with little memory and also with issues).
Motorola decided to dump Taiwanese manufacturers and decided to produce Windows Mobile powered phones in its own factories instead! Could be that Taiwanese manufacturers has been made a scapegoat for Motorola's failures, but ... equally well it could be indeed, that these Taiwanese manufacturers are at fault!
Last year, in an interview with us, Michael Tatelman who is a Vice President of Motorola responsible for Microsoft powered cell phones, was in fact making fun of HTC phones, stating that they are not a serious competition to Motorola, but after that interview HTC has released such stunning models as HTC Typhoon (C500, STM5600, i-mate SP3, etc) and HTC Magician (Xda II mini, MDA Compact, i-mate JAM, etc) that easily has beaten Motorola in 2 things: 1) they had time to market much shorter than Motorola's phones, 2) they are smaller with less issues, than Motorola's phones! So in the end it is HTC that can now make fun of Motorola!
Taiwan press writes:
Motorola will no longer place any ODM orders for Microsoft Windows-based smartphones with Taiwan-based handset makers, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times report
January 21, 2005 [General]
This may come as a shock, but apparently Motorola is very angry at Taiwan's manufacturers of their Windows Mobile phones: Compal Communications (that was supposed to manufacture MPx100 but was dumped already before), Chi Mei Communications (i.e. CMCS, they produced simple MPx200 that didn't have camera and Bluetooth and now they produce MPx220 that has camera and Bluetooth but camera is of very poor quality and this phone has a lot of issues and problems) and Compal Electronics (that was supposed to produce Motorola MPx but this phone never reached EU or USA and is very slow and with little memory and also with issues).
Motorola decided to dump Taiwanese manufacturers and decided to produce Windows Mobile powered phones in its own factories instead! Could be that Taiwanese manufacturers has been made a scapegoat for Motorola's failures, but ... equally well it could be indeed, that these Taiwanese manufacturers are at fault!
Last year, in an interview with us, Michael Tatelman who is a Vice President of Motorola responsible for Microsoft powered cell phones, was in fact making fun of HTC phones, stating that they are not a serious competition to Motorola, but after that interview HTC has released such stunning models as HTC Typhoon (C500, STM5600, i-mate SP3, etc) and HTC Magician (Xda II mini, MDA Compact, i-mate JAM, etc) that easily has beaten Motorola in 2 things: 1) they had time to market much shorter than Motorola's phones, 2) they are smaller with less issues, than Motorola's phones! So in the end it is HTC that can now make fun of Motorola!
Taiwan press writes:
Motorola will no longer place any ODM orders for Microsoft Windows-based smartphones with Taiwan-based handset makers, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times report
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