VoIP solution provider including wholesales, CPE provider and System provider developing the product day by day. Every vendor compete with themselves rather than their competitors. When they do lots of effort on the product and proud to show their customer, service provider. Then, they found they are so really interested in the poroduct itself.
It is quite different from the mobile phone vendor. They are not so care about those service provider. They just care about what people, really end user, like. Of course, those mobile srevice provider still not so interested in the new tehcnology. Why, it just because the service provider only care about the voice traffic.
Back to the VoIP service provider, there are 2 kinds of service provider. ITSP and Carrier. Carrier own the existing analog voice service, while ITSP own nothing. If carrier promote the VoIP too much, it will be harm to their existing analog voice business. The ITSP service provider is the best candidate for those equipment provider. Yet, most of the ITSP does not have enough capital to provide free equipment to end user. It will be stuggle for the equipment provider to judge whether to lower price by cuuting their margin or keep the same price and build the barrier for the subscriber to join the ITSP's service.
In my opinion, those are not real good business. There comes the chance when enterprise solution become popular and mature. If a enterprise need a IP PBX which could replace their existing PBX and with boundle the service it could also make the toll saving call. Then it is good for business user and service provider. Eauipment provider could sell it with its own promotion and bring the customer to those service provider. The service provider will happy if they bring the solution.
Being tired of developing more than 20 voice products IP Phone, TA, Gateway, IAD, WiFi Phone, and even videophone, I did not find the future of the VoIP equipment provider. Up to this year, I saw lots of IP PBX with open source, Asterisk, SER, Tribox, and SIPX. I saw the futuer, The equipment provider will not so much rely on the service provider.
Kevin @ home May 17, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Digium, Fonality in ‘Free’ IP PBX Fight
Digium, Fonality in ‘Free’ IP PBX Fight
Written by Paul Kapustka Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 3:00 AM PT 6 comments
Open-source IP PBXs were supposed to target the incumbent telephony world’s lunch. But right now the Asterisk community finds itself in a food fight over the free, small-installation market, between upstart Fonality and the house of Asterisk itself, Digium.
The two well-funded companies have been in a constant state of bickering. The fight over the open source PBX market reminds us of the early skirmishes in the Linux land, where every new feature or a milestone merited a news announcement.
Digium on Wednesday announced some upgrades to its AsteriskNOWoffering, including simpler ways to purchase IP phones and VoIP services. The Digium upgrades follow closely the release earlier this month of version 2.0 of Fonality’s Trixbox, another Asterisk-based offering that provides GUI-based setup of a simple, small IP PBX deployment. For users, it’s all good since the competition spurs development and makes moving to an IP telephony setup easier and easier. Hey, there’s even a geekout video from Asterisk big brain Mark Spencer, showing you how easy it is to install!
For the vendors, it’s mainly a lead-generation play where turnkey IP PBX offerings hopefully lead to an upsell of pricier supported versions. And maybe then they take more food off traditional telco suppliers’ plates.
In the meantime, it should be interesting to watch the low-level open source dance as it plays out. For a bit of background, Asterisk is the open source code developed by Spencer, who heads both Asterisk as well as Digium, the commercial entity that sells and supports Asterisk-based wares.
Fonality, which drew some blogosphere heat from Marcelo “Voxilla” Rodriguez about the company’s hosted-services model, is doing its best to be the pirate ship in the Asterisk market, using the open source code as the base for new business models.
Fonality CEO Chris Lyman spent some time on the phone with us to talk open source IP PBX and Trixbox, which (like AsteriskNOW) is an all-you-need product, combining the IP PBX with a Linux distro and some useful apps (like conference calling) all in the same download or CD.
“Trixbox is basically a huge lead source for us,” Lyman says, noting that the downloads (he claims there are 80,000 a month) are mainly going to telephony geeks or other Linux types who want to play around with or install a phone system. Whee. “They can play with it [TrixBox] all day long,” Lyman says. “But when real IT directors need communications, they look for enterprise-grade stuff with extensive support.”
Which both Fonality and Digium are only too happy to sell you. For more on Asterisk, read Alec Saunders’ update of Digium’s news.
Written by Paul Kapustka Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 3:00 AM PT 6 comments
Open-source IP PBXs were supposed to target the incumbent telephony world’s lunch. But right now the Asterisk community finds itself in a food fight over the free, small-installation market, between upstart Fonality and the house of Asterisk itself, Digium.
The two well-funded companies have been in a constant state of bickering. The fight over the open source PBX market reminds us of the early skirmishes in the Linux land, where every new feature or a milestone merited a news announcement.
Digium on Wednesday announced some upgrades to its AsteriskNOWoffering, including simpler ways to purchase IP phones and VoIP services. The Digium upgrades follow closely the release earlier this month of version 2.0 of Fonality’s Trixbox, another Asterisk-based offering that provides GUI-based setup of a simple, small IP PBX deployment. For users, it’s all good since the competition spurs development and makes moving to an IP telephony setup easier and easier. Hey, there’s even a geekout video from Asterisk big brain Mark Spencer, showing you how easy it is to install!
For the vendors, it’s mainly a lead-generation play where turnkey IP PBX offerings hopefully lead to an upsell of pricier supported versions. And maybe then they take more food off traditional telco suppliers’ plates.
In the meantime, it should be interesting to watch the low-level open source dance as it plays out. For a bit of background, Asterisk is the open source code developed by Spencer, who heads both Asterisk as well as Digium, the commercial entity that sells and supports Asterisk-based wares.
Fonality, which drew some blogosphere heat from Marcelo “Voxilla” Rodriguez about the company’s hosted-services model, is doing its best to be the pirate ship in the Asterisk market, using the open source code as the base for new business models.
Fonality CEO Chris Lyman spent some time on the phone with us to talk open source IP PBX and Trixbox, which (like AsteriskNOW) is an all-you-need product, combining the IP PBX with a Linux distro and some useful apps (like conference calling) all in the same download or CD.
“Trixbox is basically a huge lead source for us,” Lyman says, noting that the downloads (he claims there are 80,000 a month) are mainly going to telephony geeks or other Linux types who want to play around with or install a phone system. Whee. “They can play with it [TrixBox] all day long,” Lyman says. “But when real IT directors need communications, they look for enterprise-grade stuff with extensive support.”
Which both Fonality and Digium are only too happy to sell you. For more on Asterisk, read Alec Saunders’ update of Digium’s news.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
NXP, DSP Group create cordless, VoIP biz in $345M deal
NXP, DSP Group create cordless, VoIP biz in $345M deal
By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor -- Electronic News, 5/14/2007
With the aim of creating a market leader in the cordless and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) residential telephony market, Eindhoven, Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors and Santa Clara, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor supplier DSP Group Inc. said today they are combining their cordless and VoIP terminals businesses within DSP Group in a transaction expected to be as much as $345 million and giving NXP a 12 percent share in DSP Group.
DSP Group said it will pay $270 million to NXP for the Philips spin-off’s cordless and VoIP terminals business, consisting of $200 million in cash and $70 million in the issuance of DSP Group’s common stock on the basis of the average closing price per share for DSP Group’s common stock on NASDAQ Global Market during the twenty business days ending on the fifth business day prior to the closing of the transaction,
NXP’s cordless and VoIP business is currently part of the company’s mobile and personal business unit and is a supplier of RF chipsets, basebands, software and system solutions for DECT, DECT 6.0, WDCT 2.4, 5.8, Analog 900, 2.4, 5.8, VoIP/MTA, USB Softphones, and VoIP Gateways. In 2006, NXP said the group sold approximately 300 million products in digital cordless.
DSP Group also said it will make a contingent cash payment of up to $75 million payable based on future revenue performance.
The transaction is expected to be positive to earnings per share of DSP Group this year and beyond, excluding transaction expenses, intangible amortization and other one time charges in connection with the acquisition.
NXP reported that it’s cordless and VoIP terminals business generated approximately $220 million revenue last year and comprises approximately 200 staff based at locations around the world, most of whom will transfer to the DSP Group.
Frans van Houten, president and CEO of NXP noted in a statement, “This transaction will create a strong combination with the scale to grow its business. It allows NXP to focus our growth on the six chosen market segments: cellular phones, personal entertainment, home electronics, automotive, identification and multi market semiconductors.”
“Additionally, with the proceeds we will be able to strengthen these segments, for example with future acquisitions. I am confident that this deal will benefit our global customers in the cordless market, as they will be served well by this new strong market leader,” van Houten added.
Eli Ayalon, chairman and CEO of the DSP Group commented, “Combining our operations creates a powerful force that will put DSP Group firmly into a leadership position in terms of scale and technology for the benefit of all major customers in our industry.”
“We will have a much stronger European presence to help us accelerate the penetration of VoIP and DECT technologies in the region and will have a more powerful research and development engine that will benefit from the advanced NXP process technologies. NXP will also become a strategic investor and will get a seat on the Board of Directors of DSP Group, and will not transfer its shares of DSP Group common stock for at least two years following the closing,” Ayalon added.
The transaction is expected to close in Q3.
By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor -- Electronic News, 5/14/2007
With the aim of creating a market leader in the cordless and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) residential telephony market, Eindhoven, Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors and Santa Clara, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor supplier DSP Group Inc. said today they are combining their cordless and VoIP terminals businesses within DSP Group in a transaction expected to be as much as $345 million and giving NXP a 12 percent share in DSP Group.
DSP Group said it will pay $270 million to NXP for the Philips spin-off’s cordless and VoIP terminals business, consisting of $200 million in cash and $70 million in the issuance of DSP Group’s common stock on the basis of the average closing price per share for DSP Group’s common stock on NASDAQ Global Market during the twenty business days ending on the fifth business day prior to the closing of the transaction,
NXP’s cordless and VoIP business is currently part of the company’s mobile and personal business unit and is a supplier of RF chipsets, basebands, software and system solutions for DECT, DECT 6.0, WDCT 2.4, 5.8, Analog 900, 2.4, 5.8, VoIP/MTA, USB Softphones, and VoIP Gateways. In 2006, NXP said the group sold approximately 300 million products in digital cordless.
DSP Group also said it will make a contingent cash payment of up to $75 million payable based on future revenue performance.
The transaction is expected to be positive to earnings per share of DSP Group this year and beyond, excluding transaction expenses, intangible amortization and other one time charges in connection with the acquisition.
NXP reported that it’s cordless and VoIP terminals business generated approximately $220 million revenue last year and comprises approximately 200 staff based at locations around the world, most of whom will transfer to the DSP Group.
Frans van Houten, president and CEO of NXP noted in a statement, “This transaction will create a strong combination with the scale to grow its business. It allows NXP to focus our growth on the six chosen market segments: cellular phones, personal entertainment, home electronics, automotive, identification and multi market semiconductors.”
“Additionally, with the proceeds we will be able to strengthen these segments, for example with future acquisitions. I am confident that this deal will benefit our global customers in the cordless market, as they will be served well by this new strong market leader,” van Houten added.
Eli Ayalon, chairman and CEO of the DSP Group commented, “Combining our operations creates a powerful force that will put DSP Group firmly into a leadership position in terms of scale and technology for the benefit of all major customers in our industry.”
“We will have a much stronger European presence to help us accelerate the penetration of VoIP and DECT technologies in the region and will have a more powerful research and development engine that will benefit from the advanced NXP process technologies. NXP will also become a strategic investor and will get a seat on the Board of Directors of DSP Group, and will not transfer its shares of DSP Group common stock for at least two years following the closing,” Ayalon added.
The transaction is expected to close in Q3.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
MIC：品牌業者有助提升整體台灣IP Phone
MIC：品牌業者有助提升整體台灣IP Phone
根據資策會資訊市場情報中心(MIC)的觀察，全球IP Phone出貨持續增溫，兩大品牌業者中，Cisco持續耕耘中高階市場，Avaya則在低階市場取得優勢。而在中國大陸等地廠商的低價攻勢競爭中，國際品牌業者的訂單將成為台灣IP Phone廠商出貨的成長助力。
MIC指出，在各型企業用戶以完全更換(語音系統)、逐步取代或者新舊共存之VoIP採用比重均提升下，Cisco在2006年IP Phone全球出貨超過400萬台，而Avaya從2006年第二季之後，在企業市場之單季銷售，已突破百萬條(IP Lines)大關，另外包括Nortel、Alcatel等業者帶動下，2006年全球IP Phone出貨超過9百萬台，同時品牌廠商也推出外觀、功能更多元的IP Phone產品。
根據資策會MIC執行之經濟部ITIS的調查統計，2007年第一季台灣企業VoIP產業中，網路電話機(IP Phone)總出貨量達1,490千台，年成長率42%；企業VoIP閘道器(Enterprise VoIP Gateway)總出貨量達276千埠，年成長率為42.4%。在產值部分，2007年第一季台灣企業VoIP設備產業總產值達78百萬美元，年成長率為18.3%。
分析2007年第一季台灣廠商企業VoIP設備出貨狀況，首先在IP Phone部分，受到海外市場與兩岸三地市場之連續假期影響，IP Phone訂單出現小幅下滑，但與去年同期相較，Cisco與Nortel兩大業者，以及Thomson在歐洲出貨成長帶動下，台灣整體IP Phone仍持續成長；另外在VoIP Gateway部分，由於主要業者之出貨屬於標案性質，隨著部分合約即將到期，導致本季台灣代工訂單總需求受到影響，影響整體出貨表現。
觀察2006下半年之全球企業VoIP市場發展，MIC表示，除節省費率的訴求外，服務業者與設備業者正尋求VoIP之新賣點，前者推動FMC、Host VoIP、VPN等服務，而後者也加強產品功能整合，並陸續進行購併，滿足企業多元應用之要求；另外用戶端設備發展更加多樣化，更多服務業者推出Cordless VoIP Phone與Video Phone，而設備業者則推出單、雙模手機。對應至台灣業者，面對VoIP商機，各業者也陸續布局IP PBX、IP Phone、Wi-Fi Phone等產品。
展望2007年第二季與第三季全球企業VoIP市場以及台灣出貨趨勢，首先SMB市場將有更明顯之成長，原因可先從服務業者角度觀察，VoIP已開放之國家如美國與法國之一、二類電信與有線電視業者都將大規模推動SMB之VoIP相關服務；接續在設備業者部分，在微軟宣布將進軍SMB VoIP市場下，Cisco、Avaya等既有企業VoIP設備業者也更積極佈局SMB市場，預料這些國家在服務方案與設備都更多元化發展下，將吸引更多SMB業者採用VoIP。
另從產業競爭角度觀察，MIC指出，各國設備業者為爭取電信業者標案，特別是中國大陸廠商，持續壓低IP Phone以及VoIP Gateway的報價，標案成交價格每埠可低至30美元下，無形擠壓包括台灣廠商在內的設備業者未來之生存空間。
至於台灣企業VoIP產業在IP Phone部分，Cisco以及Nortel之訂單仍是台灣IP Phone主要出貨維繫，不過Avaya已經與台灣廠商進行少數VoIP產品開發，微軟之企業VoIP計畫也已展開，其三個硬體設備之專案已積極尋找台灣廠商合作，而包括友訊、廣達等台灣業者也爭取與微軟在SMB產品上之合作機會，預料下半年在企業VoIP市場更熱絡下，品牌業者將有助提升台灣廠商整體IP Phone出貨。
在VoIP Gateway部分，除台灣中華電信NGN標案外，台灣業者將持續耕耘新興VoIP市場，爭取更多一類與二類電信業者之VoIP Gateway合作訂單。預估2007年第二季與第三季，台灣IP Phone出貨將分別達1,611與1,887千台，年成長率45%與48%；企業VoIP閘道器預估為311以及414千埠，年成長率達28%與52%。
根據資策會資訊市場情報中心(MIC)的觀察，全球IP Phone出貨持續增溫，兩大品牌業者中，Cisco持續耕耘中高階市場，Avaya則在低階市場取得優勢。而在中國大陸等地廠商的低價攻勢競爭中，國際品牌業者的訂單將成為台灣IP Phone廠商出貨的成長助力。
MIC指出，在各型企業用戶以完全更換(語音系統)、逐步取代或者新舊共存之VoIP採用比重均提升下，Cisco在2006年IP Phone全球出貨超過400萬台，而Avaya從2006年第二季之後，在企業市場之單季銷售，已突破百萬條(IP Lines)大關，另外包括Nortel、Alcatel等業者帶動下，2006年全球IP Phone出貨超過9百萬台，同時品牌廠商也推出外觀、功能更多元的IP Phone產品。
根據資策會MIC執行之經濟部ITIS的調查統計，2007年第一季台灣企業VoIP產業中，網路電話機(IP Phone)總出貨量達1,490千台，年成長率42%；企業VoIP閘道器(Enterprise VoIP Gateway)總出貨量達276千埠，年成長率為42.4%。在產值部分，2007年第一季台灣企業VoIP設備產業總產值達78百萬美元，年成長率為18.3%。
分析2007年第一季台灣廠商企業VoIP設備出貨狀況，首先在IP Phone部分，受到海外市場與兩岸三地市場之連續假期影響，IP Phone訂單出現小幅下滑，但與去年同期相較，Cisco與Nortel兩大業者，以及Thomson在歐洲出貨成長帶動下，台灣整體IP Phone仍持續成長；另外在VoIP Gateway部分，由於主要業者之出貨屬於標案性質，隨著部分合約即將到期，導致本季台灣代工訂單總需求受到影響，影響整體出貨表現。
觀察2006下半年之全球企業VoIP市場發展，MIC表示，除節省費率的訴求外，服務業者與設備業者正尋求VoIP之新賣點，前者推動FMC、Host VoIP、VPN等服務，而後者也加強產品功能整合，並陸續進行購併，滿足企業多元應用之要求；另外用戶端設備發展更加多樣化，更多服務業者推出Cordless VoIP Phone與Video Phone，而設備業者則推出單、雙模手機。對應至台灣業者，面對VoIP商機，各業者也陸續布局IP PBX、IP Phone、Wi-Fi Phone等產品。
展望2007年第二季與第三季全球企業VoIP市場以及台灣出貨趨勢，首先SMB市場將有更明顯之成長，原因可先從服務業者角度觀察，VoIP已開放之國家如美國與法國之一、二類電信與有線電視業者都將大規模推動SMB之VoIP相關服務；接續在設備業者部分，在微軟宣布將進軍SMB VoIP市場下，Cisco、Avaya等既有企業VoIP設備業者也更積極佈局SMB市場，預料這些國家在服務方案與設備都更多元化發展下，將吸引更多SMB業者採用VoIP。
另從產業競爭角度觀察，MIC指出，各國設備業者為爭取電信業者標案，特別是中國大陸廠商，持續壓低IP Phone以及VoIP Gateway的報價，標案成交價格每埠可低至30美元下，無形擠壓包括台灣廠商在內的設備業者未來之生存空間。
至於台灣企業VoIP產業在IP Phone部分，Cisco以及Nortel之訂單仍是台灣IP Phone主要出貨維繫，不過Avaya已經與台灣廠商進行少數VoIP產品開發，微軟之企業VoIP計畫也已展開，其三個硬體設備之專案已積極尋找台灣廠商合作，而包括友訊、廣達等台灣業者也爭取與微軟在SMB產品上之合作機會，預料下半年在企業VoIP市場更熱絡下，品牌業者將有助提升台灣廠商整體IP Phone出貨。
在VoIP Gateway部分，除台灣中華電信NGN標案外，台灣業者將持續耕耘新興VoIP市場，爭取更多一類與二類電信業者之VoIP Gateway合作訂單。預估2007年第二季與第三季，台灣IP Phone出貨將分別達1,611與1,887千台，年成長率45%與48%；企業VoIP閘道器預估為311以及414千埠，年成長率達28%與52%。
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
VideoBits.org - General Vendors
This is the website discuss about the H.264 Worldwide vendor.There are so many interesting link
4i2i Communication, video codec support 4i2i
vcodex, website of Iain E G Richardson, there are some white paper inside.vcodex.com
Emuzed ,subsidary of Flextronics, provide video codec for Blackfin.Emuzed
This is the website discuss about the H.264 Worldwide vendor.There are so many interesting link
4i2i Communication, video codec support 4i2i
vcodex, website of Iain E G Richardson, there are some white paper inside.vcodex.com
Emuzed ,subsidary of Flextronics, provide video codec for Blackfin.Emuzed
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