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In a recent survey, nearly half of CIOs say they feel telecommuting lowers their employees' quality of work.

Microsoft co-founder buys submarine; alliance marks milestone

In this Tech Rising podcast, eWEEK Chief Technology Analyst Jim Rapoza talks with Andrew Frame, CEO of ooma, a company that is launching a new hardware-based VOIP solution that will plug into users' existing phone systems and provide unlimited calling options. And interestingly, there will be no monthly fee. ooma devices will require a single hardware purchase cost and then no monthly costs after that.

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire plan to build a U.S. nationwide mobile broadband network using WiMax technology that will be five times faster than current wireless networks and cost less.

Motorola posts a quarterly loss as revenue falls amid weak phone sales, as it loses market share.

Attackers could stick users with 900 number calls due to a bug that might also afflict other browser-enabled phones.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced a new model of its ubiquitous smart phone, this one able to operate on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks.

SunRocket, the second biggest U.S. supplier of Internet phone services, appears to have shut down its business without notifying its customers, which total more than 200,000.

In this Channel Chat podcast David Strom talks to Vivek Khuller, CEO of DiVitas Networks, how about new technologies are changing the landscape for wireless service providers.

The Avaya one-X Mobile Dual Mode client lets users switch calls between Wi-Fi and GSM networks.

Nortel and Microsoft claim their one-year-old VOIP alliance has delivered real benefits for customers.

News Analysis: Security experts say businesses should make sure they are taking a layered approach to VOIP security.

An "ecosystem of vendors" will extend ShoreTel functionality to customers.

An image on Apple.com reveals what looks like an RSS reader on the iPhone, but the image has since been removed.

The HotSpot @Home system allows callers to switch seamlessly from cellular to Wi-Fi networks.

The monitoring tool aims to give users a better view into the health of their networks.

Take your pick: The iPhone is a) a "security nightmare," b) will "turn your security team into zombies" and/or c) pretty irrelevant to enterprise security.

Top telecommunications executives attending an industry conference forecast wireless, video and Internet services will increasingly converge, bolstering demand for Internet network capacity.

The pair are making it easier for companies to prepare for VOIP deployments.

Network General's forensics tool includes a new VoIP Intelligence module that lets IT shops manage call performance.

The Polycom Video Media Center 1000 appliance provides a centralized way to create, capture, secure, store and search for video content.

Shuttleworth rules out any kind of deal with Microsoft concerning patents, but he doesn't close the door entirely on other kinds of partnerships with Microsoft.

IBM and Cisco Systems, usually competitors in the network management field, are extending a partnership that will combine IBM Tivoli network monitoring technology with Cisco network device modeling tools.

The companies plan to use IBM's System i as a platform for offering collaboration tools and channel partners to go to market.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin took the debate over appropriate content to a new level with a prepared statement in defense of censorship that was actually more obscenity-laden than the event that the FCC is sanctioning.

In this Channel Chat, David Strom talks with Steve Harvey, vice president of worldwde sales for Digium.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin took the debate over appropriate content to a new level with a prepared statement in defense of censorship that was actually more obscenity-laden than the event that the FCC is sanctioning.

Silver Lake and TGP Capital beat out other rumored suitors Nortel and Cisco, but Avaya may yet accept other offers.

In Wayne's Washington, Wayne Rash talks about the flurry of activity at the FCC, a lot of which will bring cries of protest from the consumer voice over IP providers, but some of which will also make sure that people with disabilities get the access they need, that communications will be available in emergencies, and that emergency services can find you when you call 911.

Impact on Customers from Potential Ownership Change Unclear

A merger between Avaya and Canada's Nortel Networks could create a leading vendor of Web-based phone systems, analysts says, as talk swirls over a possible buyout bid for the U.S. telecommunications equipment maker.

Telecommunications equipment maker Avaya is in talks with private equity and strategic bidders about selling all or part of the company, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Q&A: Nortel Networks CEO Mike Zafirovski says his company is regaining its influence as a provider of networking hardware to the enterprise, based in part on its Unified Communication partnership with Microsoft.

The company rolls out a new line of converged networking devices for small and midsize enterprises.

Microsoft announces at Interop a lineup of companies that have adopted Office Communications Server 2007 interoperability specifications for VOIP, IM and conferencing.

IBM, with aims similar to McAfee's Clean Pipes initiative, is going after carriers and enterprises with high-throughput needs with its new 6G-bps intrusion prevention appliance.

Avaya is unveiling a new line of low-cost IP Phones and a new IP PBX system designed for enterprises with many branch offices.

First it will have to prove that its technologies can deliver the kind of reliability and security that large enterprises expect of their voice communications equipment.

Microsoft is pursuing research projects that aim to put computers into the hands of people in the remotest corners of the world to serve every aspect of their lives, according to Craig Mundie, the company's chief research and strategy officer.

Vonage said it added 166,000 net subscriber lines in the quarter, bringing its total to nearly 2.4 million lines.

Siemens looks to marry VOIP and business applications with its OpenScape UC product.

Cisco's Unified Call Connector for Salesforce.com provides VOIP integrated with on-demand CRM.