Siemens Enterprise Communication’s quest for differentiation has taken it squarely into the realm of HD Voice.
SIP
Avaya and Skype Announce Alliance
Avaya is making it easier for its existing customers to initiate and control voice calls over Skype’s network. At the same time, the two companies have chartered a “strategic alliance” and are ironing out details of a technology roadmap that will bring video teleconferencing and “federated” instant messaging (in the U.S. only) into the service mix.
Skype “Next Generation”: Platform for Commoditization or Collaboration
Today, the Internet pipes reverberated with thought-provoking posts from Voxeo’s Dan York and Skype Journal’s Phil Wolff. York’s post was triggered by an asynchronous exchange between eComm organizer Lee Dryburgh and telecommunications entrepreneur Shidan Gouran regarding Skype’s likelihood of supporting SIP.