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AskCALEA NewsWeekly October 10, 2008

• Fring Delivers the Most Impressive VoIP and IM Client for iPhone so Far
  If an all-in-one VoIP and IM client on your iPhone is what you’ve been yearning for since the multi-touch device first arrived on the scene, and particular since the popular App Store officially arrived, news from Fring this week is bound to please.
• Intel throws weight behind M2Z in AWS-3 dustup
  In an unexpected twist, chipmaker giant Intel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep intact proposed interference safeguards that T-Mobile USA Inc. insists are inadequate to prevent interference from wireless broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band.
• IP QoS: Two generations of class-of-service tools
  Fifteen years ago, life was pure and simple: Service providers offered point-to-point links with specified quality of service (QoS) -- usually committed and excess bit rates. The Internet Protocol (IP) lacked any QoS mechanisms. Things got complicated when people started using IP in mission-critical networks, and as is usually the case, two competing architectures were developed to provide QoS on IP:
• 4 steps to take control of your mobile devices
  If you've ever let a stranger borrow your corporate smartphone, you may have just given him a gift of your company's data. The reason: He might have palmed a small USB device called the CSI Stick and surreptitiously plugged it into your phone.
• WiMAX, 3G, Wi-Fi battle for your business
  The battle to woo you to a particular wireless camp has heated up in the past month. The first U.S. mobile WiMAX service went live last week, just as devices with embedded connections to worldwide High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 3G services began being aggressively marketed by the GSM Association.
• 28TEL Challenges Skype With Mobility on VOIP
  28TEL is launching its International "Free Call" service in the United States. This new service allows registered users to place free international calls via their mobile phones to over 20 other countries without extra software installed neither any internet access.
• Make VoIP Phone Calls Over Email with Momail and Jajah
  JAJAH, a VoIP service provider that manages connections for social network users and mobile and non-mobile phones, has teamed up today with Momail, a free mobile mail operator, allowing users to make VoIP phone calls by simply sending an email.
• PHOTOGUIDE: What are the top 5 most popular cellphones in the U.S.?
  Yet smartphones claim three of the top five slots, with Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G at No. 2 and Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry Curve at No. 3 and Pearl at No. 5.
• 10 must-have Linux office applications
  Let’s face it: Without a good set of office applications, your workday will be a waste of time. Productivity requires the right tools, and contrary to what some people think, Linux has everything you need to get you through the day without a hitch. We’re going to look at applications that will satisfy everyone in the organization — from HR to marketing to the front office.

AskCALEA NewsWeekly October 3, 2008

• Congress finally passes broadband data collection bill
  While spending a busy weekend trying to bail out the nation's troubled financial system, Congress also found time to tell the FCC that its current method for collecting broadband usage data is unacceptable. The Senate passed S. 1942, the Broadband Data Improvement Act, after the House passed a similar bill in late 2007.
• Leap, MetroPCS sign multi-pronged deal covering roaming, litigation, spectrum
  Flat-rate, unlimited wireless carriers Leap Wireless International Inc. and MetroPCS Communications Inc. have thrown aside years of animosity and legal entanglements with a new roaming agreement, plans for a spectrum swap and a decision to resolve pending litigation between the two companies.
• Xohm subject to data throttling, FCC scrutiny
  Users of Sprint's just-launched Xohm service are likely to face certain services being throttled from the outset, according to the WiMAX network's Acceptable Use Policy page.
• Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs
  The open-source PBX platform Asterisk is to gain Skype functionality, Asterisk's primary developer, Digium, announced on Thursday. The beta version of Skype For Asterisk, an add-on channel driver module, will make it possible to use the popular Web-telephony service through Asterisk-based, small-business phone systems.
• Cisco Changes The Communications Debate
  As you can see in my No Jitter post on the topic, my friend Allan Sulkin, the ultimate voice communications expert, considers Cisco's announcement of a software-as-a-service play for UC/collaboration a "game changer." Maybe it changes the game; it definitely alters the debate.
• Features: WiMAX World 2008
  Welcome to our complete coverage of the WiMAX World 2008 show, in Chicago. We're covering the event in full force this year, and will bring you up-to-the-minute headlines from the show floor.
• Telchemy Launches 3G, VoIP & IPTV Performance Management Channel on TMCnet
  Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today announced that the 3G, VoIP & IPTV Performance Management channel, sponsored by Telchemy, has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program.
• VOXOFON's New Application for Calls on Android Mobile Platform
  VOXOFON to provide service for the new Android platform built by the Open Handset Alliance. The new service, which offers transparent cost optimization for roaming and international calls, will be available for use on Android phones when they become available later this year.