Ok, I'm back from a period of inward-facing egocentric activities, now I'm ready to go to outward-facing egocentric activities (like this blog). I have updated my profile and although SIP will continue to be an important part of what I post about, I will broaden the scope of the topics I post on.I thought I'd start out on SIP interoperability. An interesting … [Read more...] about SIP and interoperability: certification, de-facto standards, and Brownian motions
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Others not at VON Europe…
SIP User agent vendorsInnovative new stuffProduct development guys in larger companiesTechiesTelco vendors pushing pure SIP (as opposed to IMS)Of course, exceptions, but here are some others I saw at VON Europe:Some telcos who think they have gotten it rightLots of "VoIP service provider in a box" vendorsMarketing guys making sales presentationsNice-looking ladies at the expo … [Read more...] about Others not at VON Europe…
VON Europe: Many telcos stay at home…
More than half-way into VON Europe, an observation is that many telcos are notably absent. Are they tired of the IMS vs. pure-SIP discussions and just want to participate on their "home" arenas where they can concentrate on how to deploy IMS or implement Fixed Mobile Convergence? … [Read more...] about VON Europe: Many telcos stay at home…
Prague developers’ meeting
I realized I haven't blogged about the developers' meeting in Prague!It was a great success! We both had the scheduled meeting on Monday with presentations, and due to time-constraints we had another developers' workshop on Wednesday (this was during the IETF meeting and many people were in town). Some even came back to Prague to participate and we were 15 people where most of … [Read more...] about Prague developers’ meeting
VoIP vs SIP
Too many people think that SIP = VoIP. Then some say: hey, what about video?! But most people stop there. So, the consequence is that the blog world on VoIP now is starting to question whether the steam has run out of VoIP. Thomas Anglero blogs about this in Telecom's Tsunami. However, as I wrote to him in a private email: "I have been looking forward to this. Let the … [Read more...] about VoIP vs SIP