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Audio & Video Interviews

SmartFone Overview with Glenn Bolton (Video - 32 mins)
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Technology News

VoIP to Rob Telcos of $20 Billion by 2011 [CeBIT]
VoIP & IP Comms News [CeBIT]
The Rise of IADs (Integrated/Internet Access Devices) [Voice & Data]
VoIP - What's the worst that could happen? [Voice & Data]
Aussies set to try VoIP at home [C|NET]
Is this the first 4G Network Operator?
HSDPA to take off in 2008
Telstra in cut-price war with net rivals :: PDF

VoIP, SIP and Industry Articles

Telephony's Next Act (IEEE's Spectrum Magazine) - April 2006

Moving from circuit-switched networks to the Internet will be the biggest challenge phone systems have ever faced

"If that happened all over the world overnight, and all those phones connected to the Internet instead, it would double or triple the number of objects joined by that network of networks, wreaking havoc on some parts of it. ."
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Seven Myths About Voice over IP (IEEE) - March 2005

VoIP is turning telephony into just another Internet application-and a cheap one at that.

"Once upon a time, nuclear power was going to make electricity "too cheap to meter." Today, the Internet is supposed to do the same thing for telephone calls. This time it may be true. Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is one of the fastest-growing, and most misunderstood, technologies in the world at the moment. Confusion, outdated beliefs, and urban mythology reign over such simple issues as how it works, the quality of the calls, and, of course, how much it costs-VoIP calls are not free now, and they never will be."
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Economist (British Newspaper) - 15 Sept 2005

How the internet killed the phone business. Almost-free internet phone calls herald the slow death of traditional telephony

Twenty years ago, the personal computer was a classic example. It swept aside an older mainframe-based style of computing, and eventually brought IBM, one of the world's mightiest firms at the time, to its knees This week has been a coming-out party of sorts for another disruptive technology, "voice over internet protocol" (VoIP), which promises to be even more disruptive, and of even greater benefit to consumers, than personal computers.
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Business Sunday (Australian TV) - 26 June 2005

Free Phone Calls "It's obvious to me that telephone calls are [becoming] free and if you fast forward by 10 years, no phone company will be able to charge for phone calls... so there is a transition of revenue streams from telephony to broadband access for phone companies."
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Cisco Systems - 26 April 2005

Synergy Research Group, a leading market research firm, reports that today (2005) there are close to 8 million home users worldwide using VoIP to make phone calls over their broadband connections. By 2009, Synergy anticipates this number to grow to 58.9 million home users using VoIP to talk to friends and family around the world using broadband and VoIP technology.
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Policy & Regulation Relating to VOIP Services - Nov 2005

Report to the Minister for Communications, Information and the Arts (Australian Gov't).
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Great & Famous Quotes

"VoIP service is predicted to grow 18 fold-from $1.24 Billion in 2004 to $23.4 Billion in 2009" (W. Gardner, 2005, Oct. 26, Techweb.com)

"Vonage has far outpaced its rivals, drawing 1.4 million subscribers since its start in October 2002. The total number of Voice over Internet Protocol users is projected to grow from 3.3 million to 18 million by 2009, research firm In-Stat says" (USA Today, 8 Feb 06)

"Voice over IP has become widely acknowledged as one of the most important and fundamental telecommunication technologies of the century, and is paving the way for a new era of innovative and user-friendly communication services." (S. Jones, convedia.com)

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." (Albert Einstein)

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." (Carl W Buechner)

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure!" (Nelson Mandela)

"To be financially successful you must do the following: (1) be in business for yourself; (2) have repeat products; (3) Duplicate your efforts; (4) guarantee the product; (5) give better service than the competition; and (6) reward those who do the work." (J. Paul Getty)

Direct selling is the perfect intellectual distribution business for today's economy. A home-based business doesn't require a storefront, warehouse, employees or massive back office support operations. It only requires one person-you." (Paul Zane Pilzer - Author "The Next Millionaires")