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BellSouth gives VoIP operators some 911 help

May 5, 2005 Baby Bell opens up its 911 routers, nears deal to give Vonage access to emergency calling infrastructure. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., operator, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, infrastructure, IP, AT&T Corp., router

Vonage may route 911 call to Congress, FCC

March 31, 2005 The Net phone provider considers asking for help solving problems with SBC over subscriber access to the emergency network. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., SBC Communications Inc., Internet phone company, Internet phone, Qwest Communications Inc., VoIP, BellSouth Corp., VoIP company, call, infrastructure, operator, Verizon Communications, IP, AT&T Corp., letter

Vonage cracks into market dominated by landlines

April 19, 2005 VoIP provider and Alarm.com co-market a home alarm system that doesn't depend on a traditional phone line. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, BellSouth Corp., phone line, VoIP company, Internet phone, IP, AT&T Corp.

Comcast pushes VoIP to prime time

January 10, 2005 The leading U.S. cable company introduces Digital Voice in three markets, with the rest of the nation to come within 18 months. TAGS: Comcast Corp., VoIP, local phone company, Internet phone, Vonage Holdings Corp., cable company, AT&T Corp., phone provider, Philadelphia, BellSouth Corp., telephone company, IP, voice, broadband, video

VoIP firm Vonage tests routers for mobile service

May 13, 2005 You can already make a Net-based call from a cafe--if you're a tech whiz lugging a laptop. Vonage wants to take the process mainstream. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Boingo Networks, VoIP company, BellSouth Corp., Wi-Fi, handset, router, AT&T Corp., laptop computer

Deadly delay on Vonage 911?

May 9, 2005 Florida couple claims precious seconds lost trying to summon help on their Vonage 911 line may have led to their child's death. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet phone, operator, Florida, Houston, BellSouth Corp., death, AT&T Corp.

Qwest gives Vonage the 911

April 20, 2005 Baby Bell hands VoIP operator proper access to emergency network. Other Bells, VoIP companies could follow, filling major hole in Net phoning. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Qwest Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., VoIP, emergency, infrastructure, VoIP company, operator, Internet phone, agreement, SBC Communications Inc., call, trial, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp.

Net phone venture peaking?

May 9, 2005 A $200 million investment in Vonage may be the last of the big spends on Net phones. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., venture capital, Internet phone, BainCapital LLC, VoIP, venture-capital company, venture, VoIP company, BellSouth Corp., brand name, IP, AT&T Corp., brand

Qwest finally on VoIP quest

May 6, 2005 Its OneFlex Premier service debuts late, and now Qwest must play catch up with cable companies and VoIP competitors such as Vonage. TAGS: Qwest Communications Inc., VoIP, phone service, Vonage Holdings Corp., BellSouth Corp., cable company, AT&T Corp., U.S.

Vonage, SBC in talks over 911 help

April 25, 2005 Despite initial discord between the two sides, negotiations are under way, a potential breakthrough for VoIP providers. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., SBC Communications Inc., VoIP, Internet phone company, negotiation, emergency, infrastructure, Qwest Communications Inc., Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications, IP, call, AT&T Corp., U.S.

States battle FCC Internet phone ruling

January 5, 2005 Minnesota and California to appeal federal regulatory ruling that bars them from taxing Net phone service providers. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone service, Internet phone company, VoIP, BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., California, IP, decision

Cablevision rings in 270,000 phone customers

February 23, 2005 Watch out, Bells: The cable giants aren't just phoning it in with Internet telephony. They're cashing in with triple plays, too. TAGS: cable telephony, Cablevision Systems Corp., cable company, telephony, Vonage Holdings Corp., Cox Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., IP telephony, VoIP, play, phone line, nation, AT&T Corp., U.S.

States gang up on Vonage

April 11, 2005 First came Texas. Will New York and California be next to file lawsuits against the VoIP provider over its 911 service? TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet phone company, Internet phone, Eliot Spitzer, lawsuit, Texas, VoIP, spokesman, VoIP company, IP telephony, call, BellSouth Corp., attorney general, state, telephony, AT&T Corp.

Biggest Bell to hand 911 access to VoIP operators

April 26, 2005 In another sign of detente, Verizon plans to open its 911 emergency calling infrastructure to providers of Net-based phoning. TAGS: emergency, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., infrastructure, Qwest Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, VoIP company, operator, call, AT&T Corp., New York City

Net telephone fees have users fuming

January 26, 2005 Trying to soothe state regulators by highlighting regulatory fees, VoIP providers are instead infuriating some of their customers. TAGS: VoIP, VoIP company, regulator, Internet phone, fee, local phone company, phone provider, broadband, BellSouth Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., IP, call, AT&T Corp.

VoIP cozies up to cell phones

June 23, 2005 Net telephony shook up traditional phone service, now it's on to cell phone variants of VoIP for companies such as start-up Mint Telecom. TAGS: VoIP, cell phone, Skype, IP telephony, IP, BellSouth Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., telecommunications, AT&T Corp., broadband, e-mail

VoIP finds foreign friends and adversaries

May 16, 2005 Net phone operators find a patchwork of regulations--some friendly, many not--as they surge outside U.S. borders. TAGS: Internet phone, Vonage Holdings Corp., operator, VoIP, Mexico, Singapore, BellSouth Corp., Korea, telephone company, India, AT&T Corp., Japan, IP, broadband, U.S.

Merger, shmerger, where's my ESPN phone?

January 31, 2005 As traditional phone operators jockey for dominance, new technology helps make up for lost competition. TAGS: telephone company, operator, VoIP, ESPN, merger, AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., cell phone, broadband, IP, U.S.

Bells ringing in Net phone 911

March 7, 2005 Meetings between nation's local phone elite and Net phone providers are spurring action to ease major VoIP concern. TAGS: Internet phone, Internet phone company, VoIP, Intrado Inc., operator, Vonage Holdings Corp., BellSouth Corp., call, VoIP service, IP, AT&T Corp., U.S.

FCC requires VoIP to clean up its 911 act

May 19, 2005 Net phone operators face a late September deadline to fix their 911 systems, the FCC rules. TAGS: Internet phone, VoIP, operator, emergency response, deadline, Vonage Holdings Corp., BellSouth Corp., call, Skype, AT&T Corp., IP, cell phone, U.S.