More on Microsoft and Telephony

August 28, 2009

A happy quack to my associate in the Mediterranean for this link to the article “Microsoft Making a Windows-to-Cloud Play into Telephony?” Please, keep in mind that stories from the Globes organization go dead after a short period of time. The gist of the story is that Microsoft is teaming with Jajah Israel to provide Microsoft with SIP trunk services. The most interesting comment in the story in my opinion was:

Israeli start-up Jajah, which provides VoIP telephone calls, has signed a strategic agreement with software giant Microsoft. Under the agreement, Jajah will provide Microsoft with SIP (session initiation protocol) trunking services. SIP connects a company’s PBX to the existing telephone system infrastructure (PSTN) via Internet using the SIP VoIP standard. The agreement allows companies to make high quality voice calls over Jajah’s IP Platform in the cloud, without requiring an infrastructure upgrade.

Microsoft has a large number of initiatives in quite diverse technical sectors. Telephony, if the information in the Globes’s write up is accurate, can now be added to consumer hardware, online search, and desktop applications. Has Microsoft developed a taste for Yahoo’s “peanut butter” addiction?

Stephen Arnold, August 28, 2009

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, News, Technology

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