VoIP Market Leaders Declare a Price War
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An announcement that AT&amp;T would drop its prices for its VoIP CallVantage Service, its popular residential broadband phone service, from $34.
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A day before federal regulators are expected to free VoIP providers from state taxes, two California cities want their cut.
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AT&T Corp. Wednesday announced a number of VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) initiatives, such as a program to develop common standards for the technology and an expansion of its international VOIP remote worker pilot project. But as the company tries to draw more corporate users to VOIP, its own research, also published Wednesday, showed that concerns about the quality of service continue to dog the market as a whole.
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Middle- and working-class Americans signed up for high-speed Internet access in record numbers in the past year, apparently lured by a price war among phone companies.
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Shares of Vonage, the Internet telephone provider, rose sharply after it announced it had settled a patent dispute with Verizon and would have to pay a maximum of $120 million.
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Low cost and flexibility are selling points for the open-source VoIP software, but is it right for your shop?
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Meta Group senior analyst David Willis said that he doesn&#39;t expect the Baby Bells to bow down just yet. &quot;I don&#39;t think VoIP is going to remain entirely unregulated over the next several years,&quot; Willis said.
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AT&T Inc , Verizon Wireless and  Deutsche Telekom's  T-Mobile USA on Tuesday announced  flat rate plans for unlimited calls in the United States,  raising investor concerns that a price war could break out and  sending shares lower.
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Consumer casualties on broadband battleground The volatile ISP sector is continuing to annoy UK consumers as it sacrifices service for lower prices.â¦
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Companies trying to deploy Internet phone calling face varied costs depending on the technology provider, according to a report.
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The voice-over-IP market is growing, and by next year, 50% of all lines installed in the U.S. are expected to rely on VoIP technology -- despite continuing concerns that installations can be costly.
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AT&amp;T (T) and Internet telephone provider Vonage said Thursday they are cutting prices for their residential Internet calling services by $5 a month, the strongest signs yet of a price war in the nascent market.
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(InfoWorld) - Vonage lost less money in the fourth quarter of 2006 than a year earlier, but it didn't attract as many new subscribers to its VoIP service despite heavy marketing. The company, a pioneer in selling phone service that uses packet data networks instead of traditional circuits, now faces competition from cable operators and the established telecommunications carriers. The big players recognize the potential cost benefits of the technology as well as its flexibility, including the ability to give subscribers a browser-based portal for using voice mail and changing service preferences. But those big players are also bundling VoIP with other services, such as broadband Internet access and TV. Vonage ended the fourth quarter with a net gain of 166,267 subscriber lines, bringing its customer base to more than 2.2 million. But that was less than the 204,591 subscribers it gained the previous quarter as well as its gain in the fourth quarter of 2005, when it added 207,252 subscribers. Revenue soared to $181 million, up 91 percent from a year earlier, and the company's net loss narrowed. Vonage lost $65 million, or $0.42 per share, compared with a loss of $72 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The company's margins also improved, according to a statement Thursday. But Vonage has built its business on being an early mover and drawing a big base of customers that can later drive profits. The company's marketing costs still amounted to 53 percent of revenue in the fourth quarter, although this was down from 71 percent a year earlier. Vonage still expects to reach its goal of making an operating profit, adjusted for certain factors, as early as the first quarter of 2008, the statement said. The company's stock (VG) dropped sharply after its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange last May at $17. Among other things, investors worried about the company's losses and growing competition. On Thursday afternoon, the share price was down $0.42 at $5.42. Â
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Analysis After the phoney war of the operatorsâ launch of 3G data cards in Europe, the real battle commences for the mass 3G market, with Vodafone leading the charge.
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Vonage and AT&#38;T, still locked in a price war, are separately planning new features in a battle for VoIP customers.
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Virgin Atlantic has launched flights between London and Sydney, precipitating what Sir Richard Branson believes will be a price war between carriers.
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Anyone who has followed the telecom market in recent years knows that this hypercompetitive industry is badly in need of consolidation.