Verizon, Bandwidth.com Sign VoIP Interconnection Deal
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, January 24, 2011 · 
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Last week Verizon signed a traffic-termination agreement with VoIP provider Bandwidth.com under which the parties agree to terminate each other’s VoIP traffic at a rate of $0.0007 per minute. Analysts are speculating that this might set an industry precedent and also potentially influence future reform at the FCC.
The agreed upon rate, which applies to traffic that originates from or terminates to a VoIP end user, provides the companies with cost certainty for the traffic they exchange. Read more
Google Voice Offers Number Portability, User Stats
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, November 2, 2009 · ·
Google Voice announced last week that it is now offering number portability, potentially broadening the appeal of the nascent and controversial service.
Previously users of Google Voice had to adopt a new Google phone number. However, consumers can now utilize their existing mobile phone numbers and gain access to Google Voice, albeit a select group of features.
In related news, Google mistakenly revealed confidential information last week in its filings at the FCC. Although later redacted from the documents, Business Week managed to get ahold of the originals before Google acted upon the error and replaced the documents originally made public.