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eine Meldung vom 13.9.06, ohne weiteren Kommentar. Ich habe mich in den letzten Wochen wieder etwas rar gemacht, da Urlaub und auch der Kursverlauf mich nicht wirklich animiert haben, mich durch das Einstellen von englischen Meldungen mit COVD zu beschäftigen. Das soll aber nicht heissen, dass ich die Flinte nun ins Korn werfe...... Covad Announces ClearEdge Office -- First VoIP Offering Built Specifically for Very Small Businesses; ''End of Low Quality Consumer VoIP Products Masquerading as Small Business Solutions'' WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 8:30 AM - BusinessWire BOSTON, Sep 13, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Covad Communications Group, Inc. (DVW) , a leading national provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced today at the Fall 2006 VON Conference & Expo the nationwide availability of Covad ClearEdge Office, the first combined Voice over IP and high-speed Internet offering built specifically for very small businesses. "The VoIP offerings being marketed to very small businesses today are typically pumped-up consumer products or enterprise-level products that can be too technically demanding and expensive for small companies with limited IT capabilities and telecom budgets," said Charles Hoffman, president and CEO of Covad. "Covad ClearEdge Office has been designed to meet the specific needs of very small businesses: affordability, simplicity, reliability and minimal upfront costs." With Covad ClearEdge Office, customers can continue to use their existing analog phones. Covad handles the entire installation, which involves only two additional pieces of equipment: a DSL router and an analog telephone adaptor. "This signals the end of low quality consumer VoIP products masquerading as small business solutions," said Claude Tolbert, Covad senior vice president. "We expect Covad ClearEdge Office to be the product that will have very small businesses choosing VoIP, by combining easy installation, high service quality, minimal new equipment and a compelling price." This $13.2 billion market segment, made up of businesses with between five and 19 employees, represents over 2 million small businesses with average monthly telecom expenditures of more than $500, according to AMI Partners, a market research firm. "The introduction of Covad ClearEdge Office is a wake-up call to consumer providers who think catchy advertising is going to help them succeed in the small business market without a quality managed service," said Will Stofega, research manager for IDC's VoIP Services program. "Covad is clearly filling a gap in the market by becoming the only company to specifically target this segment with a managed-quality access line." Because ClearEdge Office operates on Covad's nationwide broadband network, the service and overall calling experience is fully managed end-to-end as opposed to traditional consumer VoIP solutions that rely on a third party broadband connection to transfer the data packets over the public internet. Covad's Voice-Optimized Access (VOA) solution preserves VoIP call quality by prioritizing voice over data traffic on every call and thereby ensures a quality calling experience. Covad ClearEdge Office offers an intuitive interface through a web-based "dashboard." Businesses can reduce "phone tag" with Find Me/Follow Me, create hunt groups to forward calls to available team members, and manage voicemail and faxes through any Web connection. It also includes call waiting, call forwarding, call logging, call monitoring and call pick-up. Covad ClearEdge Office is an ideal solution for companies with fewer than 20 people. There is no need to replace inside wiring and all unique wiring needs will be handled by Covad. Automatic upgrades ensure customers always have the most advanced features available. With the launch of Covad ClearEdge Office, Covad now offers a complete portfolio of VoIP products to small and medium businesses. Covad ClearEdge Office Pro is a hosted VoIP offering that is ideal for SMBs looking for a feature-rich, managed solution with low up-front costs. Covad ClearEdge Integrated Access combines separate voice and data access services into a single solution over a T1 broadband line, and is well-suited for customers who already have an existing PBX. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bis die Tage V.Mac |
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| aus der Diskussion: | langsam wird es peinlich, seit 19.10. jeden Tag +20% ! Covad Communications ! |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | V.Mac (20.09.06 20:09:47) |
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