Fixed operator strategies - 4/12/05

Vonage (USA) has missed, as many other US VOIP companies) the FCC's 911 deadline to ensure that all 911(emergency number) callers would reach emergency operators who could automatically see their phone number and location. Vonage (and others) continue, however, to recruit new customers until it has an answer to its request for an extension to as late as mid-2006.

Skype is adding high-resolution video-phone features to its internet telephony service.

Sony is launching a VoIP service that will allow users to see as well as hear each other.