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Fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) provides a fibre optic cable connection from the local telephone exchange to a distribution point (commonly called a roadside cabinet). From here, a standard copper based telephone line is used to deliver the broadband connection.

Viber, the popular VoIP provider and cross-platform chat application received a major update for its iOS and Android versions earlier this week which will see the app going head to head with Skype.

In this edition, we look at the appointment of a new CEO at Snom, Microsoft’s plans to fix Skype’s messaging issues, a recap of Novembers WebRTC Conference & Expo, Jajah’s imminent shutdown and approaches to troubleshooting packet loss.

After some discussion here at the PackNet offices, we have curated a list of 10 must-follow Twitter accounts in the world of VoIP. Our choices include Authors, Journalists, Bloggers, Programmers, Company Directors and thought leaders in the Asterisk and WebRTC sectors.

Earlier in the month, Microsoft made another big step into the world of mobile communications by investing in Zula, the Israel-based mobile collaboration app startup, co-founded by two pioneers of the Business VoIP world, Jeff Pulver and Jacob Ner-David.

We believe in the idea of giving people what they want. To that end we’d like to ask you, our customers what you would like to see in Metis.

There is no doubt about the fact that VoIP as a solution is cheaper than traditional telephony. Often considerably so. But customers (and providers) who focus purely on the cost benefits are missing a trick and potentially risk not getting as much out of their VoIP platform as they could.

PackNet can now offer business grade connectivity products for EFM and Leased Lines.

In this edition we recap our time at Astricon 10 and it’s main talking points, as well as bringing news of new Digium Asterisk Hardware, Skype’s imminent Desktop API shut down and update details for Google Hangouts on iOS.

WebRTC (Web Real Time Communication) is a free, open-source browser-based communications project that allows compliant web browsers to communicate with audio and visuals in real-time using JavaScript APIs and HTML5.