The proliferation of apps stores – primarily by device makers – appears to have relegated carriers to the role of dumb pipes. But is it possible for them to get back in the apps race? This was the questioned posed to panelists in the session, Apps Race: Building a Developer Community in the New Telecom World, at the VON Conference & Expo Monday.

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It struck me as a nice coincidence that while Jiri Kuthan, assistant vice president for engineering at Tekelec, was speaking at VON today, stock in his company was zooming upward.

There is no contest between hosted and premises PBX, but it’s not because there is a clear winner. It’s because both delivery models have a place, and customers don’t have to choose. This, according to panelists in the session, “Beyond Boxes: The Future of the PBX,” at the VON Conference & Expo, Monday.

Businesses are starting to carry out functions by taking cues from social networking. Which, if all goes well, will translate into much more value down the line for the likes of Verizon, which can provide an array of the underlying enabling technologies for that shift.

Cablecos and the major carriers share the same long-term fear of commoditization as consumers and businesses turn to innovative IP-based services deployed over their “dumb pipe” networks.

In an effort to make UC more “contagious,” IPcelerate Inc. introduced Monday its next-generation framework for the delivery of unified communications across multiple vendor platforms plus two new offerings – IPsession NG and Webur – built on the framework.

AT&T announced several enhancements to its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) portfolio that the company says will enable wholesale customers to cost-effectively broaden their footprint and extend the reach of their VoIP calling area.