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VoIP - Flate rate or monthly packages Most broadband VoIP providers, especially in the US and Canada, offer flate rate or monthly residential and/or business packages. These can be very basic as a pay-as-you-use option or unlimited packages for... |
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If the cost savings potential of VoIP services has caught your interest but
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VoIP Solutions - A brief Overview
Voice over IP (VoIP) is a technology that allows voice traffic to be
transmitted over a data network, such as the public internet. Using
VoIP and, usually in conjunction with a broadband internet connection
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VoIP Call Features
It is not yet widely known, but the second key benefit of VOIP over a
traditional phone line are the additional calling features available.
The first major benefit being the substantially lower call costs.
Whilst many may not use these additional... |
VoIP 911 Service
Selecting the right VoIP provider or broadband phone provider can be
a life or death decision when it comes to 911 service. Some VoIP
companies provide better 911 service than others and some provide none
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VoIP News Archive
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VoIP Press Releases
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Webacall.com Account Mobility
21 April 2008, Athens, Greece Webacall.com has launched a new service.
PIN-less calling card.
Listening to the needs of customers Webacall.com has added a
new enabling feature. The PIN-less calling card is bundled with the
VoIP account... |
Truphone Buys Sim4Travel
14 April 2008 Truphone, a UK-based VOIP company, has acquired the business assets of UK SIM card maker SIM4Travel.
The sale price includes GBP1.343 million in cash and GBP1.3 million in
Truphone shares. Truphone has raised over $24 million in VC... |
Webacall.com partners with fring™ to bring you mobility
ATHENS, GREECE March 4, 2008 Webacall.com has partnered with fring™ to empower users with mobility and availability as never before. fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables users to access & interact with their... |
iotum `Free Conference Calls' on Facebook Goes Global
27 February 2008 iotum today announced global
availability of its popular FREE Conference Calls application on
Facebook under agreements with Internet communications partners Truphone
in the U.K., Abbeynet in Italy and MOI
... |
Webacall.com launches Callshop Application Software
ATHENS, GREECE February
15, 2008 Webacall.com is
now offering callshop owners the "Callshop Administrative Module"
to help them easily manage their businesses. This software is directly
associated with Webacall.com... |
Globe7 Announces Chinese VoIP, File Sharing Services
06 February 2008 Globe7, one of the world’s leading
voice-over-Internet providers, on Thursday unveiled a suite of
Chinese-language Web tools for file sharing, live video streaming and
VoIP calling.
The... |
Raketu Debuts VoIP Service Offering for Mobile Business Users
08 January 2008 Raketu, a leading global Internet communications, information, andentertainment company, today debuted its voice over Internet protocol(VoIP) calling web application optimized for the BlackBerry(R). Thenew web-based application allows... |
PHONE.COM GOES LIVE WITH NEW COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
What’s in a Name? Innovative
Company with Recognizable Domain Now Offering Cutting-Edge Virtual Office and
Home Phone Products Powered By VoIP and SaaS Technologies
BOSTON—December 11,
2007— Phone.com
commences operations with the introduction... |
Vbuzzer Extends Free Internet Fax Within US and Canada
09 November 2007Following its successful release of its free fax service, Vbuzzer
is pleased to extend the service to its new and existing customers in
the US and Canada.
Vbuzzer today announced that Vbuzzer extends its
offer of... |
EQO Launches mobile Internet phone application in Australia
29 October 2007 Free Software Offers
International Calls for Only AUD 3 Cents/Minute, Cheap Texts, and Free
Instant Messages Mobile calls to and from Australia just got easier and
cheaper.
EQO Communications (pronounced "echo") today... |
Nine more countries get free international calling from ANY phone.
MONTREAL, October 17, 2007 -- MOBIVOX today announced an extension of its free calling service
to nine new countries, expanding the opportunities for members to use the international calling
service from anywhere, on any phone.
MOBIVOX members... |
sipgate Launches API: Use VoIP for Your Own Web and Software Projects
11 September 2007DÜSSELDORF, Germany, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- sipgate is the first VoIP provider to give customers direct access to its
system via a designated, proprietary interface. At the same time, "sipgate
API" provides... |
JAJAH Brings Free and Low Cost Phone Calls to Canadians
08/15/07 --
JAJAH, the world's most innovative
communication company, today announced its popular web-based calling
service has been upgraded for use in Canada.
In response to customer demand, JAJAH today announced that making free and
ultra-low... |
Bluesocket Acquires Voice over IP (VoIP) Leader Pingtel
24 July 2007 BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bluesocket, Inc., today
announced it has acquired SIP-based enterprise communications solutions
leader Pingtel Corporation. This
strategic move establishes a solid foundation for... |
JAJAH Cuts the Cords With "NO HEADSET" Campaign
20 June 2007 JAJAH, the world's most innovative
communication company, announced today its "No Headset" campaign and Web
site, using the slogan "If You Liked Skype, You'll Love JAJAH." The "Skype
alternative" campaign... |
DigiLinea Expands Fixed Mobile Convergence Platform in Brazil Adding DID Telephone Number Coverage f
Doral, FL, June 13, 2006 DigiLinea, the leader in innovative telephony solutions over mobile networks to the US Hispanic and Latin American markets, announced today further expansion of DID coverage in Brazil on the DigiLinea Fixed Mobile Convergence... |
Raketu Reduces VoIP Dial-Out Calling Rates Up To 66%
In Addition, Customers Now Get Free Calling To Japan And Hong
Kong, And To Over 40 Other Countries
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raketu,... |
3CX launches new IP PBX for Windows: 3CX Phone System
3CX frees office phone systems from proprietary hardware and protocols and transforms them to a manageable server application London, UK - 9 May 2007 - 3CX today released its commercial edition of 3CX Phone System, a new Windows-based IP PBX that completely... |
YapOn Reaches 30,000 Subscribers and Eliminates All Access Fees
08 May 2007 YapOn, a provider of mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
solutions, today announced that they have reached a critical volume of
30,000 users under their two key service offerings; 'Text to Talk'(TM),
an offering that provides mobile... |
WiFiMobile's OneFone brings mobile VOIP to the flagship Nokia N95
04 May 2007 London, UK-/Wi-Fi Technology News/-Mobile VOIP provider WiFiMobile have
announced the release of their latest software Version 751 which
provides complete support for the Nokia flagship handset, the Nokia N95.
With the much awaited... |
Mobile VOIP Application for Nokia S60 Devices
12 April 2007 ASIA Taiwan : WiFiMobile launched a Mobile VOIP service on the Nokia
S60 handsets which enables users to make free calls to each other over
Wi-Fi regardless of location. Mobile VOIP calls can also be made where
no Wi-Fi connection is... |
Apple TV Modified To Run Asterisk PBX
April 5, 2007 Last week Apple, Inc.
(APPL) released a new product dubbed Apple TV designed to integrate
iTunes media content with high definition televisions and stereo
systems. The diminutive set-top box, which retails for $299 USD, met
with mixed... |
Groovytel.com Phone Service for MSN and Google Talk
Pensacola, FL, April 05, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Super Technologies, Inc. the makers of SuperPhone and DIDX.net announce the beta release of GroovyTEL.com GroovyTel.com offers incoming phone service for any MSN Messenger and Google Talk Messenger user. The
service... |
Truphone announces free mobile calls from the USA to landlines in 40 countries
March 27th 2007 – Orlando, FL and London, UK - Owners of Wi-Fi-equipped Nokia smartphones will be able to make free international calls from the USA to landlines in 40 countries throughout April, May and June, mobile internet telephony pioneer Truphone... |
BABBLE.NET LAUNCHES RESELLER PROGRAM WITH SPORTSGATE LTD
19 March 2007 Babble.net (PLUS: BABO), the internet telephony service provider, and Sportsgate Ltd., an IT services development company specialising in providing Governing Bodies of Sport and their membership with bespoke IT solutions, announced today... |
fring the First to Publicly Launch 3rd Party VoIP Application on S60 2nd and 3rd Edition on Symbian
12 March 2007 fring™ today officially launched its free, mVoIP (mobile VoIP) service for S60
devices. Developed by Nokia, S60 is the world’s leading smartphone software, as
Nokia alone has shipped cumulatively over 84 million S60 based devices... |
iSkoot Raises $7 Million in Series B Financing
28 February 2007 CAMBRIDGE, MA--iSkoot, a leading provider of mobile Internet communications solutions, announced that it has secured $7 million in Series B financing. iSkoot has become the leader in mobile VoIP solutions, recently working in close... |
PC-Phone (RTC) | A FREE "after work" Phone
22 February 2007
With pleasure we present "PC Phone" to
you. - It's
- A marketing tool that speaks Chinese, Portugese,
Spanish, Turkish, English, French and German.
- An internet phone that can be used for free and
... |
JAC Technology, LLC Announces New USB/VOIP Flash Drives
Fremont, CA ďż˝ February 1, 2007 ďż˝ JAC Technology announces its
latest USB flash drive with built-in telephony (VOIP) technology. Carry
your own personal phone system and
portable office in the palm of your hand.
Our USB/VOIP drive includes
all... |
WEBACALL LAUNCHES VIRTUAL NUMBER – DID SERVICE
ATHENS, GREECE February
10, 2007 Webacall.com announced the launch of it's Virtual Numbers – DID service today targeting customers, next generation
carriers, ITSPs, calling card companies and other businesses around the
world. The company... |
Titan Global Holdings Oblio Unit Partners with DigiLinea to Enhance VolP Technology
Platform Upgrade Targets Multibillion
Dollar U.S. Hispanic and Latin American Markets
Doral, FL, February 6, 2007 –Titan Global Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:TTGL - News), a high-growth
diversified holding company, announced Oblio Telecom
Inc., (“Oblio”)... |
Webacall launches new Hosted VoIP Solutions and VoIP reseller opportunities
06 February 2007Business VoIP Solutions from Webacall
As VoIP is proliferating in the business world taking the place of traditional PSTN termination, Webacall aims to provide you with solutions that will enable dramatic cost savings, reduction of... |
SNOM UNVEILS NEW IP BUSINESS PHONE
BERLIN, GERMANY February 5, 2007 snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, today announced the latest addition to its line of IP business phones, the snom 370. The snom 370 will provide users with the... |
PhoneGnome (TM) to Open Free Calling to Millions of Phones Worldwide
New PhoneGnome Service Offers Multiple Ways to Make Free Long Distance and International Calls Using Home Phone, Mobile Phone, or PC DANVILLE, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- TelEvolution Inc., developer of PhoneGnome(TM), the telephony industry's first... |
Globe7 Brings Video Advertising to VoIP Market
August 10, 2006, Press Release The latest to break into the VoIP market in the U.S., Globe7™ has
launched with a unique advertising platform in the Internet phone business.
The new Globe7 3.0 soft phone offers
users the opportunity to earn... |
Skype Launches Free SkypeOut Calls from France to Landlines In France
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2006--Skype (NASDAQ:EBAY), the global Internet communications company, announced today that all French-based Skype(TM) users with a broadband internet connection can make unlimited SkypeOut(TM) calls to landlines in France for free... |
VOX for Skype Brings the Power of Skype to Every Mobile Phone in the World
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS --
(MARKET WIRE)
-- September 11, 2006 -- Fall 2006 VON - VoxLib, a provider of applications for Voice over Instant Messaging (VoIM) networks, today announced VOX for Skype, which enables users to access Skype™ through any... |
Vivox to Give Away One Million Free Phone Minutes to Residents of Second Life
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2006--Vivox, a leader in integrated online voice communications, today announced that it will give away one million free phone minutes and distribute group chat "microphones" to residents of Second Life... |
Skype Unveils Beta 3.0
08 November 2006 LUXEMBOURG -- Skype, the global Internet communications company, today released the latest version of its software, Skype(TM) 3.0 Beta for Windows. Skype users across the world can now enjoy even simpler and easier ways to talk to one... |
New - Noise Reduction Software and Recorder for PC Calls
20 November 2006 SoliCall has developed an innovative and breakthrough technology that will help VoIP users to reduce unwanted noises during calls, in real time. Screaming kids? Barking dogs? Keyboard ticking? With SoliCall it will sound less disturbing... |
Webacall launches calling card service
01 December 2006 Webacall is now offering the ease of use a calling card can provide. Just buy your calling card and get your PIN. Use it from any phone and call any number worldwide at Webacall’s low rates.
You can now use your Webacall calling... |
Spectacular Voipbuster New Year Promotion!
14 December 2006 Voipbuster, widely known for its free of charge VOIP services, also
launches FREE text messages in 2007! To introduce this new service to the
public Voipbuster presents a special New Year promotion.
www.voipbuster.com visitors... |
Digium raise $13.8 million in Series A
11 August 2006
Huntsville, AL and Boston, MA. — Digium® Inc., the original creator of Asterisk® and pioneer of open source telephony, announced it has closed its first round of venture capital funding, receiving $13.8 million from Matrix Partners,... |
Busta, the Internet 'Mobile Phone' Battles Skype, Adds "Widgets and Flakes" Drops "Tags" Into MySpac
LONDON, September 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Busta, the Internet "mobile phone" has already attracted Skype users in over 50 countries since its launch 20 days ago primarily because of portability and its "no network compromise" technology... |
Zultys Releases New Family of VoIP Phones
Press release, 10 July 2006
New SIP Phones Provide Business Users With Excellent Acoustic Quality, Support for Remote Workers and Color Displays
Zultys Technologies today announced the
release of four new VoIP phones to complement its existing range... |
VoipBuster silently outperforms Skype!
Press Release, 29 June 2006
If you think that Skype breaks barriers, take a look at this! OK, Skype is offering temporary free calls from the USA and Canada TO the USA and Canada. Free national calls, which will save you about 1 dollarcent per minute... |
Rebtel makes international calling from your mobile phone as easy as 1-2-3
Press Release STOCKHOLM, Sweden--June 27, 2006--Rebtel Networks AB, a new mobile telecommunications services company, today announced that people in 30 countries can now start using its services for making ultra low-cost international calls on their mobile phones... |
Skype Offers USA users more free minutes
Press Release, 21 June 2006 U.S. Skype Users New to SkypeOut Can Make One-Hour Free International Phone Calls to 30 Countries Worldwide Skype(R), the global Internet communications company, is offering its U.S.-based users one hour of free international... |
ViaTalk VOIP Birthday Deal: Buy 1 Year get 1 Year Free
20 June 2006 VOIP service provider ViaTalk celebrates its first birthday today with the following deal for the first 1,000 new customers:
1 year free ViaTalk Unlimited Service
No initial equipment fee
Price: $199/year
So basically you... |
DigiLinea Expands DID Telephone Number Coverage to over 100 Cities in Latin America on the DigiLinea
Doral, FL, June 20, 2006 - DigiLinea
(www.DigiLinea.com),
the leading Voice over IP (VoIP) service and infrastructure
provider to the US Hispanic and Latin American... |
Fonality's PBXtra Wins Editor's Choice Award; Internet Telephony Magazine Gives PBXtra an ``A''
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2006--"What do customers with limited Linux expertise, looking for an `easy to manage' IP PBX solution, do if they want Asterisk?" asks Internet Telephony in its April 2006 issue. "The answer is deploy... |
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Sipgate announces ÂŁ59 mobile VoIP phone
09 April 2008 VoIP-Provider, Sipgate, has made an affordable mobile VoIP phone
available to the UK market, marking the company’s entry into
fixed-mobile convergence.
The Pirelli DP-L10 GSM/Wifi phone is available to anyone from
Sipgate’s... |
Jaxtr Raises $6.4 Million for Blog, Social Net VoIP Service
10 April 2008 Jaxtr, a provider of
Internet telephony services for social networks, blogs and other sites, has
raised around $6.4 million in a second round of venture financing, PEHub.com
reported, citing a regulatory filing.
Lehman Brothers... |
Jangl Kicks Off VoIP Ads With Several Launch Partners
05 March 2008 Surely you’ve noticed that Jangl has been making a huge push to
insert its little green buttons into every social networking outlet
possible. From to Bebo, the list of major networks with click-to-call VoIP options via Jangl is growing... |
RingCentral Redials $12M for Hosted Voice
04 March 2008 Hosted voice service firm RingCentral on Tuesday said it got $12 million in a second funding round led by DAG Ventures.
The new investment comes six months after the Redwood City,
California-based firm announced an identical ... |
Skype Vs. Business VoIP: How They Stack Up
27 February 2008 A head-to-head comparison of how the two approaches stack up in key areas, including scalability, reliability and cost. It's a choice that many companies, particularly small businesses, ponder: deploy a business IP telephony system... |
Engin: We've blown $26m; we got it wrong, now give us $8.4m to keep afloat
25 February 2008 Having blown the $26 million that Seven Network pumped in when it took a 33 percent stake in 2006,
VoIP provider Engin has terminated its ambitious triple play
intentions and is asking shareholders for another $8.4m just to... |
Skype vs. Every Other VoIP Provider
12 February 2008 Technology questions are inevitably lobbed my way when I attend
family get-togethers, and the holiday that just passed was no
exception. It seems that a couple of folks were seriously considering
signing up for some kind of VoIP
service... |
Verizon sues Charter over VoIP patents
11 February 2007 Verizon has fired off its second patent action at a cable VoIP
provider, this time against Charter Communications in Texas. Verizon is
claiming eight patent breaches, a copycat of its action against Cox
Communications in Virginia... |
Ad-Based Phone Service?
14 January 2008 Now that traditional ad supported video is losing ground via DVR fast-forward, wouldn't it be great if the ad-supported model could be migrated to one of cable's new services?
San Jose, CA-based Pudding Media
believes its platform... |
Vonage hopes new services will improve prospects
09 January 2007 Having been battered by intellectual property lawsuits, Vonage is trying to rejuvenate its business with MyVonage servies
and new hardware like the V-Portal router
Troubled VoIP... |
Jaxtr Signs Up 5 Millionth VoIP Customer
17 December 2007 All new companies should be lucky enough to have a launch story like
this one. Jaxtr, which only became public this March, has announced
that their membership base has grown 10-fold since this summer, going
from 500,000 users... |
VoiP Providers Push New Pricing Models
17 December 2007 Residential voice telephony has become an unlikely hotbed for clever new products and new pricing models. For example, several VoIP
providers are now promoting unlimited calling for one-time or low
annual upfront payments, notably Ooma (www... |
Vonage Woes: 2007 was Tough Year for the VoIP Firm
18 December 2007 Vonage is facing some customer complaints over a multi-day outage
this past weekend. But that's the least of its worries. On Friday
telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks filed a lawsuit
against Vonage in a U.S. District... |
Skype Tries to Soothe Angry Biz Users
13 December 2007 The Internet communications service wants to restore trust with its
business customers after it withdrew thousands of London phone numbers Skype has sought to reassure its business customers they can trust it
in the future, despite... |
How to use Facebook for free calls
10 December 2007
Truphone app can be added to messages, walls, groups VoIP firm
Truphone is to offer an application that lets
you make free phone calls from within the social networking website. Truphone's 'Call Me'... |
Vyke launches full commercial mobile VoIP service
05 December 2007 Vyke, the mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider,
has launched its commercial mobile VoIP service from any of The Cloud's
9,500+ UK and European hotspots and metropolitan area networks. This
brings free access... |
Jajah goes Direct with VoIP calls
20 November 2007 VoIP telephony firm
Jajah has
launched
Jajah
Direct allowing users to make VoIP calls to any destination around the world
without the need for a PC.
The company claimed that anyone with a phone can now make use of its services
even... |
Two VoIP Products Offer Long Distance For Free
14 November 2007 MagicJack and ooma combine VoIP with your existing home phone service to provide you with free long-distance calls.
"Rent vs. buy" is a classic business dilemma. Is it cheaper to rent
office space or buy a building? Buy... |
Vonage Clears Up Last Legal Cloud on Horizon
08 November 2007 Tentative $39 million settlement with AT&T means that the VoIP pioneer can get on with business. That makes it three down and none (that we know of) to go. Vonage's tentative settlement of AT&T's patent-infringement lawsuit... |
Vonage Settles Suit with Verizon
26 October 2007 Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) said today that it has settled
its patent lawsuit with Verizon Communications. Vonage, an Internet
phone service provider based in Holmdel, said it will pay Verizon a
maximum of $120 million to resolve... |
Kevin Russell blows the "3" Skype deal news ahead of official announcement
29 October 2007 The world's hax have been obediently keeping the lid on a deal due to be
announced 11.30 today, giving Skype connectivity to mobile phone users
with contracts or PAYG accounts with "3". To the astonishment of journalists... |
AT&T Suit Against Vonage Makes Mockery Of U.S. Patent System
22 October 2007 Is the U.S. patent system irretrievably
broken, or are aggrieved parties justifiably defending their turf
against infringement by companies unfairly trying to benefit from the
fruits of their labors? Looking at AT&T's lawsuit... |
AT&T Sues Vonage for Patent Infringement
19 October 2007 AT&T filed a lawsuit against VoIP provider Vonage Holdings, seeking damages for alleged patent infringement. AT&T Inc. on Friday filed a lawsuit against VOIP provider Vonage Holdings Corp., seeking damages for alleged patent... |
MyNetFone Revenue Keeps Rising
18 October 2007 Australian-owned VoIP service provider, My Net
Fone Limited and its MyNetFone service, today announces a milestone at
40,000 paying customers subscribed to its residential and business
enterprise networks.
... |
MySpace enhanced with Skype telephony
17 October 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — MySpace and Skype announced Tuesday they are
meshing social networking with Internet telephony, creating the largest
voice-connected online community on Earth. The partnership comes
as MySpace rival Facebook... |
Former SunRocket Customers Become Exposed
11 October 2007 VoIP provider, SunRocket created a flood of questions when the Virginia-based company closed its
doors abruptly on July 16, 2007. The company ceased all operations
without warning to customers or employees. The official cut-off date
for... |
eBay Slashes Skype Deal
02 October 2007 eBay is cutting more than a third of the price it agreed to pay for Skype VoIP service. NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc said on Monday
it would cut as much as $1.2 billion off the $4.3 billion
potential price it agreed... |
BON VOYAGE VONAGE
27 September 2007 Shares in Internet phone service Vonage fell
below $1 yesterday amid mounting concerns the company will be run out
of business by patent problems with rivals Verizon and Sprint.
Vonage was hit with its second major legal setback... |
Vonage ordered to pay Sprint Nextel $69.5 M
26 September 2007 A federal jury on Tuesday ordered Vonage Holdings to pay Sprint Nextel
$69.5 million in damages for violating six of its patents, prompting
analysts to question whether the troubled Internet-phone company could
survive. Vonage,... |
Standalone VoIP’s Long Goodbye Continues
26 September 2007 Vonage may have had a nice summer, but its spring and fall clearly have left much to be desired.
In March, a federal jury found that the company had violated VoIP patents held by Verizon. The award was $58 million and 5.5 percent... |
VoIP provider 8x8 signs agreement with company leaving market
26 September 2007 Voice over Internet Protocol provider 8x8 Inc.
said Wednesday it signed an agreement calling for exclusive
recommendation of 8x8 as a replacement for the subscribers of a service
provider that will soon exit the VoIP market.
... |
Start-ups promise to lower cost of phone calls
19 September 2007 Nationwide calling from your regular home phone is getting closer to being free. Two
new companies are trying to attract the average consumer to Internet
telephony by bypassing the local phone and cable TV giants to provide
free... |
Ooma starts selling a land-line phone with unique features
18 September 2007 Landline phones haven’t changed much in decades. But Palo Alto-based
ooma has created what it calls a true next-generation
voice-over-Internet protocol phone. It has applied some clever
technology to deliver a lot of interesting... |
Irish firm launches 'global' mobile phone
18 September 2007 Irish start-up firm Cubic Telecom has launched what it claims is the
first 'truly global' mobile phone at a major industry exhibition in
California. The 'Cubic Mobile' phone was launched Monday at the prestigious
TechCrunch 40... |
Gphone announcement this week?
03 September 2007 Google’s Gphone could be announced within days, says an excited blogosphere.
Engadget has reported that Google would release details this week,
speculating that the device would retail for as little as $100 in the
US. Elsewhere... |
Jaxtr's New Twist on VoIP
30 August 2007 Given the recent failure of SunRocket, and Vonage's lack of profits and patent problems, you might find it odd to see VCs pouring money into yet another VoIP company.
On the contrary, investors recently handed over $10
million to... |
Vonage Spent About $752K Lobbying
31 August 2007 WASHINGTON -Internet telephone services provider Vonage Holdings Corp. spent about $752,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form.The
company lobbied on the regulatory status of high-speed... |
Skype woos small businesses
30 August 2007 The pioneer of free calling over the internet is offering a dedicated service package to small businesses.
Skype says its new Small Business Pack gives a micro company everything
they need to get started a make calls over the internet... |
Vonage sued by defunct VoIP company
23 August 2007 As if Vonage wasn't having enough issues
with their fight to stay afloat, they are now being attacked by a
former competitor. SunRocket, which went belly up quite a while ago,
shut down their VoIP services and now is targeting Vonage... |
Google Apologizes for GrandCentral Snafu
21 August 2007 GrandCentral, a VoIP startup acquired by Google
earlier this year, has been forced to abandon its "one number for life"
pledge for a small number of users, representatives acknowledged late
Monday.
A Google spokesman said... |
Skype Says Service Returns to Normal
19 August 2007 NEW YORK - Skype said its Internet phone service has
returned to normal after a software bug left many users unable to log
on for two days. The company, a division of online auction
company eBay Inc., said it would explain what caused... |
Skype outage hits 220 million users
17 August 2007 Skype, the
online phone company, said today that an outage which left its users
unable to make cheap calls was caused by a fault in its software
Skype, the online phone company, was today working to fix an outage that left
its... |
Skype Bug Locks Out European Users
16 August 2007 A software bug has affected Skype's network, preventing users in Europe from logging on to the VoIP service.
A software bug has affected Skype Ltd.'s
peer-to-peer network, preventing users in some parts of the world from
logging on... |
SpinVox Moves Into VoIP, Brings Voice-to-Text to Skype Users
01 August 2007 Voice-to-text provider SpinVox has inked a deal to bring its technology to users of Skype's internet telephony service. SpinVox says the service will launch some time before the end of the year.
Once the service is rolled in, when... |
SunRocket Asset Sale Buys Time for Ex-Customers
27 July 2007
Former SunRocket VoIP customers have ten days to sign up with another carrier and have their phone numbers ported.
Former SunRocket customers have 10 days to sign up with another
carrier and have their phone numbers ported, the company... |
Comcast: 3 Million VoIP Customers in 2 Years
26 July 2007 Comcast has released their latest earnings report. Among other things, the report notes that they've signed up3
million VoIP customers in just the last two years. The company added
330,000 broadband customers last quarter, bringing their... |
Skype Found Guilty of GPL Violations
26 July 2007 Skype has been found guilty of violating the GNU General Public License (GPL) by a Munich, Germany regional court.
Skype has been found guilty of violating the GNU General Public
License (GPL) by a Munich, Germany regional court, a decision... |
Ooma Hopes to Shake up Telecom Industry
23 July 2007 Ooma will allow consumers to have one more VoIP option
Startup
company Ooma hopes to further change the telecommunications industry by
offering a $399 box that is a hub for VoIP and landline calling -
allowing users to have... |
VoIP fights back as Truphone get injuction against T-Mobile
17 July 2007 Truphone, the VoIP operator who sprung to awareness following Orange and Vodafone blocking its service on the popular Nokia N95 has won another battle in the courts, this time against T-Mobile.
Following the operator blocking the... |
VoIP Provider SunRocket Suddenly Closes
17 July 2007 (AP) -- Internet phone service provider SunRocket, which had as many as
200,000 customers nationwide, has ceased operations without warning. The move by SunRocket, which
offered service via Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, was... |
Jajah Expands VoIP Service
16 July 2007 In
a move that underscores the need for VoIP companies to expand beyond
phone calls, startup Jajah on Monday announced that it is providing
click-to-call service to Internet dating giant eHarmony.
Analysts
said the partnership... |
Skype's Uphill Battle to Win North America
30 June 2007 Despite Skype now
being well into its second year as a U.S.-based company, it has yet to
capture the imagination of American consumers the way it has Europeans
and Asians. But the company's vice president and general manager for
North... |
Today is the beginning of the end for Vonage
25 June 2007 Vonage and Verizon go head to head today in a patent lawsuit that
could put Vonage out of business. A lower court has already ruled
against Vonage, and if the company loses this appeal, you can kiss it
good-bye.
I won't go into all... |
Google To Acquire GrandCentral
Techcrunch, 25 June 2007 Google is in acquisition discussions with telephone management startup GrandCentral,
we’ve learned, and we have a high degree of confidence that the deal
has actually been closed. We are trying to nail down the acquisition
price... |
Vyke moves VoIP battle to SMS
19 June 2007 VoIP provider Vyke has added text messaging to its mobile phone
client, enabling its customers to text each other for free and charging
just over a penny to text anyone else.
The UK based company reckons it's 10 times cheaper for... |
Enhanced Globe7 Now on Multi Platforms
18 June 2007 With over 23 million downloads and 3.5 million active users covering
187 countries across 7 continents, Globe7, the VoIP tool integrated
with IPTV, has moved ahead to meet the communication and information
needs of their clients. Subsequent... |
Truphone Announces New Gateway for Bridging Calls to the PSTN
07 June 2007 Mobile VoIP provider Truphone announced yesterday that it has successfully ported FreeSWITCH’s open
source telephony application code to TelcoBridges’ hardware platform to
fulfill its need for a media gateway which can bridge VoIP... |
Court Rules VoIP Providers Must Pay USF Fees
01 June 2007 Internet
telephone companies like Vonage must contribute to the Universal
Service Fund (USF), a federal appeals court ruled Friday afternoon. If
VoIP providers follow the lead of local, long-distance and wireless
services that... |
T-Mobile's parent, Deutsche Telekom, invests in VoIP startup Jajah
30 May 2007 The investment marks the first by a cell phone service provider in
VoIP and is a signal that the German company is willing to risk the
cannibalisation of its existing landline service.. Jajah, a
startup IP telephone calling company, attracted... |
Wal-Mart Ventures Into VoIP
14 March 2007 If your Aunt Tilly hasn't heard of VoIP yet, she will soon, at least if she's a Wal-Mart shopper.
The retail giant Monday put its considerable weight and consumer reach behind the IP communications market by adding Skype VoIP equipment... |
Vonage: we've got a workaround for Verizon patents
10 May 2007 Vonage reported its quarterly earnings earlier today and iVonage CEO
Jeffrey Citron disclosed that the company would be ready "shortly" to
deploy a workaround for two of the patents it was found to have
infringed. "We... |
Jajah taps Intel for $15m
10 May 2007 Intel Capital is the lead investor in a $20m funding round for
Jajah, the internet telephony software firm. Intel is pumping in $15m
to help Jajah in its goal to supplant Skype as the mass-market VoIP
provider of choice, the company said today... |
KPN Suffers VOIP Hiccup
08 May 2007 KPN's strategy is to add value to its broadband service to retain as
many of those customers as possible. It currently has 2.23 million DSL
customers, giving it a 41 percent share of the retail broadband market,
with 650,000 of those... |
Court rejects Vonage request for retrial
04 May 2007 A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected Vonage Holdings’ request that it order a lower court to retry a patent-infringement case against the company, Vonage confirmed Thursday.
The VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider,... |
Vonage Asks For New Patent Trial
02 May 2007
Vonage is once again on the offensive,
now asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in
Washington D.C. to “vacate and remand” the court’s decision that ruled
Vonage had infringed on Verizon’s patents. Vonage is... |
Skype user numbers grow, but slower
23 April 2007 New data from eBay shows that its Skype VOIP
service is still picking up lots of new users, but at a slower rate
than in previous quarters.
At the end of March, 196 million people had
registered to use Skype. eBay isn't saying how... |
Vonage Bankrupt?
18 April 2007 Vonage Holdings Corp.
outlined a bleak future for the Internet telephony company -- including
a possible bankruptcy -- if it loses its ability to solicit new
customers as ordered by a U.S. district court judge on April 4. Vonage hopes... |
Skype to test VOIP service for the enterprise
13 April 2007 Skype to test VOIP service for the enterprise -Skype is looking for early adopters of its enterprise VoIP application Skype is in the early stages of testing an
enterprise-class version of its service and is soliciting interest in
an... |
Trying To Stay In Business, Vonage Posts Royalty Payments And A $66 Million Bond
12 April 2007 Vonage says it will keep operating as it appeals the court decision that said the company had violated patents held by Verizon. Pressed against a wall by the loss of patent litigation with Verizon
Communications, a feisty Vonage said Monday... |
How Vonage Woes Could Affect Online Advertising
10 April 2007 The biggest
online ad spender of 2006 may not have reason to advertise on the Web
at all in the future. Vonage plunked down more than $185 million for
online ads last year, and while its monthly expenditures have lessened
in recent... |
Judge bars Vonage from signing up customers
06 April 2007
A U.S. district court judge on Friday
barred VOIP provider Vonage Holdings Corp. from signing up new
customers after the company lost a patent infringement lawsuit to
Verizon Communications Inc.
Judge Claude Hilton of the U.S.
District... |
Truphone - A company profile
05 April 2007
Once upon a time, the only way to make calls on a cellular phone was via a cellular operator, most probably the one that gave you the phone. However, recent years have seen a revolution in the mobile industry and, while traditional... |
Skype eyes business market, telephony integration
29 March 2007 Internet telephony giant Skype has signalled its plans to go after more of the business market by integrating with enterprise-grade VoIP and PABX systems.
Skype, now owned by eBay, claims some 30 percent of its 171 million subscribers... |
Vonage Rating Cut to `Sell' by IPO Manager Citigroup
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Vonage Holdings Corp., the worst-
performing U.S. IPO in the past year, may go bankrupt by 2009 and
investors should sell shares of the Internet-phone company, said
Citigroup Inc., a manager of the initial public offering... |
Vonage: No Interruptions Despite Verizon Injunction
26 March 2007 Vonage has assured its customers that it has a workaround in the event that Verizon obtains a permanent injunction, but Vonage has not yet released details of its plans in the event that a judge does not grant Vonage a stay against the... |
Skype to offer money transfer via PayPal
22 March 2007 SAN JOSE: Web telephone calling
service Skype will shortly begin allowing users to send money to other Skype
users via the PayPal online payments system, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom
said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a technology... |
Ovum sees ripple effect of Verizon/Vonage VoIP verdict
12 March 2007 The US court decision that found VoIP service provider Vonage
Holdings Corp had infringed patents held by Verizon Communications Inc
could have serious implications for the VoIP carrier market, according
to Jan Dawson, VP of the US Enterprise... |
Vonage ordered to pay Verizon
09 March 2007 Vonage Holdings Corp. must pay $58 million plus monthly royalties to Verizon Communications Inc. for infringing three patents on Internet telephone service, a federal jury ruled Thursday. Following the verdict in an Alexandria, Va., federal... |
Is The Google Phone Its Next Super-Secret Project?
06 March 2007 Insiders believe Google is planning to build distribution relationships with multiple carriers to help develop voice and data services.
Now that the Apple iPhone has made the transition from rumor to promise, talk has turned to the... |
Tesco expands into VoIP market
02 March 2007 Tesco has
moved into the
internet
telephony market with a range of services and devices.
The supermarket chain is hoping to capitalise on
Ofcom
predictions that UK VoIP users will swell from 500,000 to three million by the
end of 2007... |
Engin launches capped VoIP plans
28 February 2007 Internet phone provider Engin will offer Australian households
new capped call plans as it looks to expand the technology to a
broader consumer base.Engin launches its new tariff plans on Thursday for its home and
small office Voice... |
Skype asks FCC to open up cellular networks
21 February 2007 Skype yesterday petitioned the FCC to lay the smack down on wireless phone carriers who "limit subscribers' right to run software communications applications of their choosing" (read: Skype software). Skype wants the agency... |
Skype launches Skype Pro in Europe
20 February 2007 VoIP provider Skype has launched Skype Pro, an internet communications package offering zero cents per minute calls to domestic landlines along with a series of premium Skype features and discounts on Skype Certified hardware.
... |
Future of Vonage hangs in balance as Net phone case heads to court
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NEW YORK — Verizon and Vonage on Wednesday will present opening statements in a patent-infringement case that could have a big impact on consumers and the nascent Internet telephone industry... |
Google and VoIP: The Story So Far
15 February 2007 Most fairy tales end with the trite and magical, "…and they lived happily
ever after." But the story behind Google and its VoIP service, Google Talk
Beta, isn't a fairy tale. It's more like a whodunit, where the plot... |
Fire at VoIPbuster, Voipcheap, Voipstunt etc.
16 February 2007 SInce earlier today all of the Betamax VoIP providers have the following notice posted on their web sites: "Due to a fire at our server site we are currently experiencing severe technical problems.
Our sincere apologies for... |
Truphone talks VoIP to Google Talk
08 February 2007 Mobile VoIP player Truphone has opened its system to free calls to Google Talk, linking IM to VoIP.
Truphone, launched last year (and reviewed here) is free software that turns Wi-Fi-equipped Nokia mobile phones such as the... |
Ignore the Skype hype
04 February 2007 NEVER use Skype to make a phone call. The Skype hype has led many to proclaim
that this piece of internet software, which allows web users anywhere in the
world to speak for free, will kill the telephone. Yet for ringing real
phones,... |
Digium Founder Steps Aside
01 February 2007 Asterisk developer, Mark Spencer,
founder and formerly President of Digium has stepped aside from the day
to day running of the company allowing Danny J. Windham, former
President, COO and Director of ADTRAN the role of CEO. The move... |
Jajah’s unusual pricing model means you talk for free -- unless you talk too much.
25 January 2007 In 2006, Jajah was named one of 11 “disruptors” by Business 2.0 magazine because it promises that you can make VoIP calls from your PC or landline phone without downloads or plug-ins—and even without having broadband. Jajah also avoids... |
Skype Unveils New Features For Business
25 January 2007 One day after eBay's CEO Meg Whitman admitted the financial performance of the firm's Skype operation was disappointing, the company's voice over IPunit has updated its Skype for Business offerings.
The new features build on SkypeOut... |
Judge throws out online phone suit against Skype founders, eBay
23 January 2007 LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit filed by the distributor of Morpheus file-sharing software against Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc. and other defendants.StreamCast Networks Inc... |
Call around the globe for free — really
02 January 2007 Call China for free. Or Australia, Greece or the Czech Republic.
Free Call Planet, a calling service launched earlier this year by a Beverly Hills entrepreneur, allows people to call more than 40 countries for free. For the other... |
Comcast: We'll squash Skype flat
14 September 2006 eBay may not be so pleased with its multibillion investment in Skype these days: Comcast is about to roll out a free VoIP and video service that could squash Skype flat.IP Democracy reports that Comcast will launch a PC-based service... |
Phone calls will be free within a decade, says Skype's Zennstrom
14 September 2006 Warsaw - Talking on the phone will be free within a decade, Niklas Zennstrom, creator of the globally popular free internet communicator Skype predicted Thursday in Warsaw. 'Skype's vision has always been to make everyone around the... |
Freelancers asked to tweak AOL's VoIP service
8 September 2006 AOL is inviting freelance computer experts to design devices, plug-ins and add-ons that will make its new VoIP phone service stand out from the crowd.
Ideas for personalizing AIM Phoneline, the VoIP service of AOL’s instant messenger... |
Vonage reaches 2m subscribers, far from profitability
06 September 2006 Vonage Holdings Corp yesterday announced it had passed the 2 million-subscriber mark, but at least one analyst said the company needs to more than double its size to reach profitability.
Stock analyst Albert Lin at American Technology... |
Vonage 2Q loss deepens 17 percent
01 August 2006 In its first earnings report as a public company, Internet phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp. said Tuesday its losses increased 17 percent in the second quarter as customer-acquisition costs stayed high.
The results illustrated... |
Skype to Issue Mobile Version
August 6, 2006 In a boost for eBay, the do-it-yourself service will connect to wireless routers from their Windows smartphones. Skype is expected to announce a version of its service for Windows-based mobile phones as soon as this week in a move that... |
TOP 8x8 EXECUTIVES BUYING STOCK AT 3-YEAR LOW
14 August 2006 Seven insiders at 8x8, a Santa Clara maker of equipment and services used to make phone calls over the Internet, have spent more than $100,000 buying up company stock at some of its lowest prices in three years. The purchases represent... |
Vonage Buys Customer Base As Freetalk Stops Talking
31 August 2006 Vonage Buys Customer Base As Freetalk Stops Talking
Vonage has bought the customer base of Freetalk, the ambitious VoIP service launched less then a year ago by the U.K.'s DSG international plc, the parent
of high tech retailers... |
Skype slips into business
11 September 2006 Two years ago, Mark Ehr and a few co-workers began using Skype to communicate between Proxima Technology's Denver headquarters and its offices in Sydney, Australia, and Windsor, England. "I'd spent hours talking to Sydney,"... |
Would-Be Skype Killer JaJah Goes Mobile
26 September 2006 Tomorrow, Israel-based JaJah will unveil a mobile version of its VoIP service that lets standard cellphone users make long-distance calls worldwide at dirt-cheap VoIP
rates - in some cases for free. This isn't a scheme using a Wi-Fi-enabled... |
Google Opens Up VoIP Service
29 September 2006 Google has opened up its Internet telephony service to everyone, not just users of its Web mail.
Google Talk, which makes voice calls over the Internet and sends instant messages, had been limited to people who use Gmail. The search... |
VoIP startup boasts inroads
09 October 2006 Jajah long-distance phone service says it will sign a million clients by year end
Jajah Inc., an ambitious European startup that slashes the cost of long-distance mobile telephone calls, is set to sign up one million customers... |
Skype sets eyes on enterprise customers
08 November 2006 After winning over millions of consumers to its largely free Internet telephone services, Skype is preparing to go after businesses eager to reduce their telecommunication costs. Skype, a provider of VOIP (voice of Internet Protocol)... |
Waiting for Skype to pay off for eBay
12 November 2006 BERLIN: The managers of eBay, the world's largest online auctioneer, had something else in mind in September 2005 when they decided to pay at least $2.6 billion to buy Skype, the pioneer in Internet telephone service then based in Luxembourg... |
Is Skype ready for corporate use?
22 November 2006
With millions of users worldwide, Skype is arguably the most popular consumer-level voice over IP (VoIP) implementation on the planet. As of the end of last year, Skype, now owned by eBay, had more than 50 million users according... |
Skype take up still low among UK consumers
27 November 2006 Only four per cent regularly use the service A mere four per cent of UK consumers regularly useSkype to make phone calls, new research has found. Figures released by JupiterResearch in its report Skype and VoIP – Quantifying the Hype... |
BT connects first customers to all-IP network
29 November 2006 More than 100 consumers in the UK village of Wick are among the first customers to be connected to BT's next-generation telecommunications network, which went live Tuesday. The BT 21st Century Network, dubbed 21CN, is one of the most... |
Globe7 - Watch TV and earn free phone credits (30c per hour)
31 July 2006 In the past week Globe7 quietly launched the latest version of its
desktop communication, Video and News application - Globe7 3.0 Beta -
offering real-time free voice communication, video streaming,
instant messaging, 1 GB free... |
Gizmo VoIP Arrives on Nokia N80
29 November 2006 Nokia has announced that users of the Nokia N80 Internet Edition will have easy access to low-cost calls over the Internet with SIPphone's Gizmo Voice over IP (VoIP) services. The Nokia N80 Internet Edition is optimized for SIP-based... |
Verizon Business Brings Managed VoIP to Europe
07 November 2006 The business services arm of Verizon Communications Inc has extended its Managed IP PBX offering to Europe, initially on Cisco and Avaya kit, with more vendors to follows. The company is offering the service in the UK, Germany, France and Benelux... |
Good-bye Free Skype, We Hardly Knew Ye
15 December 2006 Skype announced that it's about to start charging for SkypeOut — the service that lets you use Skype to call ordinary landline phones. As you probably know, Skype was originally developed to facilitate computer-to-computer voice calls... |
Free phone calls for Christmas
14 December 2006VoIP startup JAJAH is celebrating the Christmas season by offering free phone calls from any phone to any phone in North America, most of Europe and Asia on Christmas Day.
Here's how it works – JAJAH will connect between 2 and 10 parties... |
The Vonage advantage: Move early, quickly
16 December 2006 For Bill Rainey, this past Monday will surely go down as a memorable date in the short history of Internet-telephone company Vonage Canada.
It started with excitement as Vonage Canada, where Mr. Rainey is president, welcomed 50... |
Skype expands calling options
13 December 2006 NEW YORK — Skype, which helped make free PC-to-PC calling a global phenomenon, will announce Wednesday a $29.95-a-year service offering unlimited calls to wireless and traditional landline phones.
Skype's Unlimited Calling subscription... |
85 VoIP service providers shutdown in 15 months.
11 November 2006
85 VoIP service providers
shutdown in 15 months.
Many
wannabe Internet and technology entrepreneurs think this new phenomenon
called VoIP is a guarantee to make money - well think again -
at least 85 VoIP services... |
VoIP user claims Skype protocol hack
14 July 2006 A Chinese company claims to have reverse-engineered the
Skype
protocol, allowing it to place calls over Skype's VoIP network. According to a post on the
VoIPWiki
blog, a user by the name of Charlie Paglee received a Skype... |
SunRocket to launch cheap VoIP plans to lure in customers
10 July 2006
SunRocket to launch cheap VoIP plans to lure in customers
Internet Phone Company SunRocket has plans to launch new VoIP plans to attract more customers to their service. The company is going to launch a calling plan with unlimited calls... |
Skype fights back
3o June 2006 Can Skype convince the doubters that it is capable of being secured? The image of VoIP Internet calls pioneer Skype has been struggling recently but it is fair to say that only a tiny fraction of its millions of regular users will have... |
FreeCall - Number 11 in the group of Betamax VoIP services
29 June 2006 Today the Betamax group launched yet another VoIP service, bringing the total VoIP services under their control to 11. As with all the other VoIP services FreeCall offers "Free VoIP" calls to 36 destinations around the world... |
Jajah Pushes Free VOIP Calls Worldwide
27 June 2006 VOIP startup Jajah said Tuesday that it will now offer free landline calls to over thirty countries around the world, tossing in free calls to mobiles in some countries for good measure.
But don't talk too long, please. There are three... |
Is Skype VoIP Ready for Business?
PCWorld, 26 June 2006 New small-business Internet phone service features a consolidated billing option--but not much else. For years big businesses have used Voice over IP systems--phone services that use the Internet--to save on telephone costs. But... |
Fusion launches free VOIP phone service
IDG News Service, 19 June 2006 Fusion Telecommunications International believes international phone calls should be free. On Monday, the Dubai company announced the public beta version of Efonica, a VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service that
... |
Skype (>100 million downloads) vs Globe7 (11 million downloads)
My VoIP Provider, 19 June 2006 Still a long way off, but in the past four months Globe7 has risen from absolutely nowhere to the second most popular VoIP provider in the world behind Skype. Even Vonage fails to compete with these numbers. This is if... |
Does the world need another Vonage?
CNNMoney.com, 15 June 2006
On the heels of one VOIP provider's ignominious IPO, much smaller SunRocket thinks it can succeed in the same market.NEW YORK (FORTUNE) -
Despite Vonage's ignominious IPO and fresh questions about its viability... |
VoIPCheap - Cut Throat International Mobile Rates lowered by up to 65%
My Voip Provider, 13 June 2006 VoIPCheap.com, part of the VoIPBuster group of companies (Betamax) have for the first time this week launched cut throat VoIP call rates to mobile phones mainly in Europe.
Most VoIP users especially in Europe have... |
Technical and General Information for all Betamax VoIP Providers ( VoIPBuster and others)
MyVoipProvider, 08 June 2006 The Betamax group of VoIP providers (VoipBuster and others) is made up of 10 apparently different companies. Many users do not realize that VoIPBuster, VoIPCheap.co.uk, Netappel, SIP Discount, Voipstunt, Sparvoip,... |
Skype Under Attack by Net2Phone
CIO Today, 06 June 2006 So how strong a case does Net2Phone have? Skype has made Internet voice calling much easier with vastly improved quality, but Net2Phone is considered a pioneer in the computer-to-phone calling area. Net2Phone will have to prove... |
Is Vonage Sinking or Coming Up for Air?
NYtimes.com, 3 June 2006 When the Internet telephone provider Vonage went public last week, it was meant to be a coming-out party for a technology that many see as the future of voice communications. It was also a chance at redemption for Jeffrey A... |
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