10 March 2008

United Arab Emirates (UAE) will continue its ban on software programme Skype and other services based on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a low-cost web-based communication technology, the Gulf News reported Monday. VoIP services will be allowed only through the two licensed operators in the country, Etisalat and Du, said Mohammad N. Al Ganem, director general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

27 November 2007

01 November 2007

Voice over IP is a dream concept for companies and organisations all over the world. With voice calls being sent over the internet, money can be saved on long-distance calls and intra-office calls.

VoIP can also help companies economise through managing only one converged data network instead of separate voice and data lines and it can also bring multimedia services to the desktop, in some cases improving customer service.

08 November 2007

Many computer users are making free phone calls through programs such as Skype that use the internet instead of the phone system.

29 November 2007

German traffic management company, ipoque, has released a study that shows 95 per cent of all Internet VoIP traffic is Skype traffic. The study was conducted in five regions during August and September 2007 and looked also at P2P traffic, video streaming, instant messaging (IM) and file hosting.

29 October 2007

MORE than 100,000 residential landline telephones are being disconnected every year, as more people opt for mobile telecommunications.

A report by national consumer group Choice, however, says there could be disadvantages to hanging up on the home phone. "One part of the equation people often overlook is trying to make calls to someone without a landline," spokesman Christopher Zinn said. "Phoning their mobile is usually going to cost you more."

10 February 2008

13 May 2008

A Netherlands-based startup is offering a sort of Swiss Army knife VoIP-IM-chat-texting program that can operate on hundreds of mobile phone handsets, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Called Nimbuzz, the all-in-one application was announced in the U.K. and the beta offering is available for download. The company has received several million dollars in backing from venture capitalists, including $10 million from Mangrove Capital Partners, which was the original backer of Skype.