30 January 2008

Officials from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have announced that the new system software update for the PSP will immediately enable all owners of the newer PSP Slim & Lite model to make and receive calls using VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) telephone service Skype.

12 March 2008

11 May 2008

Many suspected it because of anecdotal evidence that often apartment renters no longer bother to connect fixed line phones. Now a new report confirms it. Nearly half of household consumers with a phone in Australia prefer to use their mobile phones as their primary means of voice communications.

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26 September 2007

TeleGeography is reporting that The Netherlands’ consumer fixed line telephony market grew by 2,000 connections in the second quarter of this year, bringing their total to 5.999 million. During the same time period, the total number of Dutch consumer VoIP subscriptions rose 7.1% to 2.2 million.

04 October 2007

3 is thought to be working on a Skype mobile, which will give the VoIP service more presence on mobiles.

A spokesperson for 3 said the operator and a "leading internet communications company are working together to produce a exciting new product to make free internet calls completely mobile". The unnamed company is widely expected to be Skype.

3 is not releasing any further details on the product.

20 October 2007

Lots of talk about unified communications this week, thanks to Microsoft. But what CIOs really need to know is which feature will cause fellow execs to utter these words: "For that feature alone it's worth doing this system." I've got two examples.

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13 December 2007

Voice calls over the internet have migrated onto Apple's new iPod and iPhone products through a new application created by VoIP technology developer Raketu.

Owners of the iPhone and iPod Touch can now use their device's web browser to make a connection over the web that allows them to talk to other people around the world.

Using the scheme means that international calls can be essentially free, although a monthly subscription fee to Raketu is required.

04 December 2007

I'm hearing more about new kinds of attacks on LANs, such as voice-over-IP attacks or exploits that use printers as a source of attack. How can LAN security help me prevent those attacks?

31 December 2007

Experts are predicting that VoIP telephony solutions stand to benefit from advances in the UK's broadband network.

The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) said that as demand for high-quality online TV grows, broadband providers will increasingly warm to the idea of upgrading their connections.

Countries such as South Korea, France and Germany have already begun investing in ultra-fast 100 megabit broadband networks, capable of streaming up to a dozen high-definition TV channels.