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.

Santa Clara-based 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) said its platform "will be the only brand presented and promoted to the roughly 12,000 subscribers who will be left without VoIP phone service after the company winds down its VoIP operations over the next three months."

02 October 2007

Caveat emptor. Word is that Microsoft (MSFT) may buy 5% of social network Facebook for as much as $500 million. And, rumor is that Google may outbid it.



Ebay just wrote off about $1.4 billion of the $2.6 billion that it paid for VoIP company Skype. At the time of the purchase, Skype had about 50 million registered users. By some measurements, that number is now over 220 million.

17 October 2007

New Symbian Platinum Partner Provides Free Software for Symbian Smartphones, Offering VoIP Calls, Text Messages and Instant Messaging

07 November 2007

FCC ruling brings VoIP service providers one step closer to becoming full-fledged phone companies

Last week, the FCC issued a ruling that takes VoIP service providers one step closer to becoming (dare we say) full-fledged phone companies by requiring that the VoIP providers offer local number portability. The decision was adopted unanimously.

30 November 2007

As Mobile VoIP grows in the coming years, users will get on board via 3G networks provided by cellular handsets rather than over Wi-Fi.

That's the word from research firm Disruptive Analysis, which predicts 3G VoIP will draw more than 250 million users by 2021, as compared to less than 100 million voice users on Wi-Fi.

There will be technological and business hurdles to overcome, but the move to 3G VoIP ultimately is "inevitable," according to Disruptive Analysis's founder Dean Bubley.

20 December 2007

International voice vendor, Siemens has chosen Australian VoIP provider, Freshtel, as its partner in providing VoIP handsets to the market.

14 January 2008

While the VoIP market is still at an early stage, it is becoming more prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. We are seeing more operators launching VoIP, primarily as a means of challenging the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN) dominance of the incumbents.

28 February 2008

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 online shop for just £59. The offer is not restricted to Sipgate’s VoIP customers.

The phone features a free SIM-lock, which means it can be used by customers on any cellular network.

19 September 2007