02 December 2007

If you’ve ever wished Skype could truly be mobile, on a dedicated mobile Skype phone that worked just like Skype on your desktop, the 3 Skypephone has arrived to make your wishes come true!

Skype, the world’s most popular Internet phone call software, having made online calling as simple and reliable as text messaging, has already gone mobile some time ago.

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 to hitting the 5 million mark this month.  That type of growth puts them ahead of juggernauts like Skype, believe it or not.  Jaxtr’s service can be used for calls in over 220 countries now, allowing subscribers to make and receive calls without being subjected to enormous international calling fees.

29 January 2008

05 March 2008

13 May 2008

A new Facebook application called Phone-Me-Now allows Facebook members to place free calls from their friends' Facebook profile pages, without revealing either party's caller ID.

The company, Ifbyphone, was offering the first 1,000 accounts 100 free minutes per month to regular U.S. phone numbers, though we doubt there are any of those left.

Standard Ifbyphone subscriptions start at $14.95 per month.

26 September 2007

Vonage may have had a nice summer, but its spring and fall clearly have left much to be desired.

03 October 2007

The focus on achieving cost savings with IP telephony is utterly misguided

There are two problems with the hype around IP telephony.

First, it probably will not save users as much as they would end up spending on extra hardware to maintain call quality ­ the promise of savings is a red herring.

18 October 2007

Whether you’re a journalist needing to record an interview, or an irate consumer about to complain to a business, the act of recording your phone calls appears to be in fashion.

Unlike in the US, UK residents are universally allowed to record their conversations for personal use without telling the other party.

08 November 2007

Tentative $39 million settlement with AT&T means that the VoIP pioneer can get on with business.

04 December 2007

Klausner Technologies has filed a $360 million suit against Apple and AT&T over voicemail patents that the company claims the iPhone infringes.

New York-based Klausner says the lawsuit also names Comcast, Cablevision Systems and Ebay's Skype as infringing its patent for "visual voicemail". The plaintiff seeks an additional $300 million from the three.

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