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Will Skype be a part of open source community?
Original at VoIP
• Fri, Nov 6
By Pooja Availability In order to get into the 'multicultural' land of Linux distributions, Skype has decided to work on an open source UI layer for its Linux VoIP client. Now the Linux developers would be in a position to influence the development of the Skype client...
India: No more VoIP Calls
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• Fri, Sep 18
By Pooja India would not allow any access to VoIP calls as the Intelligence Bureau (IB) wants to block all Internet Telephony Services. IB asserted that the country is lacking the capability of tracking the telephony calls — both domestic international.
No to third party Extras: Skype
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• Sat, Sep 12
By anoopjain Users like to work on software that give them tools at their disposal, they like to relish the power by using them, by curbing rather cutting the Extra service, I hope Skype is not committing some mistake that would reflect in the near future. Or else may be conclude that Skype does not want to...
Cisco and Microsoft at loggerheads over VoIP
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• Sun, Nov 18
By arpita Source:Solokay, Pcmag Arpita: The rivalry between Cisco and Microsoft has once again intensified, as Microsoft launched its Unified Communications portfolio to take a significant share of the VoIP market pie. Cisco has already admitted that Microsoft’s entry into the VoIP sector...
Zimmermann, Atelier bring Zfone software for Symbian smartphones
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• Tue, Oct 23
By Bhagaban We’re seeing VoIP telephony’s stellar growth and acceptance in the mass market, but users do not realize their Internet calls are more likely and easily intercepted than with standard telephony. With Phil Zimmermann’s Zfone for Symbian OS, we’re bringing to the masses the same level of...
VePhone ensures free VoIP services without downloads
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• Thu, Mar 8
By Bhagaban Read Group 3 Technology (G3T) has launched a new kind of web-browser based Internet Phone service, known as VePhone. It brings free VoIP services for the customers without downloading. The VePhone VoIP service provides customers a UK telephone number,...
Bangladesh to provide VoIP licenses to all providers
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• Mon, Mar 5
By Bhagaban The technical committee was constituted last month to review the VoIP market in the light of increasing number of illegal VoIP operators and government’s drive to wipe out these service providers. At the very outset, I can say it’s a path breaking decision by the Bangladesh government. Th...
SunRocket adopts DigiLinea Network for VoIP call termination
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• Mon, Mar 5
By Bhagaban DigiLinea is regarded as one of leading VoIP infrastructure and service providers to the US Hispanic and Latin American Markets. Its VoIP network in Latin America ensures proper routs for VoIP call termination to different service providers.
Are we really enjoying Free VoIP?
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• Sun, Mar 4
By Bhagaban So, Shall we consider, there is free VoIP in strict sense? It would be very silly to say that we are enjoying free VoIP services, at least after reading Smith’s post. There is no free VoIP in real sense. We have to pay something in guise. Regardless to say it’s Skype or Abbynet or Raketu or anythin...
Comcast has now more than two million voice customers
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• Thu, Mar 1
By Bhagaban The growing popularity of Comcast Digital Voice challenges regular VoIP players like Vonage, Verizon as customers prepare bundled services from a single service provider. Comcast Corporation, the leading Tri-Play service provider of USA has signaled out its strong dominance in the...
Verizon wins mobile spam case
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• Tue, Feb 27
By Bhagaban While Verizon’s patent case against Vonage is in furious debate in the Silicon Valley, the US-based VoIP service provider has won the two-year old mobile spam case against Marketing LLC that allegedly sent spam messages to Verizon’s mobile customers.
Keyspan VP-24 A Cordless Skype Phone supports both PC and Mac
Original at VoIP
• Sun, Feb 25
By Bhagaban •Price: $137.00 I got an impression of Keyspan VP-24 A cordless VoIP phone. First of all, it is a Skype phone, compatible with both PC and Mac. The greatest plus point of this latest VoIP phone is that you need not to connect your PC via a USB cable for VoIP calls....
Avaya bundles up Google Apps in its VoIP technology
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• Sun, Feb 25
By Bhagaban In an effort to provide enriched VoIP solutions for the small business enterprises, Avaya has reached out an agreement with Google to add its latest Apps Premier Edition suite of Web applications in its VoIP technology. In addition to these plans, Avaya will also ensure its customers to s...
Mobile VoIP has far less impact: T-Mobile
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• Wed, Feb 14
By Bhagaban Emergency phone service and ‘always on’ connectivity are also big issues, since staying online takes up bandwidth on pricey mobile networks. And then there’s the cost. When people talk about VoIP, they think free. With any mobile service provided over the Internet, you’re going to need to...
Pingo makes VoIP calls free to China too
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• Wed, Feb 14
By Bhagaban The 15-day free service is an effort to hit the Chinese market, which is one of the potential VoIP markets in the world. Shall I wrong to say, there is also a strong competition for free services? If it was not so, then Pingo would not have suddenly launched their free VoIP offer for the custome...
Ericsson brings Home Mobile VoIP through its Femto Cell Solution
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• Sat, Feb 10
By Bhagaban Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has for first time brought Mobile VoIP to home by launching its much talked Femto Cell solution. It is compatible with WiFi and ADSL ensuring operator to provide VoIP services over a mobile phone network to the customers as they get into their home.
Wal-Mart ready to sell Vonage VoIP phones
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• Thu, Feb 8
By Bhagaban As per the mutual agreement, Wal-Mart would sell Vonage VoIP phones in its all most all the 1, 3000 retail outlets throughout Canada. Interestingly, it is for the time that Wal-Mart stores will have bunch of VoIP phones, no matter it is Vonage phones.
Residential VoIP customers to touch 267 million by 2012
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• Sun, Feb 4
By Bhagaban The strong growth can be attributed entry of Cable service providers into the VoIP arena. For instance, Comcast, the US-based cable service provider has registered more than 419,000 new voice customers during fourth quarter of 2006 ending the year with 1.9 million voice customers.
Canada sees first HD VoIP
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• Sun, Feb 4
By Bhagaban Announcing the launch of HD VoIP, Samer Bishav, CEO of Iristel said, The company has also offered Pay-As-You-Go VoIP plan for residential customers. The main objective of Pay-As-You-Go VoIP plan is to ensure cheap VoIP services for the residential customers in Canada.
Fring MVoIP supports both Gtalk and Skype
Original at VoIP
• Wed, Jan 31
By Bhagaban Despite forming a global community for its P2P VoIP, Skype is still reluctant to get into MVoIP. On the contrary, Fring sees new opportunity in mobile VoIP applications. The main features of Fring include: VoIP services without WiFi, Support Skype-like P2P VoIP, operates on 3G data netwo...
Dubai bans VoIP in free zones
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• Mon, Jan 29
By Bhagaban According to Gulf News, the Regulatory Body is now brining rules to ban VoIP services in the free zones of Dubai from next month. Though, it is affecting Du as of now, since it has been authorized to provide its telecom services in the free zones, its long term consequences are bad for VoIP in g...
iPhone boomerang now falls on Cisco
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• Sat, Jan 27
By Bhagaban The iPhone controversy takes a new twist with a Canadian VoIP company alleging Cisco Systems illegally using its iPhone trademark. Comwave, one of the leading VoIP service providers of Canada has complained that Cisco Systems is illegally using the iPhone trademark.
Vonage V-Access makes VoIP calls cheaper
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• Wed, Jan 24
By Bhagaban Commenting on V-Access, Mike Snyder, CEO of Vonage said, The Vonage V-Access service offers customers an access number to make VoIP calls to other Vonage phone number or an 800-number without incurring any long distance or international charges.
FuturePhone offers free VoIP services to 50 countries
Original at VoIP
• Sun, Jan 21
By Bhagaban There is also strong competition for the free service providers. Few days ago, we have been introduced about AllFreeCalls.net, which is offering free VoIP services to the customers. I came to know that FuturePhone is now coming up with a mega offer making VoIP calls free to all most 50 countr...
UK VoIP: Enterprises follow ‘no pain, no gain’ theory!
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• Wed, Jan 17
By Bhagaban In its new survey, the IP Telephony Company, ShoreTel claims the UK enterprises are worried over upgradation and implementation costs of VoIP during the initial stage without considering the long term benefits of this latest technology.
Coming soon: JAJAH VoIP software for Apple iPhone
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• Wed, Jan 10
By Bhagaban Soon after, Apple announced his coveted iPhone, JAJAH has declared that it would develop its software to support the iPhone in June 2007. It means that iPhone customers will be able to make free or low-cost global VoIP calls using JAJAH services.
Google Click-To-Call service reaches China
Original at VoIP
• Wed, Jan 10
By Bhagaban Google’s association with VoIP Inc., is not new. The US-based search engine company has been using VoIP Inc.,’s network in America, England, Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, India, Australia and the Netherlands. Google has taken its Click-To-Call VoIP services to China and eight mo...
Vonage enters into WiFi deal with EarthLink
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• Tue, Jan 9
By Bhagaban As per the deal, VoIP giant will purchase Internet access from EarthLink on a wholesale basis in cities where EarthLink has built a citywide WiFi network. Vonage would sell them under its own brand in any market where EarthLink has such a network.
Fring founder says mVoIP means business
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• Sat, Jan 6
By Bhagaban It seems that, just as 2006 saw VoIP enter the mainstream, 2007 will see mobile VoIP make serious inroads and begin to disrupt the conventional mobile telephony model. Traditional operators will have to embrace this trend rather than ignore it, because one thing is certain: mVoIP is here...
Is VoIP an information service?
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• Fri, Dec 22
By Bhagaban Is VoIP a telecommunication service or information service? This question comes to fore in the wake of ongoing legal battle between Vonage and the city of Baltimore recently. The City of Baltimore has filed a case against Vonage America claiming the Internet phone service provider is av...
Lingo, ATS sign VoIP pact
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• Wed, Dec 20
By Bhagaban Here is a resounding agreement between two established VoIP players, Lingo and ATS (American Telecom Services), under which they will launch a new program to provide converged VoIP services by the integration of Lingo’s broadband services with ATS’ Digital Clear Internet Phones.
Symmy VoIP client also supports Symbian Phones
Original at VoIP
• Wed, Dec 20
By Bhagaban I have come to know from this site about a new VoIP application for Symbian phones. Called as Symmy, the new client enables users to make and receive VoIP calls using Symbian mobile phones including Nokia N Series, Nokia E Series, Samsung and LG.
Jajah evolves new business model to provide free calls in Europe
Original at VoIP
• Tue, Dec 19
By Bhagaban The most innovative off-line media companies are moving towards the web. By working with JAJAH, our partners are able to deliver advanced 2.0 solutions to their existing customers. JAJAH gives them a path to the future by supplying all the telephony infrastructure they need.
Not Apple, Linksys launches iPhone for VoIP market
Original at VoIP
• Mon, Dec 18
By Bhagaban These two models are compatible with Skype. The model CIT400 is a Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit that has a cordless phone base station. It plugs straightly into your network through Ethernet. The iPhone contains Skype software to enable the user to make VoIP calls without seating befor...
No more Sound problems in VoIP Calls!
Original at VoIP
• Tue, Aug 22
In contrast to my early post where I agreed VoIP still faces sound problems, Skype and Global IP Sound have come together to resolve the issue ...
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