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Google is getting ready for a big push with a full voice communications service in the works, but in the mean time it has to do a little housekeeping. Google Voice, one of Google's hottest products on the mobile front at the moment, came to be after the company acquired GrandCentral, a startup offering pretty m... |
23 November 2009
05:36 GMT |
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Skype has had its most tumultuous year yet, but all the problems are finally behind it and the company can focus on growth and revenue as opposed to lawsuits. eBay has announced that it has finalized the sale it first revealed several months ago and that Skype is now a separate private company, although eBay still re... |
20 November 2009
08:40 GMT |
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According to a recent report from market research firm In-Stat, smartphone OSes will enter a critical period, and the October 6 announcements from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Palm, and Microsoft are the best-suited examples in this direction. Basically, the research firm suggests that the competition on the smartphone ma... |
12 October 2009
10:57 GMT |
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AT&T has issued an official report giving Apple the green light to enable VoIP iPhone apps to run on its wireless network. As iPhone users should know, VoIP applications on the iPhone were previously enabled for the Wi-Fi connectivity only. AT&T informed Apple Inc. as well as the FCC of its decision, according to the... |
7 October 2009
05:17 GMT |
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Despite mounting legal issues and the recent sale, Skype is moving ahead with plans to increase revenue. One area where it wants to generate more income is from business services and the company has just announced that its Skype for SIP offering is now supported by Cisco’s Unified Communications 500 Series for ... |
23 September 2009
10:41 GMT |
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A new version of Skype is available for Mac OS X users. Delivering improvements and enhanced compatibility with Snow Leopard, Skype version 2.8.0.722 also adds screen sharing (share what you’re seeing on your computer over a free call) and better sound and video. Skype uses the P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to... |
18 September 2009
03:59 GMT |
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A recently published study from ATLANTIC-ACM, entitled “U.S. Telecom Wired and Wireless Sizing and Share: 2009-2014,” shows that the consumer voice segment of the market will see a tremendous decline during the following years. According to the study, a number of around $16 billion consumers are expected ... |
17 September 2009
15:11 GMT |
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The Skype deal has managed to complicate itself so much that a reader can lose track of events as days go by. Times Online has reported that Skype's original founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have filed a copyright infringement claim at the District court of North Carolina, accusing eBay of sharing and... |
17 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
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With the new owners announced just last week, Skype is already starting to make changes, but that doesn't always mean they're for the better. In fact, the first move is to axe Skype's effort to create a third-party app environment that the Skype Extras Developer Program launched with much enthusiasm a ... |
12 September 2009
02:30 GMT |
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Skype, the popular VoIP app now available for iPhone too, has received an update delivering over a dozen enhancements and changes, including the ability to set up call forwarding from your iPhone. Skype is free to download and use on any iPhone or iPod touch model running iPhone OS 2.2 or later. According to the iTu... |
8 September 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Zer01 Mobile has formally launched its nationwide unlimited voice, data and Web mobile wireless service, meant to offer users the possibility to make voice calls, navigate on the Internet, send or receive text messages and view videos on their smartphones for only a small monthly fee. The company offers the new servi... |
2 July 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Skype is at its 1.1 release on iPhone and iPod touch, delivering new features like the ability to send SMS messages using Skype credit and voicemail support. The developers also managed to improve dialing help, while adding support for several new languages. Skype is a free download from the iTunes App Store. Accord... |
1 July 2009
09:58 GMT |
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The Netherlands-based Nimbuzz instant messaging and VOIP client has announced a new contest challenging graphic designers everywhere to come up with up to five new emoticons for the software. The contest opens today and will run until July 27. The winning entry will be included in an upcoming version of both the desk... |
30 June 2009
09:51 GMT |
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Truphone 3.0 is seeing its release on the second supported Apple handheld, the iPod touch. The company developing the software noted that the immense success garnered by the iPhone version of Truphone 3.0 made them “keen to follow-up as quickly as possible for all [...] iPod touch customers.” The Truphon... |
1 June 2009
08:31 GMT |
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Truphone launched today Truphone 3.0. The release is said to be a major upgrade to the mobile VoIP application for the iPhone, enhancing users’ instant-messaging and account-management experience, delivering a new standard for call quality. Read on for a few noteworthy additions, as well as for an inspiring sta... |
28 April 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Rumors that eBay is planning to sell Skype have been officially proven correct in the sense that the giant company indeed intends to separate from the popular calling service Skype, and the first step in this direction is an initial public offering (IPO) planned for the first half of next year – its exact date... |
16 April 2009
01:55 GMT |
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Recently, it has been revealed that the European founders of the most well-known VoIP service, namely Skype, are trying to become its rightful owners again by purchasing it back from eBay. The persons in question are Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who have reportedly approached a number of private equity firms and... |
15 April 2009
01:59 GMT |
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According to a Skype blog post, the iPhone version of the application, that was recently released in the App Store, has been downloaded more than a million times. The free app allows users with a Skype account to place and receive free calls via the VoIP protocol. According to at least one report, Germany's Deut... |
3 April 2009
09:52 GMT |
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Skype Inc. has issued an official report announcing the immediate availability of a Skype client for iPhone and iPod touch. Available in the App Store as of today, the free application is supported on all iPhone models and the second generation iPod touch with a compatible headset and microphone, according to the app... |
31 March 2009
08:23 GMT |
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Skype has been released as a free download for iPhone and iPod touch users. The application + service allows users to call each other for free using the VoIP protocol, via WiFi, Edge, or GPRS. Surprisingly, iPhone OS 3.0 users can use AT&T's connection to place and receive calls over 3G.“Skype is free call... |
31 March 2009
03:26 GMT |
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A free Skype application for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday, CNET news has confirmed after sitting down with the lead engineer working on the iPhone Skype client.“We got a chance to sit down with the application's principal engineer before the ann... |
30 March 2009
06:20 GMT |
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February 3rd, 2009 marks the day when Microsoft will launch Office Communications Server 2007 R2. The Redmond company has closed the pre-launch registration for the Virtual Launch Experience, which is scheduled to debut at 9:30am Pacific Time, and which will be kicked off with a LIVE Keynote hosted by Stephen Elop, p... |
3 February 2009
06:38 GMT |
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Skype COO Scott Durchslag has announced today, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a new Lite version of Skype designed for Android phones, which offers users the possibility to make voice calling to other mobile devices or desktops that have Skype, yet it is unable to allow video calling. According to the... |
9 January 2009
04:00 GMT |
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The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a warning about a vulnerability in the Asterisk open source telephony engine that can supposedly allow attackers to compromise legit VoIP servers and perform thousands of fake phone calls per hour. Digium, the company behind Asterisk, says the warning is... |
8 December 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Voxofon, a provider of VoIP services, has just announced the release of a mobile client for Android-powered phones that enables users to make cheap international phone calls.The application, which has run until now in beta, has been well received by the T-Mobile G1 handset owners, mainly because of its ease of use. A... |
11 November 2008
08:41 GMT |
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iSoftPhone, a VoIP telephony app for Mac that uses a virtual Internet phone, has been updated to include Voicemail support, third party application support, enhanced provider support and more.iSoftPhone is said to provide crystal clear voice quality, while the clean user interface makes it attractive and practical. A... |
24 October 2008
16:01 GMT |
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One year after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, the Redmond company is ready to make the next step in the evolution of software-powered unified communications and VoIP. In this context, Microsoft is gearing up for the availability of an update to Office Communicati... |
14 October 2008
08:58 GMT |
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The moment many have been waiting for is finally here. fring, a WiFi-based VoIP app enabling even owners of an iPod touch to place calls and talk using Apple's new headset with a built-in mic, has been approved by Apple, and can now be acquired from the iTunes App Store. The application is free to download and u... |
6 October 2008
02:43 GMT |
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A poster on the fring community page claims to have caught a glimpse of fring's “official” announcement, saying the app that does VoIP over Wi-Fi is “now available on the iPhone App Store.” If true, Apple could be in the process of approving (or denying) the application's availabilit... |
30 September 2008
13:52 GMT |
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It has been confirmed that iPod touch boasts the necessary hardware to support VoIP calls. With the newly announced headphones from Apple, which ship with a built-in mic, iPod touch is good to go as a voice communications device.“With 5 wires connected to the Touch headphone jack (instead of 4 on the previous m... |
12 September 2008
04:10 GMT |
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iSoftPhone, a VoIP telephony app that uses a virtual internet phone for Mac OS X, and provides crystal clear voice quality and a neat user interface, has recently been updated to version 2.3. Xnet has added SMS support (by server), SMS and IM chat integrated with Address Book, presence showing, more privacy options a... |
17 July 2008
05:32 GMT |
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VoIP is a global application that became popular as a business tool and that, afterwards, was easily adopted by domestic users. While the American and European market for the program are expanding rapidly, the evolution of the Australian one is a bit delayed.The reasons for this vary from the lack of broadband in som... |
9 July 2008
05:32 GMT |
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Today, Rack-Soft released 4PSA VoipNow Hosted, a service especially designed for small and medium businesses and small ISPs. It was created to allow its users to use VoIP services, like integration with business software applications, to lower costs and increase mobility without the need of having special hardware or... |
8 July 2008
10:06 GMT |
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Rack-Soft just announced the availability of the free connection module between 4PSA VoipNow, its hosted PBX server software and Parallels Plesk. By integrating Parallels Plesk with 4PSA VoipNow under a single administration interface, the new software offers a unified communication platform.Bogdan Carstoiu, Rack-Sof... |
16 June 2008
10:37 GMT |
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As simple as it sounds, sipgate brings VoIP to your iPhone. Just yesterday, we were talking about this iPhone 'Voice Broadcast' app due out via the App Store in July. However, with sipgate, you will be able to place and receive calls over Wi-Fi using any SIP-based VoIP service. Best of all, the app is absol... |
4 June 2008
09:05 GMT |
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Yesterday, Yahoo proudly announced that the Sunnyvale-based company reached an agreement with JAJAH which would bring more advanced features to its Yahoo Messenger VoIP technologies. As mentioned yesterday, JAJAH will power the Phone In and Phone Out functions currently helped by Yahoo's in-house solution. Altho... |
30 April 2008
02:33 GMT |
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Yahoo Messenger is going to add new VoIP capabilities very soon as the parent company has just signed a deal with JAJAH to improve its premium voice service. Until know, the Sunnyvale-based company has been using its own voice technology but, from now on, JAJAH will be the provider of the "Phone In" and "Phone Out" f... |
29 April 2008
09:59 GMT |
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Skype launched on Monday an unlimited calling plan for over a third of the world's population as the parent company states which allows consumers to initiate calls with amazingly cheap subscriptions. The new monthly subscriptions lets Skype customers to call landline numbers in 34 countries around the world for ... |
22 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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With the release of the first service pack for Response Point, Microsoft plans to extend the current range of services offered by the product. In this manner, the Microsoft Response Point phone system will be able to deliver to its target customers - small businesses - a full digital voice solution. SP1 for Response ... |
21 April 2008
04:04 GMT |
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Yup, no lie. They've done it! Fring has released this great piece of application called "fring," the same as the company, for owners of a jailbroken iPhone. Aside using Skype, owners of a jailbroken device can also chat MSN Messenger, ICQ, GTalk, SIP, Twitter, AIM, and Yahoo! over Wi-Fi."The special pre-release ... |
16 April 2008
08:39 GMT |
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We've heard a lot of rumors, especially on April Fool's Day, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if somebody came out and said: "Hey, Google wants to buy Skype!" Oh, wait, somebody else has already done that! Michael Arrington of TechCrunch brought another rumor in the spotlight, saying that the Mountain... |
3 April 2008
06:59 GMT |
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With comprehensive communications being one of the critical aspects of any successful business strategy, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Microsoft is placing a strong focus on delivering such capabilities to its customers. The third annual Microsoft Small Business Summit was the stage where the company unve... |
24 March 2008
12:58 GMT |
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For three years now, Infineon has been marketing low-cost mobile phone chips that have given new swathes of customers around the globe the chance to use phones for the first time. These innovative chips pack all the key functions onto a tiny piece of silicon. More than 50 million units had been sold by the end of las... |
17 March 2008
10:29 GMT |
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Not long after Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, announced his company's intentions to allow VoIP communications on the iPhone and iPod Touch over Wi-Fi, SightSpeed expressed interest in bringing its services to the platforms. Steve noted during the Town Hall event in Cupertino that VoIP over the cellular network wi... |
11 March 2008
07:18 GMT |
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Skype launched as a small but promising company and, four and a half years later, it is happy to report that its users have talked 100 billion minutes (probably more by now). Not so long ago, the huge pull that the phone and VoIP company has, drew attention towards it and after an interesting chain of events, eBay bo... |
21 February 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Iliad, a French Internet provider, has just announced that users of jailbroken iPhones that are subscribers to its Free brand will be able to make unlimited calls to French land-line numbers. Those who wish to benefit from the offer will need to install a SIP-VoIP application developed by Touchmods, called Siphon, on... |
8 February 2008
09:12 GMT |
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Blueface, a leading VoIP phone service provider, just announced the launch of the first free mobile phone service for Ireland. The new service also offers consumers a mobile number that can be called at landline tariffs, reducing the cost of staying close to family, friends or colleagues via mobile conversations. Fo... |
5 February 2008
03:21 GMT |
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A new and greatly improved version of the leading PBX software, 4PSA VoipNow 1.6, was just released a few minutes ago by Rack-Soft. This version comes packed with more than 20 new features, like SIPpresence support, IAX channels interconnectivity, Paging, Intercom, outgoing call screening, advanced groups support, an... |
23 January 2008
05:35 GMT |
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The Skype service is probably the biggest marketing vehicle for VoIP communications, with an increasing customer base of hundreds of millions of people from all around the world. However, it generally requires the presence of a computer, unless the user decides to go for one of the many Skype-compatible phones availa... |
7 January 2008
10:52 GMT |
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We've heard of this type of attacks in the past, but it seems like some teenagers find swatting pretty funny and try to set up pranks every once in a while. The latest report comes from California, where an innocent family was evacuated by the SWAT forces after the officers were alerted that three men with AK-47... |
18 December 2007
09:32 GMT |
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