Archive for March, 2009

eBay Hints That Skype May Be Put Up for Sale – NewsFactor Network

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Australian Personal ComputereBay Hints That Skype May Be Put Up for SaleNewsFactor Network, CABy Brad Stone Skype's value may have just taken a hit since Google stepped up its attack on the telecommunications industry with a free service called Google Voice that, if successful, could chip away at Skype's revenue. The Google Voice service is …Is [...]

VoIP over Cellular Data is Interesting Development for Wireless … – Gerson Lehrman Group

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

VoIP over Cellular Data is Interesting Development for Wireless …Gerson Lehrman Group, New YorkThe apparent decision by ATT wireless to partner with Zero1 to allow the MVNO to offer VoIP services using the ATT data network is an interesting move by the wireless carrier. This is one way for ATT to monetize its data network through [...]

Tele2 NL wins fixed telephony government contract – Telecompaper

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Tele2 NL wins fixed telephony government contractTelecompaper, NetherlandsDutch mobile telephony operator Tele 2 Netherlands has won a fixed telephony contract from the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), a government social services body. Tele2 will deliver 30 ISDN connections to the twelve SVB offices. …
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BJP in power to hit Microsoft? – Economic Times

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

BJP in power to hit Microsoft?Economic Times, IndiaLeader of India?s main opposition party BJP, LK Advani, has said that if his party comes to power, it will actively promote opensource software and internet telephony, a policy that could make Microsoft and some top local telecom companies see red. …
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BT Intros Carrier-driven Mobile VoIP – TMC Net

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

BT Intros Carrier-driven Mobile VoIPTMC Net, CTBy Erik Linask, Group Managing Editor The VoIP industry has been in a rapid growth spurt for a several years now. Following a period of uncertainty as to its ability to deliver quality voice services, advances in IP Communications technology have …
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Waiting For GrandCentral – eWeek

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Waiting For GrandCentraleWeek,  NYI wanted to use my GrandCentral number as the outbound callerID on SkypeOut calls, but the lack of SMS support thwarted my efforts to authorize the number to Skype. As time went on, I found I only used GrandCentral for outbound calling – using the …
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Google?s new calling ? phone management – Good Morning Silicon Valley

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

InquirerGoogle?s new calling ? phone managementGood Morning Silicon Valley, CASkype pops to mind, of course, but the eBay unit is an established leader in Net telephony tech, with 400 million registered users worldwide and 350000 more signing on every day. ?Skype is light years ahead in terms of video, simultaneous chat and …GrandCentral Returns as Google [...]

Future Nine Corporation – BroadbandReports.com

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Future Nine CorporationBroadbandReports.com, NYI tried VOIPo, and as you can see in my review, they bombed horribly, so I dug out my old AC-211 from SunRocket and took the opportunity to try my own Asterisk server and try out a couple of BYOD providers. I initially tried CallCentric and they are …
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XO Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Financial Results – MSNBC

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

XO Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Financial ResultsMSNBCXO has one of the largest deployments of soft-switches in the industry, carrying over 20 billion minutes of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) traffic per year. In addition, the company also achieved another significant milestone, having served 15000 …
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Jajah holds strong, dials up $2.8M to expand VoIP services – VentureBeat

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Jajah holds strong, dials up $2.8M to expand VoIP servicesVentureBeat, CALast month, it rolled out software for Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Symbian that allows them to make VoIP calls over WiFi or the cellular network. It also released a system that allows any carrier to deliver calling and text messaging services to the …
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