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Friday, April 29th
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Skype Beta Released for Smartphones
Internet telephony company Skype has issued a beta client for use on Windows Mobile based smartphones, which could one day enable users to make voice over IP calls using a mobile phone. For now however, the beta release only supports instant messaging and no voice communication....
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Dial Thru International Launches Additional Voice Over IP Service
Dial Thru International today announced that it has launched its Rapid Link Router, which gives any business or residential customer a phone line and fax line in an integrated format. With the Rapid Link Router, users can make calls and fax documents anywhere in the U.S. and Canada for one low price....
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Comcast dials in more phone markets
Raising the stakes in the highly competitive telephony market, cable operator Comcast announced on Wednesday that it will significantly expand its telephone service in the next few weeks. Comcast plans to introduce its Digital Voice in Boston and Hartford, Conn., by the end of May, and in Chicago and Portland, Ore., by June, Comcast executives said during a conference call Wednesday.
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EarthLink's 2 percent solution
Internet service provider EarthLink later this year will test Wi-Fi cell phones and a high-speed Internet package that includes unlimited local telephone service, the company said this week....
Thursday, April 28th
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deltathree Reports First Quarter 2005 Financial Results
deltaThree, Inc. (Nasdaq: DDDC), a leading provider of VoIP hosted communications solutions for service providers and consumers worldwide, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005....
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Ecuity Launches First Community-wide VoIP Network
Ecuity, Inc., a leading enhanced Voice over Internet communications company delivering solutions for the small-to-medium business and residential markets, announced today execution of a long-term exclusive agreement with Community Fiber Network, LLC., providing for the delivery of advanced voice and data services over the community-owned Highlands Fiber Network to residences and businesses within the Issaquah Highlands Community....
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LiveVoip Enters Global Home VoIP Market Dialtone
LiveVoip LLC announces its entry into the Global Home VoIP market. LiveVoip LLC will be entering the Home VoiP Markets in the, USA, Canada, and UK starting June 2005. LiveVoip intends to become the preeminent VoIP provider in the Global arena. LiveVoip will start with a suite of home user plans. As these plans progress, business and SOHO plans will be added. LiveVoip is a market driven company focused on the future....
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iBasis Expands European VOIP
iBasis, Inc., a leader in international long distance, VoIP, and prepaid calling cards, today announced that the company is expanding its regionalized global architecture, adding to its facility in London to meet growing demand for VoIP services among consumers, small-and-medium sized enterprises, and corporates in Europe. This expansion of iBasis' DirectVoIP Broadband capacity offers VoIP service providers fast and secure IP interconnections to the iBasis global VoIP network through the London facility to enable high quality international voice services for consumer and corporate customers....
Wednesday, April 27th
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Talk to Me: Speakeasy's Gamecloud Voice Solution Allows Guild Wars Players to Communicate Directly
Speakeasy's Gamecloud, the online gaming division of the nation's largest independent broadband services company, will provide Teamspeak (www.goteamspeak.com) voice communication software solution for the highly anticipated online roleplaying game, Guild Wars®. Teamspeak will be bundled with the Guild Wars Collector's Edition, which will be available in North America and Europe on April 28, 2005 (estimated retail price is US$49.99). Guild Wars (www.guildwars.com) was developed by ArenaNet®, a wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft®....
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Sandvine Counts 1,100 VOIP SPs
New research from broadband equipment maker Sandvine shows that voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) providers are coming online at an unprecedented rate – numbering more than 1,100 as of April 5th. ...
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Vocal Launches VOIP Adapter Design
VOCAL Technologies Ltd., a developer of integrated software and silicon solutions, announced today the release of their new Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) reference design, which allows for enhanced VOIP performance and telephone functionality....
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VoIP Awareness Low Among Internet Users
Despite forecasts of new telecommunications technologies being rapidly adopted in the U.S., the latest survey from TNS Telecoms indicates that most Americans still have a low awareness of Voice-over IP (VoIP) technology. According to the survey, only 26 percent of households in the U.S. with Internet access report having previously heard about VoIP service after it was described to them. Sixty-seven percent of total U.S. households have some type of Internet access....
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FCC Boss Wants VoIP-911 Plan
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has asked his staff to address the difficulty VoIP carriers have providing their customers with access to emergency 911 services....
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Dialpad Integrates PSTN 911 Service with Broadband Phone Devices and Products
Dialpad Communications, Inc., a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, today confirmed the integration of PSTN 911 service on its unlimited calling plan, DialpadUSA. The $11.99 unlimited calling plan available to consumers nationwide, is designed to work in conjunction with a local phone subscription and not as a replacement of a users' underlying PSTN service. The service comes with a broadband adapter, the dpPhone, which bridges the gap between VoIP and the traditional telephone network (PSTN) by combining the two services into one phone....
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AbbiTalk Gets Set to Give BT a Run for its Money with its Cut Price VoIP
AbbiTalk, a West Sussex-based provider of Voice Over IP (VoIP) telephony services and a product of AbbiTek Limited, is giving BT a run for its money with its cut-rate broadband call packages that give customers extra telephone lines with local numbers, zero line rental and UK call charges ranging from free to 1.2p/min....
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With SunRocket's service, you can hang up landline
I've replaced my landline telephone with a SunRocket. By doing so, I've slashed my monthly telephone bill from around $60 a month to less than $17 a month -- for unlimited calling throughout the United States and Canada....
Tuesday, April 26th
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Moving WiMax Into VoIP
Last week, California-based fixed wireless provider NextWeb announced plans to launch voice over IP in its service areas in California and Nevada through a partnership with VoIP facilitator CommPartners. According to the companies, this will be the largest deployment of VoIP services over a pre-WiMax network in the U.S....
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Verizon Dials Up 911 VoIP Solution
Verizon Communications said it will provide VoIP providers with a solution that will let them use Verizon's enhanced 911 emergency calling system. Problems handling 911 emergency numbers have been a major hurdle for VoIP providers, but positive movement in recent days by major landline carriers is being hailed by VoIP companies....
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Cisco Adds Sipura to Consumer VOIP Lineup
Cisco Systems has inked an agreement to acquire Sipura Technology, a voice-over-IP provider, to spark new development in its Linksys division....
Monday, April 25th
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Motorola invests in Asylum for GSM/VoIP convergence
The VC arm of Motorola has taken a minority stake in Asylum Telecom, a New York-based IP telco that develops its own technology, the plan being to test dual-radio GSM/VoIP phones with seamless handover on its 25-country network in 2006....
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TimesTen Enables Voiceglo to Provide Real-Time VoIP Services
TimesTen, Inc., a provider of real-time infrastructure software, today announced that Voiceglo, a global, full-service communications and networking company, has implemented the TimesTen®/DataServer real-time database system inside the company's VoIP network supporting its flagship product, GloPhone. TimesTen/DataServer manages time-critical network functions including call monitoring, tracking, real-time rating, depletion of prepaid balances and fraud control. TimesTen/DataServer was chosen for its high scalability, microsecond response times and standards-based architecture that enabled the TimesTen product to integrate easily with Voiceglo's existing infrastructure....
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Viseon Media to Announce VoIP Multimedia Pilot for Late 2005; ViseonMedia Signs up Sponsored Content and Consumer Marketers for the VisiFone Multimedia Digital Home Telephone for VoIP
ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon, Inc. and exclusive provider of TV-quality content to VisiFone Multimedia digital home telephones, today officially announced the launch of their VoIP Multimedia pilot for late 2005. The pilot will unveil the VisiFone Multimedia digital telephone for VoIP, as a revolutionary content delivery platform, capable of displaying fully interactive video and digital audio without the complexities of a personal computer, in addition to VoIP telephone/videophone functionality. ViseonMedia is still signing up innovative marketers, advertisers and content providers to join the ranks of Visa, Fox News, Discovery Channel and more, delivering news, entertainment, and informational content to VisiFone MM users around the globe. ViseonMedia plans a full roll-out of its programming in 2006....
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Mexico telephone operator under VoIP fire
Broadband customers of Mexico's dominant telephone operator say the quality of their voice over Internet Protocol calls has tanked, with some alleging that Telmex is engaging in unfair business practices to block VoIP competition....
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Telecom giants could muscle out Vonage
WHO BECOMES the 21st century equivalent of Ma Bell is anybody's bet right now. The current U.S. Internet telephony leader, Vonage Holdings Corp., launched in 2001 and says it has about 600,000 lines in service. But Vonage's advantage, a recently unleashed TV and online advertising blitz notwithstanding, may not last long. ...
Friday, April 22nd
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Inter.net Unveils Unlimited Canada & U.S. VoIP Plan
Inter.net Canada Ltd. has announced the nationwide launch of a full featured Internet (VoIP) phone plan, with unlimited calls to Canada and the U.S....
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SBC In Talks With Vonage To Provide 911 Services
SBC is in talks with Vonage to provide 911 services for its customers, according to reports earlier today. Initially, SBC rejected a request from Vonage to lease access to the equipment and databases, but have recently changed their tone on the topic....
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Vonage solves Clearwire blocking problem, asks feds for help
Vonage Holding Co., the largest independent Voice over Internet Protocol provider, has solved the problem at least one customer was having when Clearwire Corp. blocked access to Vonage's VoIP service, said Jeffrey Citron, Vonage chief executive officer, on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Clearwire is a new wireless Internet service venture backed by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw....
Thursday, April 21st
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Verizon Corrects 'Naked' DSL Reports
Telecommunications giant Verizon has been forced to break some bad news to customers - they cannot simply drop their phone service while keeping Verizon DSL. Instead, subscribers can port their number to another telephone service provider. The clarification comes after news reports said Verizon would begin offering 'naked' DSL....
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Service-Provider VoIP-Gateway Market To Hit Nearly $1 Billion By 2009
The global service provider voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateway market will grow from $165.3 million in 2003 to $985.7 million dollars in 2009, according to a new report by Research and Markets....
Wednesday, April 20th
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BabyTEL starts aggressive pricing
BabyTEL, based in Montreal, has announced a new pricing plan offering unlimited Voice over Internet Protocol calling anywhere in Canada and the United States for $29.95 per month....
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As VoIP comes of age, Vonage sets up a call centre in Canada
Vonage Holdings Corp. plans to launch a Canadian customer service call centre in June, a sign that Internet-based telephone service is catching on among consumers and businesses in this country, Vonage Canada president Bill Rainey says....
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Vonage Sets $100 Price Point For VOIP Handset
Vonage, which is in U.S. beta trials with handsets from VTech and UTStarcom, plans to bring to bring the handsets out in the U.S. at the end of the summer or early autumn, said Kerry Ritz, Vonage's U.K. managing director. Ritz also disclosed that the company is in alpha trials with business customers for video-over-IP conferencing services....
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Qwest gives Vonage the 911
Vonage says it has negotiated access to Qwest Communications International's 911 infrastructure, another sign that Vonage and other VoIP operators are closer than ever to tackling a major hurdle to offering better emergency service....
Tuesday, April 19th
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Skype on mobile phones later this year
Skype is a free global telephony application that allows for VoIP communications, it currently runs on Mac OSX, Windows and Pocket PC, Skype plans to release a version for Embedded Linux, Symbian or Windows Mobile devices later this year....
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uReach Technologies and Brooktrout Showcase Video Messaging Solution at VON Canada
uReach Technologies, a leader in enhanced communications solutions to carriers, and Brooktrout Technology, a leading supplier of media processing and call control products, today announced the firms are jointly showcasing a new video messaging solution for use by wireless, wireline and cable carriers. The video messaging application, built on the uReach application platform and Brooktrout's SnowShore IP Media Server(TM), demonstrates the true power of open standards, bringing together best-in-breed technology partners to deliver leading-edge IP-based video services. uReach and Brooktrout are showcasing the new video messaging solution in the uReach booth #101 at the VON Canada show in Toronto, Canada, April 19 - 21, 2005....
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NextWeb Chooses CommPartners for Wireless VoIP Services
NextWeb, a large fixed-wireless business ISP based in California, announced today that it is launching voice-over-IP (VoIP) services using the wholesale VoIP service of CommPartners, a provider of privately branded, VoIP services and IP-to-PSTN interconnection carrier services....
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Swisscom Picks Siemens for VOIP
Siemens Communications has delivered a complete VoIP (Voice over IP) solution to the fixed network division of the Swiss carrier Swisscom. With this solution the carrier can offer its customers triple-play services – voice, data and images – nationwide via DSL broadband. This also provides the basis for the new 'Bluewin Phone Service' from Swisscom, which offers private broadband customers innovative functions such as voice transmission via the Internet Protocol and video communication....
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VoicePulse Lures Others' Customers With Cash
VoicePulse is betting that cash incentives will persuade VoIP users looking for better service to sign up with the New Jersey-based company. A 'Competitive Upgrade' program, recently announced by the company, offers customers of competing VoIP services — both current and past — a $50 cash reward for trying the VoicePulse service. In addition, the company is dropping its sign-up cost to $29 from $79.
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VocalScape Signs Resale Agreements
VoIP technology developer VocalScape Inc. has signed reseller agreements with VoIP service provider Mix Networks Inc. and Ablaze Technologies Inc., an online marketing and technology management company....
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Alarm.com: VoIP-Compatible Security Systems for Homes and Businesses.
Alarm.com, a leading provider of wireless, Web-enabled security system technology, today announced a marketing alliance with Vonage Holdings Corporation, North America's leading broadband telephony company, to address the growing need for Voice-over-IP (VoIP)- compatible security systems for residential and commercial VoIP customers.
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Monday, April 18th
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EXCLUSIVE: 1995 Newsgroup posting proposing VoIP predates Verizon, Sprint patents
This one's quite a story. I am not a patent attorney, but I would think that this info would be useful to all the players involved in the VoIP patent infringement cases between Vonage and Verizon, and Vonage and Sprint. ...
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Nikotel Adds 911 Functionality
California-based Nikotel Inc. announced it is providing reliable 911 services to its VoIP customers by offering an adapter that connects an existing house phone to the Internet and to the old phone line. In the event of a power outage or Internet problems, calls can be routed through this passive device over the existing landline....
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Blue Wireless & Data Announces MOU with VoIP Service Provider
Blue Wireless & Data, Inc. (OTCBB:BWDI) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Interlink Global Corp. (OTC:ILKG) to create partnership to provide VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services to existing and future customers across the Blue Wireless broadband network....
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Invicta Group Inc. Acquires VoIP Inc.
Invicta Group Inc. (IVGA) and its wholly owned subsidiary ISIP Telecom Inc. have purchased a California company called VoIP Inc. VoIP Inc. sales volume for last year was $1.1 million and their pre tax profits exceeded $100,000. VoIP Inc. is a Delaware Corporation established in 2002 and headquartered in Southern California....
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Sigma Launches VOIP OSS
Sigma Software Solutions (www.sigmasoft.ca) today announced its carrier-class billing and customer care solution now enables VoIP service providers to begin offering residential or business services within 30 days. The company is exhibiting in booth 411 at VON Canada to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, April 19-21, 2005....
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Verizon offering 'naked" DSL in Northeasy
Verizon Communications said Monday that some customers who already subscribe to its phone and high-speed Internet service can drop their local calling plans but still keep their speedy Web connection.
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Vonage And Skype Turn Up The Heat--On Each Other
The 800-pound gorillas of VoIP--Skype Technologies and Vonage Holdings--have so far been addressing different markets, but each firm is finally beginning to move into the other's space.
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VocalScape, Mix Networks Sign Resale Agreement
VoIP technology developer VocalScape Inc. has signed a reseller agreement with VoIP service provider Mix Networks Inc. The deal gives VocalScape's calling card customers access to Mix Networks’ services, including North American DIDs and domestic long-distance termination....
Sunday, April 17th
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Comcast joins the VoIP revolution
Comcast has begun offering its new digital phone service to Bucks County residents, opening the door for more services that would combine the Internet, television and the telephone....
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Wireless: Only a matter of time until VOIP goes mobile
PARIS With the global spread of voice over Internet protocol, or VOIP, cheaper Internet calling options are reaching a growing number of fixed-line customers. Some of them switch to VOIP service simply by plugging existing phones into a provider's Internet adapter box, and voilà: a new digital-age dial tone for the same telephone. But can the same technology be adapted to cellphones?...
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Internet calling rings up fans as quality improves
Before business trips, Suneet Tuli used to leave behind a long list of numbers where he could be reached via cell phone. The routine cost him $800 a month in phone bills. Now he has local numbers for New York, London and Mexico City despite no permanent presence in those cities. The lines automatically forward to another number that seamlessly transfers to his cell phone with the best rates for wherever he happens to be....
Saturday, April 16th
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Dallas WISP to Sell Interlink Global VoIP Services
Blue Wireless & Data Inc. announced it will sell VoIP services under a joint venture with Interlink Global Corp. to Blue Wireless customers in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex where it owns 8,900 square miles of high-speed wireless Internet networks....
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Skype Adds Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway to SkypeIn
Skype's new 'SkypeIn' Beta service, which allows Skype users to have a telephone number that rings on their computer, has now been extended with more countries coming online. Skype has already been offering United States, London and Hong Kong numbers, as well as French numbers to French residents. Now they have added Norway (sold out on the first day, so no longer available), Denmark, Sweden and Finland to the list of countries where users can obtain telephone numbers for 'SkypeIn'....
Friday, April 15th
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Distributel Licenses Data Connection Messaging and Conferencing Technology
Distributel, a Canadian provider of competitive telecommunications services, and Data Connection, a leading supplier of messaging and collaboration/conferencing technology, announced that Distributel has licensed both Data Connection's MailNGen platform for voicemail, email, fax and unified messaging and also Data Connection's MeetingServer platform for integrated audio/video/web conferencing. This gives Distributel a single source for two key services, both of which are becoming increasingly important differentiators in the hugely competitive telecommunications market. ...
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VoicePulse Lowers Startup Cost and Drops Tax
VoicePulse Inc. announced today a promotion that reduces the startup costs of their most popular nationwide calling plan, the America Unlimited Special Offer, by $50. The America Unlimited Special Offer allows consumers to make the jump to Voice-over-IP (VoIP) for only $24.99/month for unlimited local & U.S. long distance calling....
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Review of the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage’s first WiFi phone
It’s been almost a year and a half since we heard the first rumblings about this, but we finally got to spend a few days with the UTStarcom F1000, Vonage’s long-awaited WiFi phone. Is it everything we were waiting for? Well, not exactly, but as a proof-of-concept we definitely like where they’re going with this....
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Vonage Goes to University
Vonage, a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced a partnership with Campus TeleVideo to resell broadband telephony service to more than 120 universities nationwide. These universities include, but are not limited to: UCLA, Penn State University, University of Georgia and Rutgers University. Vonage will offer Campus TeleVideo's subscribers unlimited local and long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada for a flat rate....
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Skype rolls out premium services
Skype has enhanced its popular Net phone application with two new premium features: SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail. Both have been available in limited tests but are now ready for widespread use for the Windows, Linux, Pocket PC and Mac OS X versions of Skype's free software, which has just reached the 100 million download mark and boasts 35 million registered users....
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California: VoIP Coward
Consumer groups as far away as Washington, D.C., are riled up over last week’s decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to pull out of its appeal of a Federal Communications Commission ruling designating VoIP as an interstate data service outside the control of state agencies....
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Skype tops 100 million downloads
The company that makes the Skype software for letting Internet users call one another for free anywhere in the world is launching two premium services as the number of downloads topped 100 million on Friday....
Thursday, April 14th
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8x8 Slashes Price of Packet8 Broadband VideoPhone to $99
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT - News), provider of Packet8 broadband voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and videophone communications services, announced it has reduced the price of the Packet8 Broadband Consumer VideoPhone from $250 (after rebate) to $99 and decreased the monthly service fee from $29.95 to $19.95, effective immediately....
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Skype Announces New Carrier Agreement
Skype Technologies S.A., the Global Internet Telephony Company, today announced an agreement with TDC Song to provide call termination services and numbering allocations for Skype premium offerings....
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Plantronics launches world's first headset giving VOIP softphone users wireless freedom
Following the success of the stylish CS60 wireless DECT headset, Plantronics, the world leader in communication headsets, has launched the CS60 USB for specific use with voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) softphone applications....
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TalkFree Launches VoIP Service For The Developing World
TalkFree Telecom has launched a new, low-cost PC-to-phone voice over IP (VoIP) service for customers in the developing world, to be offered through international channel partners. ...
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Special Report: VoIP and Wireless Plans Could Alter Long Distance Market
A new study conducted by research firm Frost & Sullivan sees that domestic and international long distance service providers need to equip themselves with the appropriate tactical strategies as VoIP-based calling services and wireless media change the competitive scenario and technological dynamics of the market....
Wednesday, April 13th
Tuesday, April 12th
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US LEC Completes StarNet Integration
The acquisition also provided US LEC with a suite of VoIP-related products, including vePipe and VoiceEclipse(TM), which are currently being sold in selected markets throughout the United States....
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TalkFree Telecom Introduces International VoIP Phone Service
TalkFree Telecom, the leading facilities-based international Voice Over IP (VoIP) carrier, today announced the industry's lowest PC to phone calling service to and from more than 200 countries worldwide. The company is engaging the channel market -- local agents and resellers -- to resell or re-brand TalkFree calling accounts to their customers....
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The Internet phone battle heats up
The battle to offer consumers phone services over Internet is heating up this spring and everyone from cable companies to phone carriers to Web giants is getting in on the act....
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VoIP Awareness Outpaces Understanding, Poll Finds
VoIP may be the talk of the town, but even the tech-friendly may not understand the basics of how Internet phone service works, according to online poll results released this week. The survey, conducted by SunRocket, a Virginia-based Internet phone company, found that 85 percent of those questioned had heard of VoIP or Internet phone service. But only about half knew, for example, that you can use a regular telephone to make VoIP calls or that the calls do not have to go through your computer....
Monday, April 11th
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MyPhoneCompany Releases VoIP Adapter
MyPhoneCompany, in tandem with Cognigen Networks and Netwise, has unveiled its latest VoIP product, an adapter for standard phones that routes calls over the Internet....
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States gang up on Vonage
In a sign of another battle between regulators and Net phone service providers, a high-profile Texas lawsuit against Vonage is generating interest from other states' top cops....
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VoIP 411: More Than City and State Info
City and state, please? This phrase usually greets us when we use our land line and cellular telephone to inquire about a certain telephone number we are trying to find. In the IP-based telecommunications environment, 411 services mean much more than a phone number and/or location info. Companies like INFONXX are taking directory assistance to a whole new level. In IP communications, 411 acts more like an expert concierge, a delight for customers looking for everything from movie ticketing and stock quotes to sports scores and driving directions....
Sunday, April 10th
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3G and VoIP take toll on fixed-voice
Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Business Case for Carrier Migration to VoIP to their offering. This report paints a picture of the future of the voice market as 3G and VoIP services take their toll on fixed-voice revenues....
Friday, April 8th
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Time Warner rolls out VoIP service to northern suburbs
Time Warner Cable said its new residential phone service product is now available in Middletown, Mason, Lebanon and South Lebanon. ...
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Should Google Enter the VoIP Race?
Both Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) MSN have long offered rudimentary phone service using their instant messaging software through a PC. This was the beginning of the end for high-cost consumer long-distance service....
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Networking This Week: VoIP Hits The Big Time
VoIP isn't just for the early adopters anymore, as AOL's new service shows. There's more VoIP news this week as well....
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Raising alarms about 911 over Net phones
Time is running out for fast-growing Net phone providers to fully support 911 emergency services, a key but costly public safety feature that few now provide....
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Slash Your Phone Bills With BroadVoice
BroadVoice's IP phone plans are extremely attractive: Starting at $20 a month for the Unlimited World plan, you get all-you-can-eat calling to numbers within the United States, Canada, and 21 countries around the world. Those 21 countries include most western European nations (Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Norway, and the UK, for instance), along with Australia, Chile, China, Singapore, and Taiwan. All this for $20? What a bargain!...
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Cyberphone K USB Skype Handset Review
Despite all the benefits of VoIP telephony, the perceived 'fiddlyness' of the technology makes it look like an uber-geeky toy for weird, gadget-loving, parameter tweaking folks (cough!). And here's where the VoIP Cyberphone Skype phone comes in.
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Ovislink EP1000S lets you phone free
IT'S ALWAYS SEEMED daft that in order to enjoy free Internet voice calls, you have to both tie up the resources of your PC and plug a microphone into your sound card. Why can't you just have a standalone Internet telephone handset? Well, now you can with a product like the Ovislink EP100S....
Thursday, April 7th
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PRIMUS Telecommunications to Conduct First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Web Cast
PRIMUS Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (Nasdaq:PRTL), an integrated communications services provider, invites the public to participate in a conference call and web cast to review the Company's first quarter 2005 financial results....
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AOL Launches VoIP
The nation's largest ISP is offering three monthly pricing plans, from $13.99 for a local plan including unlimited local and regional calls, to $29.99 for unlimited local and long distance calls. These initial pricing points will rise to $18.99 and $34.99, respectively, after several months....
Wednesday, April 6th
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Verizon Introduces Lower-Cost Plan to Its VoiceWing Broadband Phone Service and Adds New Features
New Plan Includes 500 Minutes of Local and Long-Distance Calling for Just $19.95 With Unlimited Inbound Calls and Free Calls to Other VoiceWing SubscribersService Now Supports Faxing, and Customers in Certain Areas Can Opt to Have Number Added to 411 Directory Assistance Database,...
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Survey: VoIP no longer an unfamiliar term in Germany
Eight out of ten Germans know that you can make telephone calls via the Internet. 44 percent of the country's citizens appreciate the multiple uses to which the VoIP (Voice-over-IP) technology can be put. These are results of a current survey by Roland Berger Market Research in Munich....
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CallWave Launches New Distribution Strategy for Its Mobile VoIP Software Applications
CallWave, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALL), a leading provider of mobile VoIP applications, today announced a focused go-to-market strategy to diversify and expand its presence in the wireless market. The strategy includes: bundling CallWave's services on prepaid cell phones; co-marketing with existing mobile operators; and private-label, co-branded partnerships with facilities-based and mobile virtual network operators. ...
Tuesday, April 5th
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Net2Phone Signs New Contracts
VoIP reseller Net2Phone Inc. has signed five-year contracts with two broadband service providers, as well as a new master services agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)....
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Lingo VoIP Phone Service Offers 'Universal' Phone Numbers in Mexico Markets
U.S. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service provider, Lingo , today announced that its VoIP customers will now have the opportunity to add 'local' phone numbers in Mexico to their VoIP phone service. Lingo phone numbers are being offered in three of Mexico's most densely populated business and cultural centers, making it possible for the thriving U.S. Mexican-American community to stay in touch with family and business contacts in Mexico without the high cost of cross-border calling....
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VoIP Without Wires
Despite the challenges, many organizations are claiming success with their wireless VoIP deployments and sufficient ROI to justify the move. 'Many enterprises see 30 percent of their cell phone use in-building,' notes Kamal Anand, vice president of sales and marketing at wireless LAN provider Meru Networks....
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CRTC demands VoIP providers offer 911 services
The regulator makes a decision that some experts say should have come a long time ago. Executives from Primus, Vonage and Comwave discuss how they will meet the 90-day deadline...
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Cable Execs Say They're Not Blocking Outside VoIP
Would cable companies block independent Internet services like Voice over IP from their broadband offerings? Not a chance, according to some top execs who spoke at the National Cable & Telecommunications Show Sunday....
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IDC: A Boom in VoIP
In 2005, research firm IDC expects that 3 million Americans will subscribe to residential VoIP services. By 2009, the number of subscribers is forecast to balloon to 27 million....
Monday, April 4th
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Internet Phone plans gain momentum
How many long distance phone calls do you make on your home phone?
There are a lot of plans out there, but even some of the best can still end up costing you a lot of money....
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Net2Phone certifies Motorola VT1000
Net2Phone ( NASDAQ: NTOP ), a leading enabler of VoIP solutions for service providers, and Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) today announced that they have expanded their joint relationship through Net2Phone’s certification of the Motorola VT1000 voice gateway as a preferred endpoint on the Net2Phone VoiceLineSM broadband telephony solution for cable operators....
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Uniden, 8x8 Partner On VoIP Cordless Phone
Cordless phone manufacturer Uniden and VoIP service provider 8x8 have partnered to offer the VoIP-enabled UIP1868 multi-handset cordless phone with 8x8's Packet8 IP telephony service to dealers in the second quarter. The UIP 1868 is a 5.8GHz digital system expandable to 10 handsets....
Sunday, April 3rd
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Latin American VoIP Surge
Phone calls over the Internet are growing in Latin America thanks to steep long-distance rates and growing broadband connections. But new entrants find several challenges. ...
Friday, April 1st
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HostRocket Unveils Plans to Enter VoIP Telephony Market
HostRocket.Com, Inc. today announced plans to enter the VoIP telephony market by launching a new division later this quarter....
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Alaskan ILEC uses softswitch to offer new services to rural customer base
Yukon Telephone Company Inc. in Whittier, Alaska is as unlikely a VoIP trailblazer as one would expect to find anywhere. This family-run independent telephone company, with nine employees, serves about 1,100 customers clustered in and around the small rural towns of Nenana, Ruby, Tanana, Tynoek and Whittier....
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Bell Canada Launches VoIP without Reg Approval
In a move that could put it head to head with Canadian regulator CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Council), Bell Canada (BCE Inc.) has launched its consumer voice-over-IP service, Bell Digital Voice, in one of its local service areas without waiting for approval by the regulatory authority....
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Bell rings in on VoIP market
The heavyweight arrival of Bell Canada in the Quebec Internet telephony market isn't scaring away the phone giant's smaller rivals....
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