The search giant appears to be looking to boost its Internet phone capabilities
Google is bulking up its phone offerings with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a company that offers voice-over-IP software for mobile phones and computers.
Attacks on the Asterisk VoIP system are now 'endemic'
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.
You might want to hold off on using the free service
If you're thinking about using Skype for Business as a way to save money you might want to put it off until the courts settle lawsuits that swirl around plans to sell the company.
Move means Apple will presumably approve Google Voice for App Store
AT&T reversed course today, announcing that it would "take the steps necessary" so iPhone owners could run voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, presumably including Google Voice and Skype.
The dispute surrounds the licensing of peer-to-peer technology to Skype
With a similar legal battle playing out in the U.K., a company owned by Skype's founders has filed suit against Skype in the U.S.
There hasn't been enough demand for these plug-in applications
Skype is shutting down Extras, the most important part of its program for outside developers, saying that demand for these third-party plug-ins has been weak.
When eBay bought Skype, it had hoped the VoIP service would improve communications between its customers
The future looked bright in September 2005 when eBay announced it was buying Internet telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion. But after four years of unfulfilled expectations, the marriage between the online auction giant and the upstart VoIP provider came to an end Tuesday when eBay said it was unloading Skype to a group of private investors for $1.9 billion.
A group including Marc Andreessen's new investment firm plans to buy the VoIP company
EBay plans to announce a deal to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the company's plans.
Plan was to mesh Skype with eBay marketplace to boost communications and commerce
EBay has reached an agreement to sell a 65 percent stake in its Skype Internet telephony, video conferencing and instant messaging unit for $1.9 billion in cash to an investor group led by Silver Lake.
Report says Nortel to receive bid for $US800 million business
Nortel is reportedly close to receiving an offer for its Carrier VoIP business.
Calls initiated from your mobile phone using Google Voice are carried over your wireless carrier's network and are not VoIP calls, according to reports
Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets, potentially turning smart phones into your hub for managing voice mail, all your contacts, and making low-cost phone calls, according to reports surfacing on the Web today.
Google makes it clear it wants to keep both operating systems and let the market decide
As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the new OS will differ from the Android mobile OS, and whether it might spell the end of Android.
Enhancements enable customers to transport analog voice, serial data and TDM-based services over an IP/MPLS network
Juniper this week announced enhancements to its service provider edge routers that are designed to improve multimedia service delivery to users.
Two years after acquiring Grand Central, the search giant is beginning to accept new users
Nearly two years after acquiring Grand Central, Google is accepting some new users to its Google Voice service.
Profits allegedly funneled to Islamist extremists in Pakistan, Afghanistan
An Italian magistrate has issued an international arrest warrant for a Filipino hacker suspected of causing millions of dollars of losses to telecommunications multinationals, and Italian police have arrested five Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting the hacker's work to defraud the telecom companies, officials in the northern city of Brescia said Friday.