VoIP

  • Google buys Gizmo5 Internet calling service 13/11/2009 10:57:00

    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.
  • Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool 28/10/2009 16:36:00

    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.
  • Skype for Business too risky? 27/10/2009 09:05:00

    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.
  • AT&T, Apple backpedal on iPhone VoIP apps 07/10/2009 08:53:00

    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.
  • Skype founders sue Skype 17/09/2009 06:21:00

    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.
  • Skype closes its Extras program for developers 14/09/2009 06:57:00

    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.
  • The Skype, eBay divorce: How did it go wrong? 02/09/2009 08:36:00

    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.
  • Report: eBay to sell Skype to group of private investors 02/09/2009 06:10:00

    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.
  • EBay to sell majority stake in Skype for US$1.9 billion 02/09/2009 04:35:00

    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.
  • Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near 14/08/2009 07:53:00

    Report says Nortel to receive bid for $US800 million business
    Nortel is reportedly close to receiving an offer for its Carrier VoIP business.
  • Report: Google Voice app headed for Blackberry, Android 16/07/2009 02:00:00

    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.
  • Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications 09/07/2009 08:51:00

    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.
  • Juniper boosts edge routers for multimedia 30/06/2009 13:05:00

    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.
  • Google begins adding new customers for Voice service 26/06/2009 04:39:00

    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.
  • Police say hacker stole phone time from AT&T, others 15/06/2009 04:52:00

    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.
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