Skype for SIP is Now Skype Connect
VoIP and Gadgets Today, Skype announced that Skype for SIP is changing its name to Skype Connect. Guess the techie name “SIP” isn’t exactly business-friendly, hence the name change. Today, they are also announcing that hat Skype Connect (formerly Skype for SIP) is officially out of beta. Topics: VoIP, Skype, USA
Rupert Murdock Sues Skype for "Trademark Infringement"
VoIP and Gadgets Ridiculous news of the day! Rupert Murdoch of News Corp (FOX News) is suing Skype over trademark infringement. Apparently, Rupert’s BSkyB company is suing over trademark infringement for sharing 3 letters and a very common word with Skype – namely ‘sky’. What’s next? Trademarking 2 letters? Topics: Amazon.Com, Fring, Satio, Skype, iPhone, [...]
Google’s Dark Fiber and City Light Up + Verizon’s FiOS Technology = Domination Game
VoIP Watch For years Google has been reportedly amassing dark fiber. A few months ago they announced a plan to light up 100 cities with fiber connectivity, bringing a faster, more responsive Internet to communities around the USA. At the roughly the same time Verizon (constrained by regulatory footprint) has reduced growing the coverage map [...]
Meet The 2600hz Project, The New Sound of Open Source Telephony
GigaOm Some of the core developers behind FreePBX — a well-known, open-source phone system — have teamed up and started The 2600hz Project, a commercial entity promoting a collection of open-source telephony applications and libraries. Today, they are releasing blue.box, a reworked version of open source FreePBX. Topics: Asterisk, PBX, open source, VoIP, auto-attendant
Court Asks Regulator to Explain Decision to Cancel Licences of Five Operators
Telegeography Bangladesh’s High Court has stayed for three months the decision by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to cancel licences of five private wireline operators. The watchdog terminated the services of RanksTel, Dhaka Phone, National Telecom, Peoples Tel and World Tel in March this year on the grounds that the companies were involved in [...]
SinglePipe To Be Acquired Shortly
VoIP Watch I’ve had two very reliable sources come to me over the last 72 hours with news that cable MSO VoIP provider SinglePipe is going to be acquired, with the likely buyer being a company call IBSS. Topics: VoIP
Skype Reverse Engineered?
VoIP and Gadgets According to TechCrunch, someone named Sean O’Neill is claiming he reverse-engineered Skype, laying bare one of the most closely guarded secrets in VoIP Land. Has Skype’s Great Wall of VoIP been cracked? Topics: VoIP, open source, Skype
Mobile VoIP To Cost Carriers $5 Billion in Lost Revenue
Telecompetitor Mobile VoIP minutes will increase significantly by 2015, increasing from 15 billion this year to 470.6 billion, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Growth is expected across all regions, but in developed markets particularly given the “increasing ubiquity of 3G networks.” “Competitive and regulatory pressure will mean that traditional operators in developed [...]
Vopium Raises $16.5 Million In Funding
IntoMobile Copenhagen, Denmark-based Vopium announced that it has raised $16.5 million investment from Indian investor – Raghuvinder Kataria. This financial injection effectively makes Mr. Kataria majority owner of the company. Topics: VoIP, Bharti, Vopium, wireless, India
Bandwidth "Whose Fastest Report" Leaves Fastest Out
VoIP Watch The report is far from all inclusive, as it is missing two ISPs that I personally have providing services, and whose speeds best the winners hand down, as well as others friend’s are using in the Bay Area with a great degree of satisfaction. Topics: ISP, broadband, VoIP, Covad, USA
Why A Femtocell/Microcell Is of No Value Once Apple iOS Comes Out
VoIP Watch Here are ten reasons why I don’t see the need for an AT&T Microcell… Net. Net. I don’t see the need for Femtocells. Do you? Topics: Wi-Fi, 3G, VoIP, wireless, mobile operators, telecom, femtocell, USA, hotspot
Rumour Department: Verizon Is Stopping FIOS Expansion
VoIP Watch A comment from inside Verizon made to me casually recently was that Verizon has really stopped further development and expansion of FIOS. Topics: AT&T, Verizon, VoIP, wireline, broadband, Google, wireless, hotspot, FiOS
Google Voice Gets Cozy with Gmail for VoIP Service
IntoMobile Have you ever wondered why Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice wasn’t integrated into another Google service like Gmail so you can make calls right on your computer? Well, pretty soon you’ll be able to do just that as Google integrates its voice service with its e-mail service for VoIP goodness. Topics: Google, VoIP, Google Voice, [...]
Verizon Rolls Up Digital Voice Into FiOS Bundle
Telephony Unfiltered Verizon this week pulled its digital voice service (under the name FiOS Digital Voice) up into its FiOS triple- and quad-play bundle options. The service includes 21 packaged features, including live voicemail screen, online call manager and caller ID on TV, Verizon said. Topics: FiOS, Texas, outage, California, VoIP, broadband, Verizon
New Vonage Lite Calling Plan
Voip & Gadgets Blog Vonage today announced a new calling plan called Vonage Lite for $9.99 per month. It offers customers 200 minutes of residential calling (5 cents for each additional minute) to the US, Canada & Puerto Rico. Topics: VoIP, MagicJack, Softphone, Vonage
