Something’s Up With Gizmo and Google Voice
Very quietly, Gizmo5 users in the USA have lost their USA dial in numbers. Without warning and no notice that my USA numbers would not be renewed I have lost my USA numbers assigned to two different Gizmo accounts. That of course leads me to suspect something is up.
Topics: France, Google, VoIP, USA, Google Voice, [...]
Sprint Taking Some Hits on Wholesale VoIP Service
At one point in early 2009, cable companies using Sprint’s wholesale IP voice service passed 31 million homes, servicing 4.5 million of them with VoIP service.
Topics: VoIP, Sprint, telecom
Localphone Drops International VoIP Rates Below 1 CPM
All Localphone customers (old and new) will be able to call landlines or mobiles in the 43 countries below for 1¢ or less—no strings attached.
Topics: VoIP, telecom, Localphone, telecommunications, International calls
Virgin Mobile’s Lower Data Rates In the USA
Prepaid data for the same price as a contract? Well, that’s nothing to sneeze at. As a matter of fact, the no contract rate with Virgin Mobile now available in the USA mirrors what I see when I travel internationally. The arrival of real true pre-paid data in the USA.
Topics: prepaid, VoIP, USA, broadband, Virgin [...]
Verizon Wireless Outage Spreads Nationwide
Verizon Wireless customers are experiencing a 3G outage nationwide. Some have been able to rectify the issue by unplugging their battery and plugging it back in, while others are still having a complete outage – both voice and data.
Topics: broadband, wireless, VoIP, outage, Verizon, telecom, mobile VoIP, carrier
MegaPath Offering Cloud-Based VoIP Service
Telecompetitor
MegaPath, Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice, and security services in North America, announced today during the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that it has launched DuetSM Hosted, providing users with a fully hosted VoIP offering that removes all management requirements.
Topics: telecom, MegaPath, VoIP, North America, broadband
Vonage Drops Price on Popular Vonage World Plan
Today, Vonage has launched a new promotion for Vonage World calling plan that allows new customers to sign up for $14.99 for the first 6 months with a one year agreement.
Topics: VoIP, Vonage, mobile VoIP
GENBAND Wins Bid To Buy Nortel Carrier VoIP Assets
Telecompetitor
GENBAND, Inc., a leading developer of next-generation media, session and security gateway solutions, today announced that it will acquire substantially all assets of the Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business (CVAS). The acquisition is subject to…
Topics: telecom, carrier, Texas, Nortel, Genband, VoIP
Nortel’s Name Likely To Disappear
Telephony Unfiltered
When Nortel Networks decided to auction itself off in pieces, its name was of the items on block. But now with its last business unit slated to go to Genband, Nortel hasn’t found anyone interested in taking up the moniker despite its long history in the industry.
Topics: wireless, telecom, CDMA, Nortel, VoIP, GSM, Ericsson, Avaya
Vonage Still Alive and Kicking
Telecompetitor
VoIP pioneer Vonage is still alive and kicking. In fact, they made a profit in 4Q09, their first profitable quarter for the year. Considering Vonage has been labeled “dead man walking” on more than one occasion, it’s noteworthy to see them march on. Challenges still remain though. They ended 2009 with 2.4 million subscribers, down [...]
Free Calls and SMS to Canada From Vopium During Olympics
Vopium, a leading VOIP Provider is offering free international calls to Canada including Vancouver. You can make calls to not only Vancouver but any Canadian mobile or fixed line for FREE and you can text for free too.
Topics: SMS, telecommunications, Vopium, telecom, VoIP, Canada
VoIP Boosts Sprint’s Profit Margins
Sprint, which competes with Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T) in the landline business, has experienced improvements in its landline profit margins due to a shift mix to more IP-based communication services like VoIP. While Sprint’s overall landline (voice, data, VoIP) business revenues continue to decline, the improvement in margins has made its landline business [...]
MagicJack Reviewed In Wall Street Journal
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has come out with a glowing review of MagicJack in the Journal this week. In the story Walt reveals that MJ’s parent is coming out with a Skype like service as well.
Topics: VoIP, Skype, MagicJack
GoToMeeting Suffers Outage
Noticed a problem with GoToMeeting yesterday and learned via Twitter they indeed had a service outage. GoToMeeting is used by thousands of businesses and probably millions of users to give sales demos, online training, and more.
Topics: USA, outage, VoIP
More Details On Skype and Verizon Wireless Deal
The Skype deal with Verizon Wireless proves the old adage of “what’s old is new again.” Fearing that throngs of Skype users would do to their EVDO network what the iPhone has done to AT+T, Verizon went with a circuit switched solution that is similar to what Three in the UK has had since 2008 [...]
