KeyOn: No Broadband Stimulus Money in First Round
TMCnet
KeyOn announced that it was notified by the Rural Utilities Service that its applications under the Broadband Initiatives Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 were not awarded. Despite the fact that all 11 of KeyOn’s applications had advanced to the due diligence phase in Round One, the RUS did not advance [...]
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Verizon Wireless
TMCnet News
The lawsuit claims that Verizon charged its non-smartphone customers for data service that these customers never used. Verizon’s allegedly improper data-service charges oftentimes appeared $1.99 at a time, and this lawsuit strives to reimburse people and businesses should it turn out that these charges were improper.
Topics: laws, telecom, Verizon, United States, wireless, voip, [...]
How To Use Skype On MagicJack
TMCnet
Users of the MagicJack can now enjoy the added benefits of Skype including video calling, conference calling and free Skype to Skype user calls worldwide using the downloadable “Skyjack” software plugin. “Skyjack” allows magicJack and Skype calls to be placed concurrently from the same regular or cordless phone. MagicJack users who have friends or customers [...]
EFF Wants VoIP Patent Revoked
FierceVoIP
The Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) has requested that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) re-examine the VoIP patent it granted C2 Global Technologies (formerly Acceris) in 2001. The patent describes a “method and apparatus for implementing a computer network/Internet telephone system” and the EFF argues that prior patents and reference materials existed that described [...]
Cell Network Congestion Growing In U.S., but Remains Difficult to Track
IT Business Edge
The use of mobile bandwidth is exploding, which is stressing cell site capacity. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that mobile cell sites are more difficult to monitor than traditional wireline networks.
Topics: voip, USA, telecom, broadband, Skype, T-Mobile
More Connectivity Problems at Skype Over Weekend
ZDNet UK (blog)
It seems there was another round of connectivity/reliability problems at Skype this past weekend.
Topics: voip, telecom, Skype
Companies Propose Artic Undersea Cable for Alaska
TMCnet News
Two Alaska Native corporations said today they are partners in an ambitious proposal to string a fiber-optic cable between Asia and Europe through the Arctic, an effort that could lead to broadband service along the western and northern coasts of Alaska.
Topics: United States, broadband, voip, telecom, Alaska, Europe
8×8 Recovers After Service Outage
TMC Net
It was business as usual today for 8×8, Inc., a Voice over Internet Protocol provider, following a service outage on Tuesday for some of the company’s customers.
Topics: outage, telecom, voip, DSL, Packet8, telecommunications, 8×8
Packet 8 VoIP Service Goes Offline
Dslreports
Users in our VoIP forum report that independent VoIP operator Packet8 appears to be completely offline. The company’s websites (both packet8.net and 8×8.com) also appear to be down. Customers tell us that when they call in the company says they’re working on the issue, but has yet to offer specifics.
Topics: DSL, voip, telecom, Packet8, [...]
MagicJack ‘Femtojack’ Uses Mobile Phones to Make VoIP Calls
FierceVoIP
At CES, MagicJack revealed its ‘femtojack’ device featuring a small femtocell (think personal cell phone tower of sorts) that plugs into a users PC and allows users to make VoIP calls over their computer using their cell phones wirelessly.
Topics: wireless, Magicjack, telecommunications, telecom, voip, landline
Outsmart Sold to VocalTec
TMCnet News
VocalTec Communications, a global provider of multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers, announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Outsmart, a provider of telecommunications convergence solutions.
Topics: voip, United States, VocalTec, telecom
Obama Continues Bush-era Surveillance
The New American
As some on the extreme Left were noting only days after the election: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
Topics: wireless, United States, telecom, voip
deltathree Reports Q3 2009 Financial Results
CNNMoney.com
Third quarter 2009 GAAP net loss totaled $0.4 million, or $(0.01) per basic share. GAAP net loss for the third quarter of 2008 was $4.0 million, or $(0.12) per basic share, including the impact of a $3.1 million in expense for the write-down of certain intangible assets acquired by deltathree in its acquisition of Go2Call.
Topics: [...]
Top 10 Telecom Predictions for 2010
TMCnet News
inCode Telecom announces its seventh annual Top 10 Telecom Predictions. The 2010 predictions identify emerging business, network, device, and application trends likely to affect consumers and businesses.
Topics: United States, telecom, wireless, voip
First iPhone Social Networking App to Have Free Phone Calls
TMCnet News
myRete is announcing WhosHere 2.0. The WhosHere 2.0 marquee new feature is WhosHere Voice. As long as both parties have a Wi-Fi connection, WhosHere Voice allows their 750,000 users to call any other user for free. The recipient does not even have to be in the app to take a WhosHere call.
Topics: voip, [...]
