August 17, 2007
Research conducted by ReportLinker, a market research engine, reveals that the growth rate in China of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has exceeded that of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The volume of IP calls in China was almost 110 billion minutes up to September 2006, which is an 11.8% increase year-over-year
IP calls accounted for 43% of long distance ...
VoIP growth outpaces PSTN in China
by Lin Freestone
Research conducted by ReportLinker, a market research engine, reveals that the growth rate in China of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has exceeded that of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The volume of IP calls in China was almost 110 billion minutes up to September 2006, which is an 11.8% increase year-over-year
IP calls accounted for 43% of long distance ...Temporary software glitch for users of Skype VoIP network
by Kathryn Lang
Many users of the online VoIP service, Skype, were affected by a software glitch on 16 August which prevented them from logging on and using the popular internet voice platform.
Skype’s engineering team determined that it was a software issue and estimated it could be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Users were recommended to leave their Skype client running so ...
August 16, 2007
Skype's Internet phone service has been offline today because of a software problem. Skype hopes the problem will be resolved within 12 to 24 hours.
Skype users have been experiencing problems logging on to their accounts in several locations across the world, including the United States, Europe, South Africa and Brazil. They have also been unable to receive phone services.
Skype has ...
Skype VoIP service temporarily offline
by Jan Harris
Skype's Internet phone service has been offline today because of a software problem. Skype hopes the problem will be resolved within 12 to 24 hours.
Skype users have been experiencing problems logging on to their accounts in several locations across the world, including the United States, Europe, South Africa and Brazil. They have also been unable to receive phone services.
Skype has ...DirecTV to offer broadband and VoIP in US
by Lin Freestone
DirecTV Group, a provider of satellite television services based in California, USA, has signed a wholesale distribution agreement with CURRENT Group that will allow it to offer high-speed Internet service and VoIP services.
The service, which will first be available in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, will be available at the end of 2007 or early 2008. The deal will ...
August 15, 2007
Skype has released a public beta version of it popular VoIP software Skype 2.7 for Mac users.
The latest version includes the ability to organize contacts into groups or use pre-defined groups such as Online or Recently Contacted. It also provides integration with Apple Address Book contacts.
Public chats can be managed and created simply by clicking on Chats in ...
Skype releases 2.7 beta for Mac
by Jan Harris
Skype has released a public beta version of it popular VoIP software Skype 2.7 for Mac users.
The latest version includes the ability to organize contacts into groups or use pre-defined groups such as Online or Recently Contacted. It also provides integration with Apple Address Book contacts.
Public chats can be managed and created simply by clicking on Chats in ...
August 14, 2007
VoIP-PAL.com, Inc., a publicly traded, California-based broadband VoIP telecom company offering Softphone technology, IP telephony, local and long distance VoIP telephone, is to integrate PayPal into its web site.
This will give more consumers the ability to purchase VoIP-PAL products online, which the company expects to increase its revenue by a substantial amount.
VoIP-PAL.com has spent more than three years researching ...
VoIP-PAL.com integrates PayPal on web site
by Lin Freestone
VoIP-PAL.com, Inc., a publicly traded, California-based broadband VoIP telecom company offering Softphone technology, IP telephony, local and long distance VoIP telephone, is to integrate PayPal into its web site.
This will give more consumers the ability to purchase VoIP-PAL products online, which the company expects to increase its revenue by a substantial amount.
VoIP-PAL.com has spent more than three years researching ...
August 13, 2007
Los Angeles based Fonality has launched a new hybrid hosted IP PBX offering and IP-based calling service which will lower the cost of voice calls for businesses with between five and 500 employees.
The company's new trixbox Pro phone system, combined with its trixNet in-network calling service allows small businesses to make free calls using VOIP - calls over trixNet ...
Fonality launches free VoIP system for SMEs
by Jan Harris
Los Angeles based Fonality has launched a new hybrid hosted IP PBX offering and IP-based calling service which will lower the cost of voice calls for businesses with between five and 500 employees.
The company's new trixbox Pro phone system, combined with its trixNet in-network calling service allows small businesses to make free calls using VOIP - calls over trixNet ...
August 10, 2007
It's been a mixed week of news for Vonage. The company announced that it has successfully developed workarounds for two of three VoIP patents contested by Verizon Communications and also posted a big jump in revenue.
On a less positive note, net subscriber line additions plummeted 66%.
VoIP start-up Vonage was sued by Verizon for infringing patents on VoIP technology. ...
Vonage develops workarounds to Verizon patents
by Jan Harris
It's been a mixed week of news for Vonage. The company announced that it has successfully developed workarounds for two of three VoIP patents contested by Verizon Communications and also posted a big jump in revenue.
On a less positive note, net subscriber line additions plummeted 66%.
VoIP start-up Vonage was sued by Verizon for infringing patents on VoIP technology. ...
August 9, 2007
VoIP company Skype has secured deals with Dailymotion (www.dailymotion.com) and Metacafe (www.metacafe.com), allowing its users to share video content.
Skype has just released the latest version of its software - Skype™ 3.5 for Windows - which allows users to download videos from Dailymotion and Metacafe and add them to their online Skype profile or share them in online Skype chats.
Skype profiles, ...
Skype 3.5 includes video-sharing service
by Jan Harris
VoIP company Skype has secured deals with Dailymotion (www.dailymotion.com) and Metacafe (www.metacafe.com), allowing its users to share video content.
Skype has just released the latest version of its software - Skype™ 3.5 for Windows - which allows users to download videos from Dailymotion and Metacafe and add them to their online Skype profile or share them in online Skype chats.
Skype profiles, ...
August 8, 2007
Griffin Internet, a Derby based VoIP manufacturer, has launched 'Engineered Broadband - Single Priority' (EB-SP), which aims to increase the reliability of VoIP calls.
EB-SP allows administrators of a network to speed the flow of data by giving certain types of traffic priority on IPStream broadband lines.
The administrator can assign special importance to VoIP services which will then be ...
Griffin releases product to prioritise VoIP
by Jan Harris
Griffin Internet, a Derby based VoIP manufacturer, has launched 'Engineered Broadband - Single Priority' (EB-SP), which aims to increase the reliability of VoIP calls.
EB-SP allows administrators of a network to speed the flow of data by giving certain types of traffic priority on IPStream broadband lines.
The administrator can assign special importance to VoIP services which will then be ...
August 7, 2007
BT is launching a 'Geographic Numbers' service for Business Broadband VoIP customers.
The service allows customers to have a local phone number for VoIP. More than one local number can be provided, but customers have to sign up for a separate Broadband Voice account for each one.
The service is likely to be welcomed by businesses, as customers often prefer to ...
BT launches Geographic Numbers for VoIP
by Jan Harris
BT is launching a 'Geographic Numbers' service for Business Broadband VoIP customers.
The service allows customers to have a local phone number for VoIP. More than one local number can be provided, but customers have to sign up for a separate Broadband Voice account for each one.
The service is likely to be welcomed by businesses, as customers often prefer to ...
August 6, 2007
Nortel Networks, the Canadian telecoms equipment manufacturer, is in takeover mode.
According to Reuters the company is in talks with potential takeover targets in key sectors including IPTV, VoIP and enterprise. Companies considered as possible targets include Tellabs, Sonus Networks and Foundry Networks.
Nortel's 2007 second-quarter results fell short of analyst's expectations, with revenue down 8% to US$2.562bn, compared with the ...
Nortel considers IPTV and VoIP acquisitions
by Jan Harris
Nortel Networks, the Canadian telecoms equipment manufacturer, is in takeover mode.
According to Reuters the company is in talks with potential takeover targets in key sectors including IPTV, VoIP and enterprise. Companies considered as possible targets include Tellabs, Sonus Networks and Foundry Networks.
Nortel's 2007 second-quarter results fell short of analyst's expectations, with revenue down 8% to US$2.562bn, compared with the ...Cortx 2.0 VoIP management platform launched
by Jan Harris
VoIP Logic, the Internet telephony provider, has released version 2.0 of its Cortex web-based VoIP management platform.
Cortex is a vendor-agnostic application which simplifies the management of the systems that make up a VoIP network into one, customisable web interface.
As Cortex is delivered through a web browser, it frees users from the need to manage hardware and requires minimal in house ...
August 3, 2007
Nortel has secured a $300 million contract to provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) with an IP telephony systems. It will be one of the largest VoIP implementations in the world.
The 10 year contract is part of SSA's Telephone Systems Replacement Project. Nortel will replace the SSA's existing telephone systems with VOIP, creating a converged voice and data ...
Nortel secures $300 VoIP contract
by Jan Harris
Nortel has secured a $300 million contract to provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) with an IP telephony systems. It will be one of the largest VoIP implementations in the world.
The 10 year contract is part of SSA's Telephone Systems Replacement Project. Nortel will replace the SSA's existing telephone systems with VOIP, creating a converged voice and data ...
August 2, 2007
SpinVox and Skype have entered into a deal that will allow Skype users to have their voice messages converted to text via SpinVox's voice-to-screen products.
When a call is made to a Skype user who isn't available, the caller can leave a voice mail which SpinVox's technology will convert into text. The message can then be sent to any ...
SpinVox converts voice to text for Skype users
by Jan Harris
SpinVox and Skype have entered into a deal that will allow Skype users to have their voice messages converted to text via SpinVox's voice-to-screen products.
When a call is made to a Skype user who isn't available, the caller can leave a voice mail which SpinVox's technology will convert into text. The message can then be sent to any ...
August 1, 2007
Researchers at Sipera Systems have shown how hackers can delete or steal data from a laptop running an enterprise VoIP softphone.
Sipera is demonstrating the dangers of VoIP-based attacks on corporate networks at the Black Hat USA 2007 Conference at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
According to Sipera, smartphones, to which a VoIP client can be downloaded, are particularly vulnerable to malicious ...
Sipera demos VoIP security attacks
by Jan Harris
Researchers at Sipera Systems have shown how hackers can delete or steal data from a laptop running an enterprise VoIP softphone.
Sipera is demonstrating the dangers of VoIP-based attacks on corporate networks at the Black Hat USA 2007 Conference at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
According to Sipera, smartphones, to which a VoIP client can be downloaded, are particularly vulnerable to malicious ...
