Geodesic | January 18, 2011 | Press Release
Content Partnership Brings Portuguese Music, News and More to Mundu Radio Listeners Worldwide
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geodesic Limited (BSE: 503699) (NSE: GEODESIC), a leading provider...
Mountain View based VoIP firm Jajah has quietly rolled out JAJAH Mobile for iPhone, an app which allows users to make international calls for either free or very little, without having to connect the call via online via Jajah's website first.
Most people probably haven't heard of the firm Imagination Technologies, but with the firm supplying the IP for around 80% of the world's mobile graphics, you might want to sit up and pay attention.Imagination Technologies has long been the darling of the world's largest...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.While there has been a lot of hype about this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and how it...
iBasis | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
IP-Interconnect Enables Panama’s Second-Largest Carrier to Bring High Quality, Low Cost International Calling to Customers
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iBasis, a KPN company, today announced that...
Wall Street Journal | January 6, 2011 | Lorreta Chao
Not long after Mark Zuckerberg paid visits to some of China’s biggest tech companies, another tech tycoon, Skype and Kazaa co-founder Niklas Zennström, is making the rounds as well. But unlike the young Facebook chief,...
TeleGeography | January 7, 2011
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has attempted to clear up confusion over VoIP services in the country by issuing a statement that the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...
TeleGeography | January 7, 2011
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has attempted to clear up confusion over VoIP services in the country by issuing a statement that the ministry is not looking to ban IP telephony operators, ‘but only those operating illegally...
Genband is increasing its position in the cable VoIP softswitch sector, announcing it plans to acquire Cedar Point Communications Inc., a privately held company that provides IP switching solutions for cable operators. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase is the latest...
Wall Street Journal | Jason Dean and Owen Fletcher | January 3, 2011
Is China’s government going after Skype?
Media reports over the past week have raised that prospect in relation to a government clampdown on “illegal” voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, telephone services.
But it’s far from clear...
PC Mag | Sara Yin | December 30, 2010
Skype may soon join Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube on China's Internet blacklist.
Today, The People's Daily, a Communist Party-run newspaper, declared that all Internet phone services other than those provided by the two state-run telcos, China Telecom...
San Jose based Cisco Systems sometimes jokingly gets referred to as the “plumber of the internet” but with the firm having recently shipped its 30 millionth IP Phone and its new line of video phones and tablets set to take the world by storm, Cisco is proving that no matter how dumb the pipe, there’s nothing dumb about this plumber.
Skype is cutting its ties with third-party apps and other service providers as it sets its sights on an initial public offering. Nimbuzz Inc. has been asked to remove support for all Skype services by the end of the month, Techcrunch reported.Nimbuzz followed up...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' July Special Edition, "Riding the...
Like it or not, nontraditional communications service providers are going to have to comply with federal regulatory laws like digital wiretapping as people increasingly communicate via the Internet. The challenge will be how to balance legitimate privacy concerns with legitimate public-safety needs and the...
Whether or not carriers will admit it, one thing's for sure in the overall scheme of things: mobile data is being used at a faster clip than they can increase capacity.Take Allot Communications Ltd.'s latest report, wherein it calculated mobile data bandwidth usage increased...
FRISCO, Texas--Despite all of the operating efficiencies that can be gained from deploying all Internet Protocol networks, carriers aren't going to implement the huge undertaking unless they can offer new services with new pricing plans on the networks, carriers said in a far-ranging panel...
Airband Communications and Sparkplug Communications have merged their businesses into what they say is the nation's largest fixed-wireless service provider targeting businesses. In addition to the merger, the companies have received another $20 million in venture-capital funding for future growth and acquisitions.Previous equity backers...
Fresh off its May 28 official acquisition of Nortel Network Ltd.'s VoIP business, Plano, Texas-based Genband has been busy integrating new employees and product lines, as well as adding to its existing product portfolio with a new partnership.With the $182 million acquisition of Nortel's...
With more than 560 million registered users and one of the most disruptive technologies the telecommunications industry has ever faced, Skype Technologies S.A. is now ready to take things public.The company, which has gone through a fair share of suitors and would-be sellers, filed...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
The Federal Communications Commission tightened rules for handset makers so that more manufacturers will have to offer at least one device that works for people who use hearing aids or cochlear implants. The agency also expanded rules so to include phones sold in all...
Never mind face-time, Skype has done an about-face when it comes to its plans to charge for VoIP based calls over 3G, deciding to let the unwashed masses have their fill for free.
Never mind face-time, Skype has done an about-face when it comes to its plans to charge for VoIP based calls over 3G, deciding to let the unwashed masses have their fill for free.
