Google unleashes phone calls from Gmail
25 Aug 2010
Voice extension
Google has announced that you can now place and receive phone calls inside Gmail, a day after a report revealed that such a service was under test.
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Skype: Fear and loathing in Cupertino, Mountain View
09 Aug 2010
Ditches MySpace warns on patents and Apple
Analysis Skype?s IPO has revealed some interesting nuggets about the voice network provider?s intentions and fears as it looks to make an initial public offering of its shares. Chief among them are its decision to ditch MySpace and expressions of concern about Google and Apple.
Skype gets ready to float
09 Aug 2010
IPO for VOIP
Best-known VoIP provider Skype has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to make an initial public offering of its shares.
Vonage offers free 3G calls for iPhone, Droid Facebookers
04 Aug 2010
Bitchslapped cheeks aflame at Skype and Fring
Vonage, the respectable face of VoIP, has launched a mobile client allowing iPhone and Android users to make VoIP calls for free, as long as they?re calling a Facebook friend.
Skype shelves call charges
22 Jul 2010
Operators will collect the money instead
VoIP operator Skype has shelved plans to charge users for 3G calling, claiming that operator plans to bill by the byte make such charges redundant.
Reverse engineer extracts Skype crypto secret recipe
09 Jul 2010
VoIP service mulls legal action
Cryptoanalysts have published what they claim is the secret recipe behind a Skype encryption algorithm.
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US VoIP subscribers 21 million strong
30 Jun 2010
Skype not included
The US Federal Communications Commission reports that there are 21 million VoIP subscriptions stateside, and that the vast majority of them are residential customers. But it didn't count Skype subscribers.
Skype boosts results for exclusive operators
28 Jun 2010
3 UK says 80% of its Skypephone customers are new, and have low churn
Good news for operators like Verizon Wireless, which have thrown their lot in with Skype rather than fighting the open web tide. The pioneer of cellco-Skype deals, 3 UK, claims the arrangement has brought it a massive boost to earnings.
Google gobbles up confab-over-IP firm GIPS for $68m
18 May 2010
Pauses briefly to pick teeth and look round for more
Google has bought a Swedish VoIP company called Global IP Solutions - which is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Tesco VoIP takes numbers to the grave
22 Apr 2010
If I'm going down I'm taking you with me
Customers of Tesco's recently-demised VoIP service are being told they've lost their numbers, as number-portability is more of a recommendation than a requirement in the fixed world.