Tesco Telecoms faces mis-selling probe
04 May 2007
BT: Quite right too
Ofcom has launched an investigation into practices at Tesco's Telecoms unit.
Vonage wants retrial of Verizon patent case
02 May 2007
Supreme Court ruling to the rescue
Vonage has asked for a retrial in the patent case which the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone company lost to telco giant Verizon. The company wants the trial reheard in the light of a new Supreme Court ruling on patent law.
Firm offers Indian maths graduates by VoIP
27 Apr 2007
All-the-the-boffin-you-can-take at a flat rate price
The chairman of an online-tutoring startup connecting Indian graduates to Western schoolchildren by VoIP says he is not engaged in outsourcing education.
Vonage gets injunction stay made permanent
25 Apr 2007
Still confident of victory, but squirreling away cash just in case
The US Court of Appeal has granted an indefinite stay on the injunction which threatened to prevent Vonage signing up new customers while its patent row with Verizon drags on - meaning the company might just remain viable.
Vonage admits it can't avoid Verizon patents
16 Apr 2007
US VoIP providers hold collective breath
Vonage has admitted that it has no technical work-around to avoid infringing Verizon's patents on key VoIP techniques, putting the future of the company, and other VoIP providers in the US, in doubt.
Vonage chief walks
13 Apr 2007
Adios
Troubled telco and broadband provider Vonage has lost its chief executive. Michael Snyder has quit as CEO and resigned from the board of directors.
Court bars Vonage from signing up new customers
06 Apr 2007
'Cutting off oxygen as opposed to a bullet in the head'
Vonage is not allowed to sign up new customers while it appeals a court ruling that it infringed three Verizon patents. This is the price the VoiP telephony provider must pay for gaining some breathing space in its appeal against an injunction from using technology "owned" by Verizon.
VoIP providers reined in by regulator
29 Mar 2007
999 rules loom
A new set of rules aimed at VoIP operators in the UK was unveiled by Ofcom today, which could lead to UK internet telephone users winning rights to access emergency services.
Verizon wins injunction against Vonage over patent battle
26 Mar 2007
Vonage must stop using tech covered by Verizon's patents
US phone company Vonage has been ordered to stop using technology which a court has ruled violates patents held by mobile phone company Verizon.
Shoretel adds VoIP to Salesforce.com
24 Mar 2007
So that's how APIs are supposed to work!
Shoretel has integrated its IP phone system with Salesforce.com's call centre software. Using the two together will mean call centre agents get a reduced admin workload, with automatic call logging and screen pop-ups with the customer's record, Shoretel claimed.