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Feds claim VoIP for their own

23 Mar 2007

For the time being, anyway . . .

Silicon Justice VoIP just got another leg up on traditional telecoms.

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VoIP phreakers establish thriving black market

22 Mar 2007

Sneakers

Telephone systems hackers have established a thriving black market in reselling stolen VoIP minutes.

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Will Net Neutrality kill Web 2.0?

16 Mar 2007

Rerouting round the net

Networks need to get smarter, says PacketExchange's Kieron O'Brien, in a sharp counterpoint to the "Net Neutrality" hysteria.

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Skype does directory enquiries and dirty chat lines

16 Mar 2007

Value-added VoIP

Popular VoIP service Skype has launched two new services, Skype Find and Skype Prime.

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Vonage ordered to pay $58m in Verizon patent flap

08 Mar 2007

Vonage 'delighted' damage wasn't more

A US District Court jury said Vonage Holdings violated three patents held by Verizon Communications and ordered the VoIP telephony company to pay $58m in damages and annual royalties.

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Tesco charges punter £1 a minute for US freephone call

07 Mar 2007

And helpdesk can't help with correct rate

Comment Tesco's pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap philosophy works for most things - but not neccessarily telecoms it appears.

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Spontaneous human combustion: Skype to blame?

28 Feb 2007

Paying for the pipes

Analysis A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend.

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Vonage: patent smackdown won't bring shutters down

26 Feb 2007

We will survive

Vonage today moved to reassure its two million customers that their internet phone service will not be disrupted and investors that their cash will be safe if it loses a patent lawsuit to Verizon.

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Closed Skype wants open networks

22 Feb 2007

Pot, dial Kettle

eBay's proprietary VoIP service Skype wants the Federal Communications Commission to change its rules on how cellular networks operate.

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T-Mobile says mobile VoIP will not hit revenues

15 Feb 2007

I see no ships

3GSM Mobile VoIP (voice over internet protocol) will not hit mobile telephony revenues, but will have more of an impact on fixed line services, according to T-Mobile International AG chief executive Hamid Akhavan.

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