Small biz loves VoiP, not air miles
20 Jan 2010
Tech beats planes
Small businesses increasingly see new technology as a better way to communicate with international partners than traditional business trips - especially with budgets under strain thanks to the downturn.
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Skype offers living room TV action
06 Jan 2010
Just disconnect while watching specialist films
VoIP specialist Skype has signed deals with LG and Panasonic to embed its client into next-generation TVs, finally putting video calling into the living room.
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Telefonica gobbles up Jajah
29 Dec 2009
A realised VoIP business plan
VoIP outfit Jajah got its Christmas wish, ?145 million in cash from mobile operator Telefonica.
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Gizmo5 Linux client vanishes in wake of Google takeover
30 Nov 2009
Penguin incarnation joins the choir invisible
Gizmo5 users are complaining that since the VoIP outfit was acquired by Google earlier this month, the Linux client of the firm?s tech has been ditched.
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Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls
20 Nov 2009
Net phones verboten
This year, police in the Arab nation of Oman have raided 121 internet cafes throughout the country and arrested 212 people for providing VoIP services, according to a local report.
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Auction's over for Skype
20 Nov 2009
eBay rid of troublesome VoIP biz
The saga of eBay's sale of Skype is over - Silver Lake, Joltid Limited and other partners are now the proud owners of the VoIP provider.
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High Court ruled against Skype founders on day of settlement
20 Nov 2009
US eBay action scooted over Atlantic
Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were told their case against Skype-owner eBay had to be conducted in the English courts on the day that they later agreed a compromise with eBay.
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Google gives Voice to 'open standard Skype'
13 Nov 2009
And vice versa
Google has acquired VoIP startup Gizmo5, intending to roll the company's engineers into the team that develops the telephony application/controversy magnet known as Google Voice.
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Skype founders drop licence threat against eBay
06 Nov 2009
Bluff pays off for European duo
A legal row that threatened the existence of Skype has been settled, with the free net phone service's founders regaining a significant portion of the firm from eBay.
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Vonage drops off the net
02 Nov 2009
From VoIP to NoIP
VoIP service Vonage has reportedly dropped off the net, with UK customers complaining that their voice service has disappeared since lunchtime today.