Netgear SPH101 Wi-Fi Skype phone
13 Oct 2006
VoIP without a PC
Review To date you've been very much PC-bound if you wanted to use Skype for making VoIP calls, something that has limited its appeal to a degree. Not so any more, as the first set of Wi-Fi phones for Skype has hit the market and Netgear was the first to submit one to Reg Hardware for review...
Ireland off the hook
13 Oct 2006
As EC ponders action against other Euro telcos
The European Commission is set to drop proceedings against Ireland for infringing European Union telecoms rules.
SMC seeks Cloud cover for Euro Skype phone
13 Oct 2006
Free calls from any Wi-Fi hotspot
Pub based UK Wi-Fi network The Cloud has agreed a deal with Skype that it says will deliver the first mobile roaming Skype service on Wi-Fi handsets, at all 8,500 public Cloud Wi-Fi hotspots across Europe.
Telefonica Germany gears up for quad play assault
13 Oct 2006
Scene set for VoIP invasion
Telefónica in Germany is gearing up for a full scale assault on the German IPTV market and said it will upgrade its core network using Siemens Communications to expand its inner-core backbone.
3G broadcast trials leave T-Mobile in the cold
12 Oct 2006
Bristol sees the future of 3G TV
Twelve cell sites in Bristol will be used to trial Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) over the next three months, with Vodafone, Orange, and 3UK all taking an active role in evaluating the technology along with Telefonica (owner of O2).
BT sniffs at PlusNet
12 Oct 2006
Share price skips
PlusNet confirmed to the City this morning that it is in talks which might lead to the sale of the business - with BT reportedly in pole position.
Ad watchdog slaps The Link's wrists
11 Oct 2006
Unfair comparison with BT
The Advertising Standards Authority has told phone retailer The Link and Freetalk Communication that a recent email advertising its Voice over Internet Protocol service was unfair to BT.
US using more mobiles than landlines
10 Oct 2006
And VoIP take-up forecast to take off
Mobile phones have eclipsed landlines as communication methods of choice for Americans, according to an online survey by Harris Interactive.
Swiss gov 'mulls' spyware to tap VoIP calls
10 Oct 2006
Paging Superintendent Trojan
The Swiss government is "considering" the use of a spyware application called Superintendent Trojan to eavesdrop on IP telephony conversation, Heise Security reports.
Vonage V-phone hits UK streets
09 Oct 2006
It's mobile and, technically, it's a phone
It's a phone on a USB stick, it looks just like any USB memory stick, and it has (at last!) shipped into the UK. It's the Vonage V-phone.