Vonage calls up USB key phone
05 Oct 2006
VoIP app and 250MB of storage space
VoIP telephony company Vonage has launched its V-Phone USB calling kit in the UK. It's the size of a Flash drive - there's 250MB of free storage space on there - but also includes all you need to use your Vonage account on any PC, anywhere.
Skype patches Mac OS X flaw
04 Oct 2006
Calling out for an update
Skype has released an update for its Mac software following the discovery of a security vulnerability that created a means to compromise Apple PCs running the popular IP telephony application.
Skype on Symbian 'is challenging', CEO says
28 Sep 2006
Technical hurdles
Putting Skype onto a Symbian phone has proved more difficult than had been hoped, according to an interview given by co-founder and chief executive Niklas Zennstrom to a Finnish newspaper, as reported by Yahoo! News.
Intel hypes WiMAX to the sky in Brazil
25 Sep 2006
A man in a van would do
Column It is over five years since two LocustWorld staff set up a satellite van in a Yorkshire Dales village, and provided wireless internet to local users who couldn't get ADSL.
'First' GSM, VoIP dual-mode Windows Mobile handset launched
22 Sep 2006
Paragon Wireless pitches SIP-friendly phone at corporates
US-based VoIP handset maker Paragon Wireless has launched what it claims is the world's first Windows Mobile 5.0 phone designed for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) VoIP calls that also operates as a regular quad-band GSM/GPRS handset.
iSkoot brings Skype to Treo smart phones
21 Sep 2006
VoIP over cellular
iSkoot the Sype-on-mobile-phones company has brought its VoIP software to Palm's Treo 650 and 700p, the firm announced this week even as it extended its network coverage to dozens of countries outside the US.
Netgear to ship Wi-Fi Skype phone next month
13 Sep 2006
US pre-orders being fulfilled now, though
Netgear has finally begun shipping its anticipated Wi-Fi enabled wireless Skype handset to North American buyers and will be reaching consumers in Europe and Asia next month, the company said today. The handset, the SPH101, was originally expected to ship in June this year.
UK outfit offers mobile Voip hook-up
07 Sep 2006
Just need a PC and Bluetooth...
UK-based ROK Mobile Communications has developed a VoIP application that uses your mobile telephone like a Bluetooth headset to connect to the company's network.
Pipex snaps up Toucan, Bulldog
07 Sep 2006
Tripletastic
Pipex has indulged in a little zoological shopping spree, snapping up Toucan and Bulldog for £24m and £12m respectively. The company says the acquisitions take its customer base to 1.14m, and its number of broadband subscribers to 570,000.
Linksys ships Wi-Fi VoIP phone in Europe
01 Sep 2006
WIP330 crosses the pond
IFA 06 Linksys has at last launched its WIP330 802.11b/g Wi-Fi-connected VoIP phone in Europe - the company's first wireless handset to made available to buyers over here - after announcing the device at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin this morning.