New Year rings in better VoIP for all
07 Jan 2009
More VoIP options come to Windows Mobile and iPhone
It seems that January is when VoIP clients get spruced up with new features and capabilities, with both Truphone and Fring launching new versions ready for punters wanting to do more than save a few quid on phone calls.
Skype pops up on Mac
06 Jan 2009
Beta release of scrummy new features
Skype will be launching a new client tomorrow just for Mac users, which provides screen sharing, bigger avatars and Wi-Fi hotspot access to the ubiquitous VoIP service.
Enterprise VoIP soars despite Meltdown
16 Dec 2008
IP phone shipments up 25 per cent
Despite The Meltdown, enterprise VoIP is on the rise.
ADSL - the VoIP killer
15 Dec 2008
Weak link in reliability chain
Over half of UK businesses are avoiding VoIP 'cos their ADSL broadband connections to branch offices aren't up to scratch, according to research coming out of Enterprise-VoIP specialists Viatel.
Skype fills out with middle age
10 Dec 2008
New technology and strategy officers
VoIP provider Skype has decided to appoint Chief Officers for Technology and Strategy, creating both roles within days of the release of its latest Windows Mobile client.
VoIP is coming to the iPod Touch
04 Dec 2008
Is there nothing an Apple can't do?
VoIP provider Truphone has ported its VoIP client to the iPod Touch, enabling the music player to make free phone calls over Wi-Fi networks, but only to other Truphone users for the moment.
China Skype service snags and stores users' messages
01 Oct 2008
More than a million messages logged
Human rights advocates have uncovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives text messages sent with the Tom-Skype chat client when they contain politically charged words.
SkypeOut goes mobile, Skype goes beta
01 Oct 2008
Whither 3 now?
UK operator 3 is to allow Skype users to make international calls with their SkypeOut minutes, bypassing the operator completely, while the VoIP pioneer's desktop client continues its slow progress towards version 4 with a new beta release.
VoIP order to allow 999 calls and give caller location
15 Sep 2008
Google, Microsoft, Skype miffed
Providers of internet telephony must now allow emergency 999 calls over their networks or face the risk of enforcement action, regulator Ofcom has said. Caller location information must also be provided where technically feasible.
Wi-Fi: You old new smoothie?
29 Aug 2008
Oblivious IEEE waves through standard for dead dream
The IEEE has formally approved 802.11r, the amendment to the Wi-Fi standard that allows devices to smoothly transition between Wi-Fi hotspots without breaking the flow of conversation.