eBay/PayPal ring up profit
19 Oct 2006
Skype revs up too
Online auctioneer eBay grew revenues by 31 per cent to $1.45bn in the third quarter ended 30 September 2006.
UK.gov conference centre goes VoIP
19 Oct 2006
Free calls to other Verizon customers too
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London's Westminster has hooked up to Verizon's VoIP service, giving users discounted calling and free connections to other Verizon VoIP customers.
VoIP revolution leaves US behind
18 Oct 2006
SIP on this
Symbian Show Born and hyped in the USA, mobile VoIP over Wi-Fi looks set to create waves everywhere ? except the USA.
VoIP services are go
18 Oct 2006
So says IDC
Spending on support services for VoIP will hit $1.27bn by 2010, analysts at IDC say.
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.