PC less VoIP WiFi phone
12 Jun 2006
The easiest way to VoIP yet?
Computex 2006 A little-known company called BCM used Computex to show a multi-format VoIP Wi-Fi phone based on the Windows CE kernel. The WLAN800I is compatible with Skype, SIP services, MSN Talk and MSN Messenger.
Skype accused of patent infringement
09 Jun 2006
Point-to-point connection dispute
Internet telephony pioneer Net2Phone is suing the industry's most successful consumer internet telephony firm for patent infringement.
Two charged with VoIP fraud
08 Jun 2006
Hacking returns to phreaking roots
Two men were arrested yesterday and charged with wire and computer fraud. They are accused of secretly routing phone calls into VoIP services without paying for them.
Intel pitches VoIP card at office-PC users
07 Jun 2006
Use any ordinary phone for Skype etc
Computex 2006 Intel has launched its latest bid to encourage computer users to make phone calls via the internet: a slimline PCI card that allows any ordinary handset to be used to make VoIP connections.
Dell hooks up with Skype
02 Jun 2006
Marriage of convenience
Computer giant Dell has announced that it has paired off with global internet communications company Skype in the latest tech sector marriage. News of the happy union comes hot on the heels of Dell's recent infatuation with Google, and search engine Yahoo's hook-up with Skype's parent company, eBay.
Taking a punt on Vonage IPO
30 May 2006
Despite Wall Street's slating
Opinion Last week, analysts on Wall Street castigated the Vonage IPO, effectively driving the price down from $17 a share, to under $14 in three days. The price is now recovering a little despite their broadside.
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Vonage floats, then bobs
25 May 2006
First day pains
Internet phone pioneer Vonage went public today, but received an icy reception. The stock price floated down from its initial price of $17 a share to close at $14.85. That's the worst first-day performance for two years, and customers who took up the company's offer have been burned.
Vonage shares hit the NYSE
24 May 2006
Trading down...
Voice over Internet Protocol company Vonage sold its shares on the NYSE for the first time today.
Skype scraps domestic call charges for US punters
16 May 2006
Land of the free
US and Canadian customers of Voice over Internet Protocol phone company Skype can now make free calls to landlines and mobile phones within the two countries. Such calls previously cost 2 cents a minute.
T-Mobile UK confirms VoIP ban
11 May 2006
But it may change its mind on IM
T-Mobile UK believes VoIP isn't sufficiently consistent or capable of providing calls of a high enough quality calls to be allowed into its mobile phone network, the carrier said to day in response to revelations it has effectively banned the technology from its latest data-oriented airtime package.