Broadcom hooks up with Trolltech for Linux VoIP
10 Jan 2008
Riding the LiMo
Days after Trolltech announced it had signed up with LiMo Foundation, after dropping out of the LiPS Forum last year, it has signed a deal with Broadcom to optimise its code for the chip vendor's VoIP hardware.
T-Mobile bundles Wi-Fi with Web 'n Walk
09 Jan 2008
Don't be using Voip though
T-Mobile customers signing up to Web 'n Walk Plus (or Max) will get free access to the operator's 39,000 hot spots from January. So for £12.50 a month users can get 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and be allowed to use instant messaging too...
US mobile hero Frontline Wireless goes titsup
08 Jan 2008
Only Google can save the airwaves
Frontline Wireless, the uber-startup that was poised to lay down a bid for a prime portion of the US wireless spectrum, now says it's "closed for business".
Cambridge University dials up VoIP
08 Jan 2008
17,000 users get 20,000 VoIP phones
BT and Cisco have landed a deal to provide VoIP connectivity to Cambridge University users, replacing their current telephone system which provides communications across 200 locations.
'Fat PSP' owners won't get Skype
08 Jan 2008
Must have a slim'n'light version of the handheld
CES Sony will release the PlayStation Portable firmware that will load the handheld games console with Skype's VoIP app late this month, it said today. But the software will only run on the second-generation PSP.
Vonage shakes off patent disputes
31 Dec 2007
Annus horribilis ends with Nortel agreement
Vonage and Nortel have agreed to settle their patent differences with an exchange of licenses, and no money changing hands, ending a year of litigation for Vonage and clearing the decks before 2008.
Ribbit leapfrogs into Web 2.0
18 Dec 2007
Voice 1.0 is so 20th century
Silicon Valley start-up Ribbit has announced another $10m in funding, and the opening of a beta developers program for developers wanting to create telephony applications using Flash technology, for a "Voice 2.0" experience.
Skype confirms / denies job cuts
11 Dec 2007
Yoda statement
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype has neither confirmed nor denied it is cutting jobs at its London office.
Skype update plugs critical bug
10 Dec 2007
On the QT
Users running older versions of Skype risk attack from a newly disclosed vulnerability.
Skype faces 020 7870 cut-off
22 Nov 2007
Really, really, sorry
Updated: Up to 10,000 Skype customers have to change their SkypeIn number by 20 December, an email to customers advised last night.