Although it resembles your average, run-of-the-mill office phone with its handset, cradle and buttons, an IP phone is a far cry from what Alexander Graham Bell had in mind. That’s because an IP [...]
Slovenian cellco Mobitel, a subsidiary of fixed line incumbent Telekom Slovenije, is preparing to launch quadruple-play service bundles including a mobile phone contract, fixed line broadband internet connection, VoIP telephony package and IPTV channels. The bundles will be marketed under the M4 brand, and customers will receive a single bill [...]
German fixed line provider Arcor, a subsidiary of the UK’s Vodafone Group, and ISP 1&1 Internet, part of United Internet, have reportedly inked a wholesale deal under which 1&1 will market Arcor’s DSL connections under its own brand name. The ISP has become the second of Arcor’s major wholesale DSL [...]
• VoIP subscribers: 2.9 million, representing 12% penetration of service-ready homes passed • Added 285,000 VoIP subscribers during the quarter •... [[ Read the full story ]][...]
When eBay first surprised plenty of folks by buying Skype in 2005, the company insisted that there were plenty of synergies between the two companies -- despite them being quite hard for anyone to see (and for eBay management to explain). They trotted out a couple of ideas that were [...]
One thing that everyone needs to remember about anything involving the internet: you are never 100 percent secure. In fact, when it comes to VoIP, you may be even less secure than you thought - your calls? Yea, they could be being monitored. And the virtual eavesdroppers are plentiful. Who's [...]
