items tagged with IP telephony

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. introduced on Sunday phones, headsets and other devices to work with its software that aim to replace the traditional office phone and deliver e-mails, instant messages and phone calls over the Internet.

Internet telephony provider Vonage, which is facing a possible shutdown of its service this week because of a patent dispute, may have been granted a stay of execution.

Mobile operator ‘3’ has finally launched the X-Series in Australia, giving Aussies the same cheap access to cellular mobile broadband, Skype and other services enjoyed by other countries where ‘3’ is in operation – but they weren’t the first to offer cheap wireless broadband.

US phone company Vonage has been ordered to stop using technology which a court has ruled violates patents held by mobile phone company Verizon.

ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) - A federal judge dealt a blow to Vonage Holdings Corp. that sent its stock reeling on Friday, when he agreed to bar the company from using Internet phone call technology patented by Verizon Communications Inc.