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Telcos could miss out on mobile Web 2.0 opportunities
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2007-03-08 15:08:09
Mobile telecommunications operators face a dilemma of whether to co-operate or compete as leading 'web 2.0' companies like Google, MySpace and Flickr move into the mobile space, according to new research by global consultancy Arthur D Little.


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Wow: 500 million downloads of Skype and counting
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: VoIP

2007-03-07 20:58:05

eBay, the company that paid billions for Internet phone company Skype, has just celebrated Skype’s half billionth download, making it one of the most popular free downloads ever.


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Use Skype in your business without risking your PCs
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2007-03-06 06:36:54
IW Distribution is selling in Australia and New Zealand a Skype-certified gateway that enables Skype to be used for incoming and outgoing calls over multiple lines via a standard PBX on analogue telephones.


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Skype et al set to take $US18 billion bite of telco revenues
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2007-03-04 01:42:31
Market research firm, Analysys, estimates that Skype and similar services could rob the traditional telephony market of 5.4 percent of the global fixed telephony revenues by 2011, some $US18.2 billion.

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iPhone to allow free VoIP calls
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2007-03-02 11:47:44
iPhone owners will be able to make free calls with the help of the internet, via Jajah Mobile Web, but it's not the same as running Skype on your phone.


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New Gizmo talks to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-02-28 23:51:27
SIPphone's Gizmo Project 3.0, a free VoIP application, supports call-out to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live as well as to other Gizmo users, SIP networks and regular phones.

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Dual Mode handsets - are Wifi/cell phones hype or the Next Big Thing?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana

Category: The Digital Lounge Room

2007-02-28 08:15:58
Analysts staring into their crystal balls are making varying predictions about the future of Dual Mode handsets - cellphones with built-in VoIP-over-Wifi - so who do we believe?


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Skype calls on FCC to open network access
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: ZDNet UK

2007-02-23 06:03:59

Skype petitioned the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week to force US mobile operators to loosen controls on what kinds of hardware and software can be connected to their networks.


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Viacom lands video deal with Joost
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2007-02-21 02:45:19

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc., engaged in a public copyright battle with Google Inc.'s YouTube, has agreed to offer videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.


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Europe gets Skype Pro before rest-of-world
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-02-21 01:17:27
In an attempt to generate more monthly revenue from Skype users and offer them even better services like free domestic phone calls, Skype has just launched Skype Pro – and for now it’s a European exclusive!


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Skype snoop agent reads mobo serial numbers
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: The Register

2007-02-12 05:44:49

Skype has been spying on its Windows-based users since the middle of December by secretly accessing their system bios settings and recording the motherboard serial number.


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VoIP will be big, but revenues won't
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature

Category: VoIP

2007-02-12 00:15:31
Market researcher, Market Clarity is forecasting 4.8 million VoIP services in Australia by 2011, but says that VoIP will account for only a very a small proportion of total telecommunications revenue.


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Skype: biggest is not always best
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Services

2007-02-12 00:13:37
Price comparisons between different VoIP offerings are not easy, and, according to market research firm, Market Clarity the overarching presence of Skype is stifling critical analysis.


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Polycom to acquire SpectraLink
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-02-11 18:47:47
VoIP over Wireless specialist SpectraLink is set to be acquired by unified collaborative communications company Polycom for $US220 million, net of cash and debt.


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Free phone calls from your browser
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Telecoms

2007-02-08 18:13:55
Skype rival Gizmo Project has introduced a new service that lets the public make free phone calls from web browsers.


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Skype branches out: offers Symantec PC security products
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2007-02-07 13:36:34
Skype is moving to exploit the sales potential of its huge user base, announcing a deal with PC security software company Symantec to offer Symantec products to its business and SOHO users.


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iSoftPhone risks Apple's ire
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-02-05 23:58:48
Germany-based Xnet Communications has risked the ire of Apple by dressing up its Megafon standards-based VoIP softphone for Mac OS X with an iPhone-style skin and describing the result as iSoftPhone.


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Hutchison Australia on track to offer Skype VoIP service
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature

Category: VoIP

2007-02-05 17:16:23
Hutchison Telecom Australia has confirmed it is planning to launch a new Hutchison global service, announced and reported in iTWire last November,  that will enable users to make Skye VoIP calls.


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Mobile phone operators plan own phone search engine
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Mobile Apps.

2007-02-05 07:47:24

Despite deals with Google and Yahoo, mobile phone operators want to create their own search engine, ensuring more of the advertising revenue flows to operators rather than the established search engines.


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Cisco extends deadline for Apple to respond to iPhone lawsuit
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2007-02-01 07:29:40
Apple and Cisco have agreed to extend the time for Apple to respond in their dispute over the iPhone trademark.


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