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Giant online service provider AOL has aimed an internet telephony solution squarely at rival eBay's Skype market. The new AOL telephony solution offers the more than 40 million users of AOL Instant Messenger service a free telephone number which incoming callers can use from an ordinary phone.

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Skype, which last month teamed up with online dating service Lavalife to offer singles an online chat service, has now launched a group chat service in which up to 100 people can participate under control of a moderator.

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Netgear has launched a WiFi phone for use with Skype, at a retail price in the US of $US250. Users will be able to make and receive calls from any WiFi hotspot through which they have access.

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Polycom and Skype have joined forces to launch a co-branded USB speakerphone for use with Skype as the first in what the Skpe and the conferencing systems developer say will be a range of "integrated, high-quality communications solutions for businesses who use Skype".