Archive for November, 2005
Already, 52% of all U.S. businesses and about 3 million of the nation’s consumers are using VoIP, according to surveys by VoIP tester Empirix. The number is rising rapidly, and as it does, users will demand higher quality or switch carriers, say industry insiders. What’s more, the market is crowding, with cable-TV providers such as […]
November 29th, 2005 | Posted in General, News | No Comments
Portugal Telecom has launched the VoIP (Voice on IP) service in Portugal. The SAPO Messenger clients now have theVoIP and vídeo service between PCs free of charge, making it the Messenger service with the largest number of communication functions currently available.
According to Miguel Horta e Costa, Executive Chairman of the PT Group, “this is […]
November 19th, 2005 | Posted in General, Announcements | No Comments
Nov 18, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading rural telephone operator Alltel Corp. on Friday said it would buy Midwest Wireless Holdings for $1.075 billion to add new customers and expand its wireless telephone network.
The deal, which gives Alltel 400,000 customers in markets next to its existing operations, follows its $4.5 billion purchase […]
November 19th, 2005 | Posted in General, Major Carriers | No Comments
SAN ANTONIO–(CCNMatthews - Nov 18, 2005) -
Today marks the birth of AT&T Inc. and of a new standard-bearer in communications, entertainment and service for the 21st century. SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) closed its acquisition of AT&T Corp. today as California regulators approved the transaction — the final approval needed for the merger of […]
November 18th, 2005 | Posted in General, News, Major Carriers | No Comments
The electronics giant launched a free Web-based phone service on Wednesday called Instant Video Everywhere, designed to link users of the service via their computers. According to an advertisement on Sony’s Web site, the new service will ship with the company’s latest version of Vaio BX laptops, which are equipped with built-in video cameras. […]
November 18th, 2005 | Posted in General, Announcements | No Comments
Hot Voip Phones, the website with more SIP softphones and Voip reviews than any other, added Yak to their list today. Yak Communications released a voice and video softphone for free communications using voice over the internet. More about Yak and this new SIP driven product, and over 100 other SIP phones, […]
November 17th, 2005 | Posted in General, Announcements, New Ideas | No Comments
Yak Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:YAKC), a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers, announced today the launch of yakForFree (www.yakforfree.com), a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that allows users to make - and receive - free unlimited voice and video calls to and from other yakForFree members all over the World.
In a crowded […]
November 17th, 2005 | Posted in General, Announcements | No Comments
With about 100 Voip service providers and almost as many SIP soft phone downloads listed, Hot Voip Phones strives to be the leader in interactive Voip and SIP information. Providers are encouraged to submit their product information to VoipTips, where it is then added to Hot Voip Phones.
Working in concert, the two websites […]
November 14th, 2005 | Posted in General, Announcements, News, How It Works | No Comments