Archive for December, 2006
SAN DIEGO — June 07, 2006 — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced it has successfully demonstrated the full mobility of high-quality, high-capacity voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls across multiple test environments, including mobile, pedestrian and fixed, enabling operators to migrate voice […]
December 23rd, 2006 | Posted in General, Announcements | No Comments
Once upon a time, there were three ways to get data into your home: the phone line (which was used for two-way voice communications), over-the-air radio and TV (and maybe a newspaper delivery). Things have changed a little, right? Maybe there’s still a phone line, but there’s also a high-speed digital line that may be […]
December 23rd, 2006 | Posted in General, New Ideas | No Comments
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) continues to gain users in the residential telephone service market in the US, according to a report.
More than 9 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, with many households reporting the use of more than one VoIP service, according to a report by market research company […]
December 23rd, 2006 | Posted in General, Skype, Announcements | No Comments
Hackers have released a worm that attacks Skype, the voice over IP (VoIP) application, security experts warn.
Cyber criminals are spreading the worm through messages via Skype Chat, the instant messaging feature in the telephony product. The message entices recipients to download and run a sp.exe file.
Once executed the file installs spyware onto the user’s computer, […]
December 20th, 2006 | Posted in General, Skype, News | No Comments
So how are new services such as VoIP, which provide a low-cost alternative to the communications oligopoly, related to net neutrality? Here’s an example:
Verizon and AT&T want to deliver television to your home to compete with the cable companies. They’ve spent billions upgrading to fiber-optic systems. Once they have that infrastructure in place, they claim, […]
December 16th, 2006 | Posted in General, How It Works, New Ideas | No Comments
Many webmasters started to see a decline or sudden drop in Google Adsense revenue in September 2006. If websites were not affected by Google’s July 2006 changes many webmasters thought they were going to be all right. September and October 2006 were actually very good months for some web sites, including VoIP websites. Then came […]
December 15th, 2006 | Posted in General, Announcements, News | 2 Comments
According to DBusiness news, Voxbone is a member of the Stealth Communications Voice Peering Fabric now. The Voxbone’s ever growing coverage should take a further jump after joining the VPF. As a VPF member, Voxbone can now interconnect with carriers and enterprise to buy, sell and peer DID/termination services across a private network. Additionally, through […]
December 15th, 2006 | Posted in General | No Comments
In China, people are moving en masse from the country to the city in search of economic opportunity; for many, keeping in touch with home with a payphone is not a workable option. One company has opened 30 retail VoIP-based call centers in Shandong Province. Out of 1.3 billion people, only 25 percent are landline […]
December 15th, 2006 | Posted in General, Announcements, Major Carriers | No Comments