World VoIP Database

iPhone users Zoltan Stiener and Ynez Stiener have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T that alleges breach of contract, fraud, and violations of California law. The iPhone users claim that Apple and AT&T failed to inform iPhone buyers that it would costs more than $100 to replace iPhone batteries. Unlike most mobile […]

The FCC has fined Sprint, Alltel and U.S. Cellular a total of $2.83 million for not meeting the December 31, 2005 deadline for enhanced 911 services. By the end of 2005, all wireless carriers had to ensure that 95 percent of their subscribers had location-enabled handsets that could allow 911 responders to find them in […]

Worldwide, carrier capital expenses are expected to reach about $225 billion in 2007, according to Infonetics Research. It also could be the third year in a row that capex has been up in every region of the world. But, $225 billion represents just a 4 percent increase from 2006, when capex was $216 billion, a […]

German carrier Freenet is looking to sell its DSL-based broadband operation, in what market watchers say is a sign of more European telecom consolidation on the horizon. The earlier rise of the Internet and the more recent emergence of video as a telecom service has fueled the arrival of numerous competitive carriers in some markets.

Those […]

General Communications, Inc. (GCI), based in Anchorage, Alaska, announced a plan to invest $30 million to build a fiber network in Southeast Alaska. The project followed an earlier announcement by Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) that’s going to running a lot of fiber, too.

Alaska residents will get a bevy of new bandwidth options and will be […]

While Frontline Wireless does not have the lobbying spend of most wireless carriers, the company did make more calls and visits to the FCC between January and August. According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, Google had a total of 19 calls or meetings with FCC officials, 11 of which were with […]

Rural telco Fairpoint Communications has pledged to invest almost $43 million to outfit rural telecom customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with DSL–if the Federal Communications Commission and regulators in all three states approve FairPoint’s bid to merge its operation with rural access lines spun off from Verizon in those states. This deal, worth […]

Jaxtr has raised $10.3 million in a second funding round, a company spokesperson confirmed. August Capital, also of Menlo Park, led the round, and Skype backers Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Mangrove Capital contributed. The stock portion of the backing is $8.8 million; the debt is $1.5 million.

The Menlo Park, Calif., provider of digital voice capabilities […]