World VoIP Database

It’s getting very expensive to provide free telephone numbers to VoIP users. In fact some companies like Stanaphone are not accepting new sign-ups. My wife asked me when a ‘minimum use fee’ might be the norm. Certainly ‘pay as you go’ is not working.

I admit I am like many others in […]

The feds have ordered cable operators to give up a piece of their VoIP action. The Federal Communications Commission ruled earlier this week that cable VoIP is subject to regulatory fees.

The key passage: “we observed that providers of interconnected VoIP16 services are now required to contribute to the Universal Service Fund, and we tentatively concluded […]

Speecho.com (beta), the latest social networking site to hit the Internet, is offering voice telephony (via VoIP) for its members. Along with other features of typical social networking sites, such as blogging, photo and video uploading, Speecho allows its members to make voice calls, free of charge, with anyone online, in a public voice chat, […]

You’ll remember that the FCC voted to make VoIP carriers pay into the Universal Service Fund, just as legacy carriers do. The National Journal was listening very closely to the hearing and came away with some interesting details. Under normal circumstances, VoIP carriers have to cough up roughly 10 percent of roughly 65 percent of […]

South Korea is thinking twice about a regulatory decision that would block American servicemembers from using U.S.-based VoIP services to call home. The three major Korean ISPs are threatening to block the U.S. services, which all provide unlimited calling, because they don’t comply with that nation’s regulatory structure. Korean ISPs do offer VoIP–but they […]

Telcos overcharging for call termination? Oh, like that’s never happened before. The CEO of Web-based VoIP carrier Jajah is complaining that European mobile carriers are charging too much to terminate calls on their networks. Currently, Jajah offers free calls between landline phones in Europe and landline and mobile phones in the U.S. and most of […]

The New York Times has discovered that economics textbooks are actually correct: New, technologically sophisticated entrants in a market really can drive prices down. When it comes to phone service, the Times says, VoIP carriers like Vonage and cablecos are forcing legacy telcos to drop their prices and repackage services. Telcos spin their disappearing lines […]

A company based in Dubai and New York says it’s launching yet another free VoIP service. Efonica says its service will provide secure and high-quality calls using technology its parent company is trying to patent. The parent company, Fusion Telecommunications International, says it’s applied for a patent on a technique it uses to provide service […]