Vonage won a reprieve from one court yesterday after losing in a jury trail the day before. On Tuesday, the Holmdel, N.J. VoIP provider was ordered by a jury to pay Sprint Nextel $69.5 million in damages for patent infringement. On Wednesday, federal judges in Washington, D.C., vacated a decision ordering Vonage to pay $58 […]
A jury in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, ruled that Vonage had illegally used Sprint patents relating to connecting Internet phone calls. The jury ruled that Vonage would have to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages, which was the equivalent of 5% of the revenue it derived during the period in which it […]
Sprint wants $103 million in damages from Vonage for patent violations, according to reports emerging from the Kansas City federal court where a jury trial got under way Tuesday. Sprint’s attorney told the jury that it was entitled to a 7 percent royalty, which came to around $103 million based on Vonage revenues of $1.3 […]
What remains of SunRocket is suing Vonage in a dispute over a customer list. Lawyers representing SunRocket filed suit last week in a Delaware court, alleging Vonage unlawfully obtained and used its customer list, reports indicate. Vonage claims it got the list fair and square through a third-party marketing firm in New York. Sherwood Partners, […]
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 […]
Vonage is looking at another court confrontation over patent infringement. Reports out of Kansas City indicate that the U.S. District Court there rejected Vonage’s request to dismiss a lawsuit bought by Sprint Nextel in 2005. Sprint said Vonage infringed on seven of its VoIP-processing patents and sought unspecified damages. The suit is expected to go […]
Vonage is beta testing a branded gateway from Ambit, the Taiwanese cable modem supplier, according to TechCruncher Michael Arrington. Vonage hopes the device will eventually replace the unsightly routers associated with its service.
The Ambit VDV21 includes two VoIP ports that support multiple phones, fax capability, self-diagnostics, an LCD for caller ID, time stamp and call […]
Internet phone service provider SunRocket, which had as many as 200,000 customers nationwide, has ceased operations without warning. The move by SunRocket, which offered service via Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, was first reported Monday on The New York Times’ Web site.
Published: July 17, 2007
SunRocket, one of the largest start-up companies offering Internet […]
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