A proposal would require that voice over Internet Protocol providers enable calls to emergency services. The U.K.’s telecommunications regulator, the Office of Communications, has since mandated that such access must be made available by September 2008.
Leading VoIP providers, such as Skype, disagree with such proposals, arguing that VoIP is a complement to, rather than a […]
Demand for consumer VoIP in Canada is surging a survey of retailers says. The survey showed one of 12 Canadians is using a VoIP service and predicts the strong growth to continue as consumer costs fall for devices because of the strong Canadian dollar.
“The demand for VoIP has not only been overwhelming for service providers, […]
Britain has joined the U.S. to mandate the enabling of emergency calls from U.K.-based VoIP services. The new rules formulated by telco regulator Ofcom will come into effect Sept. 8 and follow a survey that showed 78 percent of VoIP users couldn’t access emergency numbers, or were unsure if they could.
The new rules will apply […]
VeriSign reportedly is planning to sell many of its telecom assets to focus on its traditional core businesses of Internet domain handling and secure transaction processing.
Earlier in this decade, VerSign embarked on an aggressive acquisition binge that may have been equaled only by the M&A-happy firms Cisco Systems and Level 3 Communications. That got the […]
3CX, a promoter of a windows based VOIP PBX for Windows, has teamed with InPhonex, a provider of internet telephony services and infrastructure. The companies together will supply a integrated end-to-end business grade solution using VOIP/ SIP technologies.
“As IP Telephony gains momentum, it is essential for providers to be able to offer a VOIP […]
Verizon Communications announced this week a symmetrical 20 mbps upstream/downstream broadband access service, the latest move by broadband service providers to redefine their services into speed tiers. The service is $64.99 with VoIP service, and $109.99 is customers sign up for a FiOS TV package, voice service and the new symmetrical plan.
Amid the controversy generated […]
The FCC began levying fees on cable operators for access to E911 systems–now, Congress is ready to tell the telcos they must provide direct access to the E911 backbone for cable companies and other VoIP service providers.
Just out of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, the legislation is intended to make sure all […]
Imagine getting a call from a total stranger who proceeds to read your phone bill to you. It happened recently to a Washington, D.C.-area resident and former SunRocket subscriber, according to Brian Krebs of The Washington Post. Left abandoned in July by SunRocket, Bill Adler signed up with ViaTalk of Clifton Park, N.Y., one of […]
We don’t want to criticize pure-play VoIP service providers too much, but the evidence keeps piling up against them. Now, eBay is taking a $1.4 billion charge against earnings that it acknowledged is partly related to having overpaid for Skype when it bought the company for $2.6 billion two years ago last month.
Skype is coming […]
Lost amid new merger rumors late last week was the news that shareholders had approved the merger of iBasis and the former wholesale voice unit of KPN, creating what the combined company claims to be the second-largest handler of voice traffic. It would also be the first pure-play VoIP carrier to earn that place in […]
