VoIP

Massive Network Outage Disables Skype Users

Skype went down for several hours yesterday, affecting millions of VoIP users in its worst outage since 2007

14 years ago

SMBs Adopting VoIP And IP PBX Despite Concerns

Voice over IP and IP PBXs are being increasingly adopted by small to medium businesses, a report claims

14 years ago

Small Businesses Admit Wi-Fi ‘Piggybacking’

Small businesses are engaging in risking behaviour including relying on nearby unsecured Wi-Fi networks for their internet access, a survey…

14 years ago

Google Voice For iPhone Accepted For App Store

Google's Voice app for iPhone has arrived - 16 months after Apple first rejected it and made Google jump through…

14 years ago

Skype Offers UK Surfers Free Wi-Fi For A Week

British web surfers can get a week's free access to Wi-Fi hotspots, courtesy of VoIP giant Skype

14 years ago

Skype 5 For Windows: Review

Skype 5.0 for Windows delivers decent multiparty video calling, along with new Facebook integration, and simpler call quality troubleshooting tools

14 years ago

Cisco Targets Home TelePresence With Umi

Cisco launched its home telepresence system known as Umi, but its high price is already drawing criticism

14 years ago

VoIP Apps From Fring And CounterPath Hit Androids

Targeting Skype, FringOut for consumers and CounterPath's Bria for the enterprise broaden VoIP options for Android phones

14 years ago

Skype Jumps Aboard With Android App

Skype has jumped aboard the Android bandwagon as it released its VoIP app for the Android operating system, version 2.1…

14 years ago

Analysts Agree That Facebook Should Buy Skype

Facebook would do well to acquire VoIP giant Skype, analysts said, giving the social network's users calling capabilities and helping…

14 years ago

Facebook Rings Skype For Social Networking Links

Facebook users may soon be able to use Skype's VoIP PC-to-PC calling capabilities to phone a friend, rivalling Google's VOIP…

14 years ago

Google Voice App for iPhone ‘Just Weeks Away’

Google's official Voice app will be released in Apple's iPhone App Store soon according to reports

14 years ago

Any Facebook Phone Would Fail

Just supposing Facebook was making a phone, says Don Reisinger. How stupid would that be?

14 years ago

Analysts Think Facebook Should Make A Soft Phone

Facebook denies it is making a phone. But if it did, it should stick to a softphone, like Skype or…

14 years ago

Grandstream Adds Skype To Desk Phones: Review

The Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone adds Skype voice and video calling to an already rich suite of multimedia and…

14 years ago

BT Defends Broadband Quote For Welsh Village

BT explains the reasons for its high quote to provide a broadband service for a remote Welsh village, as Rutland…

14 years ago

BT Launches Wi-Fi App For Android And iPhones

BT has launched an Android and iPhone app for its Total Broadband customers‎ to help them find Wi-Fi hotspots

14 years ago

Skype Video Calls Now Available For 10 People

The beta of Skype 5.0 for Windows has been updated to let users make group video conference calls with up…

14 years ago

Skype, Google Face Indian Pressure For Data Access

Fresh from reaching a compromise deal with BlackBerry maker RIM, India has set its sights on Skype and Google

14 years ago

Reports Claim Cisco Considering Skype Purchase

Cisco reportedly is considering buying Skype before the VOIP and video conferencing vendor enters into its planned IPO later this…

14 years ago

Google Keeps Mum On UK Rollout Of VoIP Service

Google is staying quiet about its expansion plans for its Gmail VoIP service, despite clocking up more than 1 million…

14 years ago

10 Reasons Google VoIP Is A Serious Threat To Skype

Gmail now has a VoIP phone-calling option that could pose a serious challenge to Skype's Internet phone service

14 years ago

Google Launches Skype-Killer Phone Service

Google's new Gmail phone-calling service presents a challenge to Skype, as well as Gmail's email competitors

14 years ago

Skype Broadens Reach With BREW Handset App

In another sign of the growing power of Skype, Verizon customers in the US now have the option to install…

14 years ago

Microsoft And Polycom Launch UC Partnership

Microsoft and Polycom are entering an alliance that will include jointly developing, selling and marketing unified communications products

14 years ago

Skype Looks To Raise £63 Million With IPO

Skype is looking to raise as much as $100 million (£63m) on the stock market after the VoIP provider filed…

14 years ago

VoIP Provider Vonage Gives Facebook A Voice

Vonage introduces an app that lets Facebook friends place free calls to each other over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks on…

14 years ago

Google Voice Adds Speedy Calls on Android, BlackBerry

In an effort to accelerate calls, Google has added direct access numbers to its Google Voice for mobile application on…

14 years ago

Skype Denies Blocking Fring Amid Bitter War Of Words

Fring has labelled VoIP provider Skype as "cowards" for allegedly blocking Fring from offering video chat on smartphones

14 years ago

Fans Petition Google Over Skype-Killer

A grassroots petition has begun for people who desire a desktop VOIP client for Google Voice

14 years ago