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VoIP services must offer 999, says watchdog
News VoIP services are increasingly adopting the look and feel of traditional telephones, which increases the risk of confusion as to whether or not users have access to 999, said Ofcom. Voice over IP phone services must allow users to make 999... [26 Jul 2007]
BT hooks up first 21CN customers
News The upgrade took place without any engineer visits, new telephones or new telephone numbers, in the village of Wick, near Cardiff. The 21CN project is BT's plan to switch its copper circuit-switched networks to a single IP-based core infrastructure... [28 Nov 2006]
AOL and Microsoft to jump into the VoIP space
News AOL said its TotalTalk service will include such features as a built-in dial pad for PC-to-phone calls and a telephone terminal adapter, or broadband router, to connect traditional telephones to a cable or DSL modem. [21 Sep 2005]
Yahoo! to take on Skype with new VoIP service?
News Safa Rashtchy, internet analyst with Piper Jaffray, said in a research note that the new service with be similar to the popular VoIP application Skype, which uses peer-to-peer technology and allows calls between PCs and standard telephones. [16 Aug 2005]
Businesses snapping up IP phones
News Cisco is still the market leader for IP telephones in terms of both revenue and shipments, accounting for 52 per cent of the latter. Increasing numbers of western European businesses are switching to voice over IP (VoIP) phone services but that... [22 Jun 2005]
Caesars Palace to launch guest biometrics
News Caesars Palace, one of the largest and most famous hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, is using the opening of its newest tower later this year to roll out technologies including voice over IP telephones in guestrooms and the use of biometric keys for... [18 Apr 2005]
Icann warns regulators off VoIP
News Twomey said that regulators should not class VoIP phones as normal telephones and force providers to give access to emergency services. Cerf - known as the 'father of the internet' due to his part in developing the TCP/IP protocol which enables... [15 Apr 2005]
Skype spruced up with paid-for services
News SkypeIn allows users to buy up to three phone numbers in eight countries - Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden, the UK or the US - at which people can call them from standard or mobile telephones. [15 Apr 2005]
Skype to steal telecoms revenues
News Its Skype Out service allows the Skype software to call standard telephones anywhere in the world for reduced rates. Popular voice-over-IP application Skype is going to rob revenues from incumbent telecoms companies as they're forced to give away... [10 Jan 2005]
Skype lures developers with software giveaway
News Its SkypeOut service allows Skype software users to make calls to standard telephones for a small, per-minute fee (around 1.1p). Voice-over-IP software maker Skype starting today will include the beta of its Skype API (Application Program Interface... [09 Nov 2004]
Cisco tightens VoIP security
News By encrypting the voice traffic starting from the actual telephones, Cisco can help ensure that conversations are kept private and that no one is able to tamper with telephone signalling packets. On Monday, the company announced that it has added... [26 Oct 2004]
Cisco wins VoIP deal with Bank of America
News The company on Tuesday will announce a deal with Bank of America to begin deploying 180,000 Cisco Internet Protocol (IP) telephones throughout 5,800 banking centers and enterprise locations in 29 states and the District of Columbia. [28 Sep 2004]
Council makes e-gov strides with Mitel
News Ashford Borough Council has awarded a far-reaching contract to Mitel for IP telephones and associated software to handle interactions with members of the public. Mitel has been making strides with IP telephony rollouts recently, often in the retail... [03 Aug 2004]
IBM and Cisco to buddy up for VoIP?
News Specifically, Cisco will provide IP telephones as well as IP switching and routing gear that will be used in the network infrastructure. They also hope to win about 30 per cent of Japan's IP telephony market, according to the newspaper. [18 May 2004]
Consumer IM providers set to lose out
News Unlike telephones or email, instant messaging clients lack security and accountability features that technical staff need to control it. His team is developing Greenwich, which is intended to let companies offer instant communications features... [26 Feb 2003]
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