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RSS telephony in newsBT's Ribbit opens up to developers
News BT's Ribbit released its long-awaited web telephony platform Monday to developers, which BT hopes will help spur innovation for new products and services in the telephony market. Until now, most... [18 Nov 2008]
Unified comms pumps up Tayside fire service
News The unified communications system consists of a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 - in place since last year - and a recently upgraded Nortel IP telephony infrastructure. Firefighters in Tayside are using... [04 Nov 2008]
VoIP slashes hotelier's costs
News Fledgling premium hotelier Pantin Hotels is due to open its flagship hotel in Leeds next week complete with free wi-fi and VoIP telephony throughout the building. Guests will be offered free internet access through the... [03 Sep 2008]
More businesses turning to VoIP?
News Voice over IP (VoIP) business services are set to grow as net telephony increases its foothold in the enterprise. While consumers have embraced VoIP, businesses have been comparatively slower to adopt net... [14 Aug 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News For example, Cisco's unified communications business and its IP telephony businesses were areas where Cisco invested during previous downturns. On Tuesday, Cisco reported profits for its fourth fiscal quarter 2008 were... [06 Aug 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News BT has bought internet-telephony company Ribbit, in a move that will bring the communications giant up against competitors ranging from Skype to Google's Android platform. Ribbit provides what it terms 'an open platform'... [30 Jul 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News As well as being able to demonstrate broad experience of IT solution design, candidates must have more in depth experience in at least two of the following areas: data centres; servers and storage; messaging; telephony;... [23 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News BT will provide a state-of-the-art, high speed, IP-based, firewall protected network that will offer conferencing, remote access, voice calls, IP telephony and internet services. Consumer packaged goods manufacturer... [10 Jun 2008]
Android delayed? Google says no
News We are resourced to be able to support Android and not just Linux - the messaging and telephony and email and browsing. Google denied a report this week that phones using its Android software have been delayed until 2009. [04 Jun 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News Splashtop includes a Firefox-derived browser and the Skype internet-telephony application. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback... [19 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News The insurance company, which was formed from Norwich Union and GNU (itself the union of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2002, will be using C&W for 72 separate services including telephony, data and IPVPN and... [13 May 2008]
Skype trialled on Java mobiles
News With the new client, Skype joins a number of companies, such as Fring and Truphone, attempting to bring internet telephony to the mobile world. Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile... [30 Apr 2008]
In-flight mobiles to take off over Europe
News Reding said: "Pan-European telecom services, such as in-flight mobile telephony, need a regulatory 'one-stop shop' to operate throughout Europe. In-flight mobile calls have been given the green light by the European... [08 Apr 2008]
Mobile industry slams 'health time bomb' study
News Khurana said in his study: "There is a growing and statistically significant body of evidence reporting that brain tumours, such as vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) and astrocytoma, are associated with 'heavy' and 'prolonged'... [02 Apr 2008]
Mobile 'radio silence' fear afflicts Brits
News The Post Office's head of telephony, Stewart Fox-Mills, said fear of 'phonelessness' is a symptom of our 24/7 culture. In the same week as new warnings emerged of a potential link between mobile use and cancer research... [31 Mar 2008]
