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Google Offers Tools to Detect Network Blocking
5th February 2009
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| Google has begun offering network performance-measurement tools in a bid to keep tabs on the possible throttling of Internet bandwidth by ISPs. The tools are available through the newly unveiled Measurement Lab, which Google cosponsors with New America Foundation, PlanetLab Consortium and some academic researchers. The tools allow users to identify problems that might affect the performance of their broadband Internet connections and to detect blocking or throttling of BitTorrent traffic by their ISPs. The results of the tests will be publicly available to researchers, allowing... |
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Skype on Mobile has to Wait
5th February 2009
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| Marin Perez on September 29th, 2006
Those itching to use Skype on their mobile phones may have to wait for while, as CEO Niklas Zennstrom revealed in an interview with a Finnish newspaper that Skype is running into “technical obstacles” with making its service available on cell phones. This comes as a blow for the eBay-owned company, as Skype on Mobile was poised to help the company generate revenue from many seeking to make cheap international calls from their mobile devices.
While some mobile devices running Microsof's Windows Mobile operating system can use Skype services, these represent fewer than 10 percent of cell phones sold. Zennstrom said he can't “give a timetable” on when Skype-enabled cell phones from manufactur... |
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Skype and Nokia partner to integrate Skype into Nokia devices
25th February 2009
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BARCELONA, February 17, 2009 -- Skype and Nokia today announced a partnership that will bring the world's leading Internet communications experience to the Nokia range of mobile computers. Under the terms of the cooperation, Skype™ will be integrated into Nokia devices, starting with the Nokia Nseries. The Nokia N97 flagship device will be the first to incorporate the Skype experience in the 3rd quarter of 2009.
The Skype experience will be part of the address book of the Nokia N97, enabling presence - seeing when Skype contacts are online - as well as instant messaging. Nokia N97 owners around the world will also be able to use 3G and WLAN to easily make and receive free Skype-to-Skype voice calls, in addition to low-cost Skype calls to landlines and mobile devices.
"Making Skype available everywhere through mobile devices is essential to fulfilling our vision of 'enabling the world's conversations'," said Scott Durchslag, Skype's Chi... |
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Skype and IBM collaborate on LotusLive Integration for the Enterprise
25th February 2009
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LUXEMBOURG, January 19, 2009 -- Skype today announced it will integrate Skype™ functionality with LotusLive (www.lotuslive.com), IBM's new cloud services which are designed to help individuals build communities to work smarter, more effectively and more efficiently across and beyond their own companies. Skype's voice and video calling will add rich, real-time communications capabilities to LotusLive, making it even easier for enterprises to collaborate in the cloud.
This planned integration, which was previewed at IBM Lotusphere 2009 in Orlando, FL, will join LotusLive collaborative services with Skype Internet communications to create a seamless communications experience for our mutual customers. Employees of companies using LotusLive will be able to use Skype to initiate voice and video calls, simply by clicking on their contacts' Skype names or phone numbers within LotusLive. Future possibilities include the ability to import Skype contact information into IB... |
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Vonage Suspense May End Sooner Than Expected
5th February 2009
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| Robert Poe on April 26th, 2007
Vonage may have less breathing room than previously thought as a result of a court's decision to hold hearings on its appeal in 60 days, rather than in the year or two the company was expecting. Ironically, the accelerated appeal resulted from a request by Vonage's own attorneys to expedite the process, the company claims. At the hearing, the appeals court will decide whether or not to uphold the March 8th, 2007 verdict that found Vonage guilty of infringing three VoIP patents held by Verizon.
According to a Vonage spokesperson, ... |
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Verizon Wireless Introduces VoIP "Hub," Verizon Communications Shuts VoIP Service
5th February 2009
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| Verizon Wireless will on February 1 begin offering the $200 Internet "Hub" phone. When connected to a broadband router, the phone, which features an eight-inch color touch screen, will provide Internet VoIP and other services. For $34.99 a month, users will get unlimited North American calling as well as text messaging, Web browsing, streaming video and applications including calendar, weather and traffic. They will also be able to push contact information to their Verizon Wireless handsets and exchange text, picture and video messages with Verizon Wireless mobile phones. At almost the same time, Verizon Communications announced it will ... |
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Verizon officially pulls plug on VoiceWing VoIP service
19th March 2009
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Verizon VoiceWing customers say they’ve received letters saying the company is pulling the plug on the VoIP service.
The notice, dated Jan. 16, 2009, says service will be terminated after March 31, 2009. There’s no mention of offering to transition the service to another Verizon offering, like the forthcoming FiOS Digital Voice, or whatever VoIP service might be bundled/attached to the Verizon Hub VoIP phone.
DSLReports says VoiceWing is a re-branded version of Delta Three’s VoIP service, so this is likely also a preventive damage control move given Delta Three’s ongoing financial problems. Verizon stopped marketing VoiceWing a long time ago.
Since this move is coming as the Verizon Hub VoIP desktop phone and FiOS Digital Voice roll out, there is likely to be an announcement of an “un-FiOS” branded VoIP service available to support the Hub.
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TouchTone Honored Best Reseller and Carrier in the 2009 TA 'Members Choice' Awards, and Top 5 Vendor for Mobile/Wireless and Data/Internet
17th March 2009
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Whippany, NJ (February 27, 2009) – TouchTone Communications, a New-Jersey based full
service telecommunications service provider, has recently been honored a 2009 Telecom
Association (TA) Members Choice Award winner in two service categories, Reseller and Carrier,
and a Top 5 recipient in Mobile/Wireless and Data/Internet.
Through its annual Members Choice Awards, the TA, a professional telecom membership
organization, has been allowing its members to publicly recognize vendors who set the standard
of excellence in their respective categories.
"Winning TA's annual Members Choice award in a specific category is a significant tribute to each
winner's telecom agent, channel partner and customer service programs", stated TA Founder
Dan Baldwin. "This is the fourth consecutive year for our annual Members Choice awards and
over 320 qualified member ballots were cast this year, a new record."
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Latest News from GIS
7th February 2009
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Grove Hall, Dudley Square Area to Host First Demonstration;
Mayor Also Lights Two Downtown WiFi Hot Spots as
City's Wireless Initiative Takes Off
Mayor Thomas Menino today announced that the city’s wireless initiative will begin work immediately on its first demonstration program, a square-mile network in Roxbury’s Grove Hall and Dudley Square neighborhoods. The mayor also today lit two wireless hot spots in Quincy Market and in the North End’s Columbus Park, making it possible for business people, tourists, and residents who visit the areas to access the Internet anytime.
“We said we would move quickly and we have,” Mayor Menino said. “The Boston Wireless Initiative is up and running.”
The Quincy Market hot spot will provide service throughout the marketplace area and will also cover the area around City Hall Plaza. Two companies, Galaxy Internet Services and SkyPilot, donated the service and equipment. The I... |
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EARTHLINK TO PRESENT AT GOLDMAN SACHS TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET CONFERENCE
25th February 2009
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Atlanta, February 11, 2009 — EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK), one of the nation’s leading Internet service providers (ISPs), today announced that it will present at the Goldman Sachs 5th Annual Internet & Media Conference on Friday, February 27 in San Francisco. EarthLink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rolla P. Huff and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Dotts will speak at the event. EarthLink is scheduled to present at 9:40 a.m. pacific time.
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