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Scoping out NG 911

Next generation (NG) 911 technology may be available much sooner than anyone thought, opening up new capabilities for the public and first responders. Driven in part by the wireless industry, NG 911... Read more >>

SPOTLIGHT: Tesco offers consumer WiFi VoIP service

U.K. supermarket conglomerate Tesco is now offering yet another lower-cost VoIP service. Tesco is using Freshtel's service to offer cheap dual-mode cellular/WiFi VoIP calls over WiFi. The service... Read more >>

Google VoIPing for White Spaces

Google has tapped into the power of Cause Caller and its underlying Asterisk technology to lobby Congress. Cause Caller is one of a couple of services floating around mixing IP telephony with... Read more >>

IP carrier market shrinks

IP telephony carrier market revenues decreased 10 percent in the past quarter to $861 million, according to a report released Thursday by Dell'Oro Group. Greg Collins, president of Dell'Oro, said... Read more >>

iSkoot gets Social

Mobile VoIP start-up iSkoot has expanded out of its previous Skype-client model with the purchase of messaging client Social.im, which allows customers to IM Facebook friends. Before Facebook... Read more >>

Former ITXC execs sentenced

A former managing director of wholesale VoIP provider ITXC found guilty of bribery will avoid prison due to cooperation with federal authorities, according to a Dept. of Justice release. Roger Young,... Read more >>

Fonality and snom partner

Fonality continued to add partners to its "ecosystem" this week, as German firm snom technologies announced it would be a third-party partner for deployments of Fonality IP-PBX systems. snom makes... Read more >>

SPOTLIGHT ON: Adobe adds new AIR VoIP application

Adobe's new AIR app will be more convenient to flashphone users who do not want their VoIP program to be browser-based. After downloading AIR, they can use the softphone, but also downsize it to the... Read more >>

VoIP drives broadband service growth

Broadband value-added services reaped $25.7 billion worldwide in 2007, an increase of 62 percent from 2006, according to Point-Topic research. VoIP and security made up the largest percentage of this... Read more >>