Consumer VoIP news from FierceVoIP
NewsMagicJack mystique
Unlimited long distance for $19.95 per year? It sounds like
a Ron Popeil commercial than a business plan. The magicJack device costs $40 for the first year and
includes a year of unlimited long Read more...
Net2Phone drops prices, gets credit for breaking Kuwait VoIP blockade
Net2Phone has dropped prices on its VoiceLine resident broadband phone service to $19 a month and is waiving all activation, equipment and shipping charges. Read more...
AOL opens up, Yahoo outsources PSTN interfaces
AOL has introduced Open Voice APIs to allow third-party developers and VoIP device manufactures to integrate the AIM Call Out service into softphones, SIP-enabled hardware and cell phones with WiFi Read more...
Skype's mobilized phone play
Skype has released a beta version of a mobile Java thin client that work on about 50 or so mobile phones, including models from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Read more...
Truphone lands $32.7 million second round
VoIP and new mobile operator Truphone has raised $32.7 million in a second round of venture capital funding. Participants included "private investors" plus all of Truephone's existing backers. Last Read more...
A fring fling on iPhone
fring has released a mobile VoIP application for the iPhone, designed to be used over a WiFi connection. The application also enables chat and presence with other Read more...
Texas Think Tank Fights Missouri VoIP Taxes
Last week the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) told the Missouri legislature that VoIP technology needs to develop and flourish throughout the state without Read more...
EMBARQ 's Casabi-flavored Home Phone--Hot!
Traditional VoIP phones have been nothing but glorified dumb handsets, with about as much functionality and sexuality. EMBARQ has introduced some spice to the Read more...
Vonage discovers customer service is good business
It's been a busy month for Vonage. Not only did the company win a court battle over USF in Nebraska, Read more...
Los Angeles wants its cut; imposes 9% VoIP tax
Maybe they haven't been reading the news--or their mail from Washington, D.C.--otherwise the voters in Los Angeles would know the 9 percent tax they just approved on VoIP calls has a snowball's Read more...
| Press Releases3 SKYPEPHONE DELIVERS FREE SKYPE TO SKYPE 29th October 2007 – Skype, the global Internet communications company and 3, the mobile operator, have launched a new affordable Read more... MySpace and Skype Announce Partnership Bringing Free Internet Voice Communications to MySpace Global Community LOS ANGELES/LUXEMBOURG, October 17, 2007 — MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, and Skype, the leading Internet communications company, today announced a partnership to empower the MySpace community with voice communications. With more than 110 million monthly active MySpace users and 220 million Skype™ registered users around the world, this partnership connects two of the most popular communications platforms on the Internet to create the world’s largest online, voice-connected community. The announcement unveils MySpaceIM with Skype, a new product that integrates Read more... Verizon Earns Top Spot as Wholesale VoIP Provider on ATLANTIC ACM'S 2007 Metro Report Card
Verizon Wins 'Best in Class Wholesale Metro' Category
GRAPEVINE, Texas, Read more... snom Expands Beyond the Desktop with Cordless Phone for VoIP Users BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, today announced the launch of its new IP DECT phone for VoIP users, the snom m3. The Read more... SPEAKEASY ANNOUNCES FLEXIBLE NEW VOIP CALLING PLANS FOR SMALL BUSINESS September 19, 2007 - SEATTLE – Speakeasy (www.speakeasy.net), one of the nation’s top voice and data providers, is enhancing its Voice over IP (VoIP) Read more... |