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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 Wi-Fi Read more...
IBM foresees no email, phones nor PCs
IBM is predicting the virtual office will become the norm driven by expanded globalization and environmentalism. The new workplace will be centered around mobile computing with instant messaging the Read more...
Dual mode platform offers painless connectivity
D2 Technology has released a new version of its vPort embedded VoIP platform that it claims overcomes the problem many advanced gaming, video and messaging applications have with corporate firewalls. Read more...
Skype joins the IM war
MySpace's IM and Skype app has been released from beta with both companies planning to use each others significant market strengths to broaden their respective distribution footprints. MySpace is Read more...
Verizon struts its FiOS stuff
The Verizon technology boys (and girls) last week showed off what the new order will look like as it demoed a house with all the FiOS bells and whistles. Significantly, much of the intelligence and Read more...
Noise reduction software works for all VoIP services
New noise canceling software for VoIP services has been released by Silicon Valley start up, Noise Free. The software, NoiseFree VoIP, is in beta and is free to registered users till the end of the Read more...
Unified comms jam traffic
Unified communications is all the rage in telecom, so naturally there's a down side. That would be bandwidth consumption. Network General Corp., a San Jose, Calif., quality-of-service provider Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Canadian firms partner on international VoIP; ATSI connects Hong Kong telecom; and much more...
> Canadian firms Call Center Development Services and Ubity Solutions, both of Montreal, Quebec, struck a strategic partnership so CCDS can offer its service internationally via Ubity's VoIP Read more...
PeerMe now loads phone pix to Facebook
PeerMe, a three-year-old Mountain View, Calif., firm that does multiplatform voice and instant message technology, has launched a one-click photo upload tool. The PeerMe Java version tool facilitates Read more...
Linksys wireless VoIP phone shuns WiFi
Linksys is now offering a dual-mode wireless phone that doesn't use WiFi. No, that's not a contradiction in terms. The CIT310 (photo) works both Read more...