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BCS joins calls for Phorm service to be opt-in
News Echoing calls from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which earlier this month stated that Phorm's nascent service must be opt-in rather than opt-out to conform with privacy regulations, British Computer Society (BCS) government...
[April 30, 2008, 16:25]
Skype calls on FCC to open network access
News The company has created software that allows people to make free phone calls across the internet. Skype petitioned the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week to force US mobile operators to loosen controls on what kinds of hardware and...
[February 23, 2007, 8:36]
Regulator wants cheaper fixed-line-to-mobile calls
News Calls from fixed lines to mobiles could become cheaper if proposals by the telecoms regulator come into force. Termination rates refer to the charges levied by one operator on another, when a customer of one network calls a mobile phone on another...
[September 14, 2006, 13:30]
One in ten overseas phone calls to be made online
News A report from the London-based company reckons the internet will account for more than 10 per cent of all international telephone calls by the end of the year 2002. The report goes on to say that Internet phones will be used for nearly 1 per cent...
[June 29, 1998, 15:11]
Wi-Fi tweak catches dropped calls
News The companies said the system will help owners of mobile phones and other wireless devices move in and out of buildings without dropping calls or losing data services. People can't afford to have dropped calls whenever they need to go somewhere...
[August 20, 2003, 12:20]
VoIP: Not just about free calls
News In America, though, the appeal is that wireless VoIP can let users make calls in places where GSM coverage is patchy but a Wi-Fi network is available. Wireless VoIP enables people to make phone calls across the Internet using a Wi-Fi connection.
[April 22, 2005, 11:45]
'Open Cloud Manifesto' calls for co-operation
News It also calls for interoperability between one cloud vendor to another, and for consistent ways to meter and monitor performance and usage. The Open Cloud Manifesto, a list of principles for open cloud computing, was released on Monday with the...
[March 31, 2009, 7:56]
Skype Hacks: Make Calls From Your Web Browser
White Papers There are three ways in which the user can make calls directly from within a web browser. The second method uses the callto:// URL prefix and can be used in a number of ways to make calls, including from the browser's address bar or from a link...
[October 17, 2007, 1:00]
Online Job Recruiter Uses New Web Conferencing for Sales Calls, Improves Sales
White Papers To conduct calls, the sales force had to rely on an outdated Web-conferencing solution, whose cumbersome interface, frequent downtime, and lack of effective presentation tools were losing the company business.
[September 12, 2006, 0:00]
Spectrum auction could mean cheaper mobile calls
News Locations could be either at work or in places such as Costa Coffee, where you can make calls over the Coffee network and be charged at landline rates. These would turn the mobile into an extension of the company's internal phone system, allowing...
[August 1, 2005, 13:55]
No Calls
Downloads Overview No Calls is a Windows Mobile application that can automatically reject incoming calls depending on the caller. With No Calls, you can avoid unwanted calls, yet keep your phone on for the people you care about.
[December 20, 2008, 6:00]
Oftel acts to end Calls and Access dispute
News Calls and Access allows operators to rent lines from BT in return for taking over users' billing and customer services. Localtel -- now owned by Dutch ISP World Online -- uses the service to offer discounts on voice calls as well as free weekend...
[June 16, 2000, 16:14]
Ofcom rules VoIP networks must allow 999 calls
News VoIP telephony providers will have to enable customers to make calls to the emergency services, following a ruling by Ofcom on Wednesday. All VoIP providers who connect to the UK's public switched telephone network (PSTN) will have to modify or...
[December 6, 2007, 12:39]
Skype handles around 8pc of int'l voice calls
Blog The telecoms analyst and statistic firm TeleGeography has released its latest data about international long-distance voice calls, and claimed that the VoIP company Skype now handles 8 percent of such traffic.
[March 25, 2009, 12:15]
Comms minister calls for universal broadband access
News There is a convergence of need and opportunity that calls on government to make its contribution [to digital infrastructure]," Lord Carter said. Universal access to broadband, either though fixed or wireless services, could offer "enormous...
[January 15, 2009, 7:32]
EC 'not against' charges for receiving calls
News Europe's telecommunications chief has said she would not be against mobile operators charging their customers for receiving calls. In an interview with the Financial Times, Viviane Reding of the European Commission said such business models were...
[June 17, 2008, 12:44]
API Calls that break under Windows 7
Blog These two API calls (IsBadReadPtr and IsBadWritePtr) relate to the handling of pointer to the global memory stack used by Windows. These API calls are used ensure that a particular pointer (or memory handle) is properly committed to the Windows...
[October 5, 2009, 10:34]
California calls VoIP providers to account
News VoIP providers argue that a state's rules govern only telephone calls made over traditional telephone networks. VoIP calls use the Internet and should be excluded, the providers argue. After all, the young companies had a tough enough task selling...
[October 1, 2003, 12:25]
Why would the calls use inclusive call minutes?
Talkback Surely the Skype calls are made over GPRS or 3G? That's the whole point of VoIP, calls over a data connection. There would be no point in making Skype calls otherwise, you might as well just use the normal functionality of the phone.
[April 30, 2008, 11:57]
National University of Singapore's New Help Desk Solution Leads to Fewer Calls, Higher Customer Satisfaction
White Papers However, its IT department needed to solve one major issue: The IT help desk handled about 4,000 calls a month, a volume that strained the school's IT resources. Using a combination of onsite resources and a dedicated team of IBM technical analysts...
[October 20, 2006, 0:00]
