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Intel releases Internet Telephone software to beta
News However, recent agreements between Microsoft, Intel and other key vendors promise the ability to make Internet calls reliably and with good transmission quality, regardless of platform and software. Steve Roberts, marketing manager of Intel's...
[July 22, 1996, 17:27]
Crime surge sparks calls for internet Interpol
News In several cases the police have the address and telephone number of hackers — they know everything about them — but they don't have the request," said Kaspersky. I would like to see more international organisation — some kind of internet Interpol...
[December 12, 2006, 16:15]
FBI seeks power to eavesdrop on Net
News Internet telephone calls are fast becoming a national security threat that must be countered with new police wiretap rules, according to an FBI proposal presented quietly to regulators this month. So far, the FCC has interpreted CALEA's wiretap...
[July 29, 2003, 14:21]
A guide to VoIP telephony review
Reviews Handling telephone calls over the Internet requires an extra protocol, in addition to the IP, to manage call setup, voice data transfer and call termination. VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or...
[July 26, 2006, 9:55]
Cox prepares for VoIP launch
News VoIP lets users place telephone calls through the Internet, avoiding a telephone company's local and long-distance networks. Cox Communications will begin testing different voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone subscription plans later this...
[July 31, 2003, 16:45]
Voice over IP is finally coming into its own
News The idea of conducting all your telephone calls over the Internet -- and avoiding high long distance charges in the process -- is an attractive one for any budget-conscious manager. Integrated IP phones, such as Nortel's 12004 Internet Telephone...
[June 4, 2003, 16:29]
BT offers Internet voice calls
News Making a phone call will never be the same again according to British Telecommunications (quote: BT) which acknowledged that telephone calls are shifting from their traditional home on the telephone network to the Internet as it rolled out its...
[November 8, 2000, 15:27]
IETF rejects wiretapping plan
News The Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF) has voted overwhelmingly to reject plans for a global standard for snooping on Net telephone calls Thursday. The IETF was considering designing a protocol to allow wiretapping of telephone calls made over...
[November 11, 1999, 12:13]
California calls VoIP providers to account
News California regulators have begun forcing Internet telephone service providers to apply for telephone operator licences, a state official said on Tuesday. The Golden State is the largest state to decide that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP...
[October 1, 2003, 12:25]
Email monitoring may contravene European laws
News Lynette Copland successfully took the UK government to court after her personal internet usage and telephone calls were monitored by one of her bosses in 1999. Monitoring employees' internet and telephone use at work may contravene human rights...
[April 11, 2007, 17:35]
Callserve Net phone offers 60 percent off BT prices
News Callserve is billing itself as the first European Internet telephony provider, claiming that it will offer long-distance telephone calls up to 60 percent cheaper than BT. Calls are then routed via the company's H323 gateways to connect to the...
[September 24, 1999, 16:12]
Regulator considers VoIP phone numbers
News Oftel is also considering introducing a new telephone number range so that calls that are carried using Internet technology can easily be identified," said David Edmonds, Oftel's director general. The UK's telecoms regulator is considering issuing...
[April 2, 2002, 13:12]
UK VoIP market hots up
News On Instant and Gossiptel are both offering potential customers the promise of much lower telephone bills by letting them conduct calls over the Internet rather than a traditional phone network. Given that BT has stated that it will make broadband...
[May 26, 2004, 9:45]
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]
VoIP hang-up looming?
News Such calls can be made from telephone systems that tap into the Internet and from PCs. A group of telecommunications giants is quietly pushing a proposal that could create hang-ups for up-and-coming Internet-telephone rivals.
[January 27, 2003, 13:11]
Panama suspends Net-phoning order
News Spanish language Web site La Prensa said on Tuesday that the high court asked Panamanian telephone regulators to deliver a report outlining the facts behind an 25 October order that forced ISPs to block several Internet data ports, including those...
[November 27, 2002, 10:16]
Texas Instruments tweaks VoIP chips
News The changes are being made to chips used in inexpensive voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) gateways, which route calls among numerous telephone lines, among other functions. TI's upgrades are indicative of a relatively new focus for VoIP, a...
[September 23, 2003, 12:40]
Enum VoIP registry goes live in UK
News The idea behind Enum is to allow businesses to use standard telephone numbers with their VoIP systems and have calls carried solely over the internet, rather than first being routed over the traditional PSTN network.
[March 12, 2009, 15:24]
VoIP wars begin as BT trades shots with Skype
News It will provide free voice calls to other PCs, and will also allow users to call landlines and mobile phones for the same price as using their BT home telephone. With SkypeOut, which offers PC calls to the public telephone network, launching soon...
[July 16, 2004, 16:55]
AT&T accuses Google of hypocrisy on net neutrality
News In a letter to the FCC filed on Friday, AT&T said Google is violating the fourth principle in the FCC's Internet Policy Statement, which calls for fair competition among providers of networks, applications, services and content, as it blocks...
[September 28, 2009, 9:38]
