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Intel releases Internet Telephone software to beta
News Steve Roberts, marketing manager of Intel's Internet and communications group said that the UK would be a key market. The UK and Germany are the largest users of the Internet after the US," he said. We think there's a lot of demand for...
[July 22, 1996, 17:27]
Skype launches IM developer tools
News Internet telephone giant Skype now lets Web sites and other Internet applications tap into the untold millions of people using Skype's instant-messaging (IM) feature. In this topsy-turvy world, Skype represents the competitive extreme, wielding a...
[August 24, 2005, 10:10]
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]
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]
VoIP hang-up looming?
News A group of telecommunications giants is quietly pushing a proposal that could create hang-ups for up-and-coming Internet-telephone rivals. At stake are rules used to divvy up the 5.2 billion unassigned phone numbers set aside for use in North...
[January 27, 2003, 13:11]
Big telcos close in on the Net
News Unlike previous attempts at Internet telephony, users will not have to own or be seated at a PC, as the system will use the "T-Netcall" technology which, it is believed, will offer speech quality as good as an ordinary telephone.
[July 14, 1997, 16:56]
Verizon nears VoIP conversion
News The United States' largest telephone company, Verizon Communications, has begun work on the final portion of an effort to convert its traditional, circuit-switch network into one that relies on the Internet to carry voice and data.
[January 8, 2004, 8:50]
Email monitoring may contravene European laws
News Monitoring employees' internet and telephone use at work may contravene human rights laws, after a landmark case in the European Court of Human Rights last week. Lynette Copland successfully took the UK government to court after her personal...
[April 11, 2007, 17:35]
US VoIP operators feel grip of regulation
News A cheap, Internet-based alternative to traditional telephone service is facing a sudden regulatory backlash that could slow adoption of the fast-growing technology, raise prices and put financially shaky start-ups out of business.
[August 26, 2003, 15:25]
US backs merging Net, phone numbers
News The Bush administration is lending its support to an international proposal to map telephone numbers to Internet addresses. ENUM is designed to accelerate the convergence of the telephone network and the Internet and is expected to offer a huge...
[February 14, 2003, 7:42]
Cox prepares for VoIP launch
News Cox Communications will begin testing different voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone subscription plans later this year, a crucial step before launching a commercial service, executives said on Wednesday.
[July 31, 2003, 16:45]
Freeserve customer duped by reboot loophole
News Freeserve customers who fail to relaunch Internet Explorer and Outlook Express after installing their "Freeserve Anytime" disc, could be lumbered with a massive telephone bill. The problem surfaced last week when one distraught reader received a...
[June 29, 2001, 11:19]
Freeserve customer gets slapped with £500 bill
News Freeserve customers paying a monthly subscription fee for unlimited Internet access could be unwittingly running up massive telephone bills. One distraught reader alerted ZDNet News UK to the problem when he received a £500 telephone bill for...
[June 22, 2001, 16:40]
IBM has your IP phone number
News IBM on Wednesday said it is partnering with Cisco Systems and Avaya to sell and manage telephone systems that use the Internet instead of traditional phone lines. The partnership offers customers a choice of IP (Internet Protocol) telephone gear...
[December 12, 2002, 7:01]
Northern Ireland seeks rural-broadband supplier
News Northern Ireland is replacing a deal under which its citizens without fixed telephone lines get internet access. DETI said the expiry of the contract will have no impact on the vast majority of broadband users, who receive their broadband service...
[October 1, 2008, 11:46]
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]
VoIP regulation hangs in balance
News Internet telephony companies are fighting efforts by California state regulators to apply traditional telephone rules and taxes to their services. This has raised concerns for groups such as the Multistate Tax Commission that Internet-style...
[October 27, 2003, 13:55]
A guide to VoIP telephony review
Reviews VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of sending audio voice signals -- or, more specifically, telephone signals -- as data packets over the Internet. Handling telephone calls over the Internet requires an extra protocol, in addition...
[July 26, 2006, 9:55]
Verizon sues Vonage for VoIP patent infringement
News The bad news for Internet phone provider Vonage keeps piling up, as the company now faces a patent infringement lawsuit from telephone giant Verizon Communications. Vonage's service uses software that turns voice signals into packets and then...
[June 20, 2006, 9:50]
Charging and Billing Models for GSM and Future Mobile Internet Services
White Papers Mobile telephone communications and the Internet are converging and may eventually operate on a common technical platform, using TCP/IP networks as the main backbone medium. This paper describes the evolution of the Global System for Mobile (GSM...
[July 26, 2007, 2:46]
