VoIP NEWS



Viatel Plans VoIP Service on Other Carriers Networks (ComputerWire)

Yahoo!7 News - Technolog -- 4 AUG 2006

Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Ltd is developing the ability to deliver its hosted VoIP services with QoS on other carriers networks.


The Skype is the limit

IT Web Telecom News -- 4 AUG 2006

IBM 'still in bed' with Intel This week: Skype controversies leaked SNO secrets and SITA's huge tender. The Gartner Symposium held in Cape Town this week sparked some interesting debates perhaps the most heated of which was Gartner research VP Neil Rickard's bold statement that should not be used by business.


The Skype is the limit

IT Web Internet -- 4 AUG 2006

IBM ?still in bed' with Intel This week: Skype controversies leaked SNO secrets and SITA's huge tender. The Gartner Symposium held in Cape Town this week sparked some interesting debates perhaps the most heated of which was Gartner research VP Neil Rickard's bold statement that should not be used by business.


VoIP Hacking Exposed
Calling up exploits

By John Leyden - 3 Aug 2006

Businesses who switch over to internet telephony systems in a bid to slash telephony costs have been warned to guard against hacking attacks. The latest VoIP security threats and countermeasures were outlined at a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The talk, by security experts from SecureLogix and 3Com's Tipping Point security appliance division, was accompanied by the release of 13 new security tools......READ MORE!


Firm to offer mobile VoIP
XG Technology will sell new flat-rate phone service through dealers.
LAUREN MAYK and MICHAEL POLLICK lauren.mayk@heraldtribune.com michael.pollick@heraldtribune.com

SARASOTA -- A technology company with a new name and a new product plans to build a wireless phone network that would charge customers a flat rate for unlimited calling. The first systems will likely be built in the Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale areas, the two places where XG Technology LLC has its operations, according to chief executive Rick Mooers.......READ MORE!


Skype launches Wi-Fi VoIP mobiles

Jane Hoskyn, vnunet.com -- 21 jul 06

Skype has announced the availability of four Wi-Fi mobile handsets for making free calls using VoIP technology. The four handsets are made by Belkin, Netgear, Edge-Core and SMC. The Netgear handset is already listed in the Skype UK Shop with a £140 price tag, but is marked as 'coming soon'. READ MORE!


Gizmo to give users free VoIP calls... sort of

Ryan Paul -- 22 JUL 06

The Gizmo Project, a multi-platform VoIP service developed by SIPphone, now claims that users can make outgoing calls to landlines and mobile phones for free. The fine print tells a slightly different story, however. The feature, which supports communication with users in 60 different countries, facilitates free outgoing calls to landlines, but only to other Gizmo users......READ MORE!


Broadcom Offers Two New VoIP SoC's

ByteEnable -- 15 MAR 06

EmbeddedSAN JOSE, Calif. – (NASDAQ:BRCM) Broadcom has announced two new voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) devices for consumer applications at the Spring 2006 VON Conference and Expo at the San Jose Convention Center. The two new devices, a terminal adapter (TA) router chip and a low cost IP phone chip, can be used as standalone VoIP processors to enable leading OEMs and ODMs to create feature-rich and cost-effective TA routers or desktop IP phones for the home or small office. They can also be paired with market-leading Broadcom® 54g™ Wi-Fi® technology to create wireless versions of the same products.....READ MORE!