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by jeff goldman on February 15, 2010
VocalTec Communications has been selected by Kenyan ISP Wananchi Ltd. to provide triple-play services in Kenya and Tanzania under the SimbaNET and Zuku brands.
"The company did not disclose the ...
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by jeff goldman on December 24, 2009
Telefónica has acquired Jajah for $207 million.
"Reports of the sale and its price had begun to circulate several days ahead of the official announcement," writes CNET News' Josh Lowens...
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by jeff goldman on November 27, 2009
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VocalTec Communications Ltd. has been selected by Ghana-based ISP Teledata ICT for the delivery of advanced hosted PBX services.
"Implementing VocalTec's IP-Centre...
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by jeff goldman on November 17, 2009
Voxeo Corporation has raised $9 million in funding from North Atlantic Capital and the Florida Growth Fund.
"The Orlando, Fla.-based company is focused on making open platforms based on what i...
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by jeff goldman on October 15, 2009
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington this week broke the news that Skype is in negotiations to buy VoIP provider Gizmo5 for approximately $50 million.
"The purchase is part of a back-up plan to ensu...
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by jeff goldman on October 15, 2009
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I recently published an article at VoIP Planet looking at BroadSoft's planned acquisition of Packet Island, a provider of SaaS-based QoS monitoring tools for VoIP and video network...
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by jeff goldman on September 30, 2009
AT&T has filed a complaint with the FCC regarding Google Voice, contending that the service violates FCC regulations.
"The phone giant based its request on news reports that said Google Voic...
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by jeff goldman on September 26, 2009
VoIP provider Sabse Technologies, which recently purchased Jaxtr, has acquired Mobivox.
"Sabse, which is co-owned by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia, is seeking to consolidate smaller VoIP co...
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by jeff goldman on July 27, 2009
VoIP provider sipgate recently launched sipgate team, a Web-based VoIP service designed for business users, starting at $2 per user per month.
"The Web-based service replaces both phone systems a...
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by jeff goldman on June 20, 2009
This week, Network World's John Fontana broke the news that Google has reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3 in anticipation of the upcoming launch of Google Voice.
"Sources could not...
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by jeff goldman on April 23, 2009
Over at VoIP Planet, I published an article today looking at Global IP Solutions' new white paper entitled How to Select the Best Codec for HD Voice. The white paper examines the strengths of the ...
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by jeff goldman on April 11, 2009
The New York Times' Brad Stone today broke the news that Skype's founders are eager to buy the company back from current owner eBay.
"Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Sky...
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by jeff goldman on April 2, 2009
At CTIA Wireless today, VoIP-based mobile operator Zer01 Mobile announced plans to launch nationwide on July 1st of this year with its $69.99 'True' unlimited voice and data plan.
According...
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by jeff goldman on March 1, 2009
Vonage had a rough Q4 2008 - although revenue increased by 3 percent, the company's net loss increased to $41 million, and subscriber numbers decreased by 14,700.
"Wait, wasn't VoIP su...
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by jeff goldman on February 20, 2009
Skype and Nokia this week announced a partnership under which Skype client software will be integrated into nokia devices, starting with the Nokia N97 in the third quarter of this year.
"Nokia N9...
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by jeff goldman on January 24, 2009
Skydeck this week announced a new public beta of its impressive online cell phone management service, promising "your mobile phone, online."
"[It's] a new service that offers a w...
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by jeff goldman on January 1, 2009
BroadSoft this week acquired competitor Sylantro. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Broadsoft said it would continue to support Sylantro customers and even market and sell Sylantro's Mul...
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by jeff goldman on December 4, 2008
Verizon Business today announced a series of enhancements to its VoIP portfolio, including a new interoperability lab, certification of an additional Nortel IP PBX (the Nortel Communications Server 10...
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by jeff goldman on November 22, 2008
Ribbit, which was purchased by BT in July, this week launched its development platform and announced a $100,000 Killer App Challenge.
"Although the Mountain View, Calif. company makes useful a...
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by jeff goldman on November 12, 2008
Keynote Competitive Research today announced the results of its latest VoIP Service Provider Study, which compares the reliability and audio quality of eight VoIP providers (AT&T CallVantage, Comc...
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by jeff goldman on November 6, 2008
Raketu has released Version 3.0 of its VoIP client, with an improved interface as well as support for the company's new VideoCalling service.
"Raketu listened to our users suggestions around ...
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by jeff goldman on October 29, 2008
VoIP startup ooma today introduced a range of new features to its offering.
"The new features include up to nine virtual phone numbers with personal voicemail that can be set to ring on a specifi...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 23, 2008
Back in the early days of my industry experience, 8x8 was a company I was familiar with only insofar as I knew they had a Check Point firewall and I worked for the company that provided support for th...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 21, 2008
My post on GigaOM on Voice APIs brought out some interesting companies to my attention, both in the comments and privately in email. One such company is Numbr, which I knew about already and covered h...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 20, 2008
I have never been a huge fan of push-to-talk services. It doesn't speak to me, to be quite honest. However, a lot of people like the Nextel Direct Connect service-something Sprint hasn't been ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 17, 2008
In what is a move away from just selling hardware and being able to provide a complete solution, VoIP Supply has partnered with bandwidth.com in order to be able to provide business with everything th...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 16, 2008
SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy really didn't have to respond to the various speculation about why Dell chose SightSpeed as their partner for their video calling service. It was more of a surprise to ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 9, 2008
I am getting busier, or at least have less desire to muck about with new services these days. When I do take the time to try something new, it had better work right the first time without an excessive...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on June 30, 2008
I was trying to figure out why this particular announcement was news. In fact, this was discussed on Friday's Squawk Box call about 23 minutes in.
Who cares what backend services platform Gizmo5-...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on June 28, 2008
Jaduka originally released their APIs for their telephony platform over a year ago, which can easily be used to integrate with other applications. Open the platform, let the masses create their own vo...
