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VoIP Awards Announced in Parliament

Brian Turner — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:15:27 +0000

ITSPA, the VoIP industry body, announced the winners of its 4th annual awards in Parliament today. The reception took place in the House of Commons Members Dining Room and was hosted by Dr Julian Huppert MP, Vice Chair of the … Continue reading →

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Plum report shows charging for content would harm innovation

Kerry Butters — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:08:15 +0000

The BBC, Blinkbox, Yahoo, Channel 4 and Skype have joined forces to produce a report to promote the open internet. The Plum report considers the idea that content providers should pay a premium to networks in order for them to … Continue reading →

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Skype acquires GroupMe messaging service

Kerry Butters — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:05:39 +0000

Skype has announced today that it is to acquire GroupMe, a mobile group messaging service. The news comes following the earlier acquisition of the mobile video provider Qik earlier this year. The GroupMe platform provides text-based messaging and uses “innovative … Continue reading →

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Skype for iPad launched

Kerry Butters — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:35:00 +0000

Skype has released an app for its popular VoiP service for iPad, available as a free download from Apple’s iTunes App Store from yesterday. The optimised app offers a number of features designed specifically for the iPad. Full advantage of … Continue reading →

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More Android handsets now support Skype

Kerry Butters — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:56:45 +0000

Skype has today released the latest version of the client for Android users, with more devices that are now compatible. Updates to the software have also been made to address some of the known issues with phones already using Skype. … Continue reading →

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YouTube accounts for 22% of mobile traffic

Kerry Butters — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:32:10 +0000

A report published today has found that YouTube continues to be the “single most popular mobile Internet destination, accounting for 22% of mobile data bandwidth usage and 52% of total video streaming”. The report, compiled by Allot Communications, discovered that … Continue reading →

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4G – a hotly anticipated boost for the VoIP industry?

Peter Gradwell — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:12:13 +0000

Since the launch of the 4G network, set to roll out in late 2012, there has been much debate about its implementation, most recently with accusations from MPs of Ofcom trying to ‘cash in’ on the auction for mobile networks … Continue reading →

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ITSPA Launches BCP on IP-PBX hacking

Brian Turner — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:36:16 +0000

Continuing its drive to ensure industry best practice, ITSPA has launched a Best Current Practice Document (BCP) for the secure deployment of IP-PBX’s. Unsurprisingly, as the industry has grown, the targeting of VoIP installations by fraudulent operations has also advanced. … Continue reading →

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Rebtel claims 10 million VoIP users

Brian Turner — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:40:28 +0000

Rebtel announced today that it has now passed the 10 million user mark, making the claim that this makes it the biggest VoIP provider after Skype. Rebtel increased revenues by more than 120% to $40 million in 2010, and plans … Continue reading →

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IPv6: addressing a problem for VoIP

Peter Gradwell — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:30:33 +0000

‘The internet is full’ claim in this week’s national newspaper headlines comes as a result of the announcement by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) that it will allocate the last seven remaining blocks of addresses this month. The consensus, … Continue reading →

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