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Skype for iPhone Passes 1 Million Downloads!
According to Skype, "In less than two days, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times - around six downloads every second. This is a phenomenal performance, and we're confident that it's one of the fastest-downloaded iPhone... Full Story
Posted on April 2, 2009 3:14 PM
Skype in Legal Fight with Joltid over P2P technology
Skype and Joltid Limited are in a legal dispute over Skype's licensing of Jolitid's P2P communication technology. This is news to me, since I thought Skype invented the P2P technology used in Skype. Skype's technology roots are in Kazaa, the... Full Story
Posted on April 2, 2009 2:55 PM
What Skype & Rich Tehrani Do in Vegas Stays in Vegas
I won't comment on Rich taking pictures of scantily clad women unawares. In fact, I won't comment at all. I'll just steal Rich's pictures of the Skype CTIA event party in Las Vegas. The glass pool table with the Skype... Full Story
Posted on April 2, 2009 10:14 AM
AsteriskNOW 1.5.0 Released
AsteriskNOW 1.5.0, which launched as a beta in October 2008, is now available for download at http://www.asterisknow.org/downloads. Of course, existing AsteriskNOW users can simply run "yum update" to update to the latest release. I love 'yum' for Linux systems -... Full Story
Posted on April 1, 2009 8:45 PM
How to Use Skype over 3G on iPhone
If you are looking to use Skype over 3G, look no further. I found several good tutorials online, but many of them were incomplete, so figured I'd write my own tutorial. As you probably know, Skype by default requires... Full Story
Posted on April 1, 2009 9:01 AM
Digium Launches Support Services for Asterisk
Some big news from Digium. Rich Tehrani met with them yesterday to get the inside scoop. Rich takes copious notes on his iPhone, which he sent off to me to try and write up this news. Alas, I've been... Full Story
Posted on March 31, 2009 2:39 PM
Skype for iPhone Blocked in Canada
I learned that the Skype for iPhone app is unavailable to our Canadian friends across the border in the Apple iTunes App Store. I contacted Skype for comment and their representative told me, "There are some patent-licensing issues which prevent... Full Story
Posted on March 31, 2009 11:39 AM
VoIP Defies the Bear Economy like Chuck Norris defies a 700lb Bear
An interesting report by IBISWorld, Inc. just named VoIP as the predicted #1 performer In 2009 - it even beat video games. Yet more proof that VoIP isn't dead and indeed VoIP is the one shining bright spot in... Full Story
Posted on March 31, 2009 10:42 AM
Skype on iPhone works over 3G
The Skype on iPhone application is working over the 3G data connection if you are running the beta 3.0 firmware. VoIP over the 3G cellular is clearly forbidden in the SDK rules, so it's obviously a bug on 3.0... Full Story
Posted on March 31, 2009 9:46 AM
Microsoft Roundtable is now Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station
Polycom and Microsoft today announced that "as part of Microsoft's vision to broaden the availability of Microsoft RoundTable, Polycom has licensed the right to distribute RoundTable, effective April 13, 2009." The product, renamed the Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station, will... Full Story
Posted on March 30, 2009 12:04 PM
Skype on iPhone is Official
Gigaom's Om Malik was right about Skype launching a native Skype app for the iPhone. The WSJ and CNet are confiming Om's scoop today. When I say the news hit the wires, my initial reaction was "I hope Om... Full Story
Posted on March 30, 2009 9:32 AM
IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype Review
The IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype launched just last month and IPEVO sent me a review unit to check out, which I've been testing for a few weeks. Installation Installing the IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone was a snap. Although it... Full Story
Posted on March 27, 2009 12:08 PM
Bring Out Your Dead! Wait! Skype for Asterisk is not dead!
Digium has an excellent post today titled The Rumors of Our Death discussing Skype for Asterisk (SFA) and the recently launched (beta) SkypeforSIP (SFS). There has been much discussion on the blogosphere, twitter, and elsewhere if SFS means the... Full Story
Posted on March 26, 2009 10:24 PM
trixbox 2.8 beta is out
In case you missed it, Andrew posted that trixbox 2.8 beta is available and is based on the latest version of Asterisk 1.6. Andrew, is even very complimentary over Asterisk 1.6 & Digum, which is nice to see coming... Full Story
Posted on March 26, 2009 9:54 PM
Native Skype for iPhone app coming?
Om Malik is reporting that a native Skype for iPhone app is coming next week.According to Om:A tipster -- a very reliable one -- tells me that Skype is almost ready to launch that iPhone version, perhaps as soon as... Full Story
Posted on March 26, 2009 2:46 PM
Finally! New Windows Mobile App AudioRoute Enables Earpiece for VoIP Apps
Finally a software tool called AudioRoute that can be used to route Windows Mobile audio from the earpiece speaker to the backspeaker and vice-versa. This is especially needed for VoIP applications on Windows Mobile phones.I've tested several VoIP apps... Full Story
Posted on March 26, 2009 12:16 PM
Michael Robertson Responds to OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP article
I would be remiss if I did not point out that Gizmo5's CEO Michael Robertson responded to me regarding yesterday's OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP article. I had tried to reach Michael before the article went live but was not able to... Full Story
Posted on March 25, 2009 11:11 AM
OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP - It's On Baby!
It's on! It's Gizmo5's OpenSky vs. Skype. Michael Robertson, the CEO of Gizmo5 has a post up where he compares Gizmo5's OpenSky to Skype's SkypeforSIP. It's interesting how Michael talks about open standards, mentioning .mp3, a standard which Michael was... Full Story
Posted on March 24, 2009 1:57 PM
NIC fixes VoIP for Gamers - Ok if you say so
Is it me, or this $130 NIC optimized for VoIP overkill? The idea behind this network interface card (NIC) is that it optimize packets and prioritizes games while offloading the voice processing from the CPU. According to PC World: ...at... Full Story
Posted on March 24, 2009 11:24 AM
Skype Starting to Dominate the International Long-distance pie
Skype has been taking a larger share of the international long-distance pie according to new data from TeleGeography, which just came out today.The article states:TeleGeography estimates that Skype's cross-border traffic grew approximately 41% in 2008, to 33 billion minutes --equivalent... Full Story
Posted on March 24, 2009 10:37 AM
Google Voice Meet Asterisk
Nerd Vittles has another cool Asterisk recipe that combines Google Voice, voicemail transcription (via Google Voice), free calling, and of course Asterisk. Nerd does some packet sniffing and determines that Google Voice, powered by Grandcentral, is using SIP. What's most... Full Story
Posted on March 23, 2009 11:06 AM
Skype For SIP Marries Skype and IP-PBXs
Today, Skype announced it is enabling SIP-based IP-PBX to connect to the Skype network, which will allow low-cost SkypeOut calling, receiving calls from Skype users, and receiving calls from regular PSTN phone lines. Outbound calls from IP-PBX SIP handsets to... Full Story
Posted on March 23, 2009 9:50 AM
Luca's Top 30 VoIP Leaders on Twitter list
Luca Filigheddu has a Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter post worth checking out. TMC's Rich Tehrani and I are on the list. Honestly, I haven't seriously started using twitter until the beginning of this month, so I'm just ramping... Full Story
Posted on March 20, 2009 10:52 AM
FriendCaller - Another VoIP App for the iPhone
In April 2008, I reviewed C2Call, a Java-based VoIP application that lets you make web-based P2P VoIP phone calls direct from your browser whether you're using Linux, Windows, or an Apple Mac. The company that developed C2Call claims their new... Full Story
Posted on March 19, 2009 2:25 PM
New Nimbuzz VoIP app for the iPhone and iPod touch
Nimbuzz just released their new iPhone version of Nimbuzz which also supports 3G VoIP "dial up" calling and can turn the iPod touch into an iPhone. The old version was just released into the Apple iTunes store in November,... Full Story
Posted on March 19, 2009 10:15 AM
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