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More on FCC VoIP wiretaps

It appears that the new FCC rules to allow a backdoor for wiretapping is not going to happen without a fight. Declan McCullagh reports that The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday that it plans to file suit against the... Full Story

Posted on September 28, 2005 12:17 PM

FCC must like Groundhog's Day

The FCC once again backed off again on enforcing a deadline for broadband VoIP providers to disconnect all customers who haven't acknowledged the e911 limitations. The decision to delay the enforcement came yesterday, just a day before the deadline would... Full Story

Posted on September 28, 2005 9:06 AM

FCC requires some broadband and VoIP Providers to accommodate wiretaps

I must have missed the FCC's announcement 3 days ago that the FCC was going to require certain broadband and VoIP Providers to accommodate wiretaps. The 59-page FCC report is a bit lengthy for me to digest today, so maybe... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2005 6:27 PM

Skype v1.4 Released (soon)

Skype is releasing the new version of Skype for Windows v1.4 later this week, codenamed Aviator. Skype for Windows v1.4 is still in beta, but will be released as official public version later this week. Skype told me, "We have... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2005 2:40 PM

Rich Tehrani quoted in the Economist

Rich was quoted in the Economist (premium content) regarding the Skype/eBay deal. Here's an excerpt of the article since it requires a subscription: (Update, found the entire article here)That is because Skype can add 150,000 users a day (its current... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2005 11:47 AM

IPdrum launches

IPdrum will hold its official product launch of IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable - a product that enables Skype enthusiasts to make and receive Skype calls over the GSM network. The IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable connects Skype to a mobile telephone... Full Story

Posted on September 20, 2005 12:10 PM

AOL TotalTalk

It would appear that AOL is going after the broadband VoIP market with a product called TotalTalk to be rolled out October 4th- look out Vonage and Skype! I should point out that AOL rolled out TotalTalk in Canada awhile... Full Story

Posted on September 20, 2005 11:32 AM

Microsoft vs. Google the Tit-for-Tat war

Two days ago I pondered whether Google would acquire Technorati or finally build their own blog search engine. Just a few hours later from this post, Google announced Google Blog Search. Actually, I planned it that way! ;) Of course,... Full Story

Posted on September 15, 2005 12:42 PM

Chril Pirillo on GoogleTalk, eBay/Skype and other IM stuff

Eric Lagerway, formerly of Xten emailed me with an interesting podcast/interview he had with Chris Pirillo.Eric writes: I wanted to get Chris Pirillo's feedback on some recent events including GoogleTalk, eBay/Skype and the proprietary IM scene. We had some great... Full Story

Posted on September 14, 2005 4:33 PM

Verso Technologies blocks Skype

Verso Technologies, Inc. today announced the introduction of its new carrier-grade application filter, which enables carriers to restrict peer-to-peer traffic, including Skype calls, P2P messaging, streaming media and instant messaging. Sound familiar?Packeteer is another company offering the capability to not... Full Story

Posted on September 14, 2005 3:04 PM

eStara's take on the eBay Skype deal

eStara has been in the online click-to-call business longer than just about anyone. They have some perspectives on the eBay-Skype deal via their news release that is interesting.Funny, I actually just remembered I theorized along with skibare that eBay would... Full Story

Posted on September 13, 2005 4:09 PM

Jabber SimpleAE and myJabberAE softphones

Some news to share confirming TMCnet's scoop on Jabber offering a softphone client and now we have a face to go with the name Actually, we now have a name to go with the product - Jabber's VoIP client is... Full Story

Posted on September 12, 2005 1:39 PM

U.S Robotics forays into VoIP

U.S. Robotics, announced today that it will enter the $493 million Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment market during the fourth quarter of 2005. Initial roll out of the first products is scheduled for October. U.S. Robotics has always been... Full Story

Posted on September 12, 2005 10:30 AM

eBay and Skype a done deal

Rumors were laid to rest when eBay announced that it plans to acquire Skype by paying $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock. It also has performance encentives in the deal that would make a later payout of... Full Story

Posted on September 12, 2005 8:57 AM

Jabber to enter the softphone market

Remember the new open-source softphone I recently promised would announce its plans very shortly? In my prior blog post I mentioned I didn't want to steal TMCnet's Robert Lui's thunder, since he had the scoop on this story. Well, Robert... Full Story

Posted on September 9, 2005 12:19 PM

eBay buys Skype?

Greg Galitzine blogs about a WSJ report that claims eBay plans on buying Skype for between $2 and $3 billion.Quoting Greg who cites the WSJ: One of the unnamed sources in the Journal story said that “eBay was keen on... Full Story

Posted on September 8, 2005 8:26 AM

Global IP Sound to announce video product

In a few weeks Global IP Sound (GIPS) will unveil a new product to complement the GIPS VoiceEngine Suite called VoiceEngine Multimedia. This will add high-quality video capabilities to the VoiceEngine product line. It's a natural extension to GIPS' renowned... Full Story

Posted on September 1, 2005 4:19 PM

VoIP spells doom for calling card business?

I haven't used a calling card since my parents gave me one for college (to avoid my college's exorbitant per/minute fees), and I would have figured with unlimited cell phone plans, unlimited broadband VoIP plans (Vonage, Lingo, etc.), as well... Full Story

Posted on September 1, 2005 8:30 AM

Skype gateway to PBX

Here's an interesting Skype solution that lets you integrate your PBX with Skype/SkypeIn,SkypeOut so you can use Skype for your trunk lines to save money. I actually found this on TMC's VoIP forums. Here's a description of the product carried... Full Story

Posted on August 30, 2005 12:11 AM

Dissecting Google Talk with packet sniffer

As I mentioned to James Seng in a comment I posted to his Google Talk post Google Talk isn't using SIP (yet). James confirmed my packet capture analysis of Google Talk with some sniffing of his own, which you can... Full Story

Posted on August 26, 2005 1:53 PM

Google Talk supports SIP, what does Skype do now?

Now that Google has announced plans to support SIP in Google Talk and plans to "federate" with third-party providers including Sipphone's Gizmo Project and Earthlink's Vling, where does this leave Skype? Skype up to now has been able to... Full Story

Posted on August 24, 2005 5:47 PM

Google Talk Just a "Me too" product - for now

In yesterday's blog post, I wrote about Google Talk's impending launch today. I tried to test Google Talk as quickly as I could and blog my testing experiences here. Further, yesterday I pondered, "...the ability for Google Talk to do... Full Story

Posted on August 24, 2005 2:12 PM

Google Talk

After all the talk about Google VoIP, all the theories about what Google's purchase of tons of dark fiber means, all my prognostications on Google VoIP, it finally appears that Google is going to have a VoIP offering called Google... Full Story

Posted on August 23, 2005 12:09 PM

Skype Blocking

"Skype blocking" may become a more prevalent issue in the near future, especially in developing countries or in countries with government-run telecom companies such as China that have much more to lose. Blocking Skype isn't just about government control and... Full Story

Posted on August 15, 2005 10:18 AM

PhoneRanger 2.0 Review

Drew Robertson over at PhoneRanger was kind enough to send me a PhoneRanger 2.0 USB wireless headset that works with any VoIP client, including Skype, Xten, SJPhone, etc. Drew actually sent the unit to me back in May, but... Full Story

Posted on August 11, 2005 11:47 AM