Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 6 September 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, VoIP, Regulation
Within the last few minutes, the UK’s telecoms regulator has confirmed that voice over IP services will use the 056 prefix, and has begun a new consultation period to discuss what needs to be done to protect consumers.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 23 August 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, VoIP, Regulation
The UK’s Department of Trade and Industry is considering introducing a public database linking telephone numbers with IP addresses.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 5 August 2004 | Tagged as: Business, VoIP, Regulation
In a bid to prevent voice over IP telephony becoming a safe way for criminals to converse undetected, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to subject the technology to the same laws on eavesdropping that apply to conventional telephone calls.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 20 July 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Broadband, VoIP
Another internet service provider has broadband content ambitions – this Trojan horse is called Livebox.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 16 July 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, VoIP, Pricing
They’re not saying VoIP, they’re calling it BT Communicator – and calls from your PC cost the same as from your landline. So that’s one of the benefits removed.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 24 June 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Broadband, VoIP
US telco Qwest Communications are to launch an internet telephony product next month for business and consumers.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 18 June 2004 | Tagged as: Business, VoIP, Regulation
Law enforcement bodies are deeply worried by the spread of voice over IP services because they can’t wire tap them so easily.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 16 June 2004 | Tagged as: Business, VoIP
SkypeOut is a forthcoming service that allows Skype users to call traditional phones in 20 countries – so that’s what the business model was!
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 May 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Broadband, VoIP, Infrastructure
The broadband service joint venture with Yahoo, Yahoo BB, has been blamed increased losses. “Substantial expenses” to lure customers were sited.
Posted by Guy Kewney on 7 May 2004 | Tagged as: Broadband, Distribution, VoIP, Mobile, Wireless, Cellular
Flarion’s little-known wireless Flash-OFDM technology provides pure IP connections at speeds 1.5Mbps. The fact it provides speeds faster and lower latency than 3G may perversely be one of its problems.
