The telephone regulators of European Union (European Union) have pitched for uniform rules and regulations on VoIP usages through out the 27 member nations.
The decision to frame harmonized VoIP rules is under consideration in the wake up reluctance to offer emergency calling facilities by certain VoIP service providers.
AOL has launched its AIM Calling Out service, using which the customers can make international calls to nearly 200 countries from their landline or mobile phones. It is of course a paying service and applicable to non-American customers only. Check out how much you need to pay for a per-minute call.
The wait is almost over. Huchison 3G or 3 has officially launched the keenly-waited Skypephone dubbed as 3 Skypephone in UK. Skypephone means built-in Skype functionality. Thus, as said earlier, the device must simplify the use of Skype VoIP. There is no doubt.
Hopefully every PlayStation lover knows that PSP is getting Skype in late January and if you don’t then you aren’t a fan enough. Anyhow, news is that here are pics of Skype on PSP (touted to be first ones).
And hey along with Skype Sony is offering USB microphone that can be (have to be) used with Skype. This will cost $25 - $40 (hopefully with Mic included)
Via: NewsInside
PlayStation Portable or PSP will get Skype support soon. Whether it is good or bad for PSP owners is difficult to predict given the advantages and disadvantages of this communication software program.
The definite advantage that gamers of popular games on PSP will enjoy is that now more gaming community networks will be setup centered on a particular game with more prompt voice interaction. If the video conferencing feature of Skype is included then there will be more fun with gamers actually getting the opportunity to see the facial expression of their fellow players who so long was satisfied with their avatars.
Skype has been widely criticized for distributing bugs even fooling the seeming most secure firewalls. I hope PSP manufactures keep in their mind this problem before integrating Skype into their device.
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Philip Zimmermann hardly needs any introduction. The name is very much familiar in the VoIP world. He has developed the most popular VoIP encryption protocols like ZRTP and Zfone. He is now working with Atelier to bring secure VoIP services for Symbian smartphones in line with his Zfone software.
The Zfone software can automatically encrypt voice calls made over the Internet and turn Symbian smartphones into secure crypto phones. It will also ensure privacy of your voice communication by checking wiretapping or eavesdropping.
Raketu has liberated its users from PCs. The Skype-killer has just launched a SMS-Text Driven VoIP service; the service essentially marks a new wave of mobile VoIP communication where the users simply need a mobile device to make VoIP calls without depending upon PC or internet connection.
It is indeed a unique proposition for Raketu to leverage their strong presence in MVoIP market. The SMS-Text Driven VoIP as it appears will enable users to make VoIP calls with their mobile phones which are capable of sending messages to other devices.
The users can make national and international calls without leaning over PC or internet connection. Previously, the Raketu customers used to do VoIP calls either from PC to phone and vice versa.
Greg Parker, President of Raketu elaborates,
The word ‘Free’ is always fascinating in the VoIP world. If it were not, we would have missed the free players after the stunning debacle of several free service providers in the market.
In a significant development, Vonage has settled down the two years old patent dispute with Sprint Nextel and agreed to pay nearly $80 million. They have now reached out a new agreement under which Vonage would use Sprint patents for its VoIP services.
It is over now. Vonage has finally ended its bitter legal battle with Verizon Communications and agreed to pay the specified amount to be decided by the US Appeals court. If the court drops the injunction on two VoIP patents, then Vonage will pay Verizon $80 million, otherwise it must pay $117 million.
In any case, the high voltage drama, which at once threatened the existence of Vonage, is heading towards settlement. It is good for Vonage in particular and VoIP in general. After all, Vonage is one of front-runner residential VoIP providers in USA with more than 200 million customers. The patent dispute has somewhat affected these customers.
Vonage settled two legal disputes with Klausner Technologies and Sprint Nextel in recent months. The residential VoIP provider has reached out an agreement to use Klausner’s patents relating to voicemail services. It has also agreed to pay some $80 million to Sprint Nextel as part of the settlement. In return, Sprint Nextel has granted more than 100 VoIP patents to Vonage.
