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Telecom Transformation

Jeff Blumenfeld is a partner in Crowell and Moring. Jeff Ganek works as CEO for Neustar. Mike McCue co-founded Tellme Networks. James Seng serves as assistant director for the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. And Niklas ...READ»

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The Google Voice Effect -What's Your Strategy?

In the coming months, cloud-based enhanced services like Google Voice are poised to fundamentally change the landscape of the communications industry. This presents both a threat and opportunity to traditional, mobile and fixed line carriers, faced with decisions about adjusting their strategies in this new environment.READ»

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VoIP: Taking Advantage of Your Infrastructure's<br></br> Architectural Value

Integrating a Voice over Internet Protocol system into your existing infrastructure can help you cut the cost of staying connected with business partners, branch offices and employees in the field.READ»

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VoIP Crescendo

With the increasing availability of broadband Internet connection, the buzz on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has reached an all time high.READ»

Hold The Phone

Internet telephony is cheap: "The economics finally make sense." But as more and more companies are discovering, it also can let you do some nifty things. Voice over Internet protocol technology is keeping workers--in hospitals, Wall Street brokerages, law firms, even National Basketball Association franchises--connected as never before.READ»

Merrill Lynch Phones Ahead

The Wall Street giant is making a major bet on Internet-based telephony as a way to improve service and enhance flexibility. Here's a case study on the promise and pitfalls of technology-driven innovation.READ»

What Took You So Long to Call?

After years of stumbles, it looks as if Internet telephony will finally make it into the mainstream. What kept things on hold? And what lessons can be learned about championing a technology to transform a major business market?READ»

China Unicom's Long-Distance Leap

The telecommunications boom has come to a halt in the United States and Europe. But China Unicom is racing forward. As China embraces Internet-based telephony, its telecommunications future is being beta-tested in Guangzhou.READ»

Better Business through Buying

The folks in Redmond have certainly been busy. Microsoft announced last week that it was creating online versions of Windows and Office, responding to Google and Sun's OpenOffice with its own Web-based applications. It also bought a ...READ»

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FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

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Ooma: The Wonderful, Oddly-Named Phone for Google Voice

There are a few major reasons why we all don't have VOIP phones: monthly subscription fees are a big one, as is cost of equipment. But Ooma may change all of that, while adding icing to the cake, with full native Google Voice support. ...READ»

Skype Charges for Calls; Rolls Out New Plans

Beginning in the new year, Skype users who have delighted for almost 10 years in free international phone calls will have to pay. Owned by eBay since 2005, Skype plans to charge $30 a year for unlimited calls made from a computer ...READ»

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Is AT&T Right to Attack Google Voice?

The FCC is trying to understand why AT&T is fighting Google Voice. When all is said and done, will they find that AT&T is justified? Google claims that AT&T is trying to get legislators to treat Google Voice just like ...READ»

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Five Brilliant Ways to Use Google Voice

The public launch of Google's new Voice service is imminent, and it's going to change the way you use the Web (to sign up for an invitation, click here). If you're currently a beta user, you already know how flexible and robust the ...READ»

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Is 3jam Better Than Google Voice?

You've probably heard a lot about Google Voice since Apple punted it from the iTunes App Store: It's a free telephony service that allows one phone number to ring all your phones. It also lets you receive and send SMS messages on your ...READ»

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iPhone Users: Get Google Voice Back!

This morning, the tech world watched in disgust as Apple rejected Google's new iPhone Voice application from the iTunes App Store, and subsequently pulled all third-party dialer apps that allowed users to make Google Voice calls from ...READ»

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Why Is Apple Stifling Google Voice for iPhone? [Updated]

Google's amazing Voice may be changing the whole telephony game, and it's happily rocking on BlackBerrys and Android phones. But you won't see a Voice app on the iPhone, since Apple's officially killed it. Speaking to TechCrunch, a ...READ»

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Google Voice iphone Webapp Review

The Google Voice webapp is great for everyone but far-sighted blackmailersREAD»

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Google Voice Starts Singing for BlackBerrys And Androids

Google's been busy this last week or so, starting with the excitement of Chrome OS and now with Google Voice for smartphones getting its roll-out. The BlackBerry and Android apps dropped this morning, but iPhoners will have to ...READ»

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Now You Can Make Phone Calls From Twitter, Thanks to Jajah

Twitter's about to get a fascinating new tool in its social communications toolbox courtesy of Jajah: Phone calling. It's a VOIP solution that will work for anyone with a Twitter account. Does this signal a future as an extensive ...READ»

EBay Gets a Voice

On the surface, EBay's purchase of Skype seems like a return to dot-com buying frenzy. When you consider that Skype's 2005 revenue is estimated to be $60 million, $2.6 billion seems like a steep price. And why is an auction company ...READ»

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Google Voice Slapfight: AT&T, Sex Chats, and Some Hot FCC Action

Google's public policy blog admits that Google Voice blocks certain numbers. AT&T says this would be illegal were Google treated like any other telecom. But Google claims that if it doesn't engage in blocking, its service will ...READ»

The Next 10 Internet Years

Yesterday America Online announced that in the next month they will be offering VoIP, or voice over internet protocol. Such internet phone services have been much cheaper than your typical land line. Could this mean a re-emergence ...READ»

Niklas Zennstrom: Perspective

Niklas Zennstrom is CEO and co-founder of Skype. Kelly Larabee sat in on the conference, and Zennstrom called in via phone. While it was a challenge to hear much of his presentation given crowd noise in the hall, what follows is a ...READ»

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