Telecommunications is a growing market in the Philippines. According to the recently released Country Intelligence Report from Pyramid Research, the market is expected to grow by 5.8 percent between 2008 and 2013.
“2009 will be a difficult year for the Philippine market when measured in U.S. dollar terms, given the combined effects of the peso’s expected [...]
TS2 Satellite Technologies is connecting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with their families back home without wires or cables. The company uses WLAN network technology and a special VSAT modem.
“We were among the first telecommunications operators in satellite technology in the territory of Iraq and Afghanistan, and as such we have enjoyed successful cooperation with [...]
VoIP News of the UK has news of a new handset with touch-screen functionality from snom.
Obsessed with VoIP on the 3G network of the iPhone? VoIP Watch has info on how you *could* make it happen, if you are so inclined.
Smith on VoIP says that Apple should buy Skype … Find out why.
8×8 Virtual Office and Packet8 provider 8×8, Inc. has announced their financial operating results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008. The company showed a strong business for the period.
According to 8×8:
Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 were $16.2 million, compared with $15.8 million for the same period of fiscal 2008 [...]
AT&T Business Solutions had what they are calling “a successful fourth quarter” in 2008 thanks to new features being added to AT&T Telepresence Solution and acquiring Wi-Fi provider Wayport.
According to AT&T:
The enhancements to the AT&T Telepresence Solution, based on Cisco TelePresence technology, now provide unique multipoint functionality and highly secure intercompany capabilities that allow users [...]
Andriy Zhylenko, Chief Technical Officer for PortaOne, the global communications infrastructure company, will be presenting a conference session at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East 2009.
“Service Provider IP Telephony: Considerations” will take placeon Monday, February 2, at 12 PM in Room B211 of the Miami Beach Convention Center. The session is intended for new Internet [...]
Google Offers Tools to Detect Network BlockingGoogle has begun offering network performance-measurement tools in a bid to keep tabs on the possible throttling of Internet bandwidth by ISPs. The tools …
Is eBay looking to unload Skype? VoIP & Gadgets Blog has the speculation and dish.
VoIP News of the UK says that Fring has announced a Last.fm add on.
Andy Abramson of VoIP Watch is speculating on Skype too … and wonders what would happen if it just went away?
VoIP processing software developer TransPacific Telecom has agreed to purchase the disfunct PrepaidTel.com from Prime Companies. Prime Companies discontinued operations of PrepaidTel in 2007. Shareholders will get 15 percent of the new company.
According to te companies:
The agreement with TransPacific Telecom, Inc., the developer of award winning VOIP processing software, allows TransPacific to make the necessary [...]
Verizon Business says that they had strong demand for IP-based communications in the fourth quarter of 2008.
“Our strategic IP-based services are the essential building blocks for the integrated communications and IT solutions that Verizon Business offers worldwide,” said John Killian, president of Verizon Business. “The ongoing strong demand underscores that multinational customers see strong value [...]