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Article | 27/05/2010 Vidyo brings smartphones into videoconferences

Videoconferencing company Vidyo has extended its SDK to the Android and Moblin mobile software platforms so users of smartphones and tablets can virtu...

Article | 5/05/2010 Microsoft launches unified comms client for Nokia phones

Nokia and Microsoft on Wednesday announced the availability of Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia, a unified communications client for Nokia's Es...

Article | 3/05/2010 Conroy set to stop telemarketing calls for five years

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that he will extend the registration period ...

Article | 6/05/2010 Skype slashes rates for international wireline, wireless calls

Skype this week will start offering plans to let users call international wireline and wireless phones at significantly lower rates than its current p...

Article | 28/04/2010 A sneak peek at BlackBerry 6 OS

Following yesterday's announcements of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis gave WES 2010 attendees a quick pr...

Article | 15/04/2010 Engin ignites bundled VoIP plans

Local VoIP provider Engin has introduced three new bundle plans. Dubbed VoIP Ignition, the plans are available for $69, $89 and $109 per month and inc...

Article | 7/04/2010 iPad as giant phone? Not with Skype

So you're holding off on the iPad for the 3G version that arrives in a month, dreaming of placing VoIP calls from anywhere as an alternative to your p...

Article | 17/03/2010 engin offers VoIP phone systems for Australian SMBs

Broadband telephony company engin is offering hosted VoIP phone systems for small to medium businesses throughout Australia in a partnership with Harr...

Article | 17/03/2010 Open-Xchange adds integration with VoIP

Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange has integrated VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and social networking sites in the latest ve...

Article | 13/02/2010 Skype move to Verizon expected soon

2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Skype. A few weeks back, spokesperson Peter Parkes confirmed the company's VoIP iPhone App would soon be able...

Article | 8/02/2010 Patent office to review VoIP patent

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review a controversial patent issued in 2001 that is claimed to cover much of the technology underl...

Article | 30/01/2010 Cisco offers olive branch to videoconference rivals

Cisco Systems has gotten the ball rolling toward interoperability among all high-end videoconferencing platform by licensing the Telepresence Interope...

Article | 21/01/2010 Skype video goes multipoint with ViVu plug-in

Startup ViVu has released a software plug-in for Skype that allows the popular Internet calling service to be used for multipoint videoconferencing.

Article | 19/01/2010 Skype fixes bugs in upgraded iPhone application

Skype has released the latest version of its application for the iPhone, adding new features and fixing a couple of annoying bugs that hung up calls.

Article | 14/01/2010 Tech tools tell the story of earthquake in Haiti

The worst earthquake to hit the Caribbean in 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Haitian Capital of Port-a...

Article | 12/01/2010 Skype and LifeSize may have HD video compatibility soon

Skype is introducing high-definition video calling that it plans to make interoperable with corporate videoconferencing gear, so individuals could joi...

Article | 8/01/2010 MagicJack harnesses femtocell for VoIP

MagicJack is demonstrating a device near the International Consumer Electronics Show this week that it claims will let consumers make VoIP calls using...

Article | 7/01/2010 CES: Cisco readying home telepresence trials in US

Cisco this week said it will trial a home telepresence service in the United States this spring with Verizon, and in France later this year with Franc...

Article | 5/01/2010 Skype video calls go high-definition

Skype users can now make high-definition video calls as long as they have an HD webcam and sufficient bandwidth and processing power, Skype said on Tu...

Article | 8/12/2009 China warns of Skype phishing, shuts offending domain

China's cyberthreat response group Monday warned local Skype users about phishing scams being carried out through the chat program, in a show of ongoi...