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Jajah and Intel deal to increase PC telephoning

Monday, August 18th, 2008 |

Jajah has made an important deal with computer chip designer Intel which will put its low cost telephone service in easy reach of consumers and potentially stop a decline in the VoIP services.

Jajah’s voice over the internet technology will be integrated into a new generation of Intel chips that include the company’s Remote Wake technology, meaning calls can be taken even when a computer is in standby mode. Cool Stuff !!!!

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7 Popular Skype Alternatives

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 |

Are you over skype? Just because you don’t find it cool enough now maybe because of its prices or vulnerabilities. There are plenty of alternatives for Skype, which you can start to use.

Gizmo Project is an open-source VoIP software that allows free calls worldwide, SIPphone.com, is a website that offering more complex, business-oriented tools that you can use with Gizmo’s protocols, including PSTN (public switched telephone network) gateways, voice mail and SIP .

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Gizmo has plenty of features like IM and you can record conversations. The rate for Gizmo Call Out is 1.9 cents per minute. It is available on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms.

Another popular PC to PC calling option is Google Talk. Google Talk Client is currently available for Windows and Blackberry devices. It does not work on Linux and Mac OS X platforms yet.

Jajah became a viral application to make free PC-to-PC VoIP calls and allows you to make 1000 minutes per month of free calls to and from landline phones. (more…)

Free VoIP solution for Mobile

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 |

Free VoIP solutionFring is a mobile application that provides free VoIP calling & instant messenger on cell phones. The recent release of fring is now available for Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 series devices. This preview release truly brings VoIP experience to Windows based Smart phones and Pocket PCs allowing you to make calls over any 3G, GPRS or Wi-Fi Internet connection.

Fring has came a long way since our previous coverage and has continued to expand its offerings. It supports a wide range of mobile devices powered by Symbian or Windows mobile platform. It is also an instant messenger which supports multiple IM service providers and protocols including MSN, Skype, Gtalk, Twitter & SIP. (more…)

DECT Based Phones now in USA

Friday, June 8th, 2007 |

005015.jpgDECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony) is a relatively new cordless telephony standard in the United States, but it has been successfully deployed in Europe from last 10 years.
not like Wi-Fi, which operates in unlicensed frequency band in the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands but DECT operates in a licensed band (1,920 MHz to 1,930 MHz).

Siemens product announcement is a significant move towards  some vendor providing an alternative to Vo-Fi (voice over Wi-Fi) in the home.

Siemens Home and Office Communications Devices this week said it is delivering an array of cordless phones–including VoIP models–based on DECT standards.

Siemens new Gigaset phones include models E450, S450 and S455, as well as new integrated VoIP devices, the S450 IP and the SX762 WLAN DSL gateway.

On the VoIP side, the S450 supports both regular telephone and IP-based service. The SX762 WLAN DSL gateway includes a wireless Internet router, an integrated ADSL2+ modem, a USB 2.0 host port, two analog phone interfaces and four Ethernet ports for networking PCs.

All the products will be shown off next week’s NXTcomm show in Chicago that begins on June17th 2007.

Free Web Conferencing

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 |

yugma.jpgYugma is a free and easy to use web conferencing service that enables people to connect over the internet. You can use Yugma for presenting sales proposals, product demonstrations, conducting training, project management, customer service, team reviews, remote support and troubleshooting, and collaboration by web communities such as Skype, Jotspot and Salesforce.com.

You can invite up to ten members and this can be increased if required. It works on both Windows and Macintosh with plans for Linux soon. Yugma is reliable and secure; adapting to organizational security models like AD or LDAP.

Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. Businesses can connect on-demand and real-time with clients, prospects or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.

India’s Govt to review Internet services policy

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 |

Trai.jpgThe Indian government is finally thinking about reviewing the current state of internet services in the country and BPO industry. They have been losing a lot of revenues due to grey market operations, second, the broadband is not taking off.

Latest is that the government has asked the telecom regulator TRAI to review the current internet services policy and come up with suitable recommendations.

In the review, the department of telecom would address issues such as large number of ISP licenses, grey market, level playing field vis-a-vis other licensed telecom services and slow growth of broadband services, as per mentioned on a report in The Financial Express. (more…)

Skype has lie detector on VoIP service

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 |

kishkish.jpgSkype has revealed that it will be including an innovative and optional lie detector feature to its popular internet telephony service.

It is termed ‘KishKish’, this software attempts to figure out whether the caller is telling a Lie by analysing the audio stream and checking for voice stress levels.

Lying causes a  ‘fight or flight’ response in humans, which makes mouth muscles tense up, which alters the pitch and tone of the voice. (more…)

Linksys Announces iPhone Family Of VoIP Solutions

Monday, December 18th, 2006 |

linksys-iphone-skype.jpgLinksys today announched its iPhone family of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions. The products include already announced Skype VoIP phones and 2 new VoIP phone products.

The new Linksys cordless Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit CIT400 with Skype comes with the handset, charger, and a Base Station that plugs into your broadband network and to the standard telephone line plug. The Handset supports SkypeOut dialing as well as your Skype contact list display.
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IBM penetrates into telecoms security market

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 |

ibm-logo.jpgIBM yesterday stepped up its efforts to woo telecoms companies with the launch of a suite of products aimed at improving the performance and security of telecoms networks.

The package is aimed at companies looking to enhance the security of increasingly popular IP-based services, such as VoIP and internet TV.

IBM’s Telecom Core Infrastructure Security Solution comprises BladeCenter servers, Tivoli security software, Netcool network management software and NarusInsight traffic monitoring software. (more…)

Open Source VoIP Application

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 |

vonalink.jpgAfter Asterisk, VONaLink is another release in the open source VoIP applications, it is developed by an Ontario-based company called Arcosoft Inc.

The company has very recently announced the launch of VONaLink TeamRecord that supports any VoIP system based on the open SIP standard including Asterisk.

As the name suggests, TeamRecord is the next generation of call recording software, designed to work with VoIP systems that operate in the company workgroup.

The greatest advantage of TeamRecord is that it enables companies to record all phone calls without installing software at each workstation. It operates on Windows XP Pro, 2003 and 2000.

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