Skype founders settle differences with eBay
US based online retailing giant eBay has settled their legal differences with the founders of the Skype service which is now owned by them.
Skype would now get the ownership of the technology that power its engine. This technology was originally licensed by eBay from Joltid which was founded by [...]
Skype Extras program discontinued
Skype has announced that they are discontinuing their Extras developers program.
The company said in a blog post:
Despite the incredible breadth of Extras developed for Skype, simply not enough people were using them to justify our continued support of the Extras programme. Unfortunately, effective today, we will shut down the Skype [...]
Belkin Skype Phones launched in India
Belkin has launched their Skype phones in the Indian market.
These Skype powered phones would allow Indian customers to make cheap international calls using their internet connections.
There are two models on sale now. One is a regular desktop model while the other one is a wireless version.
These [...]
Vonage now offering unlimited international calls in cheaper plans
Vonage Holdings has been struggling to survive in the US VoIP market which has become very competitive in the recent times.
The company is trying to expand their customer base with a newly launched package that offers unlimited international calls to more than 60 countries in a new [...]
Vonage Pro now compatible with Apple Mac
Vonage has announced the launch of their Vonage Pro service for the Apple Mac users.
This service is part of their Residential Premium Unlimited Plan which costs USD 35.
Vonage said that the service offers users unlimited local and long distance calling anywhere in the U.S., Canada and [...]
Verizon Hub VoIP based home phone launched
Verizon Wireless has launched a new home phone which uses VoIP technology to make calls.
This new product has been named Verizon Hub. It plugs into the internet line available in the house.
Verizon claims that this product can work as a family calendar, messaging center and even a digital [...]
StarHub starts offering femtocell services
Singapore based StarHub is now offering their femtocell service.
This service would enable their subscribers to use their mobile devices to make internet calls which bypasses cellular networks.
This newly launched service would cost the subscribers around US$10 a month with a one year long contract.
They would require to have a mobile-phone [...]
Asterisk is to get Skype functionality
Asterisk is one of the most popular open source PBX platforms. The developers have now announced that the platform is all set to get Skype functionality.
They would soon be releasing a beta version of Skype For Asterisk which would be an add-on channel driver module.
This module would enable the users [...]
Ribbit announces support for Salesforce.com
Internet telephony company Ribbit has announced their latest project which enables integration with Salesforce.
The company said that their latest product provides integration with Salesforce’s on-demand CRM.
Customers would be able to use their regular cell phone numbers with the service. The service uses the “conditional call forwarding” feature offered by telecom [...]
Skype to launch a $9.95/month international calling plan
Skype is scheduled to launch a new international calling plan for its users today.
This plan would cost USD 9.95 a month and would allow the users to make unlimited calls to land-line phones in 34 countries.
This plan would cover major countries including most of the European countries in [...]
