Solomon's VoIP World

Asus Launches Touch AiGuru SV1T

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:47 PST

Asus, popular laptopmaker, has launched a Skype-certified touchscreen videophone that is whole purpose in life is video calling over the internet. The device also known as Touch AiGuru SV1T let users make unlimited video calls for free to other Skype users without the need for a PC while landline numbers can also be called with enough Skype credit. The Asus Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T features

Comcast Announces DOCSIS 3.0 wideband in Colorado

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:55 PST

Spreading its tentacles of DOCSIS 3.0 wide-band to include more coverage area, Comcast has announced that Colorado is the latest area of its coverage. This was made known following the launch of this high speed service during which the company announced that its two fastest tiers are immediately available in more than half of the Denver metro area. Comcast is engaged in an aggressive deployment

Qwest to Offer High Internet Speeds

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:29:54 PST

In its bid to offer quality and reliable services, Qwest, a tier 1 telcom service provider in the US has revealed plans to offer high internet speed across some of the areas within its network coverage. This became necessary when the company realized the need to attract more customers to its service is the key to their success and one of the ways of achieving this is by improving on their

TWC Now offers Cable TV

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:28:25 PST

Time Warner Cable Business Class, the business-to-business arm of Time Warner Cable, has announced that it will be expanding the company’s commercial services division to include cable TV to the services available for sale through its indirect channel. With this new addition, agents in the TWCBC Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses the triple play — Internet, phone and TV .

Managed Router Solution for Internet Access Now Available at Verizon Business

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:27:15 PST

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, and a provider in communications and IT solutions, today announced that they ate offering SMB customers a cost-effective solution that gives them the secure Verizon Internet access they need coupled with 24 x 7 proactive router monitoring and management. The new service is the latest in a series of enhancement Verizon Business is rolling out for

AMD Releases ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:25:30 PST

It looks like AMD is set to stiff competition with Intel, following a successful run of its Super-Powerful ATI Radeon HD 5870. The HD 5870 is a good deal longer than its predecessor, standing a full 11 inches, or 28cm in length, and will take up a nominal two PCI expansion slots on your motherboard. on the back of the card there are both HDMI and DisplayPort connectors, in addition to a pair of

Telcan Offers Unlimited Calls to India

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:08:09 PDT

Telcan is claiming to offer unlimited VoIP calls to India and that these offers are the cheapest way to call India with a full range of user option features designed to make long-distance and international calls as convenient and economical as possible. Let us find out if what they are claiming really worth trying. Telcan.com is a VOIP service provider that gives unlimited calls at $29.99 a month

Verizon Shuts Down Wireless Hub VOIP Phone Services

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:52:23 PDT

Verizon Communications Inc has eventually announced the closing down Wireless Hub VOIP Phone Service and it is very unfortunate for them that this service never took off as a residential phone service. The Hub was an interesting concept in home VoIP service that fell victim to a silly monthly fee structure of $34.95 per month, up front cost of hundreds of dollars, and a requirement that users

i2Telecom Get Rebranded as Geos Communications

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:49:58 PDT

In a bid to establish itself more firmly in the VoIP market, i2Telecom has rebranded its name and it will be taking on with a new identity known as Geos Communications. i2Telecom International, Inc. is a leading developer of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality mobile applications, products and services that employ best-of-breed VoIP technology and use a combination of the Company's

Improved Ooma VoIP Phone Now Available

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:48:29 PDT

Aiming at improving its service and offer more free call access to its loyal customers, Ooma has upgraded its Oooma VoIP phone Telo and its comes with improved features that would keep customers hooked to their services. The big new feature of the Telo is its DECT 6.0 support for working with the upcoming Ooma Telo Handset which will be out next month for $50. Since this is Ooma, all local and

AT&T Confesses to FCC about Blockage of VoIP

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:47:44 PDT

AT&T has eventually admitted to the fact that it prevents VoIP callings from reaching its network. The mobile carrier made this confession while fielding questions from the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The company argued that it became necessary for them to prevent VoIP on its network to enable the company to realize profit from its current voice plans. According to xG Technology,

Skype and ShoreTel Inc Now Interoperable

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:46:49 PDT

Skype has tapped Unified Communications (UC) provider ShoreTel Inc. as the first partner for its enterprise-focused Skype-for-SIP offering. The companies announced a deal today to allow ShoreTel’s 11,000 customers to register for the beta version of Skype for SIP, a PBX-centric product targeted at small- and medium-sized businesses. The certification means that organizations using Shoretel's

New Skype Virus Discovered

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:45:22 PDT

A new "Trojan horse" virus that records Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls through the popular Skype service has been discovered. This wiretap Trojan, according to security firm Symantec Corp. does not target a particular vulnerability in Skype but instead, it hooks into parts of the Windows operating system that handle audio processing. Then it intercepts all audio data coming from Skype

Clearwire Communications Launches CLEAR 4G WiMAX Innovation Network

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:29:15 PDT

“Our goal is to harness the concentration of developer talent in Silicon Valley and accelerate the pace at which these disruptive services are being developed.” These were the words of John Saw, CTO of Clearwire on the occasion of the launch of CLEAR 4G WiMAX Innovation Network in Silicon Valley and it is expected that this would serve as an application test environment. With this new application

Craigslist Offers Free iNumber

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:47 PDT

These days, small businesses don't necessarily have to lose out to big businesses anymore in terms of reaching out to prospective customers and widening their client pool. With toll-free virtual phone numbers and PBX, small businesses can inflate their image and level the playing field with the bigwigs. One of the coolest ways of going about this is the use of the Craigslist's service of Virtual

Unlimited Calls to India offered by Telifu

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:03:23 PDT

You have probably used the service of a VoIP provider to call India, one thing you would notice is the host of number of such providers claiming to offer unlimited calls to this destination. One of such providers is Telifu, a USA based providers which claimed that its unlimited calls to India is unparalleled. Let us review their offers and see if what they are claiming is indeed true. One

Google Voice May Acquire Ringplus

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:08 PDT

There is indication that Google Voice is going to take over the administration of RingPlus to enable the former increase its VoIP based services. This rumor came about the time Google Voice is gaining more popularity in the VoIP world and acquiring RingPlus is going to definitely be a plus to the company. Ringplus offers access number based service with free calls to USA and lot of international

Sequans and Hellosoft Unite Over WiMAX VoIP CPE Solution

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:47:20 PDT

Sequans Communications is one of the leading companies when it comes to WiMAX chipmaker and the company has recently form a collaboration with Hellosoft by integrating VoIP media engine from HelloSoft Inc. into its recently-launched SQN1220 chip. By integrating HelloSoft's HelloMediaEngine, Sequans claimed it simplifies and accelerates the development of VoIP CPE (Customer Premises Equipment).

New Nonoh Superdeals - Lower call rates to several destinations

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:39:15 PDT

Betamax recently released new superdeals for their nonoh voip service. They claimed its too good to pass and have been blasting their users with e-mails. Below is the details of the new superdeals: Bosnia Herzegowina Fix 6,5 ct/min Bulgaria Mobile 19 ct/min Chile Mobile 2 ct/min Indonesia Mobile 2 ct/min Lithuania Fix 3

Sipgate Announces the Launch of New Business Phone for Us

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:09:00 PDT

Sigate is a well known name when it comes to VoIP web-based services in the US and of recent the company has announced the launching of a new “Team Edition” of their US telephony service. This service is wholly web-based and would be replacing both phone systems and phone lines, this would permit small and mid-size companies to move their corporate phone service to the cloud. With Sipgate team,

CTI Partners with CommPartners Over SmartRecord IP Hosted VoIP

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:55:41 PDT

With a view to providing hosted VoIP call recording, via SmartRecord IP, to the small and medium sized business (SMB) markets, CTI Group (Holdings), Inc. has entered into a partnership with CommPartners Connect. This became necessary when CTI realized that there is a need to take their solution, SmartRecord IP, to a higher level by providing it with the very best backbone possible in order for

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noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:54:45 PDT

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Free and unlimited calls to US and Canada for 4th of July Weeked

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:35:24 PDT

Locaphone is offering free and unlimited calls to USA and Canada to all of its new and existing customers during the 4th of july weekend. Calls made to these countries from any country in world will be completely free and can be for as long as you want. This offer starts from midnight on Saturday morning on the east coast of Canada and last until the end of Sunday in Alaska. This is their way of

Nonoh cuts rates for some destinations

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:06:45 PDT

Nonoh users can now pay less to call some destinations than they used to. Betamax decided recently to reduced the rates for these destinations. The affected destinations and the rates are as follows: Ghana Fix 3,5 ct/min Iran Mobile 8 ct/min Malaysia Mobile 1,5 ct/min Mauritania Mobile 10 ct/min Panama Mobile

Free International Calls to Several Countries from Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Solomon) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:28:47 PDT

A lot of companies are already offering access number based voip calls whereby a user dial a local number, enter the international number they wish to call and get connected to that number. These services enables users to make international calls at local rates or free ( if there local call are free or included in their unlimited plan) to several countries around the world. For this service to