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T-Mobile launches Bobsled VoIP services for iPhone, iPad and Android

T-Mobile is offering its free Bobsled VoIP service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn't sell the Apple devices.
More users to opt for mobile VoIP

More mobile users are selecting mobile VoIP services
Hacker admits stealing, reselling VoIP services

Edwin Pena this week pleaded guilty to stealing and reselling an estimated $1.4 million worth of VoIP telephone services.
Leading voice encryption programs hacked in minutes

Most voice encryption systems can be tapped in minutes by installing a voice-recording Trojan on the target computer, a security researcher has confirmed after testing a range of well-known products.
Microsoft bars VoIP from Windows Mobile apps

Voice-over-IP applications will be forbidden from Microsoft's Windows MarketPlace for Mobile store, along with programs that are larger than 10MB or that change the default browser on a device.
VoIP thief caught on run in Mexico

A Miami man, on the run for more than two years after being arrested and charged with stealing and reselling VoIP services, has been caught in Mexico.
Enterprises to cut fixed-line in favour of mobile

The economic downturn means that businesses will spend less on fixed-line voice budgets, as enterprises look to mobile phones as a cheaper communications alternative, so according to telecoms analyst group Analysys Mason.
Verizon to boost unified comms in Europe

Verizon Business is set to bring its unified communications services to several more European countries, as well as expanding its existing services.
Ofcom rules that VoIP must do emergency calls

The UK telecoms regulator has, as expected, ruled that customers must be able to call the emergency services using voice over IP (VoIP).
999 calls could leave VoIP for dead

Crunch time is coming for VoIP services as demands grow for access to emergency service numbers, a VoIP hardware supplier has warned.

Latest Features

All you need to know about Google's Android

For Android to succeed, Google will have to build a head of steam behind it, and get operators and application builders to accept it.
Truphone case - T-Mobile presses the legal red button

T-Mobile has been told to connect to VoIP operator Truphone. But the implications may be much more far-reaching.
The war of indoor wireless

There's more than one way to converge indoor and outdoor phones. The Wi-Fi warriors will have to fight femtocells.
Could the enterprise beat the carriers to convergence?

Users want a single phone for mobile and office use. Carriers can't do this yet, but enterprises can pick equipment to make it happen.
UMA in femtocells - last gasp or final frontier?

The unlicensed mobile access standard hasn't taken the world by storm. So it's time for something new.
Testing VoIP for holes

VoIP is the security industry's next unexplored frontier, and it is the carriers and ISP who are its pioneers.
IMS: Panacea, or telco conspiracy?

IMS lets IP applications run on telco networks. But does it break the traditions of the Internet?
How can we make Voice over Wi-Fi work?

VoIP is great, but distributing it is tricky. Voice on Wi-Fi ought to be the answer, but work needs to be done.
VoIP may be vulnerable to barrage of threats, part 2

Unless you harden your networks and separate your voice and data traffic, this disruptive application could indeed disrupt your network.
How VoIP became dull

It's not the tech frontier any more. VoIP services are complex commercial packages like those in the mobile industry.

How-tos

How to boost VoIP and video on your network

How to manage traffic on your home network

Case Study: Managing VOIP effectively

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Case Study: What customers want in this new year (part 2)

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VoIP-News: Premise IP-PBX Checklist

This checklist organizes all of the basic information about your current situation that you'll need to effectively negotiate with a premise PBX provider - like the number of locations you have that need VoIP services, your current broadband connection details and your projected budget. With this information, you can lay out your business requirements up front, thoroughly assess trade-offs and prepare for future possibilities.
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Upgrading the Next-generation Network Part II

The second paper in this three-part series examines the drivers and benefits of Tekelec?s layer 5 SIP routing solution for next-generation networks.
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