Vonage Tops Poll Of Canadian VoIP Users

Vonage beat off stiff competition to take top spot in a recent poll of Canadian VoIP users in Digital Home Canada magazine.
Digital Home found that out of the 554 readers who returned a vote,60.5% did not currently subscribe to any VoIP providers while 39.5% did. Out of the voters who did subscribe to a [...]


BellSouth Launch Digital Phone Service

BellSouth have launched their own VoIP service for residential customer called BellSouth Digital Phone Service in Gainesville, FL. Although currently only available in the Gainesville area, BellSouth Digital Phone Service will be rolled out to more areas in the next few weeks.
The Digital Phone Service includes several features including voicemail, caller ID and call [...]

Yahoo VoIP Could Go Mainstream

Safa rashtchy, an analyst working for Piper Jaffray, has maintained his “outperform” rating after Yahoo announced it’s recent VoIP service. Yahoo will be competing head on with Skype and Vonage in the rapidly growing VoIP marketplace.
Rashtchy said that although the Yahoo VoIP service is similar to Skype’s in many ways, it differs in one [...]

BT Taking On Skype In UK With Revamped VoIP Service

BT has said that it intends to tackle VoIP powerhouse Skype head on with a revamped lineup of VoIP products and services. BT, the UK’s largest telecoms provider, has lagged behind Skype in recent years.
Skype have undercut BT tariffs to overseas destinations and customers have been flocking to Skype in their thousands to take [...]

VoIP 911 Calls Standard Approved

There has been a lot of talk recently about problems with VoIP and emergency 911 calls.
However, the boards of directors of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) in the United States has this week approved a standard that will see VoIP calls routed through a traditional exchange before connecting with the local dispatch center.
The new [...]