UAE VoIP Ban Remains
Bad news for VoIPrs in the UAE (United Arab Emirates): the ban on IP telephony will stay. At least, there’s no decision yet to lift the ban, except for the two licensed telecom operators, du and etislalat.
Apple iPhone Coming in 2007
CNBC TV just now announced that a Taiwanese company will be producing [...]

This is an interesting development. It’s not impossible for non-Chinese businesses to own companies in China, but no more than 2 years ago, someone with an English/ TESOL tutoring business there told me it isn’t the easiest thing. You have to have a Chinese partner. You also can’t own property outright, though you can lease [...]

A patent decision in favor of cable provider Comcast, from a suit initiated by Caritas Technologies, might give cable providers an advantage in the VoIP market. Caritas holds patents that relate to hybrid VoIP calls between IP and PSTN networks and sought to stop Comcast’s Digital Voice (CDV) offering. The District court ruled that the [...]

Question. If someone gave away free cell phones in return for your time viewing ads every time you made a call, would you want one? Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt thinks people will, and believes that as the computing power of mobile handsets increases, people will spend more time on them. Therefore, it’ll be easier to [...]

Skype recently released their 3.0 Beta for Windows version and they’re doing a bit of a push in terms of free SkypeOut promos, to supplement recent promos for France and Hong Kong. Then there was their school giveaway in September. Now they’re adding limited promos for a few countries.
Polish Promo
For two days only (weekend of [...]