General

Dubai Bans VoIP

GulfNews report that Dubai have banned VoIP, making them the latest emirate in the UAE to ban internet telephony.  From my point of view this is a strange decision to make considering Dubai is marketing itself as a hub for international trade and tourism.
Because of the incredible growth seen recently in Dubai, many of the [...]


How Carriers Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love VoIP

Phone Boy writes Why we care about UMA. UMA, or Unlicensed Mobile Access, has the feature that, with a dual-mode Wi-Fi/ cellular phone, conversations can be passed seamlessly from one network to the other. If a UMA mobile phone is designed properly, it always seeks for a Wi-Fi connection with higher priority. True UMA dual-mode [...]

Top 10 Reasons To Use VoIP

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about why I should use VoIP because there’s no point being a VoIP evangelist and not knowing why! So I got to thinking about it and came up with this list of 10 reasons why you should use VoIP. I think it’s handy to have an answer [...]

TV Messenger: Caller ID For TV

Are you lazy? Like, really really lazy? Then the TV Messenger might be the device for you. Basically you hook your telephone into the jack and plug the TV Messenger into your TV.
Now when someone calls you can see who it is on the screen. It costs $110 and is available [...]

5 Ways To Save Money Using VoIP

If you’re like me, you’ll have had a few people ask about VoIP. Of course they don’t call it VoIP, instead they’ll ask about Vonage after seeing an advert in the paper. Or maybe they’ve heard about a friend who has been saving money with their internet phone and they want to know [...]