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Janus Blogs, Talks About The Venice Project

Janus Friis is the man behind Skype, Kazaa and The Venice Project. He has just started to blog, revealing a few details on the future of his next ‘groundbreaking’ service; The Venice Project.
He says that while it still has it’s fair share of bugs, it will combine the best of both worlds to bring [...]


UAE Might Lift VoIP Ban

Good news for all those in the UAE. Only yesterday we reported that VoIP was banned in Dubai, but now it seems the emirates are having a change of heart.
According to a report from Zawya, the Telecom Regulatory Authority is looking into lifting the ban on VoIP that exists in Dubai and Abu Dhabi [...]

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 [...]