The much talked about US$100 OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) not only has a name, 2B1, but has some fascinating features. These include being preloaded with VoIP software and the ability to form a wireless mesh network, provided one computer has an Internet connection. [via VoIP Weblog]
I think that the idea is brilliant, given how [...]
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 [...]
As had been rumoured previously, Yahoo announced it’s new fee-based VoIP services (called Phone Out & Phone In) that allows users to make and receive calls on a PC. Yahoo’s VoIP service also allows the user to call non-VoIP landline phones.
Yahoo’s Phone Out VoIP service will let users make calls from their PC to [...]
Time Warner, AOL’s parent company, have announced that they now have over 1 million paying subscribers using their cable VoIP services. 75% of subscribers also purchased cable and broadband internet services from Time Warner.
Time Warner have a “triple play” strategy where they aim to offer high speed broadband internet connections, TV and VoIP telephony [...]
AOL have launched their own VoIP package, which boasts tight integraion of existing AOL products such as email and AIM. However, the AOL VoIP package is currently limited in availability to 22.2 million AOL members in the USA. (To see if you are able to signup to this service, visit AOL Keyword: Internet Phone Service.)
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