Soft VoIP

ageet announces new Windows Vista Sidebar SIP softphone

In a press statement issued on their website today, ageet announced the first SIP softphone made specifically designed to run within the Windows Vista Sidebar.
Japan-based ageet (who don’t like upper case) have dubbed their new SIP softphone the AGEphone Gadget. The softphone resides in the Sidebar where users can place calls, receive calls and [...]


Truphone secure $24.5m funding

UK-based Truphone have secured $24.5m / £12.5m of funding led by pan-European venture capitalist Wellington Partners. The new funding is going to be used to help Truphone develop new technologies for WiFi-enabled mobiles that will enable users to make cheap internet phone calls.
Truphone are a truly disruptive force within the mobile market. Installing [...]

Jajah introduces ad-supported free calls in Europe

Jajah have announced that they are now offering free calls within some European countries via an agreement with several large European media conglomerates.
Now, if you are anything like me, you will not really be keen on the idea of ad-supported calls. Don’t freak out just yet, the ads are on the page and not [...]

Just how does Skype get round firewalls?

We’ve been hearing more and more chatter about the future of VoIP security recently. And rightly so, VoIP might be a hot topic but it seems that there is still a lot of work to do on securing VoIP calls. Vishing (VoIP phishing) is on the rise, corruption at remote call centers is [...]

Will There Be VoIP For Xmas? 7 Ways For Santa To Be Good To You

Just a fun list for you, if you’re buying stuff for a VoIP or voice tech afficionado for the holiday season.

Books. Ted Wallingford’s VoIP Hacks and Marc Collier + David Endler’s Hacking Exposed VoIP.
Plug and play VoIP service. There are many options, but Alec Saunders and VoIPGirl have repeatedly said how much they like PhoneGnome. [...]