The FCC recently released a report on Universal Service which also included statistics on minutes of use (MOUs) for switched access across the PSTN. The data revealed that MOUs on the PSTN are down considerably to about 200 billion in 2011, from a peak of...
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International telephone traffic rose 5% in 2012, to 490 billion minutes, while international traffic from Internet voice and messaging services such as Skype continued “to increase at a stunning pace,” putting telcos at risk of losing the predominant place they’ve held since the invention of...
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Like all sectors within the telecom industry, the rural telecom industry is in the midst of significant transition. Both the technology and the business models it enables are changing, and rapidly. Telecom carriers of all sizes are rethinking their business and trying to build a...
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LONDON and PALO ALTO, CA, Nov. 8, 2012 — Skype today launched to the public Skype in the workspace (SITW), a new online platform for small businesses to instantly connect with potential customers, partners and suppliers across the globe. The free-to-use tool makes use of...
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Which cliché applies to free VoIP services? “There are no free lunches,” or “the best things in life are free?” Like most things, your perspective will define the answer. Some argue there are a number of costs for free VoIP services available from the likes...
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One of the benefits to consumers of competition between cable, telcoTV, and DBS is innovation. All of these telecompetitors are looking to integrate new products into their TV and broadband experience that they hope will provide some sense of differentiation and create stickyness. Case in...
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NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–T-Mobile® USA, Inc. today announced it has surpassed 1 million users of Bobsled® by T-Mobile, marking a key milestone in the growth of its universal IP communication service. Launched in April 2011, Bobsled Calling has enabled users to make free phone calls over...
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Dec. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Towerstream Corporation (Nasdaq:TWER), a leading 4G service provider and Wi-Fi network operator, and Skype have partnered together to include Towerstream’s state-of-the-art Manhattan Wi-Fi network within the Skype WiFi hotspot footprint. Skype WiFi is a convenient, one-click way...
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The Skype and Facebook platforms are becoming more tightly integrated. Today, Skype’s Rick Osterloh announced the launch of Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows, which allow users to make Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. This latest announcement builds on successful...
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You might think that running Skype is running Skype, meaning that using the pioneering audio-video Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) service is the same whether you run it on a computer, smartphone, tablet or other device, or whether you run it on a Microsoft, Apple or other operating...
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It’s official. Microsoft and Skype have concluded “negotiations of the definitive agreement” according to which Skype will now be a business division of Microsoft. The transaction is valued at $8.5 billion. Announced in May and subsequently approved by the boards of directors of both companies,...
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Skype’s roots are in peer-to-peer VoIP calling. They have since branched out into a variety of other products including video chat and increasingly, business unified communications. It’s newest product, FREETALK Connect Me, takes it back to its VoIP roots. Most Skype communications have historically come...
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