Om Malik write on the Skype outage that ” It has been a day from hell for Skype fans and Skype, the company. The outages have impacted many. Skype’s misfortune turned out to be a boon for SIPphone.

The company saw a 400% increase in traffic this morning, with 4 times increase in sales, calls and downloads of its Gizmo Project software. “It is interesting to see that voice callers are transitory,” Michael Robertson, founder, SIPphone wrote in an email.

Meanwhile on the Skype outage front, we spoke to a Skype spokesperson and she said that the crew is working hard to get the service back by August 17th. Skype Journal is keeping tabs and says tht about 2.5 million Skypers are back online.” Source : http://gigaom.com/2007/08/16/skype-groans-sipphone-gains/#more-10036

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p-news.comInternational calling can be pricey if you go with the old-school phone company. But where the phone company fails, VoIP companies triumph.
With a variety of options that use terms …

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p-news.comInternet cafes have been popping up all over Guyana. And at many of those cafes, customers can make cheap or free phone calls via services like Packet8 and Skype.
Well, the phone company …

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p-news.comLooking to make VoIP calls from your iPod Touch? Well, you are going to need a mic…and headphones, too, probably. Fortunately, Griffin TuneBuds could be the answer to your VoIP search. …

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p-news.comHello, Vietnam. Motorola has just deployed its first trial WiMAX network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC). The company is using the trial network to test the next-gen wireless …

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p-news.comBroadband service provider Danawa Resources has deployed the Stratus ENTICE E-Rev telecommuications platform in order to increase their operations in the residential, enterprise and …

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VoIP is a technology that converts voice into data that can be transmitted via the Internet using the Internet protocol and at the receiving end, the data is converted back to voice. This allows …

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p-news.comAscom Wireless Solutions has added VoIP to the Ascom teleCARE IP solution. Intended for hospitals, the solution allows nurses to speak directly with patients when they call.
According …

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p-news.comFluke has added VoIP to Metroscope. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK.
Any Abramson has the deets on a very cool Google App for Macs that lets you bridge address books with your …

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p-news.comVoIP Managed Services is now available from Bell, the communication and information technology provider in Canada.
According to Bell:
The suite of services includes VoIP device surveillance, …

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p-news.comOfficials in the European Union are looking into carriers who are believed to be blocking VoIP on their systems. More on VoIP Watch.
Nimbuzz is blurring the lines between social network …

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p-news.comForget the traditional definition of local. Local has gone totally global. After all, that’s why a person with a San Francisco phone number can live in Philly and work in New York. …

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p-news.comThere is a new plug and play VoIP and Bluetooth stereo USB adapter from Callpod, Inc. The Drone is for both PCs and Macs. It’s made of die-cast zinc and high impact polycarbonate …

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p-news.comEvangelyze Communications has released a SmartVoIP solution with Quintum. SmartVoIP allows organizations to integrate Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange …

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p-news.comVoIP eavesdropping is a big concern, so Sipera Systems’s UCSNIFF comes none too soon. The free application allows companies to discover if their VoIP networks are vulnerable to eavesdropping. …

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p-news.comThere is still money to be raised and used in telecom and VoIP, says Andy Abramson. And he points to a recent round of fundraising to illustrate that. Read about it on VoIP Watch.
Interested …

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p-news.comVoIPshield Laboratories says that there are some serious security vulnerabilities in VoIP and Unified Communications (UC) systems that affect applications using media stream protocols …

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p-news.comSix VoIP and UC providers with top customer ratings were recognized by Nemertes Research at the recent PilotHouse awards. Exciting right? Except they put out a press release that …

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p-news.comGeeks On Call Holdings, Inc.has partnered with Tech Solutions, Inc. Geeks On Call will provide IT and VoIP support for Allstate insurance agents in the D.C. Metro area through Tech …

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Vopium, the new provider of international mobile calling via GSM and VoIP launches itself in Italy with an exciting offer that includes free 30 minutes call and 100 SMS. Vopium is now available …

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p-news.comiSkoot has raised an amazing $19 million in capital investments. Pretty darn good for an economic downturn, eh? Read about it on TechCrunch.
VoIP Watch tells us about two new players
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