Tagged: VOIP
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Skype users rack up 2bn minutes per day News
05.04.2013 Skype users are now gobbling up 2bn minutes per day connecting with each other over the VoIP service, Skype owner Microsoft has announced. -
Cork County Council awards €1m wireless network contract to Exigent News
28.03.2013 Cork County Council has awarded a €1m maintenance contract to Exigent Networks, a provider of microwave wireless and data over IP systems. -
O2 to launch TuGo app that turns voice calls into a multi-screen experience News
25.02.2013 Telefónica’s O2 division in the UK will this week launch a new VoIP service called TuGo that will allow mobile users to make and receive calls on any Wi-Fi connected device... -
Skype 3.0 for Android features tablet scaling and improved sound quality (video) News
21.11.2012 The latest version of Skype for Android addresses the fact that many users now use tablets to make voice and video calls, optimising the app for use on a larger screen. -
Facebook calling: social network phone services coming to a market near you News
21.11.2012 Should mobile operators be worried that Facebook is about to muscle into the phone business or is it an opportunity to maximise data revenues? The news that Facebook is to...Tags: Telephony, Facebook, M-Commerce, Games, Skype, VOIP, Smartphones, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Orange, -
Blueface to expand into Italian market with acquisition of Kebu News
21.11.2012 Cloud-telephony provider Blueface is to expand into the Italian market as the company has acquired the business cloud-telephony provider Kebu. -
Skype for Windows Phone 8 Preview available to download (video) News
13.11.2012 Skype for Windows Phone 8 is not quite cooked yet, but while users are waiting they can download the preview version available now. -
Microsoft to wave goodbye to Windows Live Messenger in 2013, integrating with Skype News
07.11.2012 Now that it owns Skype, Microsoft is moving on from its Windows Live Messenger service. Users will be able to sync their accounts with the latest version of Skype before the...Categories: Communications -
Half of UK consumers still use a landline for international calls News
30.10.2012 Despite the growth of voice over IP (VoIP) video services like Skype and Google Hangouts, just fewer than half of UK consumers still prefer using landlines to make international... -
Skype for Windows 8 coming on 26 October (video) News
22.10.2012 Skype has revealed that its new apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT will be available alongside the launch of the new OS, featuring a new design and integration with new Windows... -
New app VoipR rewards users with free points for calls News
27.08.2012 With Skype, WhatsApp and Viber, smartphone users are spoiled for choice when it comes to communications apps that offer an alternative way to call and text. How VoipR, which... -
Skype partners with Logitech on device that makes video calls via any HDTV (video) News
03.08.2012 The new Logitech TV Cam HD connects to any HDTV via a HDMI cable to let users make video calls through Skype in high definition, directly from their television sets. -
ekit Inc acquires Irishmen’s New York company Fonepool News
11.06.2012 Fonepool, a company started in New York in 2003 by Irishmen Colman Lydon and John Dennehy, has been acquired by ekit Inc, a subsidiary of JT Global, for an undisclosed sum. -
Dublin disaster recovery firm Network Recovery acquires Barlan News
16.05.2012 Dublin-based cloud and disaster recovery firm Network Recovery, of which Digicel founder Denis O’Brien is a shareholder, has acquired the entire share capital of Barlan, an IT... -
Blueface to sell VoIP and mobile via Carphone Warehouse stores News
03.05.2012 VoIP firm Blueface has struck a deal with the Carphone Warehouse network of 83 stores in Ireland to sell its landline and mobile services. -
Blueface enters mobile business as Three’s first MVNO News
22.02.2012 Voice over IP business telecoms provider Blueface has entered the mobile space after striking an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) deal with Three. -
Will operators be happy about Skype coming to Windows Phone? News
16.01.2012 So Skype is coming to Windows Phone. That’s the buzz at the moment, but wasn’t that inevitable? I mean seriously, it’s already available on iPhones, iPads, Android and Symbian... -
12 new jobs as VoIP player Blueface invests €1m in R&D News
11.01.2012 Voice over IP player Blueface is to create 12 new jobs as part of a €1m investment into R&D that will focus on next-generation IP telephony and cloud services.