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Dec31
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Vonage brings the year to a close with yet another patent settlement. The agreement involves a limited cross license to three Nortel and three Vonage patents. Earlier this month, Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel filed a lawsuit against Vonage claiming it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and 411 calling, and click to call. At the time the suit was filed a Nortel spokesman said the lawsuit countered claims made by Vonage that Nortel had violated three of its patents. Vonage Holdings entered the legal battle after it acquired three patents from Digital Packet Licensing last year, a Vonage spokesman said at the time. Digital Packet Licensing filed a suit against Nortel in 2004, alleging violation of those three patents, so Vonage continued with the lawsuit. Vonage has settled 3 other patent lawsuits this year with Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T. The lawsuits had been plaguing Vonage and made existing and prospective customer leery of Vonage’s ability to remain in business in the long term, especially after VoIP provider SunRocket suddenly shut down its service this past summer and left its customers without service.
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Dec27
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Montclair State University in New Jersey are has a new requirement for its students. It’s not a new English or Math class; it’s that the public university will require all students to have a cell phone. 'School Phone' -- as...
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Dec26
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Even with recent improvements in technology, VoIP phone users in the U.S. are still experiencing significant sound quality and audio delay problems, according to a recent study by performance monitoring company, Keynote Systems. The study measured 12 major VoIP and digital...
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Dec21
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Some cell phone carriers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Alltel will be turning off their analog networks starting Feb. 19, 2008. It's the end of the nationwide network that launched the U.S. wireless industry 24 years ago. The Federal Communications Commission...
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Dec20
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American consumers are growing increasingly comfortable with the idea of viewing tv programming on computers and mobile phones instead of a standard TV set, according to new research by ChoiceStream. The survey, entitled “Video Trends in TV and Online Video,” found...
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Dec19
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Skype has announced long awaited enhancements to the quality of its video calls, but only for users of certain new webcams from Logitech. The enhanced video runs at 30 frames per second, double the frame rate of Skype's usual 15fp,s and...
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Dec18
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The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a rule today that would allow more consolidation of local media ownership in the nation's largest cities. The FCC is pursuing this course despite a fresh threat of a legislative action by...
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The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a rule today that would allow more consolidation of local media ownership in the nation's largest cities. The FCC is pursuing this course despite a fresh threat of a legislative action by...
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Dec17
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Alltel is unveiling a new feature that uses voice-recognition software to allow it’s cellular phone customers to receive their voicemail messages as text messages. Fees for the service start at $4.99 for 20 voicemail conversions a month and go up to...
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Dec14
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A growing number of American cell phone users are ditching their traditional land line telephones, and almost to a quarter of current landline subscribers would consider going wireless only, according to a recent report by In-Stat, a communications technology research...
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Dec12
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VoIP has made great strides over the past couple of years, but it's not ready to take over the world just yet. Sipera Systems, a leading VoIP security firm, today revealed its list of top 5 VoIP vulnerabilities in 2007....
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Dec11
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AT&T said Monday it has switched on its high-speed backbone network, which it claims will transmit data traffic across the country four times faster the current backbone. AT&T has begun placing traffic on its so-called ultra-long haul network, which boasts...
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Dec10
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A few months ago I reviewed a cordless Wi-Fi phone from Panasonic that let’s you make Skype calls off of your computer. For Skype users this is a great product, but it comes at a steep price of about $300. ...
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Dec 7
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Last week Verizon Wireless made a surprise announcement that it would be ending it’s “walled garden” approach to the handsets it lets work on it’s network. In an industry first, Verizon said it would allow any CDMA compatible phone to...
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Last week Verizon Wireless made a surprise announcement that it would be ending it’s “walled garden” approach to the handsets it lets work on it’s network. In an industry first, Verizon said it would allow any CDMA compatible phone to...
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Dec 5
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Comcast, the largest cable television company in the country, said it expects to lose video customers in 2008 as competitive and economic pressure mounts. The comments came from Comcast CFO Michael. "When we see a little bit of a rise...
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Dec 4
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The Yankees and Twins haven't swapped any players, but AT&T and Verizon are swapping small parts of their wireless businesses. The two wireless service provider giants have agreed to trade licenses, network assets and subscribers in an effort to help...
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The Yankees and Twins haven't swapped any players, but AT&T and Verizon are swapping small parts of their wireless businesses. The two wireless service provider giants have agreed to trade licenses, network assets and subscribers in an effort to help...
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Dec 3
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You better not let your cell phone battery run out. The ubiquity of wireless devices has made pay phones obsolete. That’s according to AT&T Inc., which said on Monday it’s getting out of the pay phone business by the end...
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