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Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Cheaper Pricing Plans
If those ATT and Verizon Wireless television commercials were fighting words, the fight may now have really begun with the announcement that Verizon has cut rates on its wireless plans, effective Monday.The company’s nationwide unlimited voice plan has been slashed from $99 all the way down to $69.99 per month. …(188 words) Related Topics: cheap,... »
Data Revenues Will Push Mobile Biz Past $1 Trillion
The growing popularity of smartphones and high-speed wireless broadband networks are proving to be two major catalysts for the wireless industry. As a result, expect its revenues to barrel past the $1 trillion-mark by 2013, says Informa Telecom’s & Media, a London-based market research group. That compares to revenues of $208 billion in 2008... »
Verizon Wireless Rolls Out Cheaper Pricing Plans
If those ATT and Verizon Wireless television commercials were fighting words, the fight may now have really begun with the announcement that Verizon has cut rates on its wireless plans, effective Monday.The company’s nationwide unlimited voice plan has been slashed from $99 all the way down to $69.99 per month. …(188 words) ... »
Now Call India at 0.039 cents Cheapest Ever Calling Rate to India
Welcome to The New Year 2010. We expect more revolution in VOIP and long distance calls in 2010. It seems VOIP companies are all set to lower calling rates to India. Today we got a amazing offer… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide. Related Topics:... »
T-Mobile drops @Home VoIP service
T-Mobile has announced that they will no longer be offering their land-line replacement service @Home which allowed customers to make wireless VoIP calls over their home broadband connection. Users of the service could make calls from their mobile phones by connection to T-Mobile’s @Home HiPort wireless router–allowing for unlimited nationwide VoIP calls for $9.99... »
MagicJack ‘femtojack’ uses mobile phones to make VoIP calls
The people behind MagicJack, a plug-and-play VoIP device, have recognized the trend of consumers cutting their traditional landline voice connections like much of the telecom industry and have updated their offering to reflect that. MagicJack’s original offering was a USB device that came with a phone jack–plug your regular landline phone into the MagicJack,... »
Guide: VoIP on-the-cheap with Asterisk
Ars Technica offers a detailed guide to VoIP using Asterisk. It starts with a primer on what VoIP is all about and then digs down into how to get things done with Asterisk. Article Related Topics: Asterisk, business, cheap, VoIP »
What Palm Needs to Do to Bounce Back
The last few weeks have been dominated by speculation over two things: the Google Phone and the Apple tablet. One is now a reality. The other is still a myth. And beyond this twin-headed meme, attention has been paid to little else. Forgotten is the fact that BlackBerry is still outselling its rivals and... »
Will Emerging Market Telecom Stocks See Double-Digit Growth in 2010?
David Hunkar submits: The emerging markets telecom sector has experienced high growth rates in the past few years. The introduction of cell phone services in many of these countries has contributed to the growth of this industry. Due to cut-throat competition, monthly subscription charges have dropped dramatically and are now cheaper than in developed... »
Skype Brings 720p to HDTVs and PCs
Skype today introduced a high-definition (HD) video calling service that will work on computers and televisions. The newest version Skype 4.2 Beta for Windows, supports 720p video calling in a 1280×720 pixel resolution at 30 frames per second. The latest version of Skype will come pre-installed on some LG Electronics Inc. and... »
Are You Ready for iEconomy?
The Mophie Credit Card Reader Jack Dorsey’s Square, Incase, Verifone and now Mophie — these companies’ credit card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce engine. Mophie, a Los Angeles-based company that makes accessories for the iPod/iPhone devices will release a credit card reader at CES in January 2010. The device is going... »
Starting a Position in Telestone Technologies
Trader Mark submits: I keep waiting for some meaningful correction in Telestone Technologies (TSTC) and it just is not happening. Each time the stock hits any sort of support, it immediately rockets up – and I grind my teeth watching it. Therefore, with the drop the past 2 sessions, including nearly 5%, ... »
How Prices Compare on Different App Stores
With an increasing number of companies launching mobile app stores, we decided it was time to compare them. We wanted to find out the average cost of a paid application on various stores. We asked our friends at Mobclix, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup that offers mobile analytics and runs a mobile ad exchange, if... »
Nonprofit Pursues Thin, Cheap Tablet Computer
Nonprofit One Laptop Per Child has a lofty goal and it’s looking for partners to join in on its ambition.The group hopes to make a touchscreen tablet and offer it for less than $100. That’s right, under $100. The device would be an upgrade to its XO computer – in …(138 words) Related Topics: cheap,... »
Nonprofit Pursues Thin, Cheap Tablet Computer
Nonprofit One Laptop Per Child has a lofty goal and it’s looking for partners to join in on its ambition.The group hopes to make a touchscreen tablet and offer it for less than $100. That’s right, under $100. The device would be an upgrade to its XO computer – in …(138 words) ... »
Cheap and Free Calls on Christmas
There are many ways to make cheap calls this Christmas and wish all your friends/Family a Merry Christmas! Lets find out! 1) Who can beat Skype? Skype Country Plan is one of the most efficient and… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide. Related Topics: call, calls,... »
PTA Annual Telecom Report 2008-09
Every year Pakistan Telecommunication Authority publish a PTA Annual Report covering all the major sectors of our telecommunication industry. The report is very useful for all those people who are either part of the telecommunication industry or are associated with it. This report also helps analyst in their analysis of Pakistan Telecom sector since... »
The Start Project: Return of the Incubator?
I view Narendra Rocherolle, co-founder of Webshots, a photo service, and 30 Boxes, an online calendar, as someone who can read the Internet’s proverbial tea leaves and accurately predict the direction of the web. For instance, he was first to recognize the need for aggregation of web services around social contacts and introduced such... »
Cheap Calls to India at 0.007 cents per minute
Are you fed up of Betamax increasing India calling rates every other month? Then you might like to checkout this awesome deal to make cheap calls to India at only $0.007 cents per minute, thats less… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide. … >>> Rest... »
Why O2 Wants to Buy Jajah
O2, a division of Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunications company, is in talks to acquire Jajah, a VoIP startup, for about $200 million, Reuters reported today. The company had raised $35 million from various investors including Deutsche Telekom, Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital. According to some rumors, Microsoft and Cisco Systems were also bidding for... »
Occam Networks: Set to Reap the Rewards of Broadband Stimulus
In February of this year, I wrote an article on Occam Networks (OCNW), a stock that I thought could appreciate five-fold with virtually no downside. While the stock has advanced about 75% since my first write-up, I don’t think this performance is particularly notable in light of both the low level from which... »
Occam Networks: Set To Reap the Rewards of Broadband Stimulus
In February of this year, I wrote an article on Occam Networks (OCNW), a stock that I thought could appreciate five-fold with virtually no downside. While the stock has advanced about 75% since my first write-up, I don’t think this performance is particularly notable in light of both the low level from which... »
With BendBroadband, HSPA+ Super-fast Wireless Broadband Arrives in the U.S.
BendBroadband, a Bend, Ore.-based cable operator, this morning launched a next-generation wireless broadband network that uses HSPA+ technology, thus becoming the first company in the U.S. to do so. T-Mobile USA has a trial network up and running in Philadelphia, though it has yet to launch a commercial service. HSPA+ is an upgrade to the... »
Got Old VoIP Equipment? Check out this VoIP Buyback Program
Got some old VoIP phones lying around and want to upgrade to some newfandangled executive phone sporting a color LCD and video playback? Or how bout an upgrade to an HD IP phone? Well, VoIP Supply has your back with their buyback program. tomorrow they are launching their Reclaim VoIP equipment buyback program.... »
All Hail the iPod touch
As the competition for smartphone domination starts to heat up, it is becoming increasingly clear that the iPod touch is Apple’s ace up its sleeve, and according to a report by Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics company, 24 million iPod touches represent about 40 percent of the total 58 million iPhone OS devices. From... »
Skype for SIP Beta Now Open!
Skype today announced that their Skype for SIP beta program is now “open” to everyone. I was invited to their private beta to test it and have been pleased with the results so far. Though if you read my article you will see I do have some price concerns. Check out the news… LUXEMBOURG, 2 December... »
Localphone Looks Like Gizmo and Others to Me
A company out of the UK, called LocalPhone.com has put together a cheap calling service, plus some very nifty features, largely around SMS and call forwarding, plus of course inexpensive VoIP minutes. In reading their blog, they are offering inexpensive VoIP minutes, local numbers in many countries, with the claim of "Call Global, Pay Local." One... »
Sprint Acquires Virgin Mobile USA
Zacks.com submits: Sprint Nextel (S) has officially wrapped up its acquisition of prepaid wireless reseller Virgin Mobile USA (VM). This follows the approval of the transaction by the shareholders of Virgin Mobile USA, which is a joint-venture between UK’s Virgin Group and Sprint. Virgin Mobile USA offers prepaid mobile services to roughly 5.2 million... »
European Commission welcomes European Parliament approval of sweeping reforms to strengthen competition and consumer rights on Europe’s telecoms markets
With a broad majority across political parties, the European Parliament has today, at its plenary session in Strasbourg, formally approved the EU’s telecoms reform package, proposed by the Commission in November 2007 (IP/07/1677). 500 million EU citizens will soon benefit from more consumer choice through enhanced competition on Europe’s telecoms markets,... »
The State of Cloud: Startup Heroku Now Hosting 40,000+ Apps
IMPORTANT POINTS Heroku is adding about 1,000 apps to its platform every week Heroku is seeing interest from non web developers. Heroku has built its platform as a service cloud cheaply using Amazon’s web services. Heroku, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a Ruby-focused cloud platform as a service, last week saw the number of apps... »