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Aircel Introduces Unlimited Night Calling and SMS Packs In West Bengal
Aircel, Indias 5th largest GSM mobile service operator has introduces Unlimited Free Own Net calling and SMS packs to woo its GSM customers in West Bengal Telecom circle. Aircel Own Net Night Calling… ] Related Topics:... »
AT&T Film Awards App for iPhone Now Available from App Store
AT&T today announced the launch of its Film Awards Interactive App on the App Store. The free app lets users read bios, watch previews and vote for their favorite award-nominated films and stars right on their iPhone or AT&T U-verseSM TV screen. Related Topics: AT&T, free, iPhone, phone, review »
Samsung Wins 23 ICES Innovation Awards
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an established leader and innovator in consumer electronics, I.T. and Telecom, has won International CES 2010 Innovations Awards for 23 different products, including three best of innovation awards. Samsung has won more than 100 CES Innovation Awards in three years, for multiple product categories like; TVs, home theater, digital audio,... »
8×8 Outage Wasn’t Their Fault
As I wrote yesterday, the outage at 8×8 wasn’t likely their fault so i was quite pleased when their PR person, Joan Citelli, sent me this note today: Andy – I wanted to provide you with an update/explanation of what caused 8×8’s service outage this past Tuesday. In order to provide services to our customers from our... »
Voxbone sees growth in 2009
Not everyone is blaming the recession this year, some are actually announcing good news! Belgium-based Voxbone, which provides local and toll-free phone numbers over its own private VoIP network worldwide, saw substantial growth in 2009. Voxbone’s 2009 revenue was up 60 percent over 2008. Unfortunately, since Voxbone is a private company they didn’t actually disclose... »
FCC Won’t Force TV Broadcasters To Relinquish Airwaves
The FCC won’t force TV broadcasters to hand over their airwaves to free up spectrum for broadband.In fact, the agency was never seriously considering such a possibility, according to an interview in BroadcastingCable. Phil Bellaria, director of scenario planning for the FCC’s national broadband team, told BC the FCC would …(162 words) Related Topics: broadband,... »
Voxbone: Sales Soared 60% in 2009, Despite Recession
IP network services provider Voxbone says its revenue soared 60 percent in 2009, in spite of the global economic recession.However, the privately held, Belgium-based company didn’t disclose an overall earnings figure. Voxbone sells local and toll-free numbers to entities including carriers, resellers, call centers and calling card providers. It said …(112 words) Related Topics: 2G,... »
FCC Won’t Force TV Broadcasters To Relinquish Airwaves
The FCC won’t force TV broadcasters to hand over their airwaves to free up spectrum for broadband.In fact, the agency was never seriously considering such a possibility, according to an interview in BroadcastingCable. Phil Bellaria, director of scenario planning for the FCC’s national broadband team, told BC the FCC would …(162 words) ... »
Voxbone: Sales Soared 60% in 2009, Despite Recession
IP network services provider Voxbone says its revenue soared 60 percent in 2009, in spite of the global economic recession.However, the privately held, Belgium-based company didn’t disclose an overall earnings figure. Voxbone sells local and toll-free numbers to entities including carriers, resellers, call centers and calling card providers. It said …(112 words) ... »
Ufone Background Music Service
Ufone Background music lets you play music and sound effects in the background of your call. You can play your favorite song in the background, or the sound of the beach, a market place and many more. So stop making those boring calls and personalize your conversations by playing music that matches the mood in... »
Packet8 Service Down
Almost exactly one year ago 8X8’s Packet8 VoIP service suffered a major outage due to DNS issues. It now appears that both their domains 8×8.com and www.packet8.net are down. But more importantly their VoIP phone service is down. Stay tuned while I try and find out more… Update #1: from Joan Citelli Director,... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Receives $50,000 Grant From the Verizon Foundation for Thinkfinity Learning Initiative
MADISON, Wis. – A $50,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation will enable the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to continue to raise awareness and train teachers to use the free educational resources available on Verizon Thinkfinity. Related Topics: free, Verizon »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
Update on GoGO
Joe Sharkey has an update on the state of in flight WiFi in today’s New York Times. As a road warrior I choose my flights and hotels based on the broadband options available. Over the past month my trips to Northern California were 90 percent on Virgin America and only ten percent on Southwest. As... »
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:... »
Will 2010 Finally Be the Year of Location?
For most of the first decade of the new century, we all talked about the emergence of location-based services. These services, leveraging GPS chips, were going to revolutionize the world. I remember hearing numerous pitches that envisioned Starbucks offering coupons when you walked by the store. But the future, it seemed, was taking its... »
Will 2010 Finally be the Year of Location?
For most of the first decade of the new century, we all talked about the emergence of location-based services. These services, leveraging GPS chips, were going to revolutionize the world. I remember hearing numerous pitches that envisioned Starbucks offering coupons when you walked by the store. But the future, it seemed, was taking its... »
Skype now supports 720p HD Video Calling for PCs and HDTVs
HD has already made its way into your living room and now its going to own the VOIP and Video Conferencing market. HD Video Conferencing is already getting popular. Skype after settling the P2P… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide. Related Topics: call, calling, calls, free,... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One EVERYWHERE Now
Early adopter? Android fan? Google lover? Ok, You want a Nexus One, the new, powerful, Google phone, right? And you are frustrated since you live in a country where Google doesn’t ship, correct? Many of you, me included, get the following message when try to access http://www.google.com/phone Well, a guy found a pretty easy way to... »
Vodafone Launches Free 2 Download Zoozoo Widget
Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, has announced a special Gifts for Zoozoo fans across India. Vodafone customers can now get free mobile application/widgets “Zoozoo… ] Related Topics: application, free, India, Info,... »
So What Should Motorola Do Now?
Earlier this week, when Google announced its Nexus One phone, it appeared that the new Android-driven connected device ecosystem is going to be a three-headed monster: Qualcomm as provider of the chips, Google as maker of the operating system and HTC as the preferred device manufacturer. (In the PC-centric WinTel world, the infamous troika... »
Cell Phones Do a Body (& Mind) Good
Well, well well – it appears that cell phone radiation isn’t all that bad; brain cancer be damned! You see, a recent study showed that electromagnetic radiation exposed to mice actually reversed Alzheimer’s disease and improved cognitive capabilities. So you see, you are smarter the more you use your smartphone. According to... »
VoxOx Launches Personal Assistant Version 2
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — VoxOx by TelCentris, a free consumer service that unifies communication channels – voice, video, IM, text, social media, e-mail, fax and more – into a single user interface, has announced the launch of the second version of its personal assistant service, which enables consumers to …(405 words) ... »
Asterisk’s Growth Shines at ITEXPO
Asterisk just may be the #1 transforming VoIP company for the now past ’00s “aughts” decade, which is quite appropriate when you consider Asterisk in many respects costs $0 dollars due to being open source. Of course, nothing is truly free in this world. If you download and install Asterisk yourself for your company... »
Truphone Comes to Android – But no VoIP over 3G
Truphone fans will be happy to hear that the popular VoIP application now works on Android mobile handsets, though support for the new Google Nexus One is coming soon. Truphone’s new Android application enables free calls to other Truphone, Skype and Google Talk users – though only over Wi-Fi and not 3G. I don’t... »
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009
At a time when world economy is in the midst of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 provides the statistical information necessary to define a response to these global challenges. This edition of the Scoreboard illustrates and analyses a wide set of indicators of... »
Google Nexus One Review
The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a... »
Telenor Persona Teamtalk Offer Persona Karobar
Telenor Persona Karobar has gained enormous in the SME sector of Pakistan. Now keeping in mind the growing needs of communication with business partners Persona Karobar package brings an other industry first offer for its customers and their business partners. Now with Teamtalk offer Persona Karobar customers can make free calls to their business partners... »
Joanna Stern Debuts in New York Times In Writing
Some of you will remember my Phweety, Joanna Stern, when the two of us had a voice call about 18 months ago over GoGO, back when they were saying "no way could you make a voice call" using Phweet. Or you may recall her from her Queen of the Netbooks role at Laptop Magazine where... »