Telephony
The BBC have been promoting a show called “Britain from Above” in which which they take telemetry from various trackable sources and generate fancy maps of our activities and, presumably, add a thick layer of social commentary.
In the promo video linked below they show a few examples of air, land and sea movements but it’s [...]
If you run a small or medium-sized business in the UK and are confused about how to get the best deal on your telecoms then help is at hand. The snappily titled ‘What To Look Out For And What To Watch Out For: Hints And Tips Guide To SME Telecoms & Mobile Procurement’ has now [...]
Continue ReadingAnnounced today, the newest release of Truphone - the VoIP solution for S60 handsets (iPhone is planned) Ewan discussed recently - has added an important feature to it’s existing WiFi-based features… routing calls over the mobile network itself via a local dial-in number or via a call-back mechanism. This allows people out of range [...]
Continue ReadingGotVoice have gone live with it’s next-generation voicemail transcription service, “G2″, this week. The service is to be made available shortly to existing GotVoice subscribers — plus the company’s customers.
G2 wasn’t knocked up in a few minutes. It’s carrier-grade, scalable and plug’n’playable into carrier networks as required. GotVoice are offering integration [...]
I think my eyesight was going nuts yesterday when I wrote the post on RebTel. I checked my account rates and saw it was what looked like 8 pence per minute. Not bad, I thought. Bit steep but, you know, not bad for the service level, especially when I can use my [...]
Continue ReadingAfter a lot of digging, I managed to find the right page to work out the costs of calling abroad from your UK Vodafone.
It’s like having a flash back to 1997.
125 pence a minute to call the States from a standard Vodafone connection. More than a quid a minute!
Buy the 2.50/month international call [...]
A while ago I thought I should take another look at RebTel. They got $20m worth of investment, after all (see RedHerring funding announcement). I wondered how they were doing.
Armed with a new mobile number and, effectively, a new identity, I signed-up the other day when I needed to talk to a few [...]
The writing’s been on the wall for quite a while….
Link: webitpr | Mobile voice volume will overtake fixed in Western Europe by mid-year; Analysys predicts telecoms milestone
For the first time, the volume of mobile voice calls will exceed that on traditional fixed networks in Western Europe as a whole, says Analysys, global advisor on telecoms, [...]
The FCC’s 700MHz frequency auction is in full swing, and hit an important milestone today. The “C” block, the one everyone wants, finally reached the reserve price of US$4.6 billion. This triggers the requirement that whoever wins this particular block of airwaves is required to operate it ‘open’, allowing any compatible device to access it. [...]
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the team at Kadoink — they’ve just knocked back $7m worth of funding.
Link:
Kadoink Announces $7M Series A Funding with Sutter Hill Ventures
Kadoink, a web telephony service for social media that enables enhanced group communication and mass distribution of SMS, live and recorded voice messaging and audio file streams over the voice channel, [...]
Spinvox recently put together a list of the top ten most annoying voicemails that people get. Its funny that most of these are common occurences, at least in my experience. Here’s the list:
The Marathon Message - The extremely long voicemail that never ends.
The Death March - Leaving a phone number at the end of [...]
At Nokia World, Ricky Cadden, Symbian-Guru used Spinvox to update his Jaiku and provide his readers with live updates from the event. For CES 2008, his place is taken by Laura-Jane “L-J” Rich, a UK-based TV presenter and technology journalist to provide live coverage, courtesy of Spinvox.
Laura-Jane will be using Spinvox’s “Spin-My-Blog” product to [...]
Link: BBC caps call costs at 15p as contests return after scandals | Media | The Guardian
The BBC is to introduce a cap on the cost of calling premium phone lines as it prepares to reintroduce two of its most popular competitions, it announced yesterday.
From this week, calls to BBC programmes using premium call lines [...]
I’ve had this article on InformationWeek starred in my Google Reader for a while now, and wanted to post some commentary on it. I absolutely *hate* when people ask this question. “Are cellphones replacing landlines?” Um, yes, of course.
I mean, seriously, is this even still a valid question? I’ve not had a landline number [...]
It might be a stretch, but Google has introduced new Bots for its Google Talk service that will automatically translate IM conversations on the fly. For it to work, both chatters must add the appropriate bot to the conversation, and off it goes. For instance, if I wanted to chat with someone in Germany, I [...]
Continue ReadingMuch of the United Kingdom came to a halt last night with when wicked television presenter, Dermot O’Leary uttered the buttock-freezing line, “And the winner is…..” as the wide angle camera zoomed slowly into a lone stage featuring finalists Leon and Rhydian awaiting their fate.
Prior to that, tons and tons of Rhydian fans [...]
SMS Text News sponsor, MAXroam has signed a strategic alliance deal with Global Romaing Inc. (www.celtrek.com). The deal combines the marketing reach and technical know-how of both companies into a single partnership.
It’ll enable both companies to offer offer extended geographic coverage and data roaming on their existing products. This is a [...]
I had a note in from Vodafone UK today to tell me about their new partnership with Lebara Mobile.
Lebara is a mobile MVNO aimed at permanently based UK immigrants and migrant workers in the UK who want to use their mobile to (primarily) call overseas. Right now, if you grab a Vodafone pay [...]
Link: Qantas extends test of in-flight cellphone use
The Qantas trial has only allowed SMS text messages and e-mails - which is a great compromise. Weary jet-setters won’t have to worry about that annoying loud-talker taking the seat next to them. It looks like the rest of the world is set to allow [...]
Mobile messaging services provider TynTec has just launched a new service which will allow major telecoms carriers to route voice calls to mobile phones directly to their destination network operator.
The new service, called Voice Network Query, will overcome the issue of onward routing of voice calls to ported mobile numbers, thus reducing the issue of [...]
The SpinVox world domination plans continue, with the news that they’ve launched their rather useful voicemail-to-SMS service in South Africa.
The deal, with leading mobile network Vodacom, will be branded in the country as Voicemail2SMS. “SpinVox is a powerful messaging service that saves customers time by eliminating the need to listen to traditional voicemail,” says Christina [...]
Avaya and Nokia today announced the next phase of their strategic collaboration with a solution that provides users of Nokia Eseries business devices with one number access and advanced enterprise telephony capabilities as they travel across private Wi-Fi and public mobile networks. With a single mobile device, workers can ‘handoff†phone calls at the click [...]
Continue ReadingLink: SpinVox Inks Contract With Vodafone Network In Spain - Quick Facts
News just in.. Hot on the heels of their deal last week to bring voice-to-screen messaging to Canada, SpinVox has just announced it’s signed a deal with Vodafone Spain.
More details soon!
Voice to text provider SpinVox have signed a deal with mobile and landline operator SaskTel to bring their voicemail to SMS service to Canada.
Available on both the SaskTel cellular network and SaskTel’s wireline telephone network, Voice Mail to Text service automatically converts voicemail messages to text and sends the text message to the recipient for [...]
There is something rather exciting to behold when you hit ‘Start Conference –> Now’ in the ROK Talk application…
Especially when you’re calling 11 people simultaneously.
Thrice especially, when you’re in the same room as the other 11 people.
Heh. Everyone’s phone rings at the *same* time, I love it!
RING ring RING ringring RING ring HELLO ring [...]
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