VOIP
It’s all kicking off!
Link: Truphone press office: Truphone vs T-Mobile in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division
Software Cellular Network Limited, which develops and operates the Truphone mobile VoIP service, yesterday applied for an interim injunction against T-Mobile (UK) Limited.
More detail over at the Truphone Press Office site above.
Internet telephony provider Challenger mobile have announced some new features for their Nokia handset-compatible VOIP service. The service, which works on Nokia Eseries, N80ie and N95 handsets, has gained inbound, outbound and call forwarding features.
Through the new Challenger out feature, Challenger mobile account holders can easily call both landlines and mobiles all over the world at local [...]
Link: Truphone Blog - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones
Following on from our exclusive coverage on the new version of Truphone, it’s now out of beta and is ready to go.
Some cool new features include:
VOIP over 3G
Presence support
Free SMS to other Truphone users
Multiple SIM management for travellers
More at www.truphone.com
Continue ReadingJersey-based company Blubell Technologies have launched their new software app Blubell for Skype - a PC-based application that allows you to make and receive calls on Skype using your Bluetooth headset.
The software also provides mobile-like features such as voice dialing, voice recognition and caller identification.
Lars Nielsen, MD of Blubell Technologies commented, “We wanted to bring to the [...]
Link: GigaOM Vonage: The Last Stand «
These are desperate times for Vonage: it is losing a lot of customers, otherwise why else would it offer a $3.99 a month (for a year) deal to the defectors. Judi Sohn, a defecting customer, sums it up best when she writes, ‘Getting garbage at discount still stinks.â€
Vonage is [...]
 Mobile VOIP provider Vyke have just launched their new Java-based text messaging app, called Vyke Pro - which according to the company lets mobile users worldwide send free text messages worldwide, and radically reduce the cost of sending text messages for UK consumers.
It appears to be a similar offering to Hotxt or Tex2. Messaging between Vyke Pro users [...]
Goodness know’s what’s going on with T-Mobile UK and Truphone…
Link: T-Mobile terminates Truphone | The Register
T-Mobile has stopped connecting its customers when they call someone using Truphone, saying the VoIP operator is overcharging for interconnection.
Instead, T-Mobile customers get a recorded announcement saying they must have misdialed.
It’s working perfectly fine for me. [...]
Link: GigaOM CellCarriers fear mobile VoIP planet
Something interesting is afoot in the world of Truphone. We got the same press statement as Om Malik at Gigaom who wrote this article, and as Om did such a good job writing about it I’m not going to reinvent the wheel. However, here’s something interesting.
In a nutshell, Truphone are [...]
Link: Disruptive Telephony: Making Skype calls from a Blackberry… (yes, it is true!) And where was the PC making the conf call??
SMS Text News reader Jeremy dropped me a note earlier, with a link to this blog entry. Using a piece of software called Skype IM+, it’s now possible to make Skype calls from a Blackberry. [...]
Following on from my post yesterday about the new version of Truphone, some interesting information arrived from a source close to the company. Here’s what they had to say:
No, there was no news release or email, we did just put it up on the blog - we felt, as Truphone has been exhibiting at VON [...]
Link: Truphone enhances its presence | The Register
This one crept out quietly.. haven’t seen a press release, email announcement to current users, or in fact anyone else mentioning it. The story was tucked away halfway down the front page of Sci-Tech news site The Register.
Anyway, to cut to the chase: Truphone have just released a [...]
Link: Vodafone says VoIP is ‘expensive’ and ‘unsafe’ | The Register
Another day, another crap reason from a mobile operator for not allowing VOIP on their network and/or handsets. This time, it’s Vodafone.
Vodafone is telling customers that VoIP services are insecure - even as Sky News is reporting that VoIP calls threaten our war on terror [...]
Link: Rebtel Blog » Blog Archive » Rebtel research: Cheaper to fly than to call
Some interesting research courtesy of Rebtel - in fact UK Sunday tabloid News Of The World found it so interesting they wrote an article all about it.
SKY-HIGH international mobile phone charges can make it cheaper to FLY abroad for a chat with a pal than [...]
Link: BBC NEWS | Business | Deutsche Telekom backs VoIP firm
Deutsche Telekom is backing the internet telephone company Jajah, becoming the first major phone company to support such technology.
T-Online Venture Fund chairman Andreas Kindt said in a company statement: “By investing in companies like Jajah, we will be able to continue to bring users around [...]
Link: BBC NEWS | Technology | Wi-fi signals big change for mobiles
As the numbers turning to 3G are climbing, those mobile networks could be forgiven for thinking that it was only a matter of time before they started recouping the considerable capital cost of buying and building that network.
Unfortunately the relentless pace of innovation may [...]
Link: Truphone
Just had an email from mobile VOIP provider Truphone, to let me know they’ve just launched their brand new international pages. So, if you’ve got friends who are interested in getting the service but aren’t in the UK or US (and don’t speak English), you can now point them to instructions and information in [...]
Link: Truphone Blog - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones
James Tagg, Truphone’s founder today appeared on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours consumer affairs programme to discuss the controversy caused by some operators disabling internet telephony on the Nokia N95
Wicked. You can have a listen to the interview here.
Jajah user? No? Get signed up! It’s free to sign-up and, what’s more, here’s a good excuse…
Link: This Mother’s Day Give the Gift of JAJAH - JAJAH Blog
Here at JAJAH, we’re pleased to do our part to help families all over the world stay close. That’s why this Mother’s Day we’re [...]
Very generous of’em —
Link:
Rebtel
Moms are great, aren’t they?
That’s why we’re giving you 120 FREE MINUTES to call the US or Canada this Mother’s Day. You can talk for two whole hours and STILL save enough cash to buy her something really nice, like a bouquet that’s too big to fit through the door, a box [...]
So…
Link: SMS Text News » My Vonage account has been cancelled. What a relief!
You remember Vonage, right? I bought it the moment they entered the market — and was delighted to receive their little router. It worked perfectly. Unfortunately the call quality was shit. I mean ridiculously bad. So [...]
Link: Vodafone’s new pricing model excludes VoIP and P2P | The Register
So you’re the proud owner of a Nokia N95 connected to Vodafone, and want to use something like Truphone, or another VOIP client. You’ve already read the bad news that in their infinite wisdom Vodafone have decided you don’t want to use VOIP as [...]
Vodafone explains N95 crippling | The Register
It’s been a busy few days around these parts, so we’ve kind of picked up on this a bit late. If you’ve missed it being reported on other sites, the story goes something like this.
On Wednesday this week, The Register broke the news that Orange and Vodafone are shipping Nokia [...]
Link: PC World - Judge bars Vonage from signing up customers
A U.S. district court judge on Friday barred VOIP provider Vonage Holdings Corp. from signing up new customers after the company lost a patent infringement lawsuit to Verizon Communications Inc.
That’s a bit of an arse for Vonage…
More news from Truphone…
Link: webitpr | Truphone announces free mobile calls from the USA to landlines in 40 countries
Owners of Wi-Fi-equipped Nokia smartphones will be able to make free international calls from the USA to landlines in 40 countries throughout April, May and June, mobile internet telephony pioneer Truphone announced today.
The announcement extends and [...]
Link: webitpr | Free Calls from Nokia Phones to USA landline and mobiles for barablu users
Nokia phone owners can make free calls to USA landlines and mobiles until March 31 though free calls provider barablu.
barablu already offers free calls on a mobile, PC or PDA between barablu users, who have downloaded the barablu application from [...]
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