From the monthly archives:

January 2010

VoIP Guide For Tech-Unaddicted: How To Find The Right VoIP For Your Needs

January 22, 2010
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I’ve decided create a little VoIP guide in order to help those who are not exaclty tech-addicted: here you can find the right VoIP app for your needs. I’m going abroad and I need to be reacheable on my mobile. I don’t want to use computers or smartphones. The right VoIP app is Rebtel; It [...]

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Skype Reaches 12% of Total International Calls

January 20, 2010
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Skype’s share international calling minutes has jumped to 12% of total internationa calls (DTM + VoIP). TeleGeography released a research about Net Increase in International Phone and Skype Traffic and Skype has registered a 50% increase respect the previous year (8%). Skype-to-Skype international calling minutes grew by 21 billion in 2009 and this is incredible [...]

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iPhone: Skype 1.3 is Out!

January 16, 2010
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You can donwload and install Skype 1.3 on your iPhone from the App Store. There are new improvements in this new version; Landscape mode for IM Call quality indicator Hints and tips Skype for iPhone still do not allows VoIP calling over 3G. Skype team is waiting for Apple removing this restriction in order to [...]

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Mobile VoIP: Truphone Drops Internet Calling Over 3G From Many Apps

January 16, 2010
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Karl Good, Truphone’s Director of Applications, has published an interesting post about VoIP calling over 3G saying that in the next future Truphone will drop VoIP over 3G functionality from many applications for the following reasons; The quality of VoIP calls made trough 3G network lacks if compared to those made over wifi connections Many [...]

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Haiti Hearthquake: VoIP Companies Give Support With Free Calls

January 15, 2010

Many VoIP companies are supporting the people of Haiti with offers and vouchers to facilitate inbound and outbound communications. I’ve collected some of them Rebtel: Call for free to Haiti In the wake of the recent developments in Haiti, we, at Rebtel, have decided to do what we can to help people across the globe [...]

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Skype For Business: A Beta Version For SIP-Enabled PBX Is Ready For You Office

January 13, 2010
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Skype for SIP is here! Now you can install Skype on your PBX device (SIP-enabled) and make/receive phone calls at the cheap Skype rates ! Skype for SIP is also compatible with mobile devices such as Nokia-N series and other sip-enabled handset. It might be the perfect solution to cut  the costs for your business [...]

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Free VoIP Calls With Home Phone For US Customers: OOMA

January 13, 2010
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Ooma is an interesting VoIP service for US customers that allows free US calls using an existing home phone. You can immediatly start to use the VoIP service by connecting the hardware device between your hi-speed DSL line and your telephone cable. You won’t need any special headset or microfone, neither computers. OOMA support; free [...]

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Truphone: Finally Free Wifi Calling For Android

January 8, 2010
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The latest version of Truphone for Android (v3.0) finally allows free wifi calling. Now you can make and receive calls via wifi, check if your TruFriends are online, interact with your Skype and Gtalks contacts. To update your Truphone version follow these steps; If you are a current Truphone on the Android user, delete your [...]

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Skype On TV: Soon Available VoIP Calls From Your Sofa

January 8, 2010

A team of  engineers are testing Skype on Hd TVs in Estonia. Soon you can buy Skype enabled tv from LG and Panasonic and make Internet calls directly from you sofa. These special flat tv are equipped with HD webcam and special microphone that allows confortable speaking from your sofa without moving closer to the [...]

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HD Video Calls Soon Available in Skype

January 8, 2010
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Skype announced a new exiting feature: video call in High Defnition (HD). Skype 4.2 Beta for Windows already allows HD video calls with 1280 x 720 resolution at up to 30 frames per second. To let HD video calls available for as many users as possible the video encoding/decoding is managed by the webcam. Therefore [...]

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