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Eager to get
cracking in the Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) market after years of
delays, the cable industry is pressing federal policymakers to impose just a
bare bones set of national regulations on IP telephony players and fend off any
pesky state regulatory mandates.
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Shares of WorldQuest Networks rocketed 82% to a nearly four-year high of $6.75 Wednesday after the tiny telecom outfit agreed
to merge with Ntera Holdings, a privately held provider of
voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, technology. WorldQuest is in the business of selling phone cards that
route calls over VoIPnetworks likeNtera's.
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Just a day after a forecast
that voice services over broadband won't be a major market in Europe, analysts
are saying voice may well end up the biggest value-added opportunity for
broadband service providers.
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Internet phone services
could play a vital part in driving the rollout of extremely fast web connections
across Britain, according to research published on Monday by Brunel University.
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BOMBAY, 8 April — For
non-resident Indians (NRIs) calling up home has always been a major drain on the
purse. Hearing the voice of ones loved ones and knowing their well being is what
keeps most of the NRIs going. And now there is good news. Starting from April 1,
2002, Internet telephony was legalized. Well, mostly everyone spoke to loved
ones at home over the Net despite it being illegal but now, it is finally
legalized. So probably, this will make the service better and the voice
transmission will be clearer with lesser lags.
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Convergence
cometh, like it or not. Should we care? You bet. And here is why. Soon the Department of Communications (DOC) will pop up a
Convergence Bill for Parliament. Once law, the
Bill will encourage the growth of some comms technologies, and put paid to
others. It will shape entire industries for decades, and affect your internet
speed, cost and devices.
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people telecom is in the process of
fine-tuning both residential and business voice over IP (VoIP) services to
launch this year.
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NEW YORK — When
friends and family dial Tom Tribolet’s Phoenix number, the phone rings in his
home in Argentina. It’s not simple call forwarding, but a rapidly emerging
technology that allows this retired veterinarian to make or receive calls with
his local phone number anywhere he has high-speed Internet
access.
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As information
technology professionals, we are constantly bombarded with new products and
ideas claiming to be revolutionary. And for a brief amount of time, a few of
these technologies seem to grab all the headlines, in trade magazines, on tech
sites and at industry conferences. The technology darling of late is
VoIP.
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VADODARA: They need not
bother about wiretaps, radio surveillance,bugs that intrude digital privacy, or
the fear of being eavesdropped during cellular conversations any more - local
mafias seem to be a step ahead when it comes to using
technology.
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PUNE: Are your STD bills
stripping your purse thin? Then, look forward to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s
(BSNL) voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) plans. Your telephony woes may soon
come to an end if BSNL gets the nod from New Delhi to roll out its VoIP network
in the city.
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BANGALORE/CHANDIGARH:
An illegal telephone exchange was unearthed in Nelamangala on the outskirts of
Bangalore on Wednesday and a sales manager of a cellular service provider and an ex-serviceman were arrested in this connection. The racket came to light following disclosures made by Mohinder Pal Saini, who was arrested in last week for operating long distance international call receiving exchange.
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BANGALORE: Despite being
confined to closed user groups (CUGs), IP telephony is gaining rapid momentum in
India and is expected to cross 1 lakh units mark this year. The industry
forecasts a 250 per cent year-on-year sales growth in IP phones.
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On Mar. 12, the
Justice Dept., FBI, and Drug Enforcement Administration delivered an
83-page
petition to the Federal Communications
Commission demanding dramatic new surveillance powers. If they're approved, the
FBI would have the right to require Internet service providers (ISPs), voice
over Internet protocol (VoIP) companies, and others that rely on broadband
access to the Net to redesign their networks to support standards designed by
law enforcement for wiretapping and tracing.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Before 8x8 Inc. launched an
Internet phone service in late 2002, it drafted a business plan, set up its
equipment, posted a Web site and began taking orders from customers. As with
most online ventures, U.S. government approval wasn't needed. That would change
if the Department of Justice succeeds at persuading federal regulators to
require new online communications services - such as Internet calling - to
comply with wiretapping laws.
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A number of fledgling VOIP
companies in the UK - not including BT - recently joined together to form a
trade association, ITSPA (Internet Telephony Service Providers Association), to
push their cause, and several overseas companies, especially from the US, are
expected to begin a British invasion later this year.
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An Islamic mission in
southern Sudan is helping Internet phone services join the ranks of wartime
communications.
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How a web-based service for
making phone calls is changing the way we talk, work - and get billed. It could
even replace the phone altogether.
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E-mail is all very good, but
there's nothing like a good old chin wag. Cheap call charges mean the trend for
talking over the net is growing.
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Although you may never have
heard of VoIP, it's the wave of the future. With VoIP -- voice-over-Internet
protocol -- you can use the Internet for phone calls.
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