Archive for August, 2006

Nokia signs 3-year WCDMA/HSPA contracts with Telkomsel

Nokia Corp said it and Indonesian operator Telkomsel have signed new three-year WCDMA 3G/HSPA radio and core network, and managed services contracts.
Financial details were not disclosed, XFN-Asia reported.
Nokia will operate Telkomsel’s multivendor WCDMA 3G network, which will be supported by the Nokia NetAct network and service management system.

August 29th, 2006 - Posted in CDMA, Other

Mozcom launches new VoIP service to the public

Voice over Internet Protocol or commonly known as VoIP, has been a popular choice among entrepreneurs worldwide to transact deals crucial to their respective business. Following that trend is Mozcom.
On its 12th anniversary in the industry last August 24, Mozcom, the country’s first commercial ISP, formally launched Mozcom VCall that caters to entrepreneurs and […]

August 28th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

New Study Claims VoIP Quality Improvements

Minacom Labs today will release a study that claims VoIP phone service in North America has significantly improved during the past year, in contrast to a recent study by another VoIP testing outfit, Brix Networks, which claimed the opposite.
Minacom found just one out of 50 VoIP calls to be of unacceptable. Quality. While Minacom said […]

August 28th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Digicel makes cellphone connection in Jamaica

The Caribbean has long been known for balmy weather, iridescent sunsets and sugar-white beaches.
But cellphone service? That was a tropical nightmare: dropped calls, spotty service and sky-high rates were as common as rum punch. International rates were even higher.
British phone giant Cable & Wireless, the dominant provider in much of the Caribbean for more than […]

August 28th, 2006 - Posted in Other, Wireless

Comcast offers $99 package for phone, cable TV, Internet

Comcast Corp. is a cable TV and high-speed Internet company, and now it wants to be the phone company, too.
The Philadelphia-based cable giant has rolled out Internet-based phone service in Nashville and is trying to add it in several surrounding counties within the next 90 days, hoping to sell customers a $99 a month package […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in Other, Wireless

DoCoMo to sell Japan’s first HSDPA mobile phones

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo Inc. said on Thursday it will begin sales of a new mobile phone that lets customers download music and video clips about 10 times faster than existing models.
DoCoMo will sell Japan’s first HSDPA, or high-speed downlink packet access, handset made by NEC Corp. from August 31, becoming the first operator in the […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in Other

Belgacom buys Vodafone stake in mobile unit for 2 billion euros

Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom said it was taking full control of its Proximus mobile phone unit by buying 25-percent stake for two billion euros (2.55 billion dollars).
Proximus and Vodafone have also signed an agreement to maintain commercial cooperation for the next five years, which covered areas such as buying activities, mobile services, mobile products and […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in Other

VoIP Systems Vulnerable To Attack

VoIP is well on its way to widespread adoption, but the fact that many companies haven’t taken the necessary steps to toughen up security on their VoIP systems could make them attractive targets for hackers.
Companies eager to tap into the ROI of VoIP are doing so without fully considering the security risks stemming from weaknesses […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Mozcom launches pioneer VoIP service

MOZCOM, the country’s first full-service, commercial Internet service provider (ISP) celebrated its 12th year anniversary with the simultaneous launching Thursday of its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in four key areas in the Philippines - Makati, Cebu, Davao and Baguio City — where the first DSL (Direct Subscriber Line) service was offered in November […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Ofcom proposes measures to warn VoIP customers

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed to require VoIP operators to warn customers about deficiencies in their services, reports online news source TeleGeography.
Ofcom is concerned that customers attracted to VoIP packages because of low tariffs may not understand the limitations of such services. For example, most VoIP services do not offer answering machine services, and […]

August 27th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

YFonGlobal Offers Turn-Key Hosted IP Service Integrated With VoIP

Internet media company and VoIP provider, YFonGlobal, announced today that it has launched private brand Internet Protocol (IP) services including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. Specifically targeting telephony and IP service providers and resellers, YFonGlobal’s service, called mYFonBrand, enables a telecommunications reseller to rapidly deploy and offer their own brand of services, customized to […]

August 24th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

New Touch-Screen Phone Debuts

Up until now, cell phones have always looked pretty much like, well, phones. But Synaptics is out to change all that with ClearPad, their next-generation mobile phone interface that replaces the traditional button layout with a smooth, touch-screen interface. Instead of punching away at function keys, ClearPad-enabled phones -� like the Onyx concept phone that […]

August 24th, 2006 - Posted in Other, VoIP