Atmel Corp. recently unveiled the AT76C902, the company’s second generation VoIP chip designed for 802.11a/g wireless VoIP applications. The new chip runs the VoIP Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) stack, uCLinux OS, and firmware enabling 802.11a/g (Wi-Fi) and voice compression and decompression, all on a single chip.
The device consists of an ARM946 processor for VoIP call [...]
South African Christians seeking a quick spiritual boost will be able to download the entire bible on to their mobile telephones phones from Wednesday as part of a drive to modernize the scriptures.
The South African wing of the non-denominational International Bible Society, which translates and distributes the Bible, said mobile phone users with the right [...]
In an era of mobile and multimedia communications, it has become critical for businesses to ensure the survivability of their communications systems, which they have done largely by eliminating single-vendor solutions. What that has done for the vendor community is place a burden on them to ensure interoperability with other pieces of the multimedia puzzle, [...]
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said on Tuesday that it would launch a new service on its phones that would allow full music downloading, initially focusing on new and up-and-coming artists.
Mobile phone makers have been integrating music players into their handsets, part of a threat to Apple’s iPod. Sony Ericsson has christened its new service [...]
Nokia unveiled a new third-generation (3G) Nokia 6288 slider phone model, with two cameras and able to play videos.
The phone is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter and retail for 325 euros ($412) before subsidies or taxes.
Spirent Communications’ platform for testing core network functions can test and emulate virtually any VoIP and IMS network element, function or service.
The Spirent Protocol Tester provides comprehensive support for all major VoIP and IMS protocols and media formats, including conformance, protocol, functional and interoperability testing. It simultaneously provides high-performance signaling and media load generation.
Proprietary [...]
Texas Instruments Inc.’s (TI) latest VoIP processor is designed to ensure delay-free voice in small- and medium-business applications. The TNETV1051 combines a 300MHz MIPS processor and 150MHz C55x DSP with dual GbE MAC devices and an on-chip Gbe switch.
While some might consider that lineup overkill, product manager Brent Lorenz said support for wideband codecs requires [...]
Internet communications company Skype has released Skype for Mac 2.0, a beta version of its video calling software for Apple’s Mac systems. The new version is intended to streamline video conferencing between PCs and Macs.
According to Skype, which provides free or low-cost calls over the Internet, the offering is the first ever that allows Mac [...]
Telkomsel, an associate company of Singapore Telecommunications, began offering high-speed wireless service for mobile phones on Thursday after a successful trial in August, the Jakarta Post reported.
“We have built 300 base transceiver stations in Jakarta to provide 3G service,” Telkomsel director for planning and development, Bambang Riadhy Oemar, was quoted as saying.
The service, which promises [...]
Some of the world’s biggest cellular operators have gotten together to promote their vision of what next-generation mobile technology should look like.
Sprint Nextel, Vodafone Group, China Mobile Communications, Orange, NTT DoCoMo, Royal KPN, and T-Mobile International announced this week they have formed the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) initiative. NGMN, a nonprofit group based in [...]
Federal authorities say a Miami man facing computer and wire fraud charges for stealing VoIP services and selling them through his own company has fled, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Edwin Pena, 23, was arrested June 7 for allegedly acting as a legitimate wholesaler of Internet-based phone services while actually running [...]
Offering local direct in dial numbers in over 40 countries a new IP Telephony service launched by Voxbone allows companies to extend their reach globally at a fraction of the cost of setting up a traditional fixed line service.
Looking big is a popular ploy for small companies and it’s never been easier that it is [...]