Nokia 2875i

June 20th, 2006

Combining an easily pocketable design with an impressive list of features, the Nokia 2875/2875i phone is engineered to offer a highly desirable device at a consumer-friendly price. Along with the crisp images delivered by the 1.3 megapixel camera, the Nokia 2875/2875i phone boasts Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology for compatibility with a wide range of [...]

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Tiscali UK launches VoIP Netphone

June 19th, 2006

Transforms your PC into a virtual telephone, fax machine and answer phone service
London, 14th June 2006 – Tiscali UK, the internet and broadband company, today announces the launch of Tiscali Netphone, a free Voice over IP (VoIP) service. Tiscali Netphone enables anyone who downloads the free program to use their PC to make free calls [...]

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Zultys Jazzes Up SMB VoIP Platform

June 19th, 2006

Zultys Technologies Monday is upgrading its VoIP platform software to add expanded instant messaging, automated attendant and unified messaging capabilities.
Release 3.0 of the platform software that runs Zultys’s MX30 and MX250 IP-PBXs has been under development for about a year and in testing with solution providers and their customers for about five months, said [...]

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Nokia to open first US cell phone store in Chicago

June 19th, 2006

Nokia said on Monday that it plans to open its first U.S. retail store in Chicago on Saturday in a bid to improve brand awareness among consumers here.
The store, situated in the hometown of U.S. mobile leader Motorola Inc., is part of Nokia’s global push to boost its brand, which often has to take a [...]

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Nokia unveils five new handsets

June 19th, 2006

Nokia on Monday unveiled five new mobile handsets, including a 3G camera phone and 2 CDMA phones, that should hit retail shelves this year.
Nokia said the 3G phone, the 6151, comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera and is expected to retail in the July-September quarter for 240 euros ($303), excluding subsidies and taxes, making it [...]

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BlackBerry 7130e

June 17th, 2006

BlackBerry 7100 Series™ handsets provide the best combined wireless phone, email and data experience for users who prefer a smaller handset design. They offer complete BlackBerry® functionality, giving you great phone and messaging features for work and life.
The BlackBerry 7130e™ also puts top-of-the-line features, such as speakerphone, Bluetooth® technology and polyphonic ringtones, into a [...]

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Consumers to flock to VoIP

June 17th, 2006

The traditional home phone number could become a thing of the past as more and more people opt for fixed-mobile services and VoIP.
That’s according to analysts at Jupiter Research, who say location will cease to be important for either making or receiving telephone calls. Indeed, its research has found that three in ten consumers are [...]

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X-Lite SIP VoIP Softphone Download

June 17th, 2006

CounterPath’s X-Lite 3.0 is the market’s leading free SIP based softphone available for download. Based on the advanced architecture of eyeBeam 1.5 (CounterPath’s carrier grade telephony client), the newX-Lite is designed to showcase some of the feature rich capabilities available with our commercial softphone such as superior audio and video quality, zero-touch configuration, IM & [...]

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Polycom launches SoundPoint IP 430 VoIP phone

June 17th, 2006

NEW DELHI: Polycom, Inc., provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, has added the SoundPoint IP 430 phone to its SIP based voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) desktop phones portfolio. The newly launched phone is a two-line phone with a full-duplex speakerphone and graphical LCD.
An enterprise-grade IP phone, the SoundPoint IP 430 is designed to meet [...]

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VoIP is hurting BTC

June 17th, 2006

A new report is again indicating that The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is being devalued due to illegal competition from long distance companies offering Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
The report on ‘Promoting Investment in Information and Communication Technologies in the Caribbean’ (PIICTC), was compiled last month.
“It may be wise for the government to take stock [...]

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Tiscali launches VoIP service for free calls

June 16th, 2006

Tiscali has launched VoIP service Tiscali Netphone, allowing users to gain access to free PC-to-PC calls.
The VoIP service is not tied to the Tiscali ISP, allowing anyone to download the software and gain access to the free PC-to-PC calls as well as the ability to send and receive faxes, text messages and make low cost [...]

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VoIP sounds death knell for home phones

June 16th, 2006

VoIP technology spells the end of traditional home telephone numbers, according to an industry analyst.
A study by JupiterResearch claims that the rise in fixed/mobile telephone services appeals strongly to Europeans, and that location will cease to be important for either making or receiving calls.
The report said that 27 per cent of consumers are already [...]

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