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| VTech Introduces Instant Messaging-Enabled Cordless Phone
27/04/2008
Consumer electronics manufacturer, VTech Communications, has launched a new cordless phone featuring full instant messaging capability, complete with emoticons.VTech’s DECT-based IS6110 telephone boasts a built-in QWERTY keyboard, and works with MSN/Windows Live Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger, as soon as its base station is connected via USB to your broadband-equipped PC.With instant... |
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| Skype Launches Unlimited International VoIP Package
22/04/2008
Internet calling provider, Skype, introduced its first unlimited international VoIP service yesterday, making it possible for American users to call landline numbers in 34 countries for just $9.95 per month.Countries covered by the unlimited deal include most of Europe, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Unlimited domestic... |
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| CRTC Orders Telus to Refund Long Distance Access Fee
21/04/2008
Western Canada’s leading telecom operator, Telus Corp., must refund all proceeds from a $2.95/month long distance “network-access fee” charged to its residential telephone customers over the last few months, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled late last week.“When applied to customers who did not make any long-distance calls, the... |
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| S&P Upgrades Outlook for Windstream Corp.
15/04/2008
The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service has improved its outlook on regional telephone operator, Windstream Corp., saying that the company has successfully mitigated revenue losses in the declining landline voice market, with growth in high-speed internet services.“Its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margin has also remained stable, at... |
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| AT&T Launches U-verse VoIP Service in Austin and San Diego
03/04/2008
AT&T is bringing its U-verse VoIP service to Austin, Texas and San Diego, California, paving the way for triple-play (voice/data/video) bundles in the cities.U-verse Voice customers get unlimited local and long distance calling within the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories for a flat rate of $40/month. Lite users can order U-verse Voice 1000, which offers 1,000 minutes of anytime... |
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| Non-Voice Services to Make Up 50% of China Telecom’s Revenues by 2010
01/04/2008
China’s leading fixed-line telephone operator, China Telecom, expects revenue from non-voice services to eclipse traditional telephone revenue within the next two years, according to the company’s executives.China Telecom currently generates about 36.5% of its revenue from dialup and broadband internet and other data (non-voice) services, reporters were told yesterday, and this is... |
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| CRTC Approves Ontario Teachers’ Acquisition of BCE, Subject to Conditions
30/03/2008
Canadian telecom and broadcasting regulator has given its tentative not of approval to a $52 billion leveraged buyout of Canada’s biggest telecommunications provider, BCE Inc., subject to conditions that will “Canadianize” the bid.CRTC regulators said that the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which will acquire BCE in partnership with three U.S. private equity firms, must... |
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| VoIP and Cable Phone Services Surge in Quebec
28/03/2008
As more and more consumers adopt mobile phones, the future is beginning to look bleak for landline services, and now that VoIP-based cable phone services are picking up steam, the traditional telephone market is declining in size at an even faster rate.In the Canadian province of Quebec, as many as 44% of voice subscribers used cable phone or some other form of VoIP by the end of 2007, according... |
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| Global IPTV Customer Base to Expand by 52% Annually, Says IMS Research
27/03/2008
Approximately 13.2 million households used IPTV services by the end of last year, with 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipped worldwide over the course of the year, according to a recent study by IMS Research.“IPTV: A Global Market Analysis 2008 Edition,” as the study is titled, predicts that the number of households using IPTV will increase at an annual rate of 52.2% through... |
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| Comcast Rivals AT&T with Small Business Telecom Service
25/03/2008
America’s leading cable company, Comcast, is entering the small- to medium-sized business telecom market for the first time, putting additional pressure on industry incumbents like AT&T.Comcast’s Business Class Voice service, which can be bundled with high-speed internet and IPTV for as little as $100/month, was launched yesterday in a number of New England states.These business... |
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