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  • Lifeline to take more calls with VoIP

    Telephone counselling service Lifeline expects to be able to answer the phone more often as a result of installing a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system.

  • Netspace plots Internet phone

    Internet service provider Netspace will follow competitors and start offering broadband customers a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in the first half of 2006.

  • Edith Cowan starts Vista planning early

    Microsoft isn't planning to release the final versions of its new Vista operating system and Office 2007 suite until November, but Perth's Edith Cowan University (ECU) has already started planning its upgrade timetable.

  • Dropouts plague iiNet's Net phone

    Telco iiNet is investigating problems with its popular Internet telephony service which have seen some customers lose signal in mid-call.

  • VoIP delivered over power-line broadband

    Country Energy claims it has successfully tested Engin's Internet telephony solution over its power-line broadband (BPL) network.

Blogs (2)

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    Skype me

    Your local communications journalist joins the Skype revolution.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    "Randy" Lynch vibrates at CeBIT

    I spent enough time at CeBIT last week to know the telecommunications industry was well represented ... but not always without controversy.

Features and Case Studies (33)

  • Will VoIP really drive convergence?

    Or is convergence just a pipe dream that should be quietly forgotten? Given all the talk about melding voice and data networks, why aren't more companies implementing it?

  • VoIP no big deal on policy front

    The federal government today confirmed plans to make only minor tweaks to telecomms regulations to accommodate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and forecast only low mass-market takeup of the next-generation telephony technology for the next two-three years.

  • ICANN bosses slam VoIP regulation

    Legislators must not make the mistake of subjecting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings to the same rules as telephony services, the heads of the global Internet regulator said.

  • Sensis' painstaking VoIP conversion

    Meticulous research and close vendor relations have allowed information expert Sensis to rollout an Internet telephony solution to 1,500 workers at its head office.

  • VoIP needs a reality check

    Consultant Fred Goldstein believes conventional wisdom on voice over Internet Protocol overtaking traditional phone networks needs rethinking.

Reviews (9)

  • Engin Voice Box

    If you're a heavy phone user who can deal with having yet another home phone number, then Engin's voice box could save you serious money.

  • A heavy load for the iPhone to bear

    It's sleek and it's sexy, but still must contend with issues from price to typing speed and wireless realities.

  • Skype protocol cracked?

    Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.

  • Wireless mobile phone under development

    Motorola and NEC America are co-developing an Internet Protocol office telephone that roams from Wi-Fi onto cell phone networks, the companies announced Tuesday.

  • Notebooks to dial up built-in phones

    Toward the end of the year, more people will be talking to their notebooks.

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