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Windham parses Digium
Danny Windham has been CEO at Digium for nearly twenty months and realizes there's still a lot of work to be done at the open source telephony company. FierceVoIP caught up with Windham at Astricon... Read more >>
Wii getting VoIP'ed
Nintendo rolls out a VoIP phone for the Wii, with the Wii Speak hardware and a bundle with the "Animal Crossing" game expected to hit shelves in Japan on November 20. Wii Speak is a pretty simple... Read more >>
Skype responds to security breach
Josh Silverman, president of Skype, responded in his blog Thursday to media reports about unauthorized storage of text messages and user data by Skype's Chinese partner TOM Online. Silverman explains... Read more >>
Microsoft Live Messenger VoIP arrives (again)
Microsoft has re-introduced VoIP functionality to Windows Live Messenger, after removing the feature earlier this year. Outbound calls can now be made through the messenger with Telefonica's Voype... Read more >>
Is China monitoring Skype calls?
"Breaching Trust," a 16-page report released yesterday by Nart Villenveuve of the University of Toronto Citizen Lab, has unearthed disturbing monitoring practices of TOM Online, Skype's partner in... Read more >>
FORD: Skype Me, Asterisk Us
by Carl Ford Mark Spencer had been working on projects delivering drivers and writing code that was specific to boards. Being part of the open source experience, he saw that his work could be built... Read more >>
Broadcom announces high-density VoIP DSP
At Broadband World Forum, Broadcom announced a new high-speed VoIP digital signal processor.The new processor, called the BCM6515, targets next-gen OEM designs of multi-service access nodes (MSANs),... Read more >>
FierceVoIP Leaders: John Lazar, President & COO, MetaSwitch
FierceVoIP: Let's talk a little about MetaSwitch's recent deal with Embarq. John Lazar: We think the Embarq project is very interesting for two big reasons. Number 1, it is an obvious validation of... Read more >>
DeFi reviewed
DeFi Mobile, a service currently focused on the international traveler, enables a user with a dual-mode phone to make calls over a low-cost WiFi VoIP connection, rather than more expensive cellular... Read more >>
Raketu adds SIP service
Raketu will now offer a client called RakSIP that will enable SIP-based calls through the company's RakOut VoIP service. Users need only connect their third-party SIP client (mobile or desktop), IP... Read more >>
