call, Skype and IP news on CNET

February 16, 2005 VoIP provider jockeys to handle complaints about its one revenue-generating service. TAGS: Skype, SkypeOut, phone provider, Internet phone company, Internet phone, customer service, caller, VoIP company, BellSouth Corp., VoIP, call, billing, AT&T Corp., IP, U.S., e-mail

July 14, 2006 Chinese engineers claim that they've reverse engineered it. Could this spell licensing trouble for eBay? TAGS: Skype, protocol, VoIP, client software, Google Talk, blog posting, engineer, API, call, eBay Inc., developer, blog, IP, Google Inc.

May 30, 2007 While Verizon fights Vonage in court, Deutsche Telekom makes a strategic investment in another Internet calling company. TAGS: Deutsche Telekom AG, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, Internet phone, telephone company, VoIP service, telecommunications company, investment, carrier, call, Skype, threat, eBay Inc., Verizon Communications, start-up, broadband

August 23, 2007 Last week's Skype outage left many small businesses in the lurch and emphasized the importance of having a backup for when IP services fail. TAGS: Skype, VoIP, small business, Avaya Inc., IP, WAN, call, Cisco Systems Inc., backup, eBay Inc., cell phone

April 25, 2005 Telmex accused of unfair practices, including blocking Web sites that VoIP operators use to register new customers. TAGS: VoIP, Mexico, Skype, operator, VoIP service, broadband, Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., government, spokeswoman, IP, call, AT&T Corp., situation, e-mail

May 5, 2006 New AIM Phoneline is part of company's strategy to open its Internet products to non-AOL members. TAGS: AOL AIM Phoneline, AOL TotalTalk, AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., IM client, telephony, call, Skype, IP telephony, phone line, IP, IM, VoIP, Yahoo! Inc., cell phone

September 7, 2006 AOL invites developers to tweak hardware and software for the Internet phone service, launched earlier in year. TAGS: AOL AIM Phoneline, AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., API, developer, IP telephony, instant messenger, Yahoo IM, telephony, Time Warner Inc., Skype, VoIP, IP, call, Yahoo! Inc., eBay Inc.

March 27, 2006 Lycos, Jajah get into Net telephony business, competing with big players like Skype, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google. TAGS: Lycos Inc., telephony, Skype, IP telephony, Yahoo! Inc., call, eBay Inc., VoIP, U.S., mobile phone, person, IP, Google Inc., PC, video, Microsoft Corp.

May 19, 2005 Net phone operators face a late September deadline to fix their 911 systems, the FCC rules. TAGS: Internet phone, VoIP, operator, emergency response, deadline, Vonage Holdings Corp., BellSouth Corp., Skype, call, AT&T Corp., IP, cell phone, U.S.

call ^[x] , Skype ^[x] , IP ^[x]