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Skype phones sans the PC
August 31, 2006
New cordless phones let users of the Internet phone service make calls without a computer.
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Netgear
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Philips Electronics N.V.
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eBay Inc.
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broadband
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PC
Skype offers free calling to phones in U.S., Canada
May 15, 2006
Customers can make free calls to regular and mobile phones until the end of 2006, as the company tries to boost usage.
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SkypeOut
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Canada
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call
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U.S.
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mobile phone
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SMS
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America Online Inc.
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eBay Inc.
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IM
Skype, Wal-Mart strike retail deal
May 14, 2007
Wal-Mart Stores is first major retailer to dedicate a section to equipment such as handsets, Webcams, headsets for the service.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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headset
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handset
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retailer
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webcam
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call
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equipment
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consumer electronics
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section
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eBay Inc.
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cell phone
Skype protocol cracked?
July 14, 2006
Chinese engineers claim that they've reverse engineered it. Could this spell licensing trouble for eBay?
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VoIP
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Google Talk
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eBay Inc.
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call
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developer
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blog
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IP
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Google Inc.
Skype callers: 'Customer service, please?'
February 16, 2005
VoIP provider jockeys to handle complaints about its one revenue-generating service.
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BellSouth Corp.
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VoIP
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call
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billing
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AT&T Corp.
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IP
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U.S.
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e-mail
Skype: Interference on the line?
May 24, 2005
With customer complaints mounting, CEO Niklas Zennström wants to make sure Skype doesn't become a victim of its own success.
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Service lets Skype users chat on cell phones
February 8, 2006
With Eqo, Skype users can connect over mobile phones--but unlike traditional calling, the service uses buddy lists.
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Eqo Communications
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buddy list
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AT&T Corp.
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Skype ready for both telephone worlds
November 10, 2004
An adapter made by Siemens allows phones to make calls using the Internet or the traditional phone network.
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Siemens AG
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Skype
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phone network
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adapter
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service provider
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IP
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Vonage includes Europe in unlimited calling plan
May 2, 2006
Internet telephony provider makes calling some European countries from the U.S. even cheaper.
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Verizon Communications
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Italy
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France
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U.S.
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Europe
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China
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PC
VoIP calls get podcast treatment
March 30, 2005
Podcasting meets Net telephony--create a radio station for your Skype buddies and play them tunes from your music gadget.
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music player
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MP3 player
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radio
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Apple Computer
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MP3
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PC
Motorola phones to call on Wi-Fi, VoIP
February 14, 2005
Internet phone companies and cell phone giants grapple with Internet phone technology at 3GSM show in Cannes, France.
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Motorola Inc.
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telephone company
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handset
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France
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mobility
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call
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Nokia Corp.
Skype broadens its Net phone horizons
July 23, 2004
The start-up hopes to expand beyond its free software offering but with a pricing model that differs from that of carriers like Verizon.
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Verizon Communications
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Sprint Nextel
Can small business count on VoIP?
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.
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Avaya Inc.
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WAN
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call
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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eBay Inc.
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backup
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cell phone
Mexico telephone operator under VoIP fire
April 25, 2005
Telmex accused of unfair practices, including blocking Web sites that VoIP operators use to register new customers.
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BellSouth Corp.
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government
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AT&T Corp.
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e-mail
AOL adds to its IP telephony portfolio
May 5, 2006
New AIM Phoneline is part of company's strategy to open its Internet products to non-AOL members.
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AOL TotalTalk
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AOL Instant Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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Skype
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IP telephony
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IM
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phone line
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IP
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VoIP
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Yahoo! Inc.
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cell phone
New Internet telephony players emerge
March 27, 2006
Lycos, Jajah get into Net telephony business, competing with big players like Skype, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google.
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Lycos Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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eBay Inc.
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U.S.
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mobile phone
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person
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IP
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Google Inc.
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PC
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video
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Microsoft Corp.
Pulver debuts P2P Bellster network
January 28, 2005
Digital troublemaker Jeff Pulver unleashes a way to use the Net to let anyone use your phone to make a call.
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Free World Dialup
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P2P
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phone line
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AIM Phoneline open to developers
September 7, 2006
AOL invites developers to tweak hardware and software for the Internet phone service, launched earlier in year.
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AOL Instant Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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telephony
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Yahoo IM
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Skype
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VoIP
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Time Warner Inc.
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IP
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call
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Yahoo! Inc.
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eBay Inc.
Telcos' evolving response to Net phone services
May 30, 2007
While Verizon fights Vonage in court, Deutsche Telekom makes a strategic investment in another Internet calling company.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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telecommunications company
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investment
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carrier
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Skype
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threat
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eBay Inc.
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Verizon Communications
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start-up
FCC requires VoIP to clean up its 911 act
May 19, 2005
Net phone operators face a late September deadline to fix their 911 systems, the FCC rules.
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BellSouth Corp.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
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