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FAQ: Demystifying VoIP

August 11, 2005 As use of Net telephony increases, so does the number of questions about it. Here are answers to some of the common ones. TAGS: VoIP service, VoIP, call, telephony, cable company, IP, adapter, broadband, cell phone, modem, IM, e-mail, PC

ICANN approves .tel domain

May 16, 2006 Domain to give companies and individuals a 21st-century equivalent of a phone number, promises proposer. TAGS: domain, domain name, DNS, VoIP, IP, IM

Jive Software finds its voice

March 15, 2007 Openfire's open-source instant messaging, formerly called Wildfire, will add voice over IP (VoIP) calling. TAGS: VoIP, voice, IM, open source, IP, PC

Microsoft, Softbank in Japanese VoIP deal

December 28, 2005 The partnership will develop services combining Internet telephony, e-mail, Internet access and instant messaging. TAGS: Softbank Corp., VoIP, IP telephony, telephony, Internet access, Microsoft Corp., IM, e-mail

Software lets people search VoIP chitchat

March 28, 2005 United Virtualities offers free, ad-supported application that lets people search Net phone conversations. TAGS: VoIP, VoIP phone, conversation, Skype, Internet phone, Google Inc., U.K., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM, IP, e-mail, PC

Yahoo tests new IM software

May 18, 2005 Company set to unveil a test version that promotes VoIP and the company's new social network. TAGS: VoIP, Yahoo! Inc., Plantronics, social networking, Yahoo IM, Time Warner Inc., IM, headset, blog, video, e-mail, PC

Skype releases IM developer tools

August 24, 2005 The VoIP giant is opening up its instant-messaging program for integration with Web sites and other Internet software. TAGS: Skype, VoIP, development tool, IM, Internet phone, VoIP company, spokeswoman, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., MSN, America Online Inc., PC

Microsoft acquires Net-calling start-up

November 3, 2005 Purchase of Swiss firm should bolster Microsoft's corporate instant messaging push. TAGS: Microsoft Office Live Communications Server, communications server, VoIP, agent, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., start-up, Microsoft Office, IP, IM, server

Comcast to launch IM with video

January 11, 2005 The nation's largest cable company is planning to launch its own IM service midyear, equipped with Web cam features. TAGS: Brian Roberts, video IM, Comcast Corp., Web portal, subscriber, Time Warner Inc., IM, portal, VoIP, cable company, leader, America Online Inc., MSN, broadband, Yahoo! Inc., video

Microsoft, Nortel form alliance

July 18, 2006 Companies to partner on unified-communications portfolio of e-mail, IM and VoIP software for businesses. Video: Ballmer comments on alliance TAGS: Nortel Networks Corp., alliance, VoIP, telephony, IM, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, server, video

AOL, Microsoft prep dueling VoIP efforts

September 20, 2005 America Online plans to launch its Net phone service within three weeks, while Redmond is partnering with Qwest. TAGS: AOL TotalTalk, Qwest Communications Inc., Internet phone, VoIP, America Online Inc., small and medium business, Time Warner Inc., call, IM, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Net phone 911 mandate may hit nomads hardest

May 20, 2005 Carriers who hand out VoIP numbers that aren't based on where customers live are the ones affected by the FCC's ruling. TAGS: VoIP, VoIP company, Internet phone, operator, phone network, telephone number, BellSouth Corp., game console, AT&T Corp., call, IM, console

Search giants hear voices

March 7, 2005 Net telephony catches ears at Yahoo and Google. Also: Is Skype on anyone's shopping list? TAGS: VoIP, portal, voice service, Skype, Web portal, Yahoo! Inc., VoIP company, IP telephony, MSN, telephony, Time Warner Inc., voice, telecommunications, America Online Inc., Google Inc., U.K.

MSN buys into Net-calling future

August 31, 2005 Microsoft announces the buyout of VoIP start-up, aiming to replicate Skype's service inside its IM client. TAGS: Joe Laszlo, MSN, VoIP, Skype, IM, MSN Messenger, acquisition, voice, IP, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

Google window-shops for VoIP

March 9, 2005 At Net phone confab, search giant takes meetings with service providers, sources tell News.com. TAGS: VoIP, Internet phone, VoIP service, meeting, Web portal, portal, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., BellSouth Corp., MSN, America Online Inc., service provider, U.K., AT&T Corp., conference, IM

Overload for the wireless industry?

March 15, 2005 Instant messaging, ring tones and other services have cell phone industry scrambling to keep up--and now phone makers are adding VoIP. TAGS: CTIA, VoIP, camera phone, handset, cell phone, RIM BlackBerry, U.S., America Online Inc., IM, Yahoo! Inc., radio, camera

AOL unveils VoIP plans

March 8, 2005 Net phone service is due in a month, heightening pressure on rivals such as Yahoo to follow suit. TAGS: America Online Inc., Internet phone, phone service, Time Warner Inc., VoIP, Yahoo! Inc., IM, handset, U.K., MSN, adapter, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

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. TAGS: AOL AIM Phoneline, AOL TotalTalk, AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., IM client, telephony, call, IP telephony, Skype, IP, IM, phone line, VoIP, Yahoo! Inc., cell phone

Commentary: eBay's scary Skype purchase

September 13, 2005 Skype and its voice services give the auction giant no sustainable advantage in communications or communities. TAGS: Skype, voice service, eBay Inc., voice, commentary, VoIP, communication, community, telecommunications, acquisition, customer service, MSN, Google Inc., Real-Time, Yahoo! Inc., IM

Skype goes for the gold

March 17, 2005 Can new paid services put the Net phone upstart on the path to profits? TAGS: Skype, phone network, SkypeOut, Internet phone, VoIP, subscriber, profit, IM, PC
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