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Skype will start selling WiFi cell phones

Authored by Jay Baage on July 21, 2006 - 7:34am.
Skypephone Skype, the IP-phone company owned by Ebay, has announced a collaboration with hardware partners to deliver the first WiFi phones for Skype software, in a sense creating a cell phone that is free to the user.
tags: Tech | CE | WiFi | Skype | Telecom | Telephony | Cellphones | Belkin | Netgear |

Internet Telephony Firm Vonage Files to Raise $250 Million in IPO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2006 - 4:25am.
Holmdel, N.J. - Vonage, one of the biggest providers of Internet telephone (VoIP) services, has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering to raise an estimated $250 million. New Jersey-based Vonage also announced on Wednesday that it has hired Michael Snyder, the former president of ADT Security Systems, as its CEO. Snyder is replacing Vonage founder Jeffrey Citron, who will serve as chairman of the board and chief strategist. Founded four years ago, Vonage currently has about 1.4 million subscribers. The company had revenue of $18.7 million in
tags: Internet | IPO | Vonage | Raise | Telephony |

Report: Cable Internet Telephony Subscribers Jump 900% in 2004

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2005 - 3:35am.
Boston -- The number of North American subscribers to Internet telephony services provided by cable TV providers jumped 900% between 2003 and 2004, from less than 50,000 to nearly half a million, according to a report from Boston-based Infonetics Research. This growth mirrored an increase in spending on VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) equipment by cable firms from $63 million in 2003 to $123 million in 2004, and an overall 26% increase in the number of cable broadband subscribers, to 22.4 million. "Investments were up sharply in 2004 as more MSOs either began trials or introduced commercial offerings to a wider market," said Kevin Mitchell, directing analyst for Infonetics. "Although the number of cable VoIP subscribers is still fairly small and two MSOs made up over 90% of that subscriber total in 2004, we expect the penetration of VoIP service delivered directly from MSOs among cable broadband subscribers to increase from 2% in 2004 to 15% in 2007."
tags: Internet | Reports | Subscribers | Cable | Telephony |

Report: Internet Telephony Poised to Transform Global Telecommunications

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2004 - 7:17am.
London -- According to a new study conducted by analysis firm Juniper Research, Internet telephony -- also known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) -- is set to account for about 12% of global telephone revenues within the next five years. Juniper goes on to predict that the VoIP market will account for roughly $32 billion of the estimated overall market of $260 billion by the year 2009. "VoIP brings new revenue-generating opportunities to the telephony market, by combining voice services with other IP applications," said Juniper Research broadband specialist Ian Cox. "This will redefine the telephone, bringing brand new services with telephony at its core." The report also called on lawmakers not to over-regulate the market. "A balance needs to be established between promoting healthy market competition and ensuring widespread VoIP adoption on a fair and equitable basis," Juniper said. "VoIP requires nurturing in the early years as the market develops."
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