A new Facebook application called Phone-Me-Now allows Facebook members to place free calls from their friends’ Facebook profile pages, without revealing either party’s caller ID. The company, Ifbyphone, was offering the first 1,000 accounts 100 free minutes per month to regular U.S. phone numbers, though we doubt there are any of those left.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) will continue its ban on VoIP software programs like Skype and other services based on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a low-cost web-based communication technology, the Gulf News reported. VoIP services will be allowed only through the two licensed operators in the country, Etisalat and Du, said Mohammad N. Al Ganem, [...]
Rumors are again suggesting that a Google Phone may be on the cards. And not just one, but two handsets, 9to5Mac.com reports. Last year, when announcing its Android mobile operating system, Google said it wouldn’t release an own-brand handset, but would instead develop software for ‘thousands of Google Phones’.
The landscape of mobile phones is changing. As more and more people get connected to mobile broadband, Internet features are drawing increasing interest from cell phone consumers. One of the areas which is seeing rapid development is VoIP technology. VoIP connects calls through the Internet and allows for low-cost international and long-distance calling, a feature [...]
T-Mobile added to its HotSpot @Home portfolio a VoIP-based wireline service called Talk Forever Home Phone, released in Seattle and Dallas. The service lets customers make unlimited calls from their home phone. T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home portfolio was launched nationwide in June 2007, when the company rolled out a Wi-Fi-based add-on service for its mobile subscribers [...]