Neowin News Feed for: Telephony

Skype usage up 50% under Microsoft

Stefano Elia — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:50:50 +0000

Microsoft revealed yesterday that amongst their financial performance, Skype usage has gone up 50% in the last quarter with 115 billion minutes worth of calls globally in the same period. Read more...

Shanghai stages 4G telephony rollout, claims a world first

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:58:31 +0000

China has launched a trial run of home-grown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shanghai. 4G technology provides wireless services at much faster speeds, sharply improving high-quality images and data services, and potentially allowing for such features... Read more...

Sky expands internet telephony service

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:30:49 +0000

BSkyB is preparing to expand its internet phone service, according to a report in The Times. The newspaper said that Sky hopes to "shake up the market" for internet-based VoIP telephony. Sky has not released... Read more...

Siemens, IBM to team up on Internet telephony

Tom Warren — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:23:50 +0000

Siemens and IBM are teaming up to offer VoIP (Voice over IP) technology to the enterprise. The two companies are planning to intergrate Siemens HiPath softswitches for VoIP into... Read more...

HGC and Skype Partner to Deliver Internet Telephony

Tom Warren — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:40:30 +0000

Skype announced today, a partnership with Hutchison Global Communications Limited to deliver Skype software to the Hong Kong market. The two companies look set to promote the new service "HGC-Skype" in a joint... Read more...