The departing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin announced another investigation is to be launched into Comcast shortly before leaving his post.
The regulatory agency is to focus on allegations that Comcast is deliberately downgrading its rivals’ phone services.
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Skype has announced that it is to integrate Skype functionality with IBM’s LotusLive.
The new cloud services from IBM are designed to help individuals build communities to work more effectively and efficiently across and beyond their own companies.
Daniel Wagner has been appointed head of XO Communications’ Business Services unit.
The appointment, which is effective immediately, will see Wagner focus on accelerating the division’s profitability and revenue growth.
i2Telecom has announced that its MyGlobalTalk service is now available for the Symbian S60 operating system.
The service has just been approved for inclusion on Android’s Marketplace and has been submitted for approval on the iPhone App Store.
The options for VoIP calling on the iPhone are expected to continue expanding with both Skype and Truphone expected to join a growing list of VoIP apps for the Apple handset.
Truphone already provides an app for the iPhone which enables users to make low-priced international calls via the GSM network even when the smartphone is not connected to the Wi-Fi network.
Cisco is developing a 320Mbps cable modem – the DPC3212.
It will be one of the first to use the DOCSIS 3.0 standard to pass 300Mbps.
Equipped with a new Broadcom chip, it joins eight – rather than four – cable channels together to reach the maximum speed.
TringMe has announced a method of marrying VoIP with PHP – VoicePHP.
The Bangalore, India-based startup, describes VoicePHP as an extension of PHP that now outputs voice instead of text and also takes input as voice instead of text.
Motorola has released an all-in-one access point that combines WiMAX, Wi-Fi and VoIP, along with an Ethernet port.
The wi4 WiMAX CPEi 775 is a WiMAX 802.16e modem with an integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g router, VoIP ATA ports for voice calling, and an Ethernet port.
Global economic problems will cause a slowdown in spending in the IP contact center (IPCC) market in 2009, according to Infonetics Research.
The communications market research firm reports that while the overall Unified Communications and IPCC markets will experience a downturn, the IPCC and communicator segments will weather the economic downturn better than others.
Microsoft has awarded fring’s mobile VoIP application its “Designed for Window Mobile” certification.
The approval is the latest for fring, which has been working to develop its popular IM/ VOIP application for different platforms.