SpiriTel has announced that it has won a network services and hosted VoIP contract with a major European hotel group.
The business communications service provider said the value of the three year contract is expected to exceed £1 million.
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Skype’s future as an eBay company is looking increasingly unsure as speculation mounts over its possible sale.
eBay’s chief executive, John Donahoe, has done nothing to ease expectations of a sell-off. Last week he told analysts that "synergies between Skype and the other parts of our portfolio are minimal" and that it is "a great standalone business".
The mobile ad network AdMob has raised USD $12.5 million in a further round of venture funding.
The new investment is its third round of funding, which now totals USD $28.2 million.
Orange UK is to offer a pay-as-you-go Blackberry – the first carrier in Europe to launch a PAYG RIM device.
The move underlines RIM’s intention to re-position itself as a provider of handsets that appeal to the consumer market as well as its traditional enterprise stronghold.
Demand for HD content has helped drive sales of Freesat devices past the 200,000 mark since the UK service was launched last May.
While the figure is impressive, it further highlights the gulf that has opened up between the US and Japan and the rest of the world.
The addition of 1.9 million 3G iPhone accounts helped AT&T to post USD $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the fourth quarter.
Apple’s handset made up the bulk of the 2.1 million net new customers that the telecom company gained in the period.
More than 39 million US households have an HDTV set – and the figure keeps on rising.
Yet a sizeable proportion – 43 per cent or 17 million – either don’t have or don’t watch HD content.
Polycom has announced record revenues of USD $1.1bn for 2008.
The company said VoIP phones continued to be one of its fastest growing product lines in 2008, as customers put out dollars to implement a "money saving solution".
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.
This year’s Home Media Expo has been cancelled after a 27-year run as a result of the current economic conditions.
With the financial situation worsening, the technology event is unlikely to be the only casualty among industry tradeshows.