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Sprint and Clearwire have merged their WiMax to bring to reality the latest generation of broadband services. Getting much needed backing from heavyweight companies like Google, Intel, Comcast and others, the venture now has an addition $3.2 billion to complete the roll-out of these services.

New search engine TripleMe.com has added more advanced searching capabilities to help users easily sort results from the top 3 major search engines. Displaying search results from Google, Yahoo and MSN, TripleMe has grown in popularity with over 1,000 unique visitors using the engine per day.

According to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the company is planning to lay off approximately 4,650 employees. The company said the 1.5 percent decrease in its workforce is “the next step in streamlining its operations.

The majority of the job cuts will be at the managerial level and that the overall headcount is expected to remain stable throughout 2008. The company also stated in the SEC report that it will continue to seek and hire talent to support the main growth areas of the company.

For 2008, the story on VoIP will be about technology with increased business market penetration, improved consumer suceess and growing dominence by cable providers with in the US residential market.

Shareholders of Covad have voted to approve the $304 million bid by Platinum Equity to buy the struggling broadband carrier and take it private.

Fierce competition in the mobile VoIP sector isn't keeping new offerings at bay. Raketu, a leading global Internet communications, information, and entertainment company, has been steadily introducing mobile VoIP clients over the past two months despite saturation from several other competitors. Following the release of its iPhone client in December of 2007, Raketu has most recently introduced mobile VoIP clients for Blackberry devices and Windows Mobile-based smartphones.

The market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the billion dollar barrier for the first time this year, as an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world start making video phone calls. According to the study, nearly $1.1 billion will be spent on residential video telephony services worldwide in 2007, according to a new market research study from The Bharatbook.com

TripleMe Search Engine raises the bar on global user friendliness offering sophisticated search capabilities through the top search engines.

In an effort to stop Microsoft from snatching up Yahoo, Google is actively taking steps to prevent the $44.6 billion acquisition.

Both companies have agreed to cross license patents and under the settlement Vonage will not be required to pay any damages.