February 2008

More and more companies are adopting IP telephony to utilize the broad range of features and benefits associated with this advancing technology. Businesses unable or unwilling to make the switch will soon find themselves at a competitive disadvantage for a number of reasons. Understanding VOIP, how it works and the different features and capabilities will make all the difference when choosing service and a provider.

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.

A new VoIP service provider which launched in Australia last month has introduced a novel way of looking at VoIP service provision. Rather than setting rock solid rates and forcing customers to use its preferred network partners, Antratel takes a different approach.

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