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Providers are to provide a “listening port” so the law enforcers access to chat logs, and VoIP phone calls. This affects foreign companies offering their services in the United States. The law is to be completed in 2011. The government of Barack Obama is working on a law that expands the powers of interception by [...]

The U.S district court has sentenced a hacker in the State of New Jersey for his audacious approach of exploiting VoIP service providers. Edwin Pena was given the ten year prison sentence this week according to computer magazine PC World. The 27 year old had allegedly exploited the networks of several popular VoIP providers, stealing [...]

The traditional landline telephone connection in Germany is apparently threatened with extinction. According to a recent study of Bitkom, the number of conventional phone lines declined last year to 32.8 million while there was a significant rise in calls over the Internet. Other types of communication via cable or DSL are on the rise too. [...]

Version 9 of 3CX VoIP Phone System for Windows now supports video conferencing and the integration of mobile terminal device. In early August 3CX has introduced the latest version of its VoIP phone system for Windows. Version 9 now makes it possible to hold video-conferences. In addition, the new module can be 3CX Assistant telephone [...]

Telecommunication manufacturer Tiptel releases a new range of products aimed at the senior citizen market, including the 6010 GSM and 6011 GSM. The new Tiptel Mobile Phones “GSM 6010/6011 Ergophone” comes on the market in mid-September, the second time the German-based company has entered the GSM market. The new brand “Ergophone” is aimed at people [...]

The VoIP provider Skype has launched its new service “Skype Connect” – formally Skype for SIP. It was preceded by a prolonged beta phase, and now the service will generate additional revenue. Skype Connect 1.0 targets businesses, and allows IP-enabled PBX or unified communications systems to connect to Skype. This will, according to the company, [...]

Hardware vendor Cisco is eyeing a deal to buy Skype. Speculation is about a purchase price of five billion U.S. dollars. TechCrunch had a conversation regarding the possible takeover with “reliable sources”, and claim there is a possible purchase for five billion U.S. dollars. Primarily, the question that everybody is currently wondering is how Cisco [...]