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Apple Still Not Allowing VoIP Calls Over 3G (GigaOM)

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:09:19 +0000

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Earlier today in response to my post about Nimbuzz, a good pal emailed to find out why the service didn’t work over the iPhone’s 3G connection. After all, a few weeks ago AT&T announced support for VoIP over 3G with much fanfare, a move that was widely applauded, including kudos from FCC Chairman [...]

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Lessons From the War Over Skype (DealBook)

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:15:44 +0000

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From Bits: The legal skirmish over eBay’s sale of Skype has been resolved. What has it taught us?
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Nimbuzz Takes on Skype with New Calling Out Service (GigaOM)

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:59:48 +0000

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Nimbuzz, a Netherlands based VoIP & Messaging start-up is introducing a premium calling service called NimbuzzOut. This premium calling service is available via an upgrade of their mobile client, which is currently available from the iPhone’s iTunes Apps Store, the Ovi store and Getjar. So far Nimbuzz has offered a meta-client that works [...]

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Skype is finally free to be independent (AfterDawn.com)

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:31:10 +0000

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Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have ended their lawsuit this week while agreeing to transfer ownership of their remaining part of the service, allowing for the VoIP service to finally be sold to an investor consortium. In exchange for dropping the legal roadblocks, the co-founders will have a 14 percent stake [...]

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Skype’s Legal Situation Clears (Click World News)

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:02:17 +0000

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chill writes “Skype’s co-founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn’t own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium. In exchange, Friis and Zennstrom will join the investor consortium and [...]

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Skype founders get stake (New York Post)

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:02:16 +0000

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Online auction giant eBay ended a year-long battle with the founders of Skype yesterday, clearing the way to sell off the Internet calling service. Litigation had been flying back and forth among Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis,…
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Skype Founders Assembling Killer Team For New Online Music Startup (TechCrunch)

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:40 +0000

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Now that they got what they wanted - a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon - the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they’re putting their weight behind: Rdio . The [...]

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Ingram Micro Expands Motorola Relationship, Adds Wireless Broadband Portfolio

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:54:00 +0000

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SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Offering channel partners one of the industry’s broadest and most complete selection of technology solutions, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is pleased to announce it has expanded its business relationship with the Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) to include its industry-leading [...]

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Ingram Micro Expands Motorola Relationship, Adds Wireless Broadband Portfolio

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Ingram Micro Expands Motorola Relationship, Adds Wireless Broadband Portfolio

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Martin Varsavsky: Why it may make sense to buy Skype back (The Huffington Post)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:41:51 +0000

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Image via WikipediaMy investors at Fon (Fon is the largest WiFi network in the world and is built by its users) include most of the…
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Martin Varsavsky: Why it may make sense to buy Skype back (The Huffington Post)

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Image via WikipediaMy investors at Fon (Fon is the largest WiFi network in the world and is built by its users) include most of the…
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Martin Varsavsky: Why it may make sense to buy Skype back (The Huffington Post)

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Image via WikipediaMy investors at Fon (Fon is the largest WiFi network in the world and is built by its users) include most of the…
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SuperNet Launches IDT - VoIP Simplified

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

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CINCINNATI, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ — SuperNet of Ohio Inc., headquartered in Loveland, announces the launch of its sophisticated VoIP (Voice-over Internet Protocol) service based out of Cincinnati called IDT - Internet Dial Tone, www.internetdialtone.net.
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EBay, Skype Settle IP Suits With Joltid, Sans Index Ventures

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:53 +0000

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eBay Nov. 6 settled lawsuits with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. in a .9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, [...]

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eBay, Skype Settle IP Suits with Joltid, sans Index Ventures

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:53 +0000

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eBay settles lawsuits with Joltid and Joost in a .9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, who had earlier tried to [...]

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Andreessen: We’re STOKED About Skype (The Business Insider)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:00 +0000

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Marc Andreessen popped up on CNBC this afternoon. Some key points: Skype will soon be a multi-billion dollar company and it’s growing like a freaking rocketship Twitter won’t kill Facebook Facebook won’t kill Twitter Ning CEO Gina Bianchini is indeed one of the sexiest CEOs alive * * Okay, okay, Marc didn’t say [...]

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Andreessen: We’re STOKED About Skype (The Business Insider)

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Andreessen: We’re STOKED About Skype (The Business Insider)

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Competitive Companies, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Voice Vision, Inc.

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:00 +0000

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SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Competitive Companies Inc. (CCI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CCOP) announced today the Company has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Voice Vision, Inc. (VVI). This planned acquisition is consistent with the CCI Strategic Business Plan, designed to build enterprise value through organic growth and select acquisition [...]

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Skype Lawsuit Over – Founders Do Well In eBay Settlement (The Next Web)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:12 +0000

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It has finally come to a conclusion: eBay gets to spin-off Skype, the founders are coming back, the P2P technology that runs Skype will be merged into the corporation, and Index Ventures is out of the picture. The deal breaks down as follows: eBay will own 30% of the company, the founders will [...]

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Skype lives on, reaches settlement with Joltid (Download Squad)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

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Filed under: News , VoIP A few months ago there was talk that a lawsuit could bring down the popular VoIP client Skype. That’s because Skype was involved in a dispute with Joltid, a company that Skype was licensing technology from. Today Skype announced that the company has reached a settlement with Joltid [...]

DONE DEAL: eBay Settles Skype Lawsuit, Founders Return (Mashable)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:41 +0000

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After a saga that simply defied explanation, the eBay/Skype lawsuit has finally been settled. The founders of Skype have returned to their creation. A recap of the story: eBay bought Skype for .6 billion back in 2005. Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, got off with a nice sum, but haven’t been [...]

eBay Settles Suits Over Skype; Founders To Join Investor Group (Tech Trader Daily)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:11:42 +0000

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eBay (EBAY) has settled its legal dispute with the founders of Skype, clearling the way for the sale of a majority stake in the voice over IP telephony company to a group of private investors. The company said that the investor group led by Silver Lake which has agreed to acquire [...]
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My Thoughts On Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard (GigaOM)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:21 +0000

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The final results are in: eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners have stuck a deal with Skype founders and JoltID, the technology company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They are also transferring the ownership of intellectual property needed to make sure that Skype works to the [...]

Andreessen On Skype: “This Is One Of The Most Important Companies On the Internet.” (TechCrunch)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:03:28 +0000

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Earlier this morning, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis settled their lawsuits with eBay and a syndicate of investors in return for a 14 percent stake in the company they founded. The lawsuits were complicating the spin-off of Skype from eBay because the Skype founders still controlled the service’s underlying peer-to-peer technology. In an [...]

Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% (TechCrunch)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000

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eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Index Ventures , a historical [...]

One Voice Means Your LTE Calls Will One Day Be VoIP (GigaOM)

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00:15 +0000

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A large group of carriers and equipment makers yesterday came out in support of a standard called One Voice to provide voice over the next-generation Long Term Evolution mobile networks. For those adopting the standard, LTE mobile calls would become VoIP calls. The standard is necessary to ensure you can call people on [...]

Sonus Networks Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +0000

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WESTFORD, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), providing network transformation through IP communications technology, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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Skype Cofounders Will Be Part Of Buyout Group; Index Ventures Is Out (Paidcontent)

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:39:11 +0000

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A settlement has been reached that should wipe the slate on all of the litigation involving Skype and its founders, paving the way for the unit to be spun out of eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY )—and also will wipe Index Ventures out of the picture, paidContent has confirmed. Reports of a possible settlement [...]