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Live: AT&T and T-Mobile merger conference call
Mar 21st
AT&T and T-Mobile are holding a conference call to discuss their merger plans unveiled yesterday. We expect both boilerplate details as well as possibly new insights. Check in starting from 8AM Eastern for updates, which we’ll post below as they become relevant.
8:24AM: John Stankey up. Mobile broadband is the critical enabling technology for content, app, cloud service providers. From network ops, this is exciting, but also a bit humbling. At the front end of this curve. Demands will be intense in the future. Optimal combination. Highly complimentary assets. Same global technology path (GSM/HSPA+). Lets us plan with more certainty.
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Sony call strongly hints at PlayStation phone, tablet
Oct 30th
Sony during the call discussing its latest results has strongly hinted that the company is developing a PlayStation phone. Without mentioning the device itself, the company said the hardware would be delivered from the Network Services group that handles both computers and the PlayStation brand. It’s also moving Sony Computer Entertainment, the PlayStation division, into the Sony City headquarters to “better incorporate” it with the planning teams for a mystery product.
Ericsson, half of Sony Ericsson, was said to be helping out on both smartphone and game devices.
The company has never officially confirmed a PlayStation phone but has already dropped More >
Skype for Android hacked to call on 3G
Oct 7th
In just a few days following Skype’s Android app launch, hackers have reportedly managed to enable VoIP calling over 3G networks. Although international users could take advantage of 3G VoIP calling without using modified software, the US release restricted users to placing calls over Wi-Fi networks.
The 3G-enabled app, posted on DroidForums.net, requires users to manually install the hacked .apk file. The service works for free when placing Skype-to-Skype calls, while calling to landlines or mobile phones requires a monthly plan or per-minute payments.
World?s First Open Source Enterprise P2p Call Center Software
May 1st
World’s first open source Enterprise P2P Call center software
More world firsts:
– Combination of power of Web, P2P, & Telephony. – Completely Mashable platform that can be easily extended for integration with other 3rd party systems. – World’s first predictive dialer for lowest call drop and wait time. – Very low bandwidth and infrastructure costs.
VMukti 1.1 a complete call center solution which supports both Inbound and Outbound Call Centers. Built with an open architecture and supporting common standards (ITU, IETF standards) it eliminates the need for proprietary hardware and software.
VMukti 1.1 has all the necessary features to go beyond providing value More >
Google introduces Call from Gmail, free calls to US and Canada (update: impressions)
Aug 26th
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Rumors have been buzzing about since June, but Google just made it official — the company’s baking Google Voice calls right into Gmail today. Like the Google Chat text, voice and video chat integrated into the web-based email client in prior years, full phone calls will also be an option using VoIP technology from the Gizmo5 aquisition. Google’s demoing the “Call from Gmail” service for us in San Francisco this morning, and it’s looking like it’s not free, but fairly cheap — a product manager just called Paris for $ 0.02 a minute. Incoming calls pop up as a chat More >