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| Damage to submarine communication cables hit business across the Middle East and South Asia Posted: 31 Jan 2008 01:37 PM CST Damage to submarine communication cables hit business across the Middle East and South Asia on Thursday, including the vital call center industry, prompting appeals for people to limit their surfing. Around 70 percent of Internet users in Egypt were affected when two submarine cables in the Mediterranean Sea were damaged on Wednesday, also rupturing connections thousands of kilometres (miles) away. State-owned Saudi Telecom reported the loss of more than 50 percent of its international lines, and said it did not know when normal service would be restored, the Arab News reported.Like India, Egypt has a major call center industry which has been affected by the outage, and the telecommunications ministry said production was down to 30 percent. A telecommunications ministry statement named other affected Arab countries as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Qatar and Bahrain.Egyptian blogger The Arabist said he would "resume posting after the problem is resolved" and predicted, with a hint of sarcasm, "complete social breakdown in vast swathes of (upmarket Cairo districts) Heliopolis and Mohandiseen as thousands are unable to update their Facebook status." Sri Lanka also faced a drastic drop in service quality, according to Sri Lanka Telecom, the country's largest Internet service provider.In India, the Internet-dependent outsourcing industry was severely disrupted, with businesses saying it may take up to 15 days to return to normal. Neighbouring Bangladesh was also hit. An official from the state Telegraph and Telephone Board said "voice and data traffic bound for Europe and America is not working. It slowed down the Internet services in the country."Google AFP tag: submarine communication cables, undersea cable, call center industry, |
| iPhone Price Cut May Aid To Reach Goals. Posted: 31 Jan 2008 11:48 AM CST The Street article suggests that Apple should bring down the price of iPhone in order to reach hit the 10 Million mark over next four quarters. Yes I will get one if the price is right! CEO Steve Jobs will need to work some magic to hit his sales target of 10 million iPhones this year.Since the iPhone's launch in June, Apple has sold about 4 million devices, including 2.3 million during the important holiday season. To reach the 10 million mark, it needs to average 2.5 million phones in sales a quarter over the next four quarters -- or 200,000 more than what it sold during the big holiday season. "The number is a challenge, but unless the global economy slows down profoundly, Apple will make it happen," The Street article by By Priya Ganapati tag: iPhone, Apple, Steve Jobs |
| "C" Block of 700 Megahertz Spectrum Gets $4.71 billion Bid. Posted: 31 Jan 2008 11:39 AM CST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bidder on Thursday offered $4.71 billion for a key slice of wireless airwaves being sold by the U.S. government, triggering a condition that the spectrum be accessible to any device or software application. After 17 auction rounds, the bidding for the "C" block of 700 megahertz spectrum surpassed a $4.64 billion minimum set by the Federal Communications Commission. As a result, the winner of the airwaves will have to abide by the open-access conditions, which had been sought by Internet search engine Google Inc and adopted by the FCC before the auction. The bidders' identities are being kept secret, under FCC rules, until the entire auction ends. However, analysts have said the most likely bidders for the C block airwaves are Verizon Wireless and Google. tag: open-access conditions, 700 megahertz spectrum, Verizon Wireless, Google, FCC Auction, "C" block auction |
| Jangl Takes Jungle Out Of Dating Yet Hides You Well Posted: 31 Jan 2008 10:39 AM CST TechCrunch says that jangl has partnered with Plentyoffish to provide VoIP solutions to the dating site that is receiving 3million page views an hour! I like to know what is the platform this guy is running this on, specially in an apartment? Jangl fits the bill, when it comes to connecting with new friends safely and privately, with "Social Communications Widget". It lets you make calls, send SMSs, and leave voice mails without exposing anyone's phone number through a simple widget. Perfect for places where do not want reveal too much yet want to see a lot. Jangl's widget will let daters call each other, send SMSs, and leave voice mails all without sharing a real number. The functionality makes it easy to take the next step in a relationship without sacrificing privacy, or just discrete phone sex. The backend service is through Jajah. Like Plentyoffish, jangl plans to make money with advertising. tag: jangl, jajah, plentyoffish, phone sex, SMS, Social Communications Widget |
| Ribbit Hatches an Amphibian, A Web 2.0 VoIP Solution. Posted: 31 Jan 2008 09:57 AM CST  Phone In A Flash From Ribbit, (A lengthy press release) I mentioned last year, has released Amphibian, a full scale VoIP application for the web. According to the Amphibian site,With Amphibian you can:
The Amphibian will easily work with your favorite webtop, like iGoogle or facebook. Ribbit was also at DEMO 08. And the 5.58 min presentation(Demo 08 presentations were limited to 6 minutes) is on Ribbit Corporate blog. I know I will have that Air Phone. tag: Amphibian, ribbit, VoIP Solutions, iPhone, Air Phone, iGoogle, Facebook, Ribbit API, |
| IVR Technologies, Inc. Releases Microsoft Windows Mobile® Smartphone SIP VoIP Applications Posted: 31 Jan 2008 01:01 AM CST Los Angeles, CA [ January 14, 2008 ] IVR Technologies, Inc., a leading software developer of IP enhanced services and real-time billing solutions, announced today that they have released several Windows Mobile® Smartphone applications for use with Talking SIP, their fully integrated application, media and billing server. The Smartphone applications integrate tightly and seamlessly into Windows Mobile® 6 powered devices and facilitate calling card and callback calls in order to realize significant cost savings over typically exorbitant mobile international long distance rates. The Smartphone Calling Card and Callback applications are just some of the many in-demand and innovative services offered by the popular and globally deployed Talking SIP solution that drives revenue and higher margin to service providers' networks. Today's mobile calling plans offer economical local and domestic calling plans while international long distance calling is still prohibitively expensive - especially when roaming. Unfortunately, more cost-effective solutions for mobile users, such as calling cards and fixed-mobile convergence, are cumbersome and protract the calling process. On the other hand, the Smartphone applications provide an extremely simple and straightforward way to make long distance calls while, at the same time, realizing significant cost savings. A User accesses the Smartphone Calling Card and Callback applications through a voice tag, speed dial, or through the Windows® Start menu. Simply select the desired destination party directly from the Contact list or by direct dialing the number to initiate the calling card or callback request. With the calling card application the call is made immediately and the application handles the sending of caller authentication, login and destination information. With the callback application, after the request has been made, in mere seconds the mobile subscriber's phone will ring and he will be connected to the desired party. By offering applications that are so tightly integrated into the phone, mobile users can now make international long distance calls in the same manner - and with the same quality - as regular calls but at significantly lower cost. In addition, next-generation service providers are able to drive additional revenue and margin to their networks by capturing long distance traffic that is currently being serviced by mobile carriers. The Talking SIP solution can service calling card and callback requests from mobile subscribers located anywhere in the world - thus removing any and all geographic boundaries to the service provider's target market. More info at web site http://www.ivr.com. tag: mobile Voip, SIP, Smartphone, billing solutions, Talking SIP, Calling Card, fixed-mobile convergence, voice tag, speed dial, |
| Windows Mobile Version of Raketu Released Posted: 31 Jan 2008 12:13 AM CST NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raketu, a leading global Internet communications, information, and entertainment company, today introduced the Windows Mobile version of the company's voice over IP (VoIP) communications software. Raketu's Windows Mobile version, which can be downloaded directly from www.Raketu.com and runs native on Windows Mobile device handsets, enables smart phone users that run the PPC2003, WinMobile5, and WinMobile6 Windows Mobile operating systems to make free and low cost VoIP calls globally. "Increasingly our users who have Windows Mobile smart phones have been requesting that Raketu run native on their handsets to eliminate the high cost of International calling from their mobile devices," said Greg Parker, president of Raketu Communications. "Now anyone with a mobile device that uses the Windows Mobile operating system can make free and low-cost VoIP calls to friends, family, and business associates globally." Currently, all pre-paid customers of Raketu's desktop based "RakOut" computer-to-phone VoIP services enjoy 1200 minutes of free calling each month dialing from their PC to landline and mobile phones in over 42 countries around the world. Starting immediately, users of Raketu's Windows Mobile application will be able to take advantage of the same free calling promotion. Additionally, Raketu Windows Mobile users will be able to make Raketu phone-to-phone calls, send instant messages, sms-text messages and email. For more information visit the company's website at www.Raketu.com.
tag: raketu, mobile Voip, RakOut, PPC2003, WinMobile5, VoIP, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile VoIP, |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2008 07:22 PM CST But before you do upgrade, read the FAQ by Nate True himself. Below is a part of it. The iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak MAC Version is available now. If this is what you are looking for go for it! I've heard that your update will break when the SDK comes out. That's all speculation for now - when the SDK comes out I will be testing for it, and I will release a fix if something is amiss. I am have an iPhone. Is it safe to upgrade? First off, I can't guarantee that an upgrade will go as planned. However, the upgrade does not make irreversible changes - you will be able to restore your iPhone from any state the upgrader leaves it in (unless your iPhone is already broken). To see what you can do with your phone, consult this list: The iPhone can-I-upgrade list |
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