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Voice-computing mash up continues. Today, France-based OpenWengo released a Firefox extension that allows users to make free phone calls to each other. Open Wengo’s parent company, Neuf Telecom offers the optional Wengo call-out service so that you can dial out to PSTN/Mobile numbers. Till recently, they have been pushing a classic softphone, but I am [...]

MyPeople, a division of Momentum Telecom, which has started to offer wholesale VoIP services to any small and medium sized cable operator, who can then in turn offer the service to their consumers. It is a business model that has been tried before with marginal success. Net2Phone was chasing that market, and go some [...]

Okay, so honestly, I did not pay much attention to IPWireless’ pending move into the mobile television business with its TDtv. TDtv operates in the universal unpaired 3G spectrum bands that are available across Europe and Asia at 1900MHz and 2010MHz. With Nokia and Qualcomm squaring off against each other, I didn’t think anyone [...]

Singapore government has given a blessing on a new fiber to the home broadband network that will compete with current incumbents SingTel and StarHub. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong according to The Strait Times, announced the government intentions during his Budget presentation and promised to reveal more details next week. Some private corporations are going [...]

Between cleaning out my inbox, posting on the blog, and reporting for the magazine, it is no surprise that I missed out watching the India-Pakistan cricket series almost entirely. For those who don’t know its like Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees, except bigger. Worried, that I missed on the games, I asked Wasim, [...]

Starbucks is one of my favorite places to hang out; an office away from office. The open and welcoming layout and friendly Baristas more than make-up for the less than stellar and over caffeinated brew they serve. The constant ringing of the phone is such an annoyance, that I love escaping to one of the [...]