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PEOPLEnet & Skype

By admin ⋅ December 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ukrainian wireless carrier PEOPLEnet has announced that it has a partnership with Skype that will allow its subscribers to use Skype by simply dialing 123 right on their phones to call any landline or cell phone in any country. The exciting feature is that one does not even have to be a Skype user to [...]

Free calls to israel with skyp

By admin ⋅ August 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Skype has announced that users in Israel and Finland will be able to make unlimited calls between fixed line phones for a monthly charge of $5.95. The package is limited to fixed lines only and does not include calls to cellular phones.
Users in Israel will also be given the option of buying an international package, [...]

Decrypting Skype

By admin ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

There is a possibility that the encryption of Skype VoIP phone calls might not be as secure as you think as it’s possible that Skyp has keys so law enforcement authorities can decrypt encrypted VoIP phone calls. Skype wouldnt confirm or deny this.
This came to light when an online report stated that Austrian officials with [...]

Skype for business

By admin ⋅ July 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Skyp is targeting the small business market with its voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. The pioneer of internet telephony claims that 30 per cent of its 309 million users now use the service for work and the firm is now attempting to establish itself in the business market. A total of 95 per cent [...]

Skype’s mobile phone calls

By admin ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The voip mobile service for 3G phones was launched by Skype and can be downloaded from its website directly to the phone in much the same way as a new ringtone or game would be. It will operate on more than 40 handsets from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson and work in countries including [...]

Skype flat rate charges

By admin ⋅ April 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Skype has decided to charge a flat rate for international calls. Skype has packaged a number of different unlimited fixed international calls at a flat monthly fee although they point out with an asterisk that “* The legal bit – as part of our fair usage policy you’ll get up to 10,000 calling minutes per [...]

Software vs. Hardware-Based VoIP

By admin ⋅ February 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

VoIP comes in two basic forms: hardware-based services that use a converter box between your broadband Internet router and a regular touchtone phone, and software-based services that require a computer. Major hardware VoIP services such as those from Vonage (News - Alert) and EarthLink fall into the first category. The software-based services, like GloPhone and [...]

Skylook : Skype and Outlook

By admin ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This synthesis combines regular Outlook features with Skype and SMS (Short Message Service) in powerful ways: to send you text alerts to your cell phone when you miss reminders, to read important emails to you on your phone when you are away from your desk, and to record Skype calls as MP3s. Skype Journal has [...]

Skype on Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable)

By admin ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Breaking VoIP news came from a strange location in January 2008, when PlayStation.Blog announced that PSP users would be able to use Skype after downloading the new firmware upgrade. Early tests showed that the “audio quality was pretty decent, comparable to when using Skype on a PC although there is a lag time in the [...]

Yugma Skype

By admin ⋅ February 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Yugma Inc. realized that when you cut out the quirky Mac users from the design department and the quirky Linux users from the IT department, suddenly the squares from sales and accounting don’t have much to talk about. So, the company rolled out its Yugma Skype Edition application — the first truly operating-system-agnostic collaboration tool [...]

Rebtel voip phone company

Cheap international calls from your mobile phone
No computers, downloads, or phone cards necessary
Just dial and talk internationally at local rates!
Online status of contacts
No SkypeIn required
No PC required
Free trial period!

Voip Provider Opinion:
Rebtel probably works off voip servers thus no need for voip dialers to be installed. No download and installation means no adware or spyware risk. Thus no requirement of a PC when you are on the move. You can even use your mobile phone. Rates are free for most countries. Simply no negatives not to try. Definitely recommended.