The nation in 2004: Are you more techie than the average Briton?
The government has been taking a look back at what the nation's been up to this year - and the UK is more in love technology than ever before. According to the Office of National Statistics' Yearbook 2004 - a snapshot of the tastes and events of the nation in 2004 - 53 per cent of UK households have internet access, 84 per cent of the UK's internet users have used email between April 2003 and February 2004, while 21 per cent used chatrooms.
Interestingly, six per cent of the UK's web users have also been using VoIP. However, the most popular online activity is getting information about goods and services, with 81 per cent of all UK's online adults having used the web for research ...more
The government has been taking a look back at what the nation's been up to this year - and the UK is more in love technology than ever before. According to the Office of National Statistics' Yearbook 2004 - a snapshot of the tastes and events of the nation in 2004 - 53 per cent of UK households have internet access, 84 per cent of the UK's internet users have used email between April 2003 and February 2004, while 21 per cent used chatrooms.
Interestingly, six per cent of the UK's web users have also been using VoIP. However, the most popular online activity is getting information about goods and services, with 81 per cent of all UK's online adults having used the web for research ...more
VoIP is no threat, says BT
Voice-over-IP is no longer a flea on BT's elephantine hide; the telco says it is now taking the technology seriously. The emergence of useable voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, which let individuals and companies make phone calls over the Internet -- in many cases for free -- is not a threat to BT but an opportunity, said the telco on Monday ...more
Voice-over-IP is no longer a flea on BT's elephantine hide; the telco says it is now taking the technology seriously. The emergence of useable voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, which let individuals and companies make phone calls over the Internet -- in many cases for free -- is not a threat to BT but an opportunity, said the telco on Monday ...more
Skype takes charge of cheap internet calls
An internet technology firm offering free and low-cost calls is posing a growing threat to traditional phone operators by expanding services for its next-generation users. Skype is one of the leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) companies that could contribute to a loss of €6.4bn to fixed line providers like BT, between now and 2008 ...more
An internet technology firm offering free and low-cost calls is posing a growing threat to traditional phone operators by expanding services for its next-generation users. Skype is one of the leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) companies that could contribute to a loss of €6.4bn to fixed line providers like BT, between now and 2008 ...more
BT in VoIP giveaway
BT is bribing customers with free VoIP calls for a year if they sign up to one of its broadband services. The deal, the latest in a string of sign-up promo offers, runs until the end of December. Using BT's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) product - BT Communicator with Yahoo! Messenger - punters can make free PC-to-PC calls as well as free UK calls for a year. BT said the offer is aimed at encouraging people to use converged communications ...more
BT is bribing customers with free VoIP calls for a year if they sign up to one of its broadband services. The deal, the latest in a string of sign-up promo offers, runs until the end of December. Using BT's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) product - BT Communicator with Yahoo! Messenger - punters can make free PC-to-PC calls as well as free UK calls for a year. BT said the offer is aimed at encouraging people to use converged communications ...more
VoIP rings death knell for traditional telephony
Private VoIP applications such as Skype threaten the core business of traditional telephony operators and could take as much as 13 per cent, representing €6.4bn, of the western European residential voice market by 2008, newly published market research has predicted ...more
Private VoIP applications such as Skype threaten the core business of traditional telephony operators and could take as much as 13 per cent, representing €6.4bn, of the western European residential voice market by 2008, newly published market research has predicted ...more
Skype takes charge of cheap internet calls
An internet technology firm offering free and low-cost calls is posing a growing threat to traditional phone operators by expanding services for its next-generation users. Skype is one of the leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) companies that could contribute to a loss of €6.4bn to fixed line providers like BT, between now and 2008 ...more
An internet technology firm offering free and low-cost calls is posing a growing threat to traditional phone operators by expanding services for its next-generation users. Skype is one of the leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) companies that could contribute to a loss of €6.4bn to fixed line providers like BT, between now and 2008 ...more
BT Offers Free UK VoIP Calls for a Year to New DSL Customers
BT is offering a whole year of free UK calls on its VoIP service to new customs signing up for any of its consumer broadband packages. The free calls will use the new BT Communicator with Yahoo messenger! application. Customers can also make free PC to PC calls using BT Communicator’s with Yahoo! Messenger’s VoIP technology to anywhere in the world ...more
BT is offering a whole year of free UK calls on its VoIP service to new customs signing up for any of its consumer broadband packages. The free calls will use the new BT Communicator with Yahoo messenger! application. Customers can also make free PC to PC calls using BT Communicator’s with Yahoo! Messenger’s VoIP technology to anywhere in the world ...more
Move over spam, make way for "spit"
A new plague of unwanted messages threatens internet users, according to a US company. Spam and spim - spam by instant messenger - are about to be joined by "spit" - spam over internet telephony. Qovia, based in Frederick, Maryland, have recently filed two patent applications for technology to thwart spit ...more
A new plague of unwanted messages threatens internet users, according to a US company. Spam and spim - spam by instant messenger - are about to be joined by "spit" - spam over internet telephony. Qovia, based in Frederick, Maryland, have recently filed two patent applications for technology to thwart spit ...more
Vonage: recipe for success?
Say Vonage to anyone in the communications industry and they say: "Oh the VoIP people." Ask if they'll make it, and you may get responses like, "well the RBOCs hate them and they have hundreds of lookalike competitors." ...more
Say Vonage to anyone in the communications industry and they say: "Oh the VoIP people." Ask if they'll make it, and you may get responses like, "well the RBOCs hate them and they have hundreds of lookalike competitors." ...more
AOL plans phone services
AOL France CEO Carlo d'Asaro Biondo has been reported as saying that the telecoms company is planning to launch fixed-line, VOIP and mobile telephony services in France over the coming year. The move could spark further moves by the Internet giant into similar areas in the UK ...more
AOL France CEO Carlo d'Asaro Biondo has been reported as saying that the telecoms company is planning to launch fixed-line, VOIP and mobile telephony services in France over the coming year. The move could spark further moves by the Internet giant into similar areas in the UK ...more