Yahoo buys VoIP service company Dialpad 
Yahoo has bought VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider Dialpad Communications to use its technology in Yahoo's VoIP services, Dailpad said Tuesday.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/15/H
Comcast to Offer Web-Based Phone Service (VOIP)
Comcast Corp. is joining the crowd of major cable TV and telephone companies venturing into Internet-based phone service, but with a higher price and extra features which the nation's largest cable provider hopes will set its product apart.
The company — which plans to charge per month, or to more than most of Internet phone services — said Monday it believes customers will pay more for features such as battery backup to keep the phone line running during power outages.
http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#82
WiMax phone service coming
NextWeb, a Fremont Internet service provider, plans to announce today an Internet phone service that uses a wireless technology known as WiMax.
The phone service will launch in cities across California next month.
Certification of WiMax, a wireless technology backed primarily by Intel, is expected as early as summer.
http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#169
Wireless Stock Quotes
I developed a new website which delivers weather warnings and stock quotes to your cell phone. The service is free. You can also get the quotes and weather updates delivered to your email address. To get them sent to your cellphone you'll need to know the email address for your cell phone. For example, for tmobile users your email address would be: your_cell_phone_number@tmomail.net I don't think it costs you anything from your cell phone provider, but you might want to...
http://www.minnesotas-real-estate.com/blog/000100.php
MCI to Test Consumer VoIP Service
BetaNews Jun 26 2005 1:42AM GMT
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r341067508
Yahoo! Buys Internet Phone Provider
Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it had acquired DialPad Communications Inc., a 6-year-old company whose software lets people to place calls over the Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular telephone service.
The companies would not release financial details of the deal, which closed Monday.
http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#230
Internet access on the phone
"T-Mobile,the second-largest European cellphone service provider,is moving to provide full Internet access on its phones,abandoning the unpopular "walled garden" concept,in which operators give access to their own selection of Web sites,"this article says.
Making Web worthwhile
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/06/30/internet_access.html
MCI Launches Internet Phone Trial as VoIP Grows
Linux Insider Jun 25 2005 11:30AM GMT
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r340798953
Securing VoIP Is Key In Sustaining A Revenue Stream for Broadband Providers, According to BearingPoi
Securing VoIP Is Key In Sustaining A Revenue Stream for Broadband Providers, According to BearingPoint Report
McLean, Va., June 1, 2005Â-BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the worldÂ's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, today issued a white paper, Â"Broadband VoIP: Securing a Promising New Revenue Stream,Â" which details the way service providers should focus more effort and resources on Voice-over IP (VoIP) security if they are to provide the level of reliability and trust that subscribers have come to expect with traditional telephone service.
http://www.internetadsales.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5683
Telefonica
Leading telephone service provider to the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world, Telefonica, discusses how the company is expanding to offer new IP-based services.
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/video_audio_archive/player/?storyID=472b38e57ce57fcbd55e56b096844c5c8
