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BT Acquires Software Telephony Company Ribbit

Desire Athow — Wed, 30 Jul 2008

BT announced yesterday it has acquired Ribbit Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based “Telco 2.0” platform company, for $105 million in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis

More than 16 million Brits Surf The Web On the Move

Desire Athow — Tue, 29 Jul 2008

Brits are jumping on the Internet Bandwagon faster than ever before, encouraged by the launch of cheap mobile internet packages and the appearance of true web-capable smartphones like the N810 or the iPhone

Comcast May Face Legal Action From New York State For Not Monitoring Child Pornography

Desire Athow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008

New York State’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has sent a letter to Comcast, containing rules and guidelines for monitoring child pornography, which must be incorporated within five days, failure to which may translate into legal action against the company

EU Wants To Clamp down Dodgy Ringtones Websites

Desire Athow — Fri, 18 Jul 2008

The European Commission seems to have its sights firmly set on the mobile market; after having tackled expensive roaming text charges, it is now clamping down on websites that offer mobile phone services but flout EU consumer laws

US ISPs Agree To Step Up Fight Against Online Child Porn

Desire Athow — Wed, 11 Jun 2008

Big ISP firms have stepped forward to help the US law enforcement officials in their mission to curb child pornography.

Peter Gabriel's Web portal offline for three days - what happened?

Steve Gold — Thu, 08 May 2008

Mystery surrounds the outage of Peter Gabriel's Web site which went offline last weekend.

Nokia signs Music Giant Sony in bid to bolster its assault on Apple iTunes

Desire Athow — Wed, 23 Apr 2008

Undeterred by recent setbacks, Nokia is busy preparing the launch of its soon-to-be-live "Comes with Music" integrated service with a couple of mobile phone releases and a welcomed agreement

Fixed-mobile convergence - it’s just a phase telecoms is going through!

Francois Mazoudier — Thu, 03 Apr 2008

Francois Mazoudier, CEO at GoHello, an all-mobile telephony system, discusses why fixed-mobile convergence may be just another short-lived solution the telephony industry has latched onto

3 UK partners with SonyBMG to debut ad-funded music video service

Desire Athow — Wed, 02 Apr 2008

Mobile phone operator 3 UK has launched what seems to be the first ad supported, commercial mobile music video service in association with SonyBMG Music Entertainment

Warner Music Group: ISPs should add music tax

Desire Athow — Mon, 31 Mar 2008

To charge or not to charge? That's something that Warner Music Group is pondering. The music group is lobbying ISPs to adopt a plan that strangely looks like the BBC's current TV license