There was a lot of furor when Apple booted all Google Voice apps from the App store. So if you did not want to jailbreak your iPhone, you pretty much could not use Google Voice on your iPhone (yeah, yeah…you had the GV mobile version, but it was not even close to true apps. Even...

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Google Voice, without a doubt, is one of the biggest development in the VoIP space in the recent past. You can read my earlier posts to find more details about all the Google Voice features and how you can make free calls to USA and Canada. In this post, I will detail some of the...

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In the last part of our discussion with Ruslan Zalata, co-founder of GTalk2VoIP, we talk about the SIP protocol and its possible integration with the operating system and the future of VoIP. So, without further ado, let us get started. The interview extract follows (AS – Alok Saboo; RZ – Ruslan Zalata): AS: In some...

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In our last post, we discussed how GTalk2VoIP brings SIP capability to your instant messengers. Continuing our discussion with Ruslan Zalata, co-founder or GTalk2VoIP, today we will talk about SIP strategies of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. The interview extract follows (AS – Alok Saboo; RZ – Ruslan Zalata): AS. GTalk2VoIP is essentially filling a gap...

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We talked about GTalk2VoIP earlier as wonderful solution to SIP-enable your plain vanilla instant messaging client. GTalk2VoIP is an interesting service, bringing SIP service to your instant messenger. If you have not tried GTalk2VoIP, I would strongly urge you to try the service. While the service is great, we were not sure how the folks...

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Over the past few days, I have spent fair amount of time assisting readers in troubleshooting their VoIP service setup. Over the period, I realized that most of the steps required are generic and hence I decided to put together this VoIP troubleshooting guide. If you are having problems with your VoIP calls, SIP phone,...

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Firstly, a very Happy New Year to all you wonderful readers!! Hope the new year brings all the good things that you have always dreamt of… Now on to today’s topic. In some of my earlier posts, I have casually talked about using soft phones (SIP software clients) to access VoIP. However, it seems that...

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