Text messages (SMS) as a means of communication have some great features – wide reach, less intrusive, personal, reliable, interactive, and personal – making them a great business tool. Not surprisingly then, sending and receiving text messages (SMS) is one of the most requested enterprise communication features. Several providers offer bulk SMS gateways and most...

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Mobile VoIP (mVoIP) is growing in popularity. The growing number of mobile SIP clients on the App store is a testimony to this fact. However, one issue that plagues the rapid adoption of VoIP on smart phones is that most of these SIP clients are PAID. We have already covered two mobile SIP clients that...

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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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It’s a pain to search for the SIP settings for your favorite VoIP provider. Not any more, we present the most comprehensive listing of the SIP settings of all the Betamax VoIP services. If you do not find your provider in the list, please drop a comment and I will update the list to reflect...

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In spite of my last post on why you should not use Google Voice as your primary number, I firmly believe that Google Voice is a great service and a must have for everyone. For all its greatness, the lack of SIP support in Google Voice stuck out like a sore thumb. Today we break...

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German company, Voipax, has rolled out another VoIP service, Voipian. Voipian is, however, different from Voipax in several respects. Read on for a complete review of Voipian and find out if it makes the cut for you. Voipian’s primary selling point is its 1cent untimed call to over 60 countries. That is right, you can...

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Betamax has added another name to its ever expanding list of VoIP services, SmartVoIP. SmartVoIP offers one of the lowest cost international calls and SMS around the world. Read on to find more… SmartVoIP offers some great rates to popular destinations around the world. You can call India for 0.15 Euro cents, Pakistan for 0.085...

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By now you would have all read about the relaunch of the MTNL (Indian telecom company) VoIP service in its new avatar, Pigeon. MTNL has been offering this service for about an year without any brand name. Realizing the importance of marketing and impressed with the response that MTNL received to its VoIP offering, the...

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Jaduka seems to be on a roll! Close to the heels of launching dukaDial, the company has launched another browser based VoIP product, dukaBar. Just like the Skype Click-to-Call feature, dukaBar allows you to call any number on a web page by just a click. Some details about dukaBar: dukaBar allows you make the call...

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