Terrorist used handheld VoIP phones in Mumbai Attacks

The Mumbai terrorists’ most powerful weapon appears not to have been guns or grenades, but instead their handheld VoIP phones, which allowed them to get detailed, live instructions from handlers on how to evade police, and where to attack next, while the police were powerless to detect them.
It was reported that the handlers were communicating [...]

CDMA/WiMAX modems to hit store shelves this year

Just over a year after inventing a new word for its WiMAX plans, Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided on a name that is easier on the tongue, and eyes, for its next-generation network aspirations.

The Xohm brand, as on this SWC-E100 ExpressCard by Samsung, is now history.

Sprint Nextel will be serving up its own mobile WiMAX [...]

Turning the iPod Touch into a VoIP phone

Apple may have a new mobile phone to compete with-one that runs on its iPod Touch.

The MP3 player can be transformed into a mobile phone with the help of a free app from Internet telephone company Truphone. The new app allows users with a Wi-Fi connection to make and receive phone calls via voice [...]