Race to pinpoint VoIP callers in emergencies

Phone companies are developing a system to allow 999 operators to pinpoint the location of VoIP callers, amid concerns that the increasing use of VoIP could mean police, paramedics and fire crews are unable to attend emergencies promptly.
By Chris Williams for The Register.
It is hoped that the technology could be in place in some ISPs [...]

Microsoft unleashes “Skype” capability for multinational enterprises

Microsoft has certified Interoute as the first European service provider to supply Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking for Microsoft Office, and thus enabling business-class unified communications to compete directly with Skype for corporate users. Enterprises looking to benefit from business quality VoIP can now use Interoute One to make free computer to computer calls and [...]

VoIp’s Jaxtr Folded Into Sabse Technologies

Jaxtr seemed to have a lot going for it: 10M users. $20M in funding from leading investors such as August Capital, Lehman Brothers, Mayfield, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Founders Fund and an interesting consumer offering – make international calls cheaply and straight from their mobile phone.
The troubles seem to be that there were are a [...]