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• Skype for Business too risky?

  If you're thinking about using Skype for Business as a way to save money you might want to put it off until the courts settle lawsuits that swirl around plans to sell the company.

• AT&T, Apple backpedal on iPhone VoIP apps

  AT&T reversed course today, announcing that it would "take the steps necessary" so iPhone owners could run voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, presumably including Google Voice and Skype.

• Skype founders sue Skype

  With a similar legal battle playing out in the U.K., a company owned by Skype's founders has filed suit against Skype in the U.S.

• Skype closes its Extras program for developers

  Skype is shutting down Extras, the most important part of its program for outside developers, saying that demand for these third-party plug-ins has been weak.

• ShoreTel, Skype connect for SIP integration

  Unified communications vendor, ShoreTel. has announced interoperability with the beta version of Skype for SIP, enabling voice calls via Skype with a ShoreTel UC system and Skype users can now contact ShoreTel telephone systems for free via a Web-based click-to-call service.

• The Skype, eBay divorce: How did it go wrong?

  The future looked bright in September 2005 when eBay announced it was buying Internet telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion. But after four years of unfulfilled expectations, the marriage between the online auction giant and the upstart VoIP provider came to an end Tuesday when eBay said it was unloading Skype to a group of private investors for $1.9 billion.

• Report: eBay to sell Skype to group of private investors

  EBay plans to announce a deal to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the company's plans.

• EBay to sell majority stake in Skype for US$1.9 billion

  EBay has reached an agreement to sell a 65 percent stake in its Skype Internet telephony, video conferencing and instant messaging unit for $1.9 billion in cash to an investor group led by Silver Lake.

• Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near

  Nortel is reportedly close to receiving an offer for its Carrier VoIP business.

• Perth hotelier uses technology to grow in the downturn

  The managing director of two upscale hotels in Perth attributes his ability to grow revenue in a downturn to technology.

• Taxi! Cab company fire shows need for call centre disaster recovery

  Melbourne’s taxi industry was rocked yesterday when a fire at Silver Top Taxi’s city headquarters struck down call centre and computer dispatch systems, leaving cab drivers stranded without job notifications.

• Report: Google Voice app headed for Blackberry, Android

  Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets, potentially turning smart phones into your hub for managing voice mail, all your contacts, and making low-cost phone calls, according to reports surfacing on the Web today.

• Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications

  As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the new OS will differ from the Android mobile OS, and whether it might spell the end of Android.

• Equinix power outage downs VoIP, tweets up a storm

  Twitter has been flooded with complaints about a power outage at Equinix's Sydney data centre which apparently knocked out data and network systems, including VoIP.

• Juniper boosts edge routers for multimedia

  Juniper this week announced enhancements to its service provider edge routers that are designed to improve multimedia service delivery to users.