VoIP In Detail

Several new products made a splash at the Intel Developers Forum, but Intel’s latest unveiling set tongues wagging.

As both the legislative and executive branches move towards implementing expansive new regulations governing broadband and wireless broadband access, the giant companies that own the networks are preparing to fight tooth and nail against them.

Disputes over AT&T’s restrictions on Google Voice being carried over its broadband networks have grown more and more bellicose, with the telecom giant Friday filing documents with the FCC accusing Google of violating the government’s net neutrality guidelines.

Whether a mid-sized company like VoIP provider Skype or a corporate titan like Google, firms in the business of providing applications and services over the internet would benefit hugely from net neutrality laws heading towards realization in the U.S.

Going against the prevailing trend of decreased spending on internet advertisements, Yahoo on Tuesday introduced its new ad campaign. Its theme? "You," or as Yahoo would have it, "Y!ou."

As a part of the massive Recovery Act enacted by Congress earlier this year, the Obama administration has earmarked $7.2 billion to help improve access to high-speed internet connections for people in rural or low-income areas.

Last month’s study by the Communications Workers of America said that South Korea’s average download speed of 20.4 megabits per second (mbps)was roughly four times as fast as America’s average. The study ranked the U.S

AT&T and Verizon Communications will combine to spend $35 billion on network construction in 2009, in spite of a long list of concerning news for the U.S. economy.

In a widely reported development, agency sources have indicated that the chairman of the FCC will propose sweeping new internet regulations that would require internet service providers to allow unrestricted access to all legal web traffic.

Eighteen months after tobacco giant Phillip Morris filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, the ITC has taken action against illegal online imports of the company’s Marlboro, Parliament, and Virginia Slim brands.