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In an effort to keep up with top Voip company Skype, Yahoo announced its much anticipated paid PC-to-phone VOIP services. The new service is called Phone Out and Phone In.

The new Yahoo service offers Free Worldwide PC-to-PC Calls. The new service launches with a new version 7.5 of of the Yahoo Messenger application.

The new Yahoo Messenger 7.5 with voice is still in beta form, so i guess they are working at ironing out some issues to ensure its polished service.

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TelTel, a Santa Clara-based start-up that hopes to become the SIP-based Skype-type service provider raised $8.8 million in Series A venture capital.

The VoIP software Blue Note Networks of Tewksbury, Massachussets, scored $15 million in series B funding.

Tello has raised $5.5 million.

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Skype Technologies and the Hutchison 3 Group (Hutchison 3G) has announced a partnership to provide what could become the world’s first commercial VoIP service for mobile phones.

Hutchison 3G, which operates IP-based mobile broadband networks in several European markets, will become one of the first mobile phone operators in the world to embrace VoIP, a technology many in the industry view as a major threat to their cash-cow voice business.

In a first step, the two companies will test the technology on the Hutchison 3G network in Sweden before rolling out trials across its other markets, which include Austria, Italy and the UK.

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Microsoft introduced its Office Communicator 2005 at 3GSM in Barcelona. The product is basically integrated voice, video, telephony client software made for wireless and handheld devices.

The interface is based on the Office Communicator 2005 desktop client, with the mobile version providing integrated and seamless communication across all messaging, web video conferencing, voip, and IM.

The software is designed to work off of the LIVE Communications Server to provide the seamless voice and data communications. The software can also be used to create and manage IM presences over a WiFi Network, as well as provide a WiFi bridge to users working via a hotspot or home network.

The mobile version can be set to engage IM group chats from handheld devices.

Communicator Mobile is expected to be available for download for LCS customers within 60 days.

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JAJAH introduces global VoIP telephony between normal landline and mobile phones - without software download, installation process and headsets.

What exactly does this mean? Basically, you enter in your phone number and the number you want to call. Then, JAJAH voip connects the numbers together. Simple? oh yes. But it gets better… The rates are extremely low! How low, how about $0.0245 per minute from Toronto - UK! Now thats normally about 10x that price.

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Security researchers with the Communications Research Network (CRN) said they have discovered loopholes within VoIP applications like Skype and Vonage that could allow hackers a way of covering their tracks. Attackers could hide behind VoIP because the data streams sent by these applications are continuous.
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Skype is on fire. Recently bought out by eBay, and with a ton of new features available for its popular free voip calling tool.
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