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We're Not Crazy: Nearly 25% of US Cellphone Calls Below Standard Quality [Cellphones]

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2008-02-06 10:44:33 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...calls from 16 carriers in 12 countries, Ditech Networks' voice-quality team determined that nearly 40% of all calls failed to meet set industry standards, and even in developed markets like the US and Western Europe, the proportion was close to a quarter. "Objectionable" faults included ambient noise, acoustic echo, and voice-level mismatch,...
 
Tags: service, mobile service providers, calls, live calls, million live calls, service differentiation, service provider, voice quality, poor voice quality
 
 
 
 
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UK Office of Communications to allow in-flight cellphone calls - OfCom plan allows voice calls

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2008-03-26 22:48:13 by willpark in IntoMobile
...calls. Following on Norwegian Air's plan to offer in-flight voice calls and internet services through its Call Norwegian venture , the Office of Communications ( OfCom , the UK equivalent to the US FCC) has announced that it will allow lofty voice calls from UK-registered airplanes later this year. The OfCom decision is still pending European...
 
Tags: in-flight, in-flight cellphone, in-flight voice calls, in-flight cellphone calls, qantas in-flight email, in-flight wireless, calls, cellphone, ofcom
 
 
 
 
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Unlimited Internet phone calls to U.S, Canada from around the world @ $20 p.a possible now, courtesy: MagicJack

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2008-04-01 17:03:02 by Cheryl in Gadgets Blog
...calls A wonder service for the bagpackers and travelers who end up making big holes in their pockets while making calls from the roads while they are on the move or for that matter from the hotels which add numerous kinds of charges to their bill All you need to have to enjoy the benefits of is a laptop, a broadband connection and of course...
 
Tags: calls, cost, low-cost phone calls, low-cost calls, magicjack, service, cell phone service, internet calls, international calls
 
 
 
 
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Plumble Ad Sponsored "Free" Calls

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2008-07-21 14:19:53 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...calls in exchange for "listening" in on your phone conversations so it could target audio ads. Pudding Media essentially leverages keyword wordspotting using speech recognition. Well, today, I learned about Plumble from Telecom Monthly . The article seems giddy with what it thinks is some new revelation Once in a blue moon, a new product...
 
Tags: free, calls, free phone service, toll-free, short calls, free international, minute phone calls, media offers free, plumble
 
 
 
 
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MagicJack Ultra-cheap ($20/year), ultra-simple Internet phone calls from your laptop

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2008-03-31 15:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...calls to the U.S. and Canada from anywhere in the world David Greenberg reviewed it quite favorably in yesterday's Washington Post Travel section, as follows. MagicJack What: A phone jack for your computer that lets you plug in a standard phone and make low-cost calls Aimed at: Travelers with laptops who want to make cheap calls from the...
 
Tags: phone, calls, standard phone, free local phone, magicjack, phone service, cheap calls, phone jack, internet calls
 
 
 
 
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European Commission gives go-ahead for in-flight mobile phone calls in Europe

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2008-04-07 20:40:21 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...calls The European Commission's commissioner Viviane Reding warned that while airlines will have the option of providing whatever in-cabin wireless services they want to offer, they had better "keep the cost of calls made on planes at a reasonable level." That is, unless the carriers want to feel the wrath of the Reding Of course, the...
 
Tags: in-flight, calls, in-flight cellphone calls, in-flight cellphone, mobile phone, mobile phone calls, european commission, voice calls, wireless in-flight calls
 
 
 
 
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Survey shows that most Americans don't want in-flight cellphone calls - 74% want in-flight data, not calls

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2008-05-21 23:18:24 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...calls. Of the 2,030 US adults polled in the survey, 74% want in-flight cellular services strictly limited to the non-talking variety. While the prospect of having to listen to a seat-neighbor's aching bunion is frightening to most people, it seems that in-flight data services (email, text messaging, web browsing, etc.) would be a welcome...
 
Tags: flight, in-flight cellphone calls, in-flight cellphone, in-flight data services, in-flight internet access, survey, airline passengers chat, cellphone voice services, americans
 
 
 
 
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Flash-to-SIP Video Calls

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2008-05-27 09:58:26 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...calls that allow Flash-to-SIP and from SIP-to-Flash video calls using their Zingaya Media Server. As you probably know, Flash-to-Flash video calls is nothing new, but Flash-to-SIP and the reverse is new . This platform marries the ubiquitousness of the Flash client on Windows/Mac/Linux with the ubiquitousness of the SIP standard and SIP...
 
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Amphibian: Virtual WebPhone to Make, Send/Receive & Route Mobile Calls to Computer or IM from Browser

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