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Telefónica has acquired Jajah for $207 million.
"Reports of the sale and its price had begun to circulate several days ahead of the official announcement," writes CNET News' Josh Lowensohn. "There were also rumors of an ongoing bidding war between Cisco Systems and Microsoft, which were competing with Telefónica for the sale."
"Telefónica's purchase of Jajah is the first of its kind for a major cellular carrier," according to Electronista. "It also signals the start of a new trend that sees carriers shift from the traditional …
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The UK's Internet Telephony Service Providers' Association (ITSPA) recently announced the winners of its annual ITSPA Awards in the Strangers' Dining Room of the UK House of Commons.
The winners were as follows:
Best Consumer VoIP: Vonage V-Plan 4i
Best Business ITSP for SMEs: iNet Telecoms (Voipfone)
Best Business ITSP for Large Enterprise: ntl:Telewest
Best VoIP Hardware: Polycom VVX 1500 D
Most Innovative VoIP Product: BT IP Exchange
"It has been excellent to follow on from the inaugural awards last year with an equally competitive nomination process in 2009," said ITSPA …
Silicon Alley Insider’s Dan Frommer this week reported that Apple may be "in talks to acquire VoIP company iCall in a $50 million to $60 million deal."
"It’s obvious to everyone but wireless carriers that wireless carriers are increasingly becoming dumb pipes," Frommer writes. "People are sick of carriers’ ridiculous fees and policies, and just want a good device that can connect to the Internet and make calls. As data networks evolve, it will be possible to make calls as well over the Internet as by …
