September 2007 may come to be known as the turning point for ad supported phone calls. No fewer than four companies have launched new services or received funding for business models that revolve around ad subsidized free phone calls.

Blyk, the UK MVNO that is perhaps the most well-known of the pack, went live on [...]

There are two recent events worth noting in the ongoing technology race between competing standards for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC).
While there are many strategies being employed to allow mobile phones to “roam” onto broadband IP networks, one of the unanswered questions has been whether it is feasible to use unlicensed radio frequencies – referred to as [...]

Viviane Reding, the European Union telecoms commissioner, has a plan to hasten the adoption of next generation networking services.   In an interview with the Financial Times, Ms. Reding stated that the Commission will consider the introduction of “functional separation” as a possible remedy for competition problems when it meets in  July to review the telecom [...]

Anyone who has tried to use their mobile phone while traveling internationally knows that mobile roaming charges are outrageous. A recent layover in Vancouver resulted in hundreds of dollars of roaming charges on my Cingular bill as I unwittingly answered incoming calls at $.89 per minute. I expect to get gouged while roaming [...]