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NEC sued over VOIP project

Alex Kayle
By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist
Johannesburg, 17 Aug 2010

NEC sued over VOIP project

iPhone application developer Hi-Tech is suing NEC Australia, claiming the vendor had broken a licence deal, reports IT News.com.

Hi-Tech created a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) app that enables users to make cheaper phone calls by routing calls over an Internet data service.

Hi-Tech alleges NEC Australia had made representations that neither it, nor its Japanese parent, had "its own iPhone VOIP client", were developing one or could replicate Hi-Tech's product at the time of the initial enquiries.

India concerns turn to Google, Skype

The Indian Home Ministry, which gained full access to BlackBerry's encrypted servers, will now aim at Google and Skype's VOIP services in India, states Asian Tribune.

Ending weeks of uncertainty, Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian maker of BlackBerry, has assured India it will provide the home ministry with technical solutions this week, to help read its encrypted data that New Delhi sees as a security threat.

Now news services and Internet wires report that India is also concerned over Internet telephony and would take it up with companies such as Google and Skype.

BT upgrades VOIP network

BT has confirmed that another 199 exchanges will be upgraded to provide super-fast internet access to a further 17% of British consumers, says Telappliant.

BT has now upgraded 504 exchanges in its bid to deliver minimum download speeds of 20Mbps to 18 million users by next year.

The exchanges are used to provide the company's wholesale broadband connect service, which will also be capable of delivering download rates of 40Mbps.

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