Truphone’s international service zone just got 58 countries bigger. Its business customers can now travel from Europe to China to Mexico while tapping the same bucket of minutes, text messages and gigabytes. Read more »
AT&T was the first major U.S. carrier to launch an all-VoIP phone, but Verizon promised to outdo its rival when it finally brings VoLTE online. Verizon said it will launch nationwide… Read more »
AT&T’s first HD Voice phone launches next week for a low price, mainly because it’s a cut-down version of last year’s Galaxy S4 flagship. Still, you’ll have clear wideband audio calls… Read more »
Clearer voice calls are coming to AT&T thanks to HD Voice service that runs on the carrier’s LTE network. It’s a limited rollout for now and while the better sounding calls… Read more »
Rebtel is an OTT communications company with ambitions of being much more than a cheap international calling service. It has spun off its VoIP and messaging network into a new company… Read more »
FreedomPop is coming to iOS in many ways. It’s started selling refurbed iPhone 5s, activating its service on older iPhone models and offering an over-the-top iOS app to lure in potential… Read more »
In an FCC filing, Comcast confirmed that it’s investigating the possibility of creating a mobile service that would lean heavily on its growing Wi-Fi hotspot network for most of its capacity. Read more »
E-Plus is offering up a cheap prepaid SIM-card plan that exempts WhatsApp traffic from its data plan, effectively creating a mobile service that leans primarily on over-the-top messaging for communication. Read more »
After an initially slow rollout, Sprint plans a large-scale upgrade to HD Voice across its network by this summer, greatly increasing the chance that any given Sprint customer can actually make… Read more »
Carriers are slowly turning on voice-over-LTE in their networks, but they’re not doing it for the benefit of consumers. Rather they’ve got enterprises services — and enterprise pocketbooks — in mind. Read more »