VoIP News: April 2009

Satellite broadband provider Eutelsat has launched a new service with the aim of reaching areas of the UK not covered by fixed networks. The firm's Tooway satellite broadband service is claimed to provide internet of 2Mbps to any part of Britain, no matter how remote. According to the provider, customers need to purchase a satellite dish and modem to access the service, which is being delivered by the Eurobird 3 satellite.

Mobile operator T-Mobile has partnered with Virgin Trains to offer a new on-board broadband service for users on the move. Travellers on Pendolino Virgin trains services on the West Coast Main Line will soon be able to access high-speed internet services during the entirety of their journey. Being delivered this summer by T-Mobile's solution partner Nomad Digital, the service uses Wi-Fi hotspot technology to provide connectivity, even while the train is travelling through tunnels.

The use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services on mobile phones could have a major impact on the industry, a leading expert claims. According to Mobile-Phones. co.

Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers should make the most of the opportunity presented in the recession by reacting to the changing needs of companies, an expert claims. Kent Hellebust, general manager of digital phone services at Telanetix, told Voip. biz-news that the VoIP industry has so far failed to respond to the shifting needs of companies in the downturn.

Delivering high-speed, affordable broadband connectivity to remote and rural parts of the UK could cost billions of pounds in public funds, it has emerged. Chancellor Alistair Darling recently affirmed in his Budget statement the Digital Britain pledge to provide broadband of a minimum speed of 2Mbps to every household by 2012. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, technology journalist Matt Warman warned that connecting every UK-based consumer to fixed-network broadband could cost the government billions of pounds.