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GigaOM (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Nimbuzz, a Netherlands based VoIP & Messaging start-up is introducing a premium calling service called NimbuzzOut. This premium calling service is available via an upgrade of their mobile client, which is currently available from the iPhone’s iTunes Apps Store, the Ovi store and Getjar. So far Nimbuzz has offered a meta-client that works on [...]
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Anyone concerned that the rumbling battle over Skype between its builders, current owners and potential buyers would lead to the threatened service shutdown can rest easy now that the feud has been settled. Founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have agreed to drop their legal action against current owner eBay in return for a 14 per cent stake in Skype in a deal with an investment group that has...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
You’ve got to hand it to Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They braved not one but at least two high-risk court actions to wrestle back the phone app they created seven years ago - and it’s they who emerge as winners from riday’s settlement . The entrepreneurs - one Swedish, one Danish - have not only secured themselves a 14 percent place back at the Skype table; they have also...
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have ended their lawsuit this week while agreeing to transfer ownership of their remaining part of the service, allowing for the VoIP service to finally be sold to an investor consortium. In exchange for dropping the legal roadblocks, the co-founders will have a 14 percent stake in the new Skype. The rest of the investors will have a 56 percent stake,...
Fierce VoIP (Free subscription) | yesterday
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now that they got what they wanted - a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon - the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they're putting their weight behind: Rdio . The yet-to-launch digital music startup was first talked about publicly a couple of weeks ago when the...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.
Maximum PC all RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It looks like you can expect Skype to continue functioning as normal. A settlement has finally been reached with the parties, including eBay and Skype founders, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. The legal battle started when eBay agreed to sell a 65% stake in Skype to Silver Lake Partners on September 1st. The founders sued, claiming that eBay was engaging in copyright infringement. As it turns...
Legal Pad (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
EBay settled a copyright lawsuit against Skype today and, oh my god, it turns out it was just filed as leverage in deal negotiations. What has the legal profession come, to when lawsuits are no longer filed for the love...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
EBay has formally settled the litigation around its sale of Skype, settling a dispute with the online calling service's founders.
VoIP Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The battle over Skype has been resolved. "The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, will drop their lawsuits against [eBay] and a consortium of buyers whose bid to purchase 65 percent of Skype was announced last month, according to an announcement released by eBay before the opening of the stock markets Friday," writes the NYT's Brad Stone. "As part of the complex agreement,...
Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
SAN FRANCISCO - E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced Friday. Under the terms of the settlement, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will get a 14 percent stake in the consortium buying [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
San Francisco - E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long- running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a 2-billion-dollar sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced Friday. Under the terms of the settlement...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
SuperNet's IDT is unique in that it's 100% locally owned and hosted. Many VoIP providers manage their servers in some remote location away from the support staff (sometimes in another state) which leads to poor customer service and slow response time. SuperNet's team of IT professionals work on site at the state-of-the-art data center hosting the servers; this guarantees that SuperNet phone systems...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As you may remember, two months ago eBay was planning to spin Skype into an independent company. The buyers who would take control of Skype from eBay included Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Index Ventures, and Silver Lake. However the founders of Skype interrupted the sale by claiming [...]
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prmac | 11/06/2009
Matrix Knowledge Management Pty Ltd today announced the launch of V Phone , a new application that lets iPhone users make VoIP calls and send SMS messages over IP. Rather than locking iPhone users into working with a single VoIP provider, it lets users choose between multiple providers of their choice for voice calling. With an intuitive, attractive user interface and simple installation, the V Phone...
sumerigg2b | 11/01/2009
Conventionally phone calls were limited to PSTN and mobile initiated calls. With the advent of technology people across the globe can now benefit from phone calls initiated through a computer at home, office or wherever it has the capability to access the Internet.
williams8c | 11/01/2009
Conventionally phone calls were limited to PSTN and mobile initiated calls. With the advent of technology people across the globe can now benefit from phone calls initiated through a computer at home, office or wherever it has the capability to access the Internet.
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