Emergency rules for net calls
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Some net phone firms must give customers access to emergency numbers rules regulator Ofcom.
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Mobile operators are starting to wake up to the potential of giving their customers access to the net.
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People who register to be left alone by telemarketers can expect that to start happening sooner under new rules announced Thursday.
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Are there ever âshorter than expectedâ hold times on phone help lines and other perplexing questions.
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Popular program restricting cell phone use could also hamper emergency 911 services.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules requiring wireless telephone providers to move toward testing location-based emergency dialing service at the local level.
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It's a moment that many of us have experienced: The cellphone, deep in your pocket or stuffed in an out-of-reach briefcase, starts to ring as you're driving down the road. It could just be a friend, calling to gossip. Or it might be someone at the office, warning you that the meeting you're headed...
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Google, Intel, Microsoft, Skype try to persuade European regulators that VoIP providers should not have to provide access to emergency services.
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Net phones--and their portable phone numbers--help business avoid RNC crowds.
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The Internet phone provider now faces paying out hefty damages and a possible shutdown of its service.
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By Simon Usborne and Rebecca Armstrong  Fancy catching up with a family member in Australia? How about having a long chat with a mate in China? Chances are, making a call to either will make your phone bill rocket.
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Plans to have large numbers of employees work remotely in the event of an influenza pandemic could fall apart if Internet traffic reaches bandwidth-choking levels, business continuity planners say.
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For paramedics in rural areas, responding to frantic calls for help is at times akin to doing a high-wire act without a net. Mountains, valleys, bad weather and long distances between hospitals make communication with emergency room physicians spotty at best and nonexistent at worst.
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Blog: Feature designed to dial Web page phone numbers is subject to cross-site scripting attack.
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What are people supposed to do if they can't hear vital information over dysfunctional public address systems?
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to get charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 ...
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States are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Net phone providers.