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Is eBay looking to unload Skype? VoIP & Gadgets Blog has the speculation and dish.
VoIP News of the UK says that Fring has announced a Last.fm add on.
Andy Abramson of VoIP Watch is speculating on Skype too … and wonders what would happen if it just went away?

Forget old school home phones. Forget landlines altogether. Verizon is setting out to change the face of the house phone. On Feb. 1, the company is releasing Verizon Hub, a touch screen home phone system. Verizon Hub will run on broadband connections, bringing together wired and wireless communications.
“The Verizon Hub reinvents the home phone system [...]

Mini-VSAT Broadband network is now available in the Pacific Ocean region. The service is intended to bring broadband telephone and internet services to vessels and jets crossing the ocean. The coverage area includes Alaska, the west coasts of the US and Canada, Hawaii and some of Asia.
“We have now successfully rolled out a single, unified [...]

There is a new wireless USB moden for the Sprint network that could bringing high-speed computing, social networking and even VoIP wherever the user goes.
The Sierra Wireless USB 598 is available exclusively on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network.
According to Sierra:
The Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem 598U allows subscribers to replace their hardwired landline DSL service [...]

D2 Technologies has improved its vPort VoIP software. Read about it on TMCnet.
It’s been rumored for awhile, but it’s finally here. Skype Lite for Android is available. Read about it on The VoIP Weblog.
Squawk Box is coming back. Read about the return on VoIP Watch.

While general enterprise telephony and unified communications are expected to decline, IP contact centers appear to be resisting the downturn. In fact, sales are expected to rise some in 2009.
So why is that?
According to VoIP News:
The reason for the relatively mild slowdown of IPCC sales lies largely in what the products have to offer struggling [...]

Jinan Yinquan Technology Co., Ltd., will be working on the Shandong Information Department’s virtualization project.
According to the company:
On December 28, 2008, IID issued an official policy stating that Yinquan is the only government-designated company able to implement virtualization projects in Shangdong Province. The IID will provide full support in promoting the technology in the province.
In [...]

Jinan Yinquan Technology Co., Ltd., will be working on the Shandong Information Department’s virtualization project.
According to the company:
On December 28, 2008, IID issued an official policy stating that Yinquan is the only government-designated company able to implement virtualization projects in Shangdong Province. The IID will provide full support in promoting the technology in the province.
In [...]

Farewell, 2008. It’s been an interesting year filled with new ideas and services, mergers and closings. Some companies faced the brink and fought back while others succumbed to the pressures of a poor financial time. We saw VoIP services on mobile phones pop up, and Google added Click to Call to their Google Talk.
I wonder [...]