ATT Offers VoIP Service in Detroit, Michigan

America’s biggest phone company, AT&T Inc., has begun offering a VoIP telephone service over its fiber-optic network in Detroit, Michigan, with rates as low as $20 per month.

Subscribers can order unlimited calling within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico for $45 per month, or 1000 minutes of calling time at a monthly cost of $35 (+$0.07 per overtime minute). Customers who also order AT&T’s U-verse broadband or TV service receive a $10/month discount, while those who sign-up for both of these services are credited $15/month.

AT&T’s digital phone service comes with a number of convenient perks, including an option for U-verse TV subscribers to view their call histories on their TV sets. Call forwarding, call screening, and call display, as well as “do not disturb” and international call blocking options are all included.

There is a $50 fee to install the new service, but this is being waived until the end of this month for customers who also sign-up for U-verse TV.

In the months to come, AT&T will likely extend its U-verse VoIP service to other cities, as a way to compete on equal grounds with cable phone providers, and stem ongoing subscriber losses in the fixed-line telephone market.


http://www.teleclick.ca/2008/01/att-launches-u-verse-voip-service-in-detroit/

Neuf Cegetel launches VoD store

French telecommunications company Neuf Cegetel said Tuesday it is launching a redesigned video-on-demand store.

Neuf Cegetel has decided to acquire direct broadcasting rights to become a publisher of its own video-on-demand service, Neuf VOD.

Neuf Cegetel has signed with the main French cinema studios, and its partnership with Glowria, a Netgem subsidiary, has also been extended, the company said.

Neuf VOD will offer around 3,500 programs itself, and Neuf TV subscribers will continue to access a total of 5,000 programs, the company said.

Neuf Cegetel has also developed its own in-house editorial line and a news and promotion channel called L'Actu Neuf VOD, the company added.

Company Web site: www.groupeneufcegetel.fr
Source: http://www.totaltele.com/View.aspx?ID=9480&t=1

Vietnam To Launch First Telecom Satellite April 12

Hanoi, Vietnam (AHN)In a bid to improve the countrys telecommunications, Vietnam is all set to launch its first telecom satellite on April 12, officials announced on Wednesday.

Vinasat No. 1 is scheduled to be launched in French Guiana from the Kourou spaceport in South America. It will begin operation by May though, according to Nguyen Ba Thuoc, vice general director of state-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corp.

The $200 million satellite can transmit up to 10,000 voice, Internet or data channels or 120 television channels nationwide. Vietnam now rents satellites from Australia, Thailand, and Russia.

For around the last decade, Vietnams economy has grown at an average annual rate of more than 7 percent. It has 19 million Internet users and over 40 million telephone subscribers.



Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010310807

SingTel, Google, and Others to Lay New Transpacific Internet Cable

Telecom news from asia:

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) announced that it is teaming up with Google, KDDI Corp., Bharti Airtel, Pacific Internet, and Global Transit to build a new underwater cable linking Japan and and the United States.

The 10,000 km ultrahighspeed cable, named Unity, is set to be completed by early 2010, at a cost of about US$300 million.

“This new submarine cable network, with its high capacity and resilient transmission infrastructure, will be able to meet the strong demand for data, ecommerce and Internet traffic between Asia and the US,” commented SingTel’s executive vice president of networks, Mark Chong.




Source: http://www.teleclick.ca/2008/02/singtelgoogleandotherstolaynewtranspacificinternetcable/

Collecting Phone Cards

Phone cards aren't only usable, but they are also collectible. You can buy them to use, then collect, or you can just simply buy them to add to your collection. There are many phone cards collection websites: personal, professional, communities, groups, and swapping/exchanging. Below is a video of someone's phone cards collection. Enjoy!