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  • February 2008

    • T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 21, 08 3:00 PM CST

      T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      (Newser) - T-Mobile is giving an extra push to the millions contemplating ditching their landlines. The low-cost wireless carrier is launching a new dirt-cheap VoIP service, which lets T-Mobile customers hook up traditional phones to an Internet router and make unlimited local and long distance calls for $10 a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vonage, the most prominent VoIP provider, charges $25 per month. More »

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      Verizon  • AT&T  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • T-Mobile  • Internet phone  • VoIP  • Vonage

  • October 2007

    • Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

      New York Times  |  Oct 26, 07 7:26 AM CDT

      Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

      (Newser) - Troubled Internet telephone company Vonage gained a "new lease on life" yesterday when it settled a longstanding patent infringement dispute with rival Verizon. Vonage share prices shot up 70% in after-hours trading on the heels of a settlement that observers see as a "big win for Vonage," the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Internet phone  • stock price  • Vonage

    • Vonage Shares Soar 76% on Sprint Deal

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 8, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Vonage Shares Soar 76% on Sprint Deal

      (Newser) - Vonage shares saw their biggest-ever bump today, after the company announced it has settled its patent lawsuit with Sprint for $80 million. In addition to cutting its legal losses, Vonage gains a license to use the disputed tech. “It's good in that things could have gotten worse,” one analyst told Bloomberg. “But it's not entirely positive because of the financial obligations.” More »

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      lawsuit  • Verizon  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • Sprint  • patents  • Vonage

    • eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 2, 07 12:04 AM CDT

      eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      (Newser) - eBay's $2.6 billion acquisition of phone service Skype looks like a wrong number, with profits on hold indefinitely. The Wall Street Journal reports eBay will take a $1.4 billion write down on Skype, which  accounts for $90 million of eBay's $1.83 billion in revenue in the third quarter. Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom is stepping down. More »

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      social networking  • eBay  • Skype  • digital video  • PayPal  • online music  • Meg Whitman  • revenue  • Vonage  • write down

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