December 25, 2006
VoIP Roundup - Mon Dec 25, 2006
Natural Cell Phone Charging
Cellular-News reports
three ways to "naturally charge" cell phones, all of which are based on
solar and/or kinetic energy recycling, thanks to some techniques
developed by ModeLabs Group. The display their technology in three new
concept phones: The Yo-Yo, The U-Turn, and The Runaway. The latter,
designed for athletes, especially uses all kinetic energy to recharge.
BT Outsources To India
UK telco BT
pass some of their big multinational customers to Tech Mahindra in
India for support services. Tech Mahindra will get US$1B over 5 years.
[via Silicon]
Patent Awarded To VocalTec
A
patent for "method and apparatus for transmitting packets" was awarded
to VocalTec Communications Ltd, an IP comm solutions provider. What's
interesting about this is that according to LightReading,
the patent was filed on Feb 2, 1999 but wasn't awarded until Nov 28,
2006. About 7.5 years. The company's portfolio includes 11 IP-related
patents.
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