After losing several decisions in various federal courts, the IRS announced earlier this year that it would stop applying the federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service. The tax, which was first imposed in the late 19th century as a ‘luxury tax’ on people wealthy enough to have telephones in their homes, has been erroneously applied to long-distance phone calls, according to the courts.

Chinese telephone users exceed 800 mln 
China now has more than 800 million telephone subscribers and more than half of them are mobile phones users, according to statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry.

Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Sep 18, 2006… said. The Skype-certified products are designed to integrate seamlessly with the Skype VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol) program. …
Source: star-techcentral.com

Saving money on your phone bill
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Sep 20, 2006Try Internet phoning. To get started, you need something called Voice over Internet Protocol, which relays phone calls via a high-speed Internet connection. …
Source: www.dfw.com

8×8 Surges on Upgrade
Houston Chronicle, United States - Sep 20, 2006NEW YORK Voice over Internet Protocol service provider 8×8 Inc. shares jumped in Wednesday afternoon trading after a Merriman …
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Further strengthening its portfolio of 3G devices, Nokia on Wednesday unveiled the Nokia 6288, a 3G slide phone that features a video playback capability.