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Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Google has barred the world's second-biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of companies that American firms cannot trade with unless they have a license. Google...
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DOD Considering Abandoning AS-SIP

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

With the ratification of SIPConnect 2.0, the Department of Defense (DoD) is seriously considering adopting commercial SIP for Voice & Video over IP trunking for unclassified networks. The current Unified Capabilities Requirements (UCR) technical specification requires vendors to adopt a DoD unique version of SIP known as Assured Service SIP, or AS-SIP, which was developed in 2010 to establish ...
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VoIP to replace ISDN

Posted on April 20, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

After nearly 25 years of continuous service, ISDN channels are finally coming to their end of days. As more and more businesses migrate away from ISDN technologies we explore the reasons for the decline and the replacements on offer to businesses in more detail. So what is ISDN? ISDN stands for integrated services digital networks. It is a standard developed to cover a range of mediums like voi...
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BT to shut EE headquarters in cost-cutting drive

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Britain’s biggest mobile operator, EE, will abandon its headquarters to move into BT’s nerve centre at St Paul’s later this year, its chief executive has confirmed. Marc Allera told The Telegraph that EE was making preparations to move from its offices in the Paddington Basin to occupy multiple floors in BT Centre, overlooking Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece cathedral. The migration i...
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History of VoIP (Short Version)

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

History of VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transmission began in 1973 as a result of the experimental Network Voice Protocol invented for the ARPANET. However, it wasn’t until 1995 that the first Internet Phone Software – Vocaltec – appeared. Vocaltec brought to market the first internet phone software called the Internet Phone. The Vocaltec software compressed the voice signal, translat...
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The History of VoIP (Full Version)

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

The History of VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol, abbreviated VoIP, is a fairly recent technology. It goes by many names, including Voice Over Broadband (VoBB), Internet Telephony, IP Telephony, and broadband phone.The advent of the Internet brought with it an abundance of innovation regarding communication. Of course, there was email in the beginning, but then people started wondering whether th...
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Theresa May Promises £1B Fund For Post-Brexit Britain

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Northern towns are set to be given a large portion of a £1 billion post-Brexit fund, to help communities in need. The funds will be spread over the next seven years to supplement the work of council. According to the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the North West will receive the biggest boost. Meanwhile, the South East, including councils like Essex, Suffolk and No...
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EU funding for Duchy safe after Brexit vote

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

EU funding for Duchy safe after Brexit vote, says St Austell and Newquay Member of Parliament Steve Double, MP for St Austell and Newquay has addressed fears that EU funding could be cut immediately if the UK voted to leave the European Union. EU funding programmes and farm subsidies in Cornwall will continue to be available should the UK decide to vote Brexit on 23rd June. Steve will be vo...
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Abandoned and silent calls

Posted on February 22, 2019June 22, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

The phone rings, you rush to answer but there's no-one on the line. Abandoned and silent calls can be annoying and irritating at the best of times. These are also known as CC and ping calls. But for some people – for example, those living alone – these calls can be particularly frightening. This guide explains more about these calls, what can cause them and what you can do about them. What...
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What is the difference between VoIP and SIP?

Posted on February 16, 2019March 8, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

The differences between VoIP and SIP. VoIP calls are sent via SIP Trunks. VoIP and SIP work in conjunction with each other! Your telecoms supplier provides the SIP trunks as this is how all your VoIP calls, fax and data are transited. You cannot make a VoIP call or send a fax to another phone line without SIP trunks. Let’s say you’re in your office; when you make a call via...
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