Daily News 2006/03/14

YAHOO cooperating with SIEMENS to provide VOIP service through SIEMENS wireless telephone

Recently, Yahoo signed a cooperation contract with SIEMENS. According to the contract, it is allowed to make computer-to-computer phone calls (free of charges) with Gigaset, wireless telephone provided by SIEMENS. It is also allowed to make phone calls to fixed telephone and mobile phones at a lower cost.
Siemens Home and Office Communications Devices, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIEMENS plans to provide Gigaset M34 USB adaptor in the third quarter this year so that the users may enjoy voice communications on Yahoo Messenger with Gigaset wireless telephone.
Yahoo and other network companies are developing VOIP service now (some of them have started providing such service). According to the contract, Gigaset users can make phone calls through Yahoo Messenger. This is the latest cooperation between Yahoo and mobile phone manufacturers.

ITApps providing Edify voice call solutions to Beijing Construction Bank

Beating other competitors, ITApps won the bid to provide voice call solutions to Beijing Construction Bank.
The existing center "95533" of Beijing Construction Bank has 240 lines of IVR and 30 lines of faxes. To guarantee the service quality at peak time, Beijing has been very strict on the providers of voice call solutions. ITApps, with the outstanding solution Edify, has been in the leading position in this field for consecutive 15 years, and has provided self-help voice solutions for over 2000 enterprises in the world, enabling them to communicate with their customers more conveniently

VOIP to be licensed in June

VoIP, that has been in dispute for a long time, will develop very fast
Recently, informed person revealed to Financial News Daily that the first business license for VOIP will probably be issued in June this year. Now the relevant authority of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has started the approving procedures. MII didn't make any response on this.