Beginning this March, U.K. consumers will be able to turn to O2 as an alternative wireline phone service provider. The former wireless arm of BT will now go up against its former parent with two wireline voice offerings: 'Evening and Weekend' and 'Anytime.'

As its name implies, the $15.45 a month 'Evening & Weekend' package will allow consumers to make unlimited calls to UK homes on evenings an... more...

The rise in voice over internet protocol (VoIP) software has caused mobile network providers to begin heavily slashing their international roaming rates, according to an industry analyst.

Products such as Google Voice and Skype are also fuelling the rise, as they begin to bring the technologies associated with VoIP into mainstream life, suggested data networking and telecom consultancy firm I... more...