Vonage Dials Up The Cloud in WiFi Deal

Internet telephone company Vonage on Wednesday struck a deal with European WiFi network operator The Cloud. The partnership gives Vonage customers access to its VoIP service over The Cloud’s UK wireless broadband network.

Vonage customers equipped with its WiFi handset will be able to make VoIP calls from The Cloud’s WiFi hotspots as part of the standard Vonage subscription — there will be no additional charges.

“Enabling users to make telephone calls while on the move is the inevitable next stage of the VoIP revolution. Vonage’s partnership with The Cloud will provide our customers with the ability to make cheap voice calls while on their travels,” said Kerry Ritz, managing director of Vonage UK. “For small and medium businesses, where controlling telecommunications costs is important, the service will be a great way of staying in touch while out of the office without relying on costly mobile phones.”

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Skype Calls on EMI, Sony, Warner in Ringtone Deal

Skype on Wednesday announced license agreements for worldwide distribution rights to potentially hundreds of thousands of musical works as ringtones for its Internet telephony service.

The eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) subsidiary inked deals with three major music publishing companies — EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music — as well as with the UK’s collecting society for author/publisher rights, the MCPS-PRS Alliance, which is a partnership between the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and The Performing Right Society.

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