voice and video calling
Skype is moving aggressively into video telephony and real-time video sharing. … Read the post voice and video calling
telephones
classifying communications services
In 1880, the British High Court held that the telephone was a telegraph under British law. The judgment in The Attorney-General v. The Edison Telephone Company of London: Held, that Edison’s telephone was a ‘telegraph’ within the meaning of the Telegraph Acts , 1863 and 1869, although the telephone was not invented or contemplated in … Continue reading classifying communications services
relatively little wireline-to-wireless number porting
Relatively few U.S. telephone numbers have been ported from a wireline telephone service provider to a wireless telephone service provider. In the first half of 2009, 22.7% of U.S. households had only wireless (mobile) telephones. Another 14.7% of households received all or almost all calls on wireless phones. The U.S. has about 114 million households. … Continue reading relatively little wireline-to-wireless number porting
from telephone service to good Internet service
About a third of U.S. households still do not have have Internet access. Among households with Internet access, about 7% have only dial-up Internet access.[1] Many households apparently do not appreciate the wealth of information and services that good Internet access offers. Only about 5% of U.S. households, in contrast, do not have telephone service.[2] … Continue reading from telephone service to good Internet service
U.S. mobile phone use
According to Nielsen data, the average number of text messages per month that U.S. mobile phone users sent and received exceeded the average number of voice calls sent and received in the second quarter of 2007. Since then, texting has continued to increase, while voice calls have continued to fall. Little disagreement exists about these … Continue reading U.S. mobile phone use