MuniWireless

I am at Macworld this week in San Francisco checking out gadgets and applications. One of the most interesting announcements this week is Truphone’s iPhone and iPod Touch application which lets you make Skype calls and send instant messages to your Skype buddies. In addition, you can use Truphone to IM your buddies on MSN, AOL, Yahoo and Google. In this way, Truphone acts like a universal IM service. If you are using Wi-Fi, Truphone-to-Skype communications are free but if…

Truphone, the provider of software that allows you to make free or cheap calls via Wi-Fi on your mobile phone, has raised £16.5m ($32.7m) of Series B venture capital funding. Truphone’s Series A investors – Burda Digital Ventures, Eden Ventures, Independent News & Media and Wellington Partners – participated in the Series B round.

I have used Truphone to make free voice calls on Wi-Fi networks using my Nokia mobile phone, especially when I’m traveling, to avoid nasty roaming charges. Recently,…

A court in London ordered T-Mobile to allow Truphone users to interconnect through its network. The battle between the celullar carriers and companies like Truphone, who allow people to make calls via the Internet on their mobile phones. A court in London ordered T-Mobile to allow Truphone users to interconnect through its network. The battle between the celullar carriers and companies like Truphone, who allow people to make calls via the Internet on their mobile phones, has been going on…

Mobile operators could see their voice and data revenues threatened if more of their customers use Wi-Fi instead of the 3G networks they have heavily invested in, according to this article from the BBC. Mobile operators were counting on a long period of time during which they could exploit their networks after having spent billions of euros in spectrum auctions. Unfortunately, with more Wi-Fi available from hotspot operators and individuals sharing their connections, many people are using Wi-Fi instead of…