Fresh from reaching a compromise deal with BlackBerry maker RIM, India has set its sights on Skype and Google

Cisco reportedly is considering buying Skype before the VOIP and video conferencing vendor enters into its planned IPO later this year

Google is staying quiet about its expansion plans for its Gmail VoIP service, despite clocking up more than 1 million calls in 24 hours

Google's new Gmail phone-calling service presents a challenge to Skype, as well as Gmail's email competitors

In another sign of the growing power of Skype, Verizon customers in the US now have the option to install the VoIP app on BREW-based handsets

Microsoft and Polycom are entering an alliance that will include jointly developing, selling and marketing unified communications products

Skype is looking to raise as much as $100 million (£63m) on the stock market after the VoIP provider filed to go public

Vonage introduces an app that lets Facebook friends place free calls to each other over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks on their smartphones

In an effort to accelerate calls, Google has added direct access numbers to its Google Voice for mobile application on Android and Blackberry smartphones

Fring has labelled VoIP provider Skype as "cowards" for allegedly blocking Fring from offering video chat on smartphones