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Is Skype a telecoms operator? Belgian court re-ignites an old debate

Virtually ever since Skype was launched in 2003 telecoms operators across Europe have argued that the company should be governed by the same laws they have to work under. The argument has been re-ignited recently after the Microsoft-owned Skype was summoned to court after refusing to pass on customer information to aid a criminal investigation. This…

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20 year anniversary since the first SMS Message

On this day 20 years ago, Matt Makkonen sent a message from a PC to a mobile device using Vodafone’s UK network. The content of the message read ‘Merry Christmas’, and sparked the birth of SMS (short message service) protocols, which are now used by an estimated 4 billion people world wide. In a very…

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