Vonage announced an Internet phone-calling application that can be downloaded for free to iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones allowing international calls through Wi-Fi or cellular networks. Vonage ...

We are becoming less and less dependent on mobile networks. You can get a data signal almost everywhere that you can get a mobile signal and most of us are around WiFi most of the time anyway.

When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications. Thanks to its implementation of ...

Wi-Fi can easily serve as a backup for your cellular network for calling and texting, especially if you find yourself without signal. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, ...

Google announced the first wave of Android Cross-device services at the end of May, and we’re now seeing wide availability of Internet sharing and Call casting. Go to your Android device’s Settings ...

Microsoft said today it will be retiring the original free internet calling app Skype in May and migrating customers to Microsoft Teams. In blog post titled “The next chapter,” Jeff Teper, president, ...

The Microsoft-owned service was a pioneer in live video-calling, but it later lost ground to competing offerings like Zoom. One of the most widely used online calling services will soon reach its end ...