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What's a Q-Card? What's a Jyve Tag?

What does all this Q-Card and Jyve Tag Stuff mean?

Qzoxy Software Inc and Jyve Corp have joined together to design the first application for Skype! Skype is the fastest growing VoIP or Internet Telephony service in the world and now Qzoxy and Jyve have designed the first application - A Internet Call Center called the Q-Card. The Q-Card is still in beta, however I can say it works great! Below is a illustration of what it's all about and what's coming from Qzoxy and Jyve.

Click here to view the details of the program from our website. As soon as I can get some graphics up here I'll do so.

One main thing to point out about the new API is you don't need a Skype account to use it.

Just think of the possibilities!

Skype ready for both telephone worlds

Skype ready for both telephone worlds
From C/Net News

An adapter made by Siemens to extend Internet access to cordless phones is now loaded with Skype Net phone software, allowing the same phone to make calls using the Internet or the traditional phone network.

The coupling of Internet and traditional telephony in a single phone is hard to find now, but it could become more common in years to come if, as expected, more calls flow over the unregulated Internet rather than heavily taxed traditional phone networks.

For decades, the only way to sell local phone services was over the local phone network, which is privately owned. But Skype is among a wave of new companies offering voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, which uses the Internet to make calls. By using VoIP technology, any broadband connection, whether cable, satellite, cell phone, Wi-Fi or WiMax, can become a home phone line.

While there are several jury-rigged methods out there that could achieve the same results, the Siemens-Skype adapter stands out nonetheless because of the pedigree of those involved in its creation. Siemens is among the largest phone manufacturers in the world, and Skype is the most popular VoIP service provider in the world, with more than 1 million users.
"Siemens is delivering a giant step forward for Internet telephony for the residential market," Niklas Zennstrom, Skype's chief executive, said in a statement.

As with most other Internet phone service providers, Skype is also trying to be compatible with as many Internet-enabled devices as possible. VoIP started on PCs, which aren't always well-suited for phone calling. Personal digital assistants and cell phones are a new favorite target of many VoIP providers. Zennstrom said he believes Skype's effort regarding cordless phones is a pioneering one.
The adapter is not for the price-sensitive and is available only in Europe for now. The Siemens Gigaset M34USB adapter is $129, while the six compatible Siemens Gigaset phones cost between $65 and $260. To spur sales, Siemens offers the adapter along with 120 minutes of SkypeOut, a Skype service that lets people place calls to traditional phones from their own high-speed Internet connections. Skype phone calls that are made among PCs and which stay on the Internet are free.

In another major development, Skype on Tuesday also made public a method for programmers writing applications to involve Skype software in some way. "We are keen to watch the world's innovative developer community integrate the Skype application," Zennstrom said in a statement.

The Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission ruled 3-2 that states are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Internet phone providers, which treat calls no differently than any other application on the Net.

That class of operators includes Vonage Holdings, which asked the FCC for just such a designation in May, plus Verizon Communications, AT&T and dozens of other commercial Internet providers, according to those familiar with the FCC's thinking.
"This landmark order recognizes a revolution has occurred," FCC Chairman Michael Powell said at a meeting in Washington, D.C. The FCC's decision was a general one, was widely anticipated, and answers just one of dozens of questions about how regulators will ultimately treat Internet phone services, typically referred to as voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.

The decision came just after a last-minute attempt by two Southern California cities to tax Internet phone calls, a potentially nightmarish problem for Net phone providers that surfaced just as federal utility regulators were expected to make things easier for them. The cities, Burbank and El Monte, have asked dozens of Internet phone service providers to collect a monthly fee of about $1.40 from each subscriber who claims his or her "place of primary use" is within their cities. The tax would be similar to what traditional phone providers pay.

Another development came in the form of an adapter made by Siemens that extends Internet access to cordless phones and is now loaded with Skype Net phone software, allowing the same phone to make calls using either the Internet or the traditional phone network. The coupling of Internet and traditional telephony in a single phone is hard to find now, but it could become more common in years to come if, as expected, more calls flow over the Internet.

Skype for Symbian and Palm OS is coming.....

JD Lasica report from Engadget, interview with Niklas Zennstrom...

We started with Pocket PC, and now we’re looking at other mobile platforms like Windows SmartPhone, Symbian and Palm. We don’t have any launch dates yet for any of those platforms. It’s going to be wonderful to be able to make a Skype call from cell phones or PDAs.

A natural evolution and often talked about enhancement for Skype is its availablity on the Symbian and Palm OS's. So it looks like Skype is working on it - which is great news. If Skype is available and ubiquitous on all platforms both mobile and fixed, can anyone really compete with free calling? The folks @ X-ten better be paying attention.