Skype used in some U.N. agencies
By
Jaanus on July 21, 2005 in Skype around the world.
[The United Nations is reportedly deploying Skype in some agencies](http://www.amitranjan.com/archives/30). A big thing for us, no matter how big or small the actual extent of the deployment is. We're proud to help their work in improving the world.
> My wife works in one of the agencies of the United Nations (U.N.) at New Delhi. Yesterday their worldwide headquarters, which is based in Geneva has sent across an email announcing the adoption of Skype by their offices across the world, as a means of communication between the headquarter and all field units. This is what the email (abridged) says –--
> "The Office has implemented a deployment of the SKYPE utility (PC-to-PC over-the-Internet voice communication) for HQ and the Field. It has prepared the SKYPE package for distribution (via the WAN network), and published a user guide on the Intranet to help you get started. Although you can use any microphone/speaker combination for SKYPE, it is recommended that you use a headset. An information session will be held on... at... to show a sample SKYPE session and answer any questions. The session will be summarized through an FAQ posting on the Intranet."






Comments
congratulation yes also now in Monaco the historical phone compagny thing about the end of his monopole. Monaco-Telecom ask to make one call to belgium +- 0.25 eur... you know the price of skype. If the UN take skype for his call in the future the communication will be more liberal and less monopolistic. WE WILL BE SOON IN THE CENTURY OF COMMUNICATION FOR EVERY ONE. UN make example we must puch more and more people to use skype. THANK You for your service. André
vanomc | Thursday, Jul 21
Just incredible. Skype is fantastic for communication across borders. I work for an online optical company - FramesDirect.com (http://www.framesdirect.com) and we're expanding our operation from the USA to other countries (though we currently accept international orders). The newest online extension is a contact lens web site in South Africa. We also have employees all over the USA and until recently in India. Skype has been our way of communication for several months now. Our main headquarters is in Houston, Texas, but I live in Rancho Mirage, California. I spend a good part of the day talking to Houston through a laptop. Outstanding!
rburckhardt | Thursday, Jul 21
This is a good reason to fix this bug :
http://secunia.com/advisories/16105/
http://www.zone-h.org/advisories/read/id=7808
A bug like this in a multi user environment could be critical.
I hope that this will be fixed very soon.
Regards
badpenguin79 | Friday, Jul 22
Hi Friends,
I am working in United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Juba, Sudan. UNMIS. We are not getting atall workable communication by Skype. I wish that Skype authority will take necessary action to make it workable in Juba, sudan.
We all will be ever greatful. Thanks a lot.
Regards.
nazmulpasha | Sunday, Jul 24
I just recently bought this phone from Amazon. Works pretty well. Installation took couple of minutes, plugged the phone my computer and made a test call all under 5 minutes. The only noticeable difference over my home phone is I WAS TALKING TO FAMILY IN ASIA FOR FREE WITHOUT the annoying static.
roeunkhloy | Thursday, Jul 28
I just got this phone and I really love it! I live in Hong Kong, have lots of family and friends in the US and Canada, I am totally impressed with the sound quality... It's even better than my mobile. My friends been telling me about it a while back but I didn't think it would be this good... you guys are going to put telephone companies out of biz...
angelinahk | Thursday, Jul 28
Awsome!!! Keep the good thing coming baby!!! Ipfones rocks! Yeah! If it's FREE it's for ME!
Peace!
rocknroll0690 | Thursday, Jul 28
I am very happy with my purchase, but most importantly I am very impressed with the support that's provided by Ipfones. It's good to see you guys understand the importance of customer service. I just started using my 700m via Skype and I don't think I could live without it now. It's the best thing I've ever seen... You guys at Skype, keep up the good work!!! You guys are getting better by the minutes.
marckane | Thursday, Jul 28
The IP-700m sound are crytal clear and it's so well integrated with Skype... making it extremely easy to use - don't even need to know the computer. The only problem... it works so great, we ended up buying six more for brothers and sisters to keep in touch for FREE! Hope you guys (IPFones) come out with an IPFones and Cell phone combined so we can also get rid our Cell phone as well.
mach20 | Thursday, Jul 28
It's a great phone. Great service! As promised, it exceeds my expection!!!
jakarta627 | Thursday, Jul 28
Great phone!!! I was just on a business trip and had to make numerous calls. Skype and IP-700m was a lifesaver. I save so much money on all my calls and the sound quality was exceptional! Better than my landline and cell phone. Now I take the 700m wherever I go. Great product IPFones. Its a winner!
longnguyen843 | Thursday, Jul 28
The phone is great!!!! Calling back back to U.S, from Philippine with NO cost. I was able to save couple of dollars per week using the Ipfone. This is a #1 product in market. I recommend this FONE to everybody.
publiclaw | Friday, Jul 29
I heard about your USB phone from a friend in California, haven't use your phone yet... would love to give it a try... but I'm in Hawaii... any of the local stores carry your phone?
x-men1981 | Friday, Jul 29
Easy to use, work as a regular phone, freedom with no headphones to adjust on ears, always online ! Driver to install extremely simple, well integrated with skype.
immortelvn | Friday, Jul 29
bonjour pour que je puisse comprendre vos méssages
pourriey vous faire l'effort de traduire vos messages en français car je ne comprend pas l'anglais svp
merçi !! salutations
dominiqueferriot7690 | Friday, Jul 29
hallo cher dominique, l'anglais c'est pas difficile et ca taidera, alors fais un effort et mety!!!!
avec 200 mot tu ten sortira et pas besoin dorto(graphie)
salutation des montagnes suisses de 2000 m.d'altitude du suisse allemand ..... (;-)= Ulrich S.
ueltsch | Sunday, Jul 31
why would anyone wants a usb cabled phone at this age of wirelessness. I can't wait skype improve the voice canceling quality. I love to talk at home with my PC on and just lay down on bed free from any gadget.
ax
antonxie | Sunday, Jul 31
Great product..Just picked it up in Europe... Wireless is great but if battery goes out because i am on the phone 5 hours a day i am cooked... So keep the wire for us and make a new wireless one for others...(The sales clerk told me they are coming out with wireless this end of summer so chill) I use my new IPFONES with my wireless WIFI laptop anyway...It's the lightest laptop on the market and it goes everywhere i go... I now can call to all my friends around the world....So cool....
kellyosbourn | Sunday, Jul 31
Le premier test que j'avais effectué avec Skype et un micro casque, ne m'avait pas vraiment donné satisfaction, à cause de la qualité du son ! Quand j'ai testé le téléphone IPFones IP-700m, j'ai de suite été surpris par la qualité de la voix, l'absence d'écho, de grésillement, et surtout de souffle ! A un tel point que lorsque mon correspondant s'est arrêté de parler, j'ai demandé "tu es encore là ?" et il ne comprenait pas pourquoi ! Même le souffle d'une ligne téléphonique classique disparait ! Incroyable ! Depuis, IPFones IP-700m est devenu un téléphone d'usage quotidien qui fait économiser vraiment beaucoup; Mon compte SkypeOut a de suite été crédité, avec la création d'un n° SkypeIn pour un an !
nomatech | Monday, Aug 1
Are all these comments REAL?
They all seem to be posted on the same DAY...
And other products have been here for months with only 1 or 2 comments...
Also, where in the world do you BUY this phone?
Can't seem to find anyone selling it...
twohotmen | Monday, Aug 1
Bought mine in Monaco FNAC and i just got back to the USA and could not find it on any online store i usually buy from but went to Amazon.com and found it...
Also found a couple of article reviews this past week as i was searching for it..
I think Skype they just posted up this product that's why all the posts are on it and it is speading like wildfire...
Here are the articles i found:
http://gadgets.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33834#
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/ipfones-ip700m-skype-phone-review.asp
They basically both confims what i was telling one all along about this product and company...
Cheers everyone...I contacted them and they did confirm with me that they are releasing a new phone with built-in memory soon, a wireless one and even maybe mpeg4 wireless phone for video conferencing and video voice chatting...Way to go IPFones vision !!! What a name !!! The future of ip telephony in IPFones !!!!
kellyosbourn | Tuesday, Aug 2
bonjour Dominique il est vrai que 200 mots c'est longs pour qu'ils rentrent dans la tête mais grâce à ce liens http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn tu pourras comprendre et découvrir le merveilleux monde de skype. Il est vrai que le français est plus trop utilisé mais bon voici un outil pour suivre le mouvement "britich"
By the links you can translate for free the webpage in divers languages. ayez du bon temps et salut l'Helvétie depuit les montagnes belges. hello every body skype is one wonderfull programme is important to communicate and respect divers cultures or language. If you don't understant one texte you have somes tools to helps. The world is diversity not one. Event they have now only one programme of communication "skype" but is enough no??? by by andré
vanomc | Tuesday, Aug 2
Congratulations to all at IPFones, especially Thomas Bui.
You've made my dream come true: I refuse to pay for international long distance calls!!! Now with IPFones, I call everyone that I know, everywhere and at any time for FREE!!!
Come on everyone, let's join the club!
Linh Nguyen
USA
linh25 | Tuesday, Aug 2
i love it .wowwwwwwwwww it is cool
Best thing i had ever seen on the internet
so great!!!
prettyredrose | Wednesday, Aug 3
excellent!!!
prettyredrose | Wednesday, Aug 3
Congratulations to all at IPFones, especially Thomas Bui.
You've made my dream come true: I refuse to pay for international long distance calls!!! Now with IPFones, I call everyone that I know, everywhere and at any time for FREE!!!
Come on everyone, let's join the club!
whooooooooohooooooooooooo
prettyredrose | Wednesday, Aug 3
Una sa lahat, gusto kung pasalamatan ang IPFones management kasi salamat sa kanila, puede na akong tumawag kahit saan sa mundo for free o mura lang. Yong sound quality nang telephones nila ay napakagaling. Walang echoes o kahit ano man. Napaka comportable itong gamitin. IPFones ay maliit at hindi mabigat gaya nang mga cell phones. Puede natin itong dadalhin kahit saan. Kung wala pa kayo nang IPFones, ano pa and hinihintay n’yo?!
christina_rosman | Thursday, Aug 4
Is this phone mac compatible?
cassandre1 | Saturday, Aug 6
I am in San Francisco now. Where can I buy one of this? Frys? I don't want to go Amazon.com as I live in S'pore. The shipping cost will be too hi and I simply can't wait for 6 weeks for this good phone. Please help.
allan8008 | Saturday, Aug 6
The phone is MAC compatible but still waiting for Skype to release the MAC API...It should be any time soon.. Thanks..
support.ipfones.com | Sunday, Aug 7
IPFones Singapore is opening up this month so you'll be able to pick it up locally in Singapore when you get back to Singapore. If you really need to get it in the USA, please contact sales@ipfonesusa.com. Thank for your support.
support.ipfones.com | Sunday, Aug 7
J'utilise Skype depuis un an en France et dans tous mes nombreux déplacements à l'étranger. Le déclic s'est produit avec l'utilisation des téléphones IPFones. En effet Thomas Bui m'a fait la démonstration de ce produit et j'ai été séduit par la qualité du son, la facilité d'utilisation (même pour la Grand-Mère de 82 ans !)
Donc un grand merci à IPfones et Thomas Bui en particulier pour avoir transformé notre vie de voyageurs dans le monde en nous permettant de rester en contact permanent avec toutes nos relations via le net !
Patrick
patrickrs | Wednesday, Aug 10
I just got my IP-700 USB phone and really love it. So easy to install which I really like because i'm not very computer literate. Do you have any other colors?
antiwar1000 | Friday, Aug 12
Dung ipfones rat tien loi va kinh te. Ban chi can co internet voi ipfones la ban da co the goi duoc di bat ki dau trong nuoc cung nhu quoc te ma khong phai tra cuoc phi, chat luong am thanh rat tot. Toi dang van dong gia dinh toi doi dung ADSL de toi co the goi bang ipfons ve thuong xuyen cho gia dinh duoc vi o nuoc ngoai toi dung ADSL khong gioi han thoi gian ket noi internet. Toi di hoc o nuoc ngoai,thong thuong toi phai mua the dien thoai de goi ve, cuoc phi van rat dat, sinh vien lai khong co tien nhieu, nen khi co viec gi that can thiet toi moi dam goi ve. Toi nghi ipfones ra doi da giup duoc cho chung ta tiet kiem that nhieu, moi nguoi duoc giao tiep lien lac voi nhau nhieu hon. Su phat trien cua cong nghe da mang den cho chung ta nhung dieu that tuyet dieu!.
Phuong An
phuongan1978 | Sunday, Aug 14
skype是一个非常好用的聊天工具,通话质量非常棒,利用它我们可以与世界各地自由的联系,结交世界各地的朋友.
huguangzheng | Monday, Aug 15
FANTASTIC Phone! Later this week i will do a full review on this phone on www.skypeteer.com.
I first used a headset but nothing beats the quality of this phone.
bluedude | Tuesday, Aug 16
Where and when is IPFones Singapore opening? Been to all the obvious and usual places, checked out the yellow pages, business directory, etc and no one seems to know. Amazon doesn't ship this to Singapore. Neither do the eBay US sellers. Tough.
macguy6110 | Thursday, Aug 18
Mit der IP-Telefonie können Unternehmen mit mehreren Filialen kostengünstig über bereits vorhandene IP-Verbindungen telefonieren. Dazu wählt das intelligente 'Least Cost Routing' automatisch die Verbindung, die am meisten Geld spart. Auch Home-Offices oder mobile Teilnehmer können über IP-Verbindungen, z. B. via DSL, in die TK-Infrastruktur eingebunden werden.
skypephonetony | Friday, Aug 19
Mit der IP-Telefonie können Unternehmen mit mehreren Filialen kostengünstig über bereits vorhandene IP-Verbindungen telefonieren. Dazu wählt das intelligente 'Least Cost Routing' automatisch die Verbindung, die am meisten Geld spart.
skypephonetony | Friday, Aug 19
Я использую этот продукт уже в течение полугода и могу с уверенностью сказать что ничего более лучшего чем IPFones IP-700m USB + Skype я не встречал. Гарнитуры, микрофоны и прочие устройства не дают такого удобства работы, чистого звучания и простоты в использовании. Благодаря IPFones я могу легко и быстро совершать звонки по всему миру бесплатно или по потрясающе низкой цене.
stardmitry | Tuesday, Aug 23
The biggest disappointment about this phone is that it ONLY runs on Windows. As an Apple user since 1978, I get very upset when developers ignore the large market of Mac users.
Because Mac users are so virus and spyware free, we put in fewer calls to customer support. Think about it; this company is missing a market of close to 50 million users.
I have written a letter of complaint to IPFones, and I wish that Skype would be more sensitive to the fact that its "partners" discriminate against a large segment of the computer market.
will-howarth | Wednesday, Aug 24
We thank you for your comment and welcome the input as we have and are absolutely developing and releasing soon the MAC interface. We have not forgotten about this very important community, it just has been a very long wait to finally receive the MAC API to work on but we are doing our best to realease the MAC interface within the month of September before the holidays. Thank you. Please check back with our web site at www.ipfones.com to download the FREE MAC interface in the very near future....
IPFONES Support Team
support.ipfones.com | Wednesday, Aug 24
HI,
I live in Japan. Where can buy this phone here? I do not want to order from Amazon.com because of cost as our friend above from Singapore said. Amazon.co.jp do not have either.
To kellyosbourn
links you gave here don`t work for me. It shows NOT FOUND...
adam_disneyland | Wednesday, Sep 7
This product runs only on 'Microsoft Windows'. You have a plan to make it 'Mac' compatible, but what about the GNU/Linux users? I am a linux user for last 4 years. Linux is a open platform and it should be easy for you to port your applications to Linux.
I hope you will look after the matter seriously.
kmitra | Friday, Sep 23
Yes you can find lots of links on IPFONES on google.com and yes you can buy the product whenever not possible locally at www.ipfones.com directly. Quantity discounts are available and are very generous.
Yes we do have the LINUX interface available and we also do have the MAC interface as well which should be available for download before year's end.
Thank you all for your support.
support.ipfones.com | Saturday, Sep 24
Don't buy from their site. It seems they check their orders once a week or so. It took them 5 days to change order status from "pending" to "confirmed" and it has been already 10 days since I paid and it has not been shipped yet.
They answered saying something about "flood of orders" - my order number is ...36 - does it look like flood to you?
Then they said ..."you know the shipping to Brazil takes 2-3 weeks".I know it takes time to get to where I am (Brazil), but in order to get here they have to ship it first...
vlissine | Tuesday, Sep 27
Please address the lack of mac support immediately. There's no excuse for allowing support for other platforms to lag behind. Especially when everyone else offers open documentation so freely. Unix support should be early also.
jritorto | Tuesday, Sep 27
Great product, affordable, ease to use and driver is always up-to-date.
You won't never use your phone anymore if you are always DSL online. This works exactly (much better) as a phone with digital clarity sound and best of ALL, encrypted !!!
Just leave the IPFONES always connected as a standard phone. You'll be amazed of how much you save using skype with this phone.
immortelvn | Monday, Oct 31
Je reviens vers cette page et je constate que le seul message en français est le mien
Si quelqu'un habite en France, ou mieux, en Provence, contactez-moi, je suis à présent chargé par IPFones France de la communication sur IPFones, avec une spécificité, Services aux Entreprises, de par ma société. Les témoignages de TPE/PME sur la téléphonie IP avec IPFones et Skype vous interesseront... Ils seront bientôt disponibles sur le site dédié ipfoneshop.com
Mon Skype ID est nomatech
nomatech | Wednesday, Nov 23
nomatech,
J'en profite donc pour vous poser la question piége :
A quand les ipfones compatible MAC ?
Car plus haut dans les commentaires on en parle... mais rien n'arrive .
Avez-vous des news ?
Merci.
kan_dmv | Thursday, Dec 15
hi
انا بكتب بالعربي
كيف الشعب
afj_156 | Tuesday, Apr 29