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China Voice Holding Corp. Completes a Carrier Grade VoIP Switch for SKY O/A
2007-11-13 00:42:00
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China Voice Holding Corporation (CHVC) (OTC:CHVC), announced today that its China subsidiary, Beijing CandidSoft Technology Co. Ltd. (CandidSoft), had successfully completed the development of their Carrier Grade, fully featured VoIP switching platform and integration into the Company?s patented SKY O/A Office Automation System. To assist with the development project, the Company contracted Beihang University (BUAA), one of China's leading research universities. The SKY O/A Softswitch platform supports converged communications services by integrating SS7 telephone signaling with packet networks and replaces a third party hardware-based switch. The technology features Class 5 functions and was designed with emphasis on a high degree of scalability to support the large number of voice and data ?seats? called for in contracts previously announced. Cand...
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Raketu makes a Spalsh with SMS based VoIP Call Setup
2007-11-12 21:48:00
A competitor for ground breaking VoIP Service provider, Jajah that I have written here on iPhone and there in Japan. But from the outlook of it, this seems a fine way for mobile VoIP with an attractive cost per minute.For an Example: a mobile phone user in the UK wants to call a friend in New York also on a mobile phone. The user in the UK sends a text message from their mobile phone to Raketu's UK local number with the appropriate calling information in the message and Raketu connects the two phones. The Raketu rate for the call will be the regular RakWeb calling rate, or $.115 per minute. This is a savings of greater than 35% over competitor Jajah's rate for a similar call, and Jajah calls MUST be initiated from a computer connected to the Internet. The News release;NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raketu Communications Inc., the global Internet communications, information and entertainment company, today introduced its SMS-Tex...
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How to Build an Android Application (on MAC OS X)
2007-11-12 21:32:00
Dan Morrill builds a simple application on the Android platform to demonstrate how you could start something with it!.Tags: Google Phone , gPhone, Android, android SDK how to
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Google (The Open Handset Alliance,) has let the Android (SDK) lose.
2007-11-12 20:39:00
Google (The Open Handset Alliance ,) has let the Android lose. At least the tools for beginning to create stuff for the gPhone. I am writing this before down loading so I have no idea what I could do.The SDK site states that;The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use which runs on top of a Linux kernel. If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you're in the right place. This site provides a variety of documentation that will help you learn about Android and develop mobile applications for the platform. An early look at the the Android SDK is also available. It includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and of course all the libraries you'll need to...
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VOXALOT ADDS MORE ADVANCED CALLING FEATURES TO ANY SIP PLAN With PREMIUM SE
2007-11-12 17:05:00
Noted Companies at VON FALLSYDNEY, Australia?Voxalot, the global voice applications provider, has announced the commercial launch of VoxPremium TM, a service plan that adds a wealth of sophisticated calling features, as well as inbound calling from PSTN phones, to its basic offer of value-added services, expanded free calling range and management tools.At the same time, the company has redesigned its Web site with a completely new interface to enable easier access to both basic (free) and premium (paid) services.?We?re excited about the upgrades and new features we?re now able to offer Voxalot members,? said Tony Mascarenhas, Voxalot CEO. ?They were developed based largely on community feedback and input?so we know they?re features our users want.?Voxalot is designed for users who subscribe to one or more SIP-based Internet voice service (or VoIP) plans, enabling them to switch plans without changing their published contact information. Users also have the ability to route outgoing c...
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iiNet Offers multi line VoIP service to SMB, Business Customers
2007-11-12 16:20:00
12 November 2007 ? Showing strong signs that iiNet Limited (ASX: IIN) is serious about developing its place in the business market, the company today announced a new business grade multi-line phone service using VoIP technology (Voice over Internet Protocol). The introduction of the business grade service is exciting news for small businesses who will benefit from a drastic drop in the cost of their communication services. VoIP allows customers to make calls over their broadband service and results in cheaper call rates for customers. VoIP usage has grown strongly over the last 5 years, the result of significant improvements in technology and the addition of new features including voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, and music-on-hold.General Manager iiNet Business , Andy McIntyre said Multi -line VoIP offered our customers lower call costs, more efficient networking and access to a range of new applications which, until now, have only been available to large business.?This product is ...
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Applications for The VON Magazine Innovator Awards is Open
2007-11-12 06:32:00
For 2008, VON Magazine has been entrusted with the legacy and evolution of the pulver100. The VON Magazine Innovators (Innovators) Awards will continue to recognize companies that represent the future of IP communications, singling out innovative ideas, products, and businesses with substantial real-world deployments and significant growth, but there are some changes in how we will select and recognize accomplishments. Innovators will be judged on new IP communications products and services introduced in the 2007 calendar year. You must have a shipping product, and you must have customers. It has to be a justifiably new product?not version 2.6 as compared to last year?s 2.51. Companies will have to apply online at the VON Magazine Web site to be considered for an award. The application is available online now. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2007. The award form can be found at www.vonmag.com/innovators.Von Magazine announcementTags: pulv...
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Bangladesh Fines VoIP Providers, including Grameenphone
2007-11-12 05:39:00
The country's telecom watchdog fined Aktel Tk 145 crore for its involvement in the illegal use of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or call termination business.Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in a press release said during recent raids by the law enforces, Aktel's involvement in illegal call termination business was ascertained.Talking to The Daily Star, BTRC Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Manzurul Alam said, "Aktel has already paid Tk 72.50 crore to the national exchequer." Telekom Malaysia International Bangladesh (TMIB) is the 70 percent stakeholder of Aktel.Aktel is not alone in paying the government compensation. Earlier, country's largest mobile phone service operator Grameenphone announced it would pay the government Tk 168.4 crore while another major operator Banglalink said they would pay Tk 125 crore.The BTRC chairman said, "We hope that no telecommunication operator will facilitate any illegal VoIP ventures... No one will be spared if found involv...
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VoIP Spam, Who should Control It, You or Your VoIP Provider?
2007-11-11 07:02:00
First the Mail system came and then the telephone. In both these cases some people found out that they were very good advertising mediums. So our mail boxes started to get filled up with unwanted mail, catalog's, phony checks, Lottery offers, etc. Our phones stared ringing evenings and weekends with people trying to sell you all sort of things, surveys, and anything else anyone could think of!I just have a Dustbin, thrash can next to my Mail Box, to control my Mail SPAM. I do it not the Post office.Telephone was a bit different, I used to rudely hang up those calls, ask for money from surveyors to answer their questions and then came the Caller ID and I put that to immediate use. Now I get almost zero spam calls on my pots line. I declare my phone number when ever I call some one and therefor only numbers that are identifiable could call me. So I can see who is calling before I answer. If do not know the number I do not answer and they can leave a message. All my close connections ...
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iPhone 1.1.2 iHacked, (Apple just Unlock the bloody Phone, you have to in F
2007-11-10 22:31:00
As soon as I posted our Thousandth Post I have to write again about iPhone 1.1.2 iHacked version.TAUW, has the complete shebang on iPhone 1.1.2 hack. The above photo shows that you can easily change Keyboard setting and the icons.Apple what is next, a forced update to connected iPhones, it is not too late to learn from Google, make iPhone open, (Not Open Source).Tags: iPhone, iPhone 1.1.2, iPhone 1.1.2 hacked, French iPhone, Open iPhone, jailbreak
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IPhone Hacked Again in Europe (This is our 1000th Post as well)
2007-11-10 22:05:00
Apple is hacked and the hack appeared by Friday evening according to a news post. By the way this is our 1000th post and I beat Solarion to it as he is traveling today. So I think we will stick this somewhere and say 1000th post is about iPhone , not specifically about VoIP, We promise to make 2000th so!here is the iPhone Europe hacked news!;SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- The arrival of new unlocking software for iPhones on Friday highlights a major challenge for Apple Inc. (AAPL) as it starts selling iPhones in Europe. Just hours after Apple's iPhone went on sale Friday in the U.K. and Germany, hackers were distributing new "unlocking" software so iPhones could use a variety of cellphone networks, according to various reports on Apple-focused Web sites.Cellphone operators in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. sell their iPhones locked to their networks, the result of the exclusive arrangements they have with Apple. European operators on Friday warned that unlocking iPhones isn't a good i...
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VoIP Webinar, "Ready set VoIP" Part III is on the way.
2007-11-10 19:46:00
Ken Camp informs us that his third installment of the Webinar series "Ready .Set.Voip " is on it's way. If you have not seen the first two, (Which is online here at webex)I would recommend that you do. I did watch them and found to be interesting, awaiting the third.Kens Post;Ready.Set.VoIP! Webinar Series - Part 3 coming soonTags: VoIP Education, VoIP Webinar, Ready Set VoIP

Microsft Patents "Good Bye"
2007-11-09 22:51:00
How Moronic is this, Prior art search could start some where here;""Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you."" I am sure Mr. Watson said good bye after informing that it will tale one week for him to get to New York from San Francisco!Geemodo: Microsft Seeks Patent on "Good Bye"Tags: VoIP Patents , Microsoft

Cisco, Microsoft Rivalry Becomes Prominent
2007-11-09 21:48:00
Now that Microsoft 's unified communications portfolio has launched, and Microsoft "proving" that some parts of that portfolio is better than Cisco 's, Cisco partners report that their sales cycles are getting longer as customers stop to consider the impact. Microsoft's entrance into the space "is putting some fear and doubt into customers. CIOs are asking their staffs to at least think about it," said an executive at one large Cisco partner, who asked not to be identified. "It is lengthening the sales cycle a bit in some cases." Joe Burton, Cisco's CTO of unified communications, said the vendor is giving channel partners the materials they need to answer questions about Microsoft but downplayed the impact Redmond's VoIP debut is having on the sales process.Read more at Channel Wire Blog..Tags: VoIP business, Cisco, Microsoft, unified communications, VoIP
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University Uses Skype to Reach Every Student
2007-11-09 21:13:00
Tallina Ülikool, Talinn Univers ity (TLU) has done away with old form of lined notebooks and rickety desks and chairs, for teaching classes. The university which is also known as E-Stonia, (I know a quite a lot of university students that would love to be stonia state) they teach classes utilizing, yes the everyday VoIP IP Telephony tool, Skype .Once the summer holiday destination of Tzars, Estonia is the center of academic activity now, due to the fusion of numerous university and research institutes such as the Tallinn Pedagogical University and the Estonian Academic Library.Created within the ?EU Phare? project, the Masters course taught at this university is a joint program with the Finnish University of Tampere. So what is better about a trans-European collaboration for a trans-European program? Travelling to take some lectures in Finland and elsewhere would have been a big problem for Estonian students, so they used the technology available to solve the problem. If Skype has r...
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Microsoft to Cisco, "Our QoE is better than your QoS "! as a result of anot
2007-11-09 16:01:00
I was reading the white Paper produced by Microsoft about it's "OCS, Quality of Experience" and found it to be very informative paper. It is a good way to brush up on your telecom VoIP, UC knowledge.But when I reached page 41, I was not sure what to do! Microsoft has done a Benchmark Study! The last time it did a benchmark study (one of the many) against Linux and Windows e business capability, We had a good laugh. Looks like Microsoft can never compare Apples to Apples, perhaps the man at top does not like Apples. Why not peaches then?So this benchmark study "which was prepared by Psytechnics Limited*. Psytechnics evaluated the speech quality performance of Microsoft?s Office Communicator 2007 client (using a pre-Beta 3 version of Office Communicator with prototype wideband USB handsets designed by Microsoft UC) in comparison with Cisco CallManager version 5.0 using 7961 IP phones."(*Psytechnics (http://www.psytechnics.com) is an independent Microsoft UCG QoE partner which owns pa...
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Mobile Companies Embrace Google's OHA! While Others Ogle!
2007-11-09 15:19:00
While big bad wolves of mobile business' like AT&T and Verizon watched from distance, Other US Cell Phone companies are buzzing around Google like those bees in Jerry Seinfeld's movie, Bee Movie. Current supporters of OHA include, include Motorola , Qualcomm, Sprint Nextel and Deutsche Telekom, parent of wireless operator T-Mobile , among many others."We've been one of the most vocal (companies) in developing on open platforms, and this is an accelerator to what we're doing," said Motorola CEO Ed Zander on a call with reporters Monday. Bu I only thing I saw so far open about Motorola are those clam shell phones that you have to open to dial! But it is nice to see these people singing the "Open Source" song!Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs not to be out done selected current green buzzword to explain it's business plans, "The wireless ecosystem is constantly changing, and we're enabling a new ecosystems of partners like Google and others to go mobile."Inspiration from "Going gaga ove...
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Frequent Flyer miles for VoIP-Pal Customers
2007-11-09 15:04:00
SUN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VoIP-PAL.com, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a deal with AirIncentives, a new application powered by Points.com. The deal will enable VoIP-PAL to provide frequent flyer miles as an incentive to its customers who purchase VoIP products from the Company. VoIP-PAL.com customers will be able to earn frequent flyer miles from a variety of renowned airlines, such as: Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US Airways and Continental Airlines. Over the past 25 years, frequent flyer miles have been the world's most successful incentive to purchase consumer goods and are a proven customer motivator across all socio-economic groups. Customers can redeem their miles at any time; all they have to do is visit the AirIncentives redemption site. Once there, they type in the mileage code awarded to them and AirIncentives deposits the miles into the frequent flyer account of their choice. A...
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'"Google Phone is Coming Soon" with a touch screen!'
2007-11-09 14:49:00
According to BusinessWeek, HTC might be the first of the alliance to bring out the Google Phone . So what I said a few months ago, I can repeat; '"Google Phone is Coming Soon" with a touch screen!'Florian Seiche, HTC's European vice president, said that the company's goal was to provide a "broad portfolio" of devices targeting various segments of the market, from consumer to enterprise. Android devices, he said, would fall squarely into the relatively new consumer side of HTC's business, targeted this year with the Touch phone. "The core nature of Android is the fact that the internet should be put right at the centre of your mobile experience," said Seiche. "It is fair to say that it will be very much focused on the growing part of the consumer market that is using mobile devices for much more than voice calls and text messages." Seiche claimed that HTC was "fairly far along" in the development of the handset, as demonstrated by the time frame for the device's release. Techn...
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VoIP IP Telephony At Technorati
2007-11-09 14:01:00
I know it is a small feat but let me gloat on it! (Those people with large numbers, don't laugh ;) but you can smile!) The blog just reached Authority 100 on Technorati . I am very thankful all the people that helped me to reach this milestone. I will try my best in the future. May be next target is to reach a rank of 50,000! I know all these are volatile but with help from Sol@rion, I might be able to keep up.Tags: VoIP IP Telephony , technorati, technorati rank, Solarion, Sol@rion
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Snom Renews Partnership with Digium.
2007-11-09 13:40:00
Snom, the company based in Germany and the provider of one of my earliest VoIP gateway experiences(I think six years ago!), has always been working with Digium , the developer of Asterisk . They have recently renewed their business bonds so that they can continue to provide interoperability to their respective customers.The Phones from Snom which adhere to IETF?s latest recommendations for standards-based authentication and content security (SIP(s)/sRTP). The range of phones offered will fit in nicely in an enterprise' executive table as well as on a kitchen table.Following is the press release from Snom. snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, and Digium® Inc., the Asterisk® company, today announced their renewed partnership agreement to offer integrated, SIP-based telephony solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. snom has signed on as a Digium/Asterisk Premier Interoperability Partner, which will give broad support for Asterisk B...
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Digium Releases James Bond, (a HPEC Update)
2007-11-09 07:27:00
If you have been enjoying the High Performance Echo Cancellation fro Digium , HPEC, then there is an update available to download. Unlike those other so so releases, this is coming out with the revolver blazing, as the dev team have named the release after the International Spy, 007.Go get it and make those Echo's run for their lives!.Mine is on test now with My good old TDM400P. So far I am happy. (Just dialed over it and spoke to my Dear Mom, about the impending Strom heading to Holland (The Netherlands). Our ancestral house is about 15 feet below sea level!).By the way if you have Digium equipment and you can contact Digium customer service, to get HPEC for your system.Release anouncementTags: Asterisk , Digium, HPEC, TDM400P
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Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux Ready For Download, Yes You Can Have Video To Go W
2007-11-09 06:22:00
Skype Development has released the Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux , known as "the Great Revolution".New version brings the Linux user the most requested feature to Skype for Linux video calling, among other technological marvels listed at the developer site news.By adding Video for Linux, Skype now supports video on Windows, Mac and Linux, Basically covering the whole spectrum of major Operating Systems for Desktops.I will see how it does on my Fedora.Tags: Skype, Skype for Linux, Skype for Linux 2.0, Skype beta
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Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, or Speech Impaired can Make realtime Voice Calls wit
2007-11-09 04:35:00
I have some good news today for all of you and two of my friends. I have two friends whom I do Physics Research. Among other researchers, these two are unique, we live continents apart, I know Japanese, they can communicate in English. We have worked together for years but we have not spoken! Because I do not know Sign Language. :(., and I am not good at texting either!. We always have to resort to writing and some times we have gone through interpreters when we really had to speak!I think now, I have found a way to speak to these two unique individuals, through a service provided by SnapVRS.Snap!VRS, a video relay service that enables people who are Deaf, Hard -of-Hearing, or Speech Impaired to improve the connection with people in their personal and business life when they use the Ojo video phone to conduct true-to-life video relay calls through qualified sign language interpreters over a high-speed Internet connection. Using Ojo, customers dial "711" and communicate with the inter...
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EnGadget knows more about iPhone 1.1.2 than Apple Does!
2007-11-09 04:20:00
The Apple iPhone update 1.1.2 we spoke about and being shipped with has been found by ever resourceful EnGadget. But Don't go to Apple site looking for it!, I did and I only saw "iPhone 1.1.1"!. But you can download it from Apple if you follow the Engadget link, So I will direct you to the original post at EnGadget!Tags: iPhone, iPhone 1.1.2, engadget, Apple
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iPhone vs gPhone will lead us to iGPhone
2007-11-09 01:33:00
Update: It has already been invented, I meant the iGPhone ! See below for the Photo and connection! PS watch out for lead paint.Even though the gPhone is yet to emerge, discussions about security and other aspects of the phones.Some are concerned about openness of gPhone without realizing the roots of MAC OX X and that the code is somewhat open!;"As the first major computer company to make Open Source development a key part of its ongoing software strategy, Apple remains committed to the Open Source development model. Major components of Mac OS X, including the UNIX-based core, are made available under Apple?s Open Source license, allowing developers and students to view source code, learn from it and submit suggestions and modifications. In addition, Apple uses software created by the Open Source community, such as the HTML rendering engine for Safari , and returns its enhancements to the community."According to Apple itself.So the pundits, change the course, find some thing else to ...
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Voice Quality Monitoring Comes Free From Microsft, (For Office Communicatio
2007-11-08 22:57:00
If you have got that Microsoft OCS 2007, (Office Communication Server 2007) running, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is following up with free tools and modules. One of the firsts in the field, QoEMS, will aid in troubleshooting voice quality issues by monitoring network performance in real time. Quality of Experience Monitoring Server (QoEMS) is designed as a soft module competing with network gear offered by the likes of Cisco Systems Inc.If you want you can get a trial if you want to try out the OCS 2007The QoE Monitoring Server is a new server role for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition. It provides the information that you need in order to better understand the media quality that your users are experiencing in your Office Communications Server 2007 deployment. With QoE Monitoring Server, you can do the following:Gather statistics on media quality of locations or based on a grouping of subnetsProactively monitor and troub...
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Berkeley City Approves Solar Power Financing Program.
2007-11-08 21:18:00
Good news for good people in Berkeley .Solar ion: Berkeley Approves Solar Power Financing Program, First in the NationTags: solar power, Berkeley
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Wiretapping whistle-blower, Mark Klein, Visits Washington to protest Immuni
2007-11-08 19:29:00
Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician and the wiretapping whistle-blower, whose allegations that his former employer wiretapped the internet on behalf of the government, largely holing up the the lawsuit against AT&T have visited Washington to persuade Lawmakers not to deliver a blow to the law suite.The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on the surveillance bill today.But according to TPM Muckraker's Spencer Ackerman, Klein is finally getting the media and other attesion that have evaded him for last two years, ever since he revealed the new about the secret room 641A. The New York Times also carries an articleHere is a Video of Mark Klein outs the NSA on Olbermann ;Tags: NSA, wiretapping, whistle-blower, AT&T, Mark Klein, Olbermann, youtube
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iPhone Copycats in London get on the Queues
2007-11-08 17:20:00
True London weather with your iPhoneAlthough iPhone is not available, officially until 6:02pm on 9 November, but it looks like a lines has already started forming outside the flagship London Apple store, Just like iPhone fans in USA. But just that they call the lines, "queues" and hope it will make a difference! Ha.But they can be rest assured they will not be able to sell them on eBay for 1000 of pounds nor get $30000 for hacking them. We in USA have been there and done that. Just buy the phone for much cheaper than we did and let us know about the iPhone 1.1.2 software, so we can manage not to iBrick them so someone can help us to unbrick them.Have fun with what we already thrash!image courtesy of Pocket-LintTags: iPhone, iPhone Europe, iPhone UK
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