Japan's second largest carrier KDDI faced its worst ever outage that left 40 million customers without data and voice call options. Some areas are still affected with added limits on data transfer.
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Google is turning Gmail into a communications hub by adding voice calling to the app. In addition to the voice calls, Gmail already supports video calls through Google Meet within the Gmail app.
O2 has removed the voice limit cap for customers paying on a monthly basis. This respite does not apply to Enterprise and SMB customers. Those on pay-as-you-go will still be charged the usual rates.
According to a new report, the United States government is requesting the services of Facebook so that it can monitor encrypted phone conversations that take place via its popular Messenger app.
Telegram 3.18.1 has been made available on Android. The update now lets users based in Africa and the Americas use Telegram calls, which were previously only available for European users.
In the first update of its kind since... well, let's just say it's been a while, Microsoft has updated its Skype for Web service to allow Linux and Chromebook to use Skype's voice calling features.