Skype is software that allows people to make phone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service are free. Calls to landline phones and cellphones generally have a fee. The company that developed Skype was bought by eBay in 2005 for...

AT&T is suing Verizon Wireless over Verizon's "There's a Map for That" commercials, saying that the ads are misleading and deceptive. AT&T filed the suit in Georgia and is asking for a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction to stop the...

Anthony Armatys of Palatine, Ill. pleaded guilty Monday in New Jersey Superior Court to one count of theft. He admitted keeping more than $470,000 in paychecks from telecommunications company Avaya, where he never worked. Armatys accepted a job with...

Under a 1989 law, workers who use company-provided mobile phones for personal calls are supposed to count the value of those calls as income and pay federal income taxes accordingly. But businesses and workers have long ignored the requirement,...

EBay is selling a majority interest of the Internet telecom service Skype for about $2 billion, reversing a 2005 acquisition that many considered a bad deal at its inception. EBay is selling a 65 percent stake in Skype to a group of private investment...