Because it provides an alternative, low-cost mobile communications service, Google Voice is often compared to both Skype and Vonage though each is based on slightly different technology.

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Rebecca Fordham, communications officer from UNICEF, said that finding an alternative to institutions is a worldwide priority for them.

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An FCC that can't recognize the damage compulsion will do to the future of communications wealth needs to be brought to heel and replaced with alternative institutions.

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The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to scrap control orders - introduced to monitor the movements and communications of suspected terrorists - and replace them with a suitable alternative.

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Investors seeking an actively managed fund focused on the communications and data-networking market might consider this offering from Fidelity Investments as an alternative to the PowerShares ETF.

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