HelloSoft and Sonus Networks are joining forces to enable mobile phone users to harness the power of IP for increased flexibility and access to enriched services. The two companies are partnering together to deliver new services through a suite of converged fixed broadband and mobile wireless solutions.

By pairing HelloSoft's Voice Call Continuity solutions with Sonus' industry leading IP Multimedia Subsystem based architecture, network operators can provide IP-based services to handsets leveraging a variety of access points, such as a cellular network or a wireless broadband network. For end users, this service translates into more efficient indoor coverage and improved access to multimedia services that blend voice, video and data. For network operators, the solution drives reduced operating expense for the network by leveraging an IP backbone.

Digium unveils a new corporate headquarters to support the company’s rapidly growing open source telephony business. The ribbon cutting at the new facility, located at 445 Jan Davis Drive NW, is scheduled for Tuesday, October 23 and will be attended by several local dignitaries including Huntsville Mayor Loretta Spencer. Digium, which has called Huntsville home since its founding in 1999, is the leading worldwide provider of open source VoIP solutions.

VoIP announces that it has recently added new customers to its network and experienced an increase in usage from existing customers resulting in a 40 percent increase in overall network minutes per day being carried over the Company’s network during the period from September 15, 2007 to October 15, 2007. This represents the largest increase in network traffic since its inception. VoIP receives payments from its customers based upon their utilization. VoIP expects a significant increase in October revenue compared to the previous month due to substantially higher usage of its network. In addition to increased utilization of the network, the Company announced that variable gross margins on the minutes carried over the network continue to improve, from approximately 33 percent in the 30-day period prior to September 15th, to 45 percent in the subsequent 30 days.

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Trillion continues success as it migrates more K-12 districts to VoIP telephony services. The Trillion VoIP service has consistently enjoyed Priority One E-Rate funding and is revolutionizing telephony in the classroom. With Trillion’s VoIP service, districts are putting a phone in every classroom enhancing communication and safety for faculty and students; utilizing applications such as unified messaging and digital directory; and providing consistent telephony services across all sites, regardless of their size or location.

VoSKY has completed ShoreTel’s Technology Partner Program Certification, and that their flagship product, VoSKY Exchange, has been approved for use with ShoreTel IP telephony systems . ShoreTel is a leading provider of enterprise Pure IP telephony solutions.

ShoreTel’s Technology Partner Program certifies companies that provide products complementing and extending the ShoreTel IP telephony system’s capabilities, providing customers with hardware and software options that optimize their communications infrastructure and investment. Membership in the Technology Partner Program requires that all companies pass ShoreTel's interoperability certification testing in ShoreTel's test lab. Partners also are required to provide integration documentation that makes it easy for customers to leverage these solutions in their networks.

Voice over IP telephony has gained momentum and is consistently moving with confident strides towards covering the entire globe, making corporates and residentials slowly dependent on it for their entire communication solution. VoIP service providers can not reach every where without the help of wholesale carrier providers. This is precisely why there is at present a requirement for wholesale VoIP providers who can further make resellers to fulfil the needs of the end consumers.

Wholesale VoIP service has got huge potential in terms of both high profit and achieving market control. Anyone who has good customer lineage can become a wholesale VoIP provider and reap the benefits that come from being associated with a technology as fruitful as IP telephony.

VoIP announces that it has launched a beta version of Click4Me, a free web-click calling service available at the Company’s new portal www.click4me.net. The new technology showcases various technology features of VoIP’s network. VoIP has been developing customized applications for SIP, IP, TDM and other projects for over five years. Click4Me allows users to connect to others through free calls without using the PC for actual voice communications, unlike virtually all other web enabled calling services. In addition, there is no need for a person contacting a registered click4me user to be a registered user as well. Click4Me also offers email, instant messaging and other popular calling features.

JAJAH announces its "Free Your iPhone" campaign and Web site, showcasing JAJAH as the best solution in the world for making long-distance and international calls from Apple's iPhone.

As consumers have flocked to embrace this revolutionary communications device, they have been presented with outdated rate plans which start at $59.99 per month for a two-year contract. Customers face an additional $3.99 per month for an international calling plan that then charges 23 cents a minute to call Europe. With JAJAH, users make the same call for only 3 cents a minute and there are no hidden costs, contracts, downloads or special equipment. JAJAH works over your regular phone lines and does not require a wi-fi connection.

VoIP Supply announces that PBX Select has launched a new website. The division, which was launched in May of 2006, offers a variety of phone system solutions for companies ranging from one to one hundred users. Over the past year, PBX Select has assisted with the assessment, selection, deployment, and on-going support of over 300 IP based phone systems.

T-Mobile policy decision denies access to cheap calls and leaves T-Mobile isolated among mobile operators.

Core facts:

• T-Mobile has refused to interconnect with mobile VoIP provider Truphone: T-Mobile customers making a call to Truphone's number range (07978 8xxxxx) will not be connected.
• T-Mobile refuses to interconnect with operators offering VoIP as a matter of policy.
• However T-Online Ventures, the venture capital arm of T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom, has just invested in VoIP provider Jajah; T-Mobile connects with BT Fusion, a VoIP service; and T-Mobile has also announced a trial of a VoIP service in USA and Germany.
• T-Mobile is required to 'make calls or otherwise transmit electronic communications to every normal telephone number', which it has refused to do in the case of Truphone and other VoIP operators.
• The other four UK major mobile network operators - 3, O2, Orange and Vodafone - all interconnect with Truphone, leaving T-Mobile isolated on this issue.
• T-Mobile's current adverts display the slogan "Setting the internet free".
• Currently a 'beta' service, Truphone's is prevented from launching fully until the 07978 8xxxxx number range is fully interconnected. Beta service customers are presently unaffected by this issue.
• Truphone recently revealed a preview of its new client software, which introduces SMS-over-IP, ‘presence’ capabilities and VoIP over 3G connections.
• Other mobile operators have employed different methods to prevent VoIP uptake. There has already been the well-publicised removal of internet telephony functionality from Nokia's popular N95 handset by Vodafone and Orange, and new data tariffs published by Vodafone that mean customers using VoIP will be charged more than for web browsing or email.

Raketu launches RakWeb, a new web-based VoIP telephony service. RakWeb is entirely web-based and does not require consumers to download any software. Consumers simply visit Raketu.com, enter their own phone number (landline or mobile phone), then enter the destination number, and Raketu connects the lines at a fraction of the cost of traditional calling rates. With the launch of RakWeb, Raketu now offers the combined features of Skype and JaJah tied to a single RakOut dial-out VoIP account.

“Raketu’s mission is to make Internet telephony both fun and accessible to everyone,” said Greg Parker, CEO of Raketu Communications. “Whether you have dial-up Internet access or broadband, whether you feel more comfortable downloading and interfacing with an interactive desktop application, or you only want to access your Internet telephony services from a Web-browser, you can do it with Raketu.”

At Microsoft’s annual TechEd conference, the company unveiled the 2007 release of Microsoft Office Live Meeting, a new version designed to dramatically improve online meetings, events and training. New capabilities include a redesigned user interface and an integrated collaboration experience as well as support for live video, VoIP and rich media.

Scheduled for availability in fall 2007, the new version of Office Live Meeting will make it easier for organizations of all sizes to experience the benefits of Web conferencing, whether people are conducting simple ad-hoc collaboration sessions, formal Web-based meetings, advanced online training or large communication events.

The enhancements included in the 2007 release of Microsoft Office Live Meeting resulted from more than 10 years of Web conferencing operating experience and customer feedback.

Rebtel announces a new mobile website. The mobile site is aimed to provide consumers the ability to sign up and use the Rebtel service on the go from their mobile phone without the immediate need for access to a personal computer.

Whenever and wherever they are, consumers can make calls to international friends and family in more than 37 countries and reap the amazing cost savings benefits of mobile VoIP. The Rebtel service does not require the consumer to download any special software or use specific devices.

JAJAH announced the investment of T-Online Venture Fund. The fund is managed by T-Venture Holding GmbH, the corporate venture capital entity of Deutsche Telekom. The investment of the T-Online Venture Fund is part of a $20 million USD investment round, co-led by Intel Capital.

"The agreement is unprecedented. JAJAH is the first Voice 2.0 company to receive this level of industry validation and support. The long-term implications can't be understated," said Roman Scharf, JAJAH co-founder.

T-Online Venture Fund, already well known for service and technology innovation investments, is expecting attractive synergies for Deutsche Telekom business units by bringing JAJAH web embedded solutions to consumer and business customers.

"JAJAH brings together the best of the Internet with the best of telephony," said Trevor Healy, JAJAH CEO. "It is great to receive this validation from a clear leader in the telecommunications industry, whom we have always considered the key partner in offering world-class solutions to consumers. The T-Online Venture Fund investment brings JAJAH unprecedented strength, validation of our proposition, and confirmation of our leadership in voice communication solutions."