snom announces that ABP Technology is now a Platinum distributor for snom’s IP Phones. ABP Technology, a leading distributor of SIP based, Open-Standards VoIP hardware and software, has been a snom distributor for over 5 years and a key contributor to snom’s success by increasing sales every year.

This platinum distribution agreement is an integral part of snom’s strategy to offer customers high-quality open source VoIP solutions throughout the Americas. ABP Technology provides a valuable sales channel and first line of support for snom’s complete line of VoIP phones, including the 300, 320, 360, 370 and m3 IP DECT phone.

Atheros announces that its AR6101G ROCm mobile WLAN solution was selected for the new Z-Com WP-520 Honey Pair single-mode IP phone. Sold in pairs, the new phones enable users to make free or low-cost calls using any available wireless local area network. Atheros' AR6101G, the world's only single-chip VoIP solution, allows Z-Com to offer telecom providers and retailers a highly integrated, ultra low-power design to bring voice-over-Wi-Fi to the mainstream market. Z-Com is a leading Taiwanese-based manufacturer of wireless networking equipment for service providers and home retail products. The Honey Pair phones target business and residential consumers in Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, where new IP services are emerging.

IPEVO announces that its Skype and VoIP devices are now available at Fry's Electronics at 34 locations throughout California, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, and Arizona. Through the agreement, customers are able to purchase a wide range of IPEVO devices at both Fry's web and retail stores nationwide.

Interlink Communication Systems is now a distributor for snom. snom phones will now be available to Interlink’s North American network of Value Added Resellers, Network Service Providers and Systems Integrators.

Interlink will distribute snom’s full line of VoIP telephones including the snom 300 series of IP phones, as well as the new IP DECT phone for VoIP users, the snom m3. The snom m3 provides an optimal VoIP communication system for the home office, SMB or enterprise. snom provides customers with feature-rich business telephones that offer plug-and-play integration into any SIP-based telephony platform.

IPEVO is taking center stage at 2008 International CES with an innovative product line that enhances the overall Experience over IP. At CES, the company announced that their award-winning Skype hardware devices now support a broader range of VoIP applications giving users a seamless, high quality voice experience whether they use Skype, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL, iChat, or VoIP Systems such as Microsoft Office Communicator and Avaya solutions.

At CES, IPEVO announced that their VoIP Conference Station is universally compatible with the major Internet communication applications for their VoIP Conference Station. Optimized specifically for VoIP applications, the conference station delivers a business quality teleconference experience over the Internet. The company also introduced a Universal VoIP Handset that provides an intuitive and hassle-free VoIP experience via all major Internet communication applications. And IPEVO further enhanced the IP Experience with the launch of their PoV Web Camera, a detachable viewing tool that gives users the freedom to capture and share images and video from any angle and vantage point over chat and messaging programs.

Able Planet announces that the company’s Clear Voice VoIP Headset will be showcased at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The headset, along with the company’s Telecom CV300T headset, was selected as an Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award winner in the Telephone product category. The awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association, and recognize the most innovative consumer electronics products in the industry's hottest product categories.

After three years of development, personal investment and beta testing, telecommunications veteran and founder of YMax Corp. Daniel Borislow introduces the 1.0 version of his prized invention, the magicJack. You simply plug the magicJack into your computer’s USB connection and then plug in any corded, cordless or portable phone. It is up and running in seconds, ready to make and receive free local and long distance calls to anyone in the US and Canada from anywhere in the world. For only $39.95, customers get the magicJack, their own phone number for life, free local and long distance calling on the company’s new nationwide network and a host of valuable features for an entire year. Additional years are just $19.95 per year. This can amount to savings of more than $1,000.00 a year. Since its beta launch in September, magicJack sales have steadily increased by 25% a week.

Zoom announces Skype certification for Zoom's innovative Model 5900 Phone Adaptor for Skype. The Model 5900 allows someone to use any phone, even a cordless phone, for Skype calls; and even allows cell phone users to remotely access their Skype service to make international calls. This can save hundreds of dollars per month for mobile phone users who make international calls.

Skype is a popular phone service all over the world, with over 200 million registered users and rapid growth. Skype certification is achieved after Skype's rigorous testing and review of a product's features, performance, instructions, and packaging.

Most people use Skype by plugging a headset into their Windows PC and running Skype application software, which can be downloaded free. Skype reduces the cost of phone calls, and also provides extra features such as video calling and "presence," where an on-screen list shows whether friends and business contacts are ready to receive a Skype call.

Polycom announces a new model in its SoundPoint IP desktop phone line, the SoundPoint IP 560. Recognizing that more enterprises are deploying Gigabit Ethernet networking infrastructures to deliver new productivity enhancing applications that require more bandwidth, the new SoundPoint IP 560 enables full GigE data transmission between the network and an end-user's computer, enabling a single IP connection to support the desktop. In combination with Polycom HD Voice technology, the SoundPoint IP 560 is the ideal solution for enterprises that demand the best call experience and are either deploying or considering deploying advanced applications requiring a high-bandwidth network infrastructure.

In addition to its GigE support, the SoundPoint IP 560 delivers a clear and unrivaled lifelike audio experience with Polycom's high definition voice technology -- Polycom HD Voice. A key component of HD Voice is the use of a standard wideband voice codec (ITU standard G.722), which enables high definition voice transmission. As adoption of wideband voice accelerates, enterprises benefit most by investing in IP endpoint that support G.722 wideband calls. Polycom HD Voice also includes its patented Acoustic Clarity Technology which provides market leading noise reduction, echo cancellation and full duplex speakerphone capability.

Worldwide sales of service provider next gen voice equipment are up 5% in 3Q07 from 2Q07 to $956.4 million, says Infonetics Research in its "Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers" report.

Year-over-year, the next gen voice market is up 15%, the report shows.

Other report highlights:

• The service provider next gen voice equipment market is forecast to more than double between 2006 and 2010, when it will reach $6.9 billion worldwide
• The number of worldwide residential and SOHO VoIP subscribers will grow to nearly 172 million in 2010, led by the Asia Pacific region
• Worldwide media gateway manufacturer revenue is down 4% in 3Q07 over 2Q07
• Nortel takes back the lead in worldwide softswitch revenue market share, pushing Nokia Siemens to 2nd; Huawei remains in 3rd
• It's a tight race for the lead in the trunk media gateway market, with Sonus edging back into the lead, followed closely by Nortel and Cisco

TechFaith announced the launch of "Wing," a feature-rich WiFi-capable phone, and two WiFi smartphones with the internal code names of "Pluto" and "Vista 850." The WiFi VoiP and SIP enabled working sample of Wing is ready, and shipment is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2008 upon receipt of customers' firm orders. A WCDMA WiFi phone is under development.

Both WiFi smartphones, Pluto and Vista 850, are based on Windows 6.0. The phones feature a 2.0 megapixel camera, an MP3 and MPEG4 player, push mail and Bluetooth capabilities. In addition, Pluto has GPS function, and Vista 850 is also a slim music phone with a 3.5mm audio jack and a flash user interface.

Eurodesign introduced a new much more refined design of its very well known MobiGater - Skype to GSM Gateway. The new device is an successor of the famous unique MobiGater Plus and MobiGater Pro models which are offered with great success in all continents of the world.

Besides the new improved design, the product also comes out with a 2-in-1 functionality i.e. Skype and SIP software included.

MobiGater combines all the advantages of the mobile phones and VoIP telephony. It gives its users true mobility and free calls worldwide. All you need is one MobiGater device and an extra SIM card.

Challenger Mobile has received a heightened level of interest in the company´s turnkey white-label Mobile VoIP platform from wireless carriers and service providers across the globe since the Hutchison 3/Skypephone joint service announcement on October 29, 2007.

In their joint press release, Hutchison 3 (branded as 3) and Skype announced a partnership in which Skype users in a limited seven-country geography can sign-up for 3G mobile service on 3´s network, after which they can place free Skype calls to other Skype users. To receive free Skype-to-Skype calling, users with existing mobile phone service must either switch their account to 3, or purchase and carry a second, Skype-enabled handset, and sign a contract with Hutchison 3 to handle the billing for all non-Skype calls. If a user is outside of Hutchison 3´s network, roaming charges apply, which can be exorbitantly expensive. The Skypephone is dual-band and will not function in the United States.

VoIP Supply launches IPCameraSupply.com, an Internet Retailer of IP/CCTV surveillance and recording hardware including, IP Cameras, Digital Video Recorders, Network Video Recorders and CCTV systems. IPCameraSupply.com is VoIP Supply’s first entrance into the IP/CCTV surveillance and recording marketplace and the third Internet Retailer they have launched over the past three years. This announcement comes on the heels of VoIP Supply’s recent nomination to the Inc 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies in America.

deltathree's newly formed consumer brand powers the VoIP service of Panasonic's hybrid landline/VoIP GLOBARANGE phones. joip enabled GLOBARANGE phones are now available in the United States and Canada. GLOBARANGE owners automatically become a part of the global joip community, where members can call each other for free without a service contract or the hassle of a PC connection. In addition, joip members can make calls to landline and cellular phone numbers at extremely competitive rates, while enjoying the most advanced features of VoIP technology. Tomer Treves, deltathree's Consumer Group Managing Director, will be speaking with Bob Leonard of Market News First, an IPTV channel broadcasting live original content, regarding this recent launch on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 11:30 am ET. To watch the live interview, please visit www.mn1.com at this time.