VoX has signed an agreement to partner with privately-held Unified Technologies Group to become the first to provide VoIP-enabled service to mobile phone customers across the United States on a tier one cellular carrier network. The renewable contract with UTGI includes take-or-pay provisions for at least 50,000 lines in the first year of service. VoX will provide its high-quality digital voice service to UTGI’s customer base over one of the top-tier mobile networks in the U.S.

VOXOFON to provide service for the new Android platform built by the Open Handset Alliance. The new service, which offers transparent cost optimization for roaming and international calls, will be available for use on Android phones when they become available later this year.

Beginning at 1.3 cents per minute, with no additional fees, VOXOFON international calling services allow customers to call using their computer, their land line, their cell phone or a smart phone. The company already offers an iPhone web application with a familiar user interface and a way to manage contacts, with no downloading or installation.

EQO is one of the first mobile applications to support the Bold, releasing an enhanced version its mobile VoIP, multi-network IM and mobile messaging software that was specifically designed to take advantage of its innovative features. Having already secured a strong following in the BlackBerry community, EQO was recently named one of this year's Laptop Magazine's "Top 10 BlackBerry Applications." Bold users are certain to appreciate what tons of EQO BlackBerry users already know -- chatting with all of your IM buddies or staying in touch with friends, family and business contacts using EQO's cheap mobile VoIP and free texting application is a multi-tasker's dream.

Vyke has completed alpha testing on its stand alone Symbian VoIP client for Symbian phones. Subsequently the Stand alone mobile VoIP client has moved into a broader BETA test group prior to becoming publicly available later in the year. Vyke users can sign-up for the beta test www.vyke.com/contact-us.jsf. A stand alone Mobile VoIP client means that the owner of mobile phones with this operating system can, regardless of their mobile subscription or limitations bestowed upon them by their mobile operator make Voice over Internet calls from their mobile phone.

28TEL is launching its International "Free Call" service in the United States. This new service allows registered users to place free international calls via their mobile phones to over 20 other countries without extra software installed neither any internet access. 28TEL is also able to provide global subscribers to make free international calls with multi-lingual voice prompts and user interfaces, specifically including Chinese and Japanese.

28TEL is launching this new service availability in the US just in time for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the largest global sports event.

JAJAH with EMOBILE have launched an IP-only mobile device the EM·ONE that is set to be the standard around the world. With the EM·ONE device, users in Japan can now make and receive voice-over-mobile-broadband calls via its JAJAH Mobile software client without a traditional mobile phone connection.

Japan is recognized as the world's leading mobile telephony market, with other countries tending to adopt Japanese mobile practices over time. As many carriers around the globe announce intentions to move towards purely IP-based mobile telephony, JAJAH and EMOBILE have made this a reality.

Talkster officially launches its integration with GTalk2VoIP, offering callers worldwide free international, long distance and group conference calls. Talkster’s partnership with GTalk2VoIP extends the company’s ad-supported free calling service from 34 countries to cover the entire globe.

The partnership between Talkster and GTalk2VoIP allows callers from any country in the world to leverage Google Talk to make free calls to or from anywhere else in the world. Now, if the country you are calling to or from is not included in Talkster’s network of more than 30 countries worldwide, you can simply use Google Talk to call the Talkster number provided to make your portion of the call completely free.

Rebtel is consistently the low-price leader among 15 companies compared side by side in a new report just released by Technology Appraisals Limited, an independent market research and publishing company based in London.

On the world's most heavily trafficked calling corridors Rebtel's per minute rates beat Jajah, EQO, mig33, Mobivox, and Truphone, to name just few of the better known companies the study compared. Rebtel's standard rates quoted in the study, entitled Low Cost & Mobile VoIP, also beat market leaders not included, such as Skype, Reliance and Stana Card.

MediaRing introduces its new MediaRing MobileVoIP, a service that offers free unlimited mobile calls amongst its users when connected to the Internet through a WiFi network. MobileVoIP users also enjoy very attractive low rates when calling any fixed-line, mobile contacts not enrolled with the service and/or connected to Internet. The service leverages on MediaRing’s extensive and highly robust Global IP Network.

MediaRing MobileVoIP is available on SIP enabled phones with WiFi capability. These phones currently include the Nokia E & N series phones.

Rebtel announces a brand licensing agreement with easyGroup that will allow Rebtel to increase its presence in the UK and reach new markets for its mobile VoIP services. Under the agreement, Rebtel-powered services for making low cost international phone calls from any mobile phone, over any UK network, will be sold and marketed on easyGroup's web site.

Rebtel's mobile VoIP services offered by easyMobile are compatible with any mobile phone without modification, quick to set-up, and work with consumers' existing contracts with their UK operators. Terms of the brand license agreement between easyGroup and Rebtel were not disclosed.

Raketu debuts its social networking integrated communications web application optimized for the BlackBerry. The new web-based application allows BlackBerry users to participate and share with their friends, family and business colleagues, both inside and outside of the Raketu network. Users can add and participate in blogs, bulletins, comments, groups, friends through conventional social networking and through Raketu's real-time communications. Users can also store and share their media, making it easy to take pictures or videos on their mobiles, save them on Raketu and share them with anyone whether they are on Raketu or not. Raketu also allows sharing with other social networks, including Facebook and MySpace, and users can make international calls, sms-text, instant message, and email totally free or at Raketu's ultra-low rates -- all from within the BlackBerry application.

Voxbone has been tapped by Truphone to provide the access numbers for the mobile VoIP company’s new “Truphone Anywhere” service. “Truphone Anywhere” is the latest addition to Truphone’s mobile VoIP handset software. It will work like an all-knowing, international calling card – without the card. When the Truphone-running phone is dialed and senses the presence of a WiFi network, it will convey the caller’s voice as data via the Internet.

Truphone has enhanced its service to enable customers make mobile calls across the internet even when they're on the move and thus not connected to the internet. The announcement of Truphone Anywhere is a boost to mobile phone users desperate to circumvent the high cost of calling abroad when they're out and about. Truphone Anywhere benefits customers while they are in ordinary mobile reception by automatically sending the long-distance part of their call over the internet, significantly reducing the total cost of the call.

iSkoot has been selected for the UIQ Alliance partner program. iSkoot brings to the UIQ community an innovative, carrier-friendly mobile-to-VoIP service that empowers users to call or chat with contacts and colleagues across the globe anytime on their mobile handsets. UIQ Technology, owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, provides a customizable user interface and development platform that is pre-integrated with Symbian OS, the leading industry standard operating system for smartphones. As a member of UIQ's invitation-only partner program, iSkoot strengthens its relationships with the major players in the UIQ community and gains unique access to advanced technical support and joint marketing ventures with UIQ Technology.

Nimbuzz announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with "free calls, chat and more." Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace.

Once users download the Nimbuzz application for the mobile and register as a new user, contacts from their selected IM communities are aggregated into a single contact list with icons indicating real-time "presence" - which contacts are online or offline and from which communities.