SIP Print announce that the SIPfoundry sipXecs IP PBX as been certified via SIP Print Labs program testing. This certification acknowledges the sipXecs as delivering high performance and compliance with SIP standards, and interoperability with SIP Print's call recording solutions for IP-based phone systems.

AudioCodes and MailVision announce that iPico, a mobile SIP client solution developed by MailVision, is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. iPico is currently available at Apple's App Store. Other devices such as the Nokia (Symbian) and Windows mobile phones are already supported and deployed.

Small and medium-sized businesses often turn to hosted IP PBX services for rich features, multi-site convenience, zero maintenance and lower phone bills. Now they’ll have help picking the right phones. Junction Networks, makers of Hosted VoIP service OnSIP, has begun a review site where their engineering team will regularly post evaluations and the results of their independent, vigorous tests on SIP phones, soft phones and other user agents.

Sonus Networks has entered into a distributor agreement with NextGen to offer and support the full portfolio of Sonus Networks' carrier-grade IP communications solutions to the Japanese market. The relationship has already proven successful with a major Japanese carrier choosing NextGen to undertake the nationwide deployment of its IP trunking and switching network. Using a Sonus IMS-based next generation network, this deployment will include the Sonus GSX 9000 media gateway, the Sonus PSX centralized routing and policy management server and the Sonus SGX signaling gateway.

Zultys and Broadvox announce interoperability certification between the Zultys MX family of IP PBX communication systems and Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking to provide feature-rich Unified Communications services to small and medium businesses and enterprises, while saving them money and providing high-quality, reliable voice services.

Voiceserve and Sangoma announce the completion of successful interoperability tests between the companies' product lines. Voipswitch's award-winning softswitch, and Sangoma's NetBorder Express Gateway are both based on the SIP communication protocol for VoIP.

This successful validation of interoperability which included comprehensive functionality and stability tests ensures that users of the Voipswitch software can now select Sangoma's NetBorder Express Gateway as a gateway device to create cost-effective switching applications.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "SIP Security" to their offering.

This book gives a detailed overview of SIP specific security issues and how to solve them While the standards and products for VoIP and SIP services have reached market maturity, security and regulatory aspects of such services are still being discussed. SIP itself specifies only a basic set of security mechanisms that cover a subset of possible security issues. In this book, the authors survey important aspects of securing SIP-based services. This encompasses a description of the problems themselves and the standards-based solutions for such problems. Where a standards-based solution has not been defined, the alternatives are discussed and the benefits and constraints of the different solutions are highlighted.

Ingate and Dialogic have completed the necessary testing to validate the Dialogic 2000 Media Gateway Series as interoperable with Ingate SIParator and Ingate Firewall products. The combination of a DMG2000 gateway and an Ingate SIParator or Ingate Firewall will allow enterprises utilizing legacy PBX and Contact Center systems to easily and securely adopt SIP trunks as a replacement for traditional PSTN voice services.

Acme Packet and BroadSoft announce new enhancements to their joint SIP trunking solution that enables service providers to ensure business continuity for large enterprise customers. The solution, which integrates BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application platform with Acme Packet’s Net-Net session border controller, delivers advanced IP-based communications services that were previously not available with premise-based PBX solutions. These services include Microsoft’s Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.5, video-enabled SIP trunking and fixed-mobile convergence.

TalkSwitch announces a communications solution using TalkSwitch and Covad Integrated Access combined phone and Internet service providing quality, performance and even more affordability to small business. Together, TalkSwitch and Covad deliver equipment and services with all the big business features that small business needs, and the ease of use, flexibility, reliability and cost-savings they want.

VoicePulse announces the immediate availability of phone numbers in the 520 and 928 area codes. VoicePulse expands its coverage, adding 12 more rate centers to give Arizonans more choices when it comes to Broadband Phone and SIP Trunking services.

snom introduces the snom MeetingPoint a SIP-based conference phone for the North American enterprise and small and medium-sized business markets at VoiceCon Orlando 2009. Designed for both medium to large size meeting rooms, the snom MeetingPoint features Konftel’s OmniSound 2.0 audio conferencing technology with advanced noise suppression and high fidelity wideband audio and offers a host of powerful conferencing capabilities. Featuring snom’s fourth generation SIP technology, the snom MeetingPoint provides enterprise and SMBs businesses with the same advanced SIP calling features and broad compatibility with standards-based IP PBX, hosted VoIP and unified communications solutions as snom’s 820 and 3XX series desktop VoIP phones

Skype announces the beta version of Skype For SIP for Business users. SIP, short for Session Initiation Protocol, is an open standard and the leading voice over Internet protocol used in businesses telephony networks at millions of locations globally. According to IDC, 438,000 IP PBXes were shipped worldwide in 2008.

Speakeasy expanded its SIP IP voice and data integration capability as part of its comprehensive 'Integrated Voice' service. Speakeasy can now provide combined voice and data service over direct SIP trunks, in addition to its existing service over analog and digital lines. Speakeasy's Integrated Voice connects to a traditional key system or PBX, and now with direct SIP, to an IP PBX, making it easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings and flexibility of Speakeasy Voice.

AireSpring was awarded the coveted Members' Choice Award as the top "SIP Trunking" VOIP provider from the Telecom Association, a national professional membership organization of over 3,200 Telecom industry professionals. In addition, AireSpring was awarded 2nd place in the CLEC/LEC and Reseller categories and finished in the top 10 for Carrier, Internet/Data, and Multi-Location provider. The total of 6 major awards reinforces the effort that AireSpring has put into the creation of its Local, Long Distance, and Data products as well as the revolutionary next generation IP network which supports AireSpring's SIP products.