O-bit Telecom's Purple SIP trunking and termination products have seen demand grow by 100 per cent in the past year. The ability to offer flexible IP solutions and cost savings to businesses of all sizes by using O-bit Purple SIP has proved popular with resellers since its launch in 2009.

Purple SIP allows resellers to take advantage of the opportunity to build their own tailored IP solution with SIP termination providing VoIP benefits and SIP trunking eliminating the costs associated with the purchase, support and maintenance of hardware media gateways.

Broadvox announces that Iwatsu Voice Networks has achieved interoperability certification with Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking. This certification assures customers that, with the Iwatsu ECS and Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking, they can enjoy cost-effective IP communications, migrating in stages from TDM or through a complete switch to VoIP.

Combining Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking with the Iwatsu Enterprise-CS, customers enjoy one of the most reliable and energy efficient telecommunications solutions available. In addition, significant cost savings (up to 70%) on telecom costs are achieved without sacrificing features or security because calls are transmitted over the robust, expertly engineered private Broadvox network.

The SIP School has joined the Internet Telephony Service Providers Association in the UK. The SIP School with its SIP training and SSCA program has become the world leader in SIP education with endorsements and partnerships with the likes of the TIA, Bisci, Mitel, Panasonic, Audiocodes, Avaya’s DevConnect Community, Telematrix, AudioCodes, Ingate and many more.

The ITSPA was formed in March 2004 as a trade association to represent UK-based network operators, service providers and other businesses involved with the supply of VoIP services to business and residential consumers within the United Kingdom and across the European Union.

ABP Technology is now delivering pre-configured units of the SmartNode 5200 Enterprise Session Border Router from Patton. Leveraging Patton’s SN5200 ESBR, ABP delivers fully-provisioned, tested, and 100% quality-assured SIP-trunking solutions that help Internet Telephony Service Providers reduce start-up costs and focus on core revenue-generating activities such as subscriber acquisition.

By pairing state of the art provisioning services with carrier-grade SmartNode Session Border Controller equipment, ABP and Patton enable ITSPs to attract new business subscribers and increase profits by delivering survivable, value-added SIP-trunking services.

Junction Networks announces that the company and its OnSIP product have been named as one of the Top 50 Disruptive VoIP Providers in a recent report by Heavy Reading, a leading telecommunications research firm. The report, “Disruptive VoIP Services: What Carriers Need to Know,” takes a close look at the current telephony marketplace, how VoIP has changed the telecommunications landscape, and names 50 companies and services with early-stage or advanced potential to significantly disrupt the telecom services market. ght hspace=6>

Skype announces it has selected tekVizion Labs as the independent and objective verification and testing service to run the Skype for SIP Interoperability Certification Program. In addition, Skype and tekVizion Labs together announced a number of third-party IP PBX and gateway solutions to have been newly awarded Skype for SIP interoperability certification.

The Acme Packet announces that 134 service providers in 43 countries are currently delivering SIP trunking services with its Net-Net session border controllers. This data is based upon an Acme Packet-conducted analysis of its more than 750 service provider customers worldwide. These service providers are currently in the early stages of their SIP trunking service delivery and they expect more significant enterprise adoption in 2010. This analysis and other industry data indicate SIP trunking is poised for substantial growth in 2010 as service providers look to meet enterprise demand for more cost-efficient means of delivering IP connections.

VoSKY announces that its PBX-to-Skype for SIP Gateway, the VoSKY SSG, is the industry’s first gateway to be certified as interoperable with Skype for SIP. Skype for SIP interoperability with the new VoSKY SSG will enable small- and medium-sized businesses to connect their legacy PBX and Key systems to Skype. This way, SMBs can maximize the functionality of their current communications system to reduce communications costs, while also enhancing their business communications by enabling over 520 million Skype registered users to call their organization for free over Skype.

AudioCodes is extending its product range for customers seeking access to the Microsoft Unified Communications environment with the introduction of AudioCodes' SIP Phone Support for Microsoft Unified Communications. AudioCodes' SPS allows economically affordable connections to Microsoft Office Communications Server via standard SIP IP Phones. A direct connection to Office Communications Server is supported both for currently installed phones and newer models, as well as connecting mobile phones using AudioCodes' Mobile Clients, utilizing AudioCodes' gateway technology.

Toshiba and AireSpring announce the certification of interoperability of AireSpring SIP Trunking services with Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems. AireSpring SIP Trunking services are now available nationwide from Authorized Toshiba Dealers.

AireSpring SIP Trunking services provide businesses with a secure, cost-effective and scalable VoIP solution that is easy to manage. AireSpring leverages its decade-long leadership in the telecom industry to bring the customer a robust and reliable SIP Trunking product at a fraction of the cost of PSTN solutions or even other SIP providers.

REDCOM has completed SIP interoperability testing for REDCOM’s HDX and SLICE 2100 Carrier-Class 4/5 softswitches with a wide range of SoundPoint IP phones from Polycom.

REDCOM tested several Polycom SoundPoint IP models (320/321/330/450/550/560/650/670), as well as the VVX 1500 Business Media Phone for verification in REDCOM’s lab to ensure that the company’s HDX and SLICE 2100 softswitch solutions are fully interoperable. REDCOM successfully provided rigorous and comprehensive SIP interoperability testing in its company lab in Victor, which verified 100 percent integration and functionality between the Polycom VoIP phones and REDCOM’s HDX and SLICE 2100 SIP call control platforms.

Broadvox announces that SoftSyl Technologies has selected GO! SIP Trunking to be offered with their gateway as a complete product. This enables SoftSyl to provide cost-effective, all-in-one IP IVR solutions incorporating GO! SIP Trunking to businesses that purchase a SoftSyl UVX Gateway or to offer GO! SIP Trunking itself to existing customers.

babyTEL and Positron are pleased to announce that SIP Trunking and associated VoIP features will now be supported with Positron Telecom’s SIP-enabled business phone systems.

The two companies recently completed interoperability testing and certified that Positron Telecom’s IP PBX systems work seamlessly with babyTEL’s carrier-grade VoIP service.

Interact Incorporated are pleased to announce that Broadvox has certified version 6.14 of Interact’s SPOT Media Platform for interoperability with the BroadvoxGO! SIP Trunking product line. The SPOT VoiceXML/CCXML Media Platform completed extensive testing and proved to be successful in all aspects.

Patton is now taking orders for the SmartNode 5200 Enterprise Session Border Router. Providing "any-to-any" protocol mediation for secure connectivity between IP-PBX systems and Internet Telephony Service Provider, the newest SmartNode resolves security and interoperability challenges businesses face when implementing SIP trunking.

The SmartNode ESBR lowers overall equipment costs by including an advanced IP router, QoS, VoIP-VPN security, least-cost call routing and IP-link redundancy—with no added licensing or support fees.