snom has received one of the coveted Deloitte "Fast 500 EMEA" awards for the first time. Each year, Deloitte, the international auditing firm, ranks the 500 fastest-growing technology enterprises in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and recognizes them for their entrepreneurial excellence. snom was ranked first among German communication and networking enterprises. With a growth rate of 1312, 56% from 2002 to 2006, snom placed 125th in the overall ranking and 12th among German participants.

snom announces that they have received the annual “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” award for the strongest growth in sales volume within the past 5 years in Eastern Germany. Every year the international auditing firm, Deloitte, recognizes the fastest-growing technology enterprises for their outstanding entrepreneurial accomplishment in six different categories. snom represented the Communication and Networking category.

Challenger Mobile announces it has been named a finalist for the "Innovation of the Year" Golden Mobile award, one of Europe's most prestigious honors for companies in the mobile communications sector. The finalists and award winners will be recognized at the Swedish Annual Mobile & Telecom Awards on November 8, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Now in its 7th year of existence, the prestigious Golden Mobile award program is designed to recognize leading technology providers in the mobile sector. The program honors companies in 19 different categories this year, and 7 of the most prestigious awards, including "Innovation of the Year," will be hand-selected by an expert panel of judges. The sponsor of the award program is "Mobil," a leading publication for the mobile industry based in Sweden.

Voxbone announces three winners of its first-annual contest for the best applications built with Version 2.0 of its API, called VoxAPI. Using the latest version of VoxAPI, customers can view Voxbone’s coverage, order DID numbers, configure the routing and forwarding of DID numbers, and manage the capacity allocated to DID numbers --- all through a machine-machine interface in real time. As a result, customers are able to completely automate their transactions and lower their operational costs while maintaining high-quality service.

Technology Marketing Corporation has named the Packet8 Tango Video Terminal Adapter a 2007 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner. According to Tom Keating, CTO and TMC Labs Editorial Director at TMC, "The Innovation Awards exemplify the best and the most unique products and services that this industry has to offer. 8x8, Inc. has demonstrated a commitment to quality, and a commitment to the further development of the IP communications industry through its Packet8 Tango VTA. 8x8 deserves this great honor, and I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of IP communications."

The Packet8 Tango VTA, introduced in January 2007 at the Consumer Electronics Show, takes the concept of traditional VoIP terminal adapters one step further with the addition of advanced H.264 video. This sleek-looking 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 1.38" free standing device incorporates a built-in, high resolution 5" LCD color display and 180 degree rotating CCD camera to deliver advanced full-motion video at up to 30 frames per second along with crisp, delay-free audio. In addition to unlimited local and long distance calling to any U.S. and Canada phone number, Packet8 Tango users receive unlimited worldwide video calling to any Packet8 video-enabled endpoint, i.e. another Packet8 Tango, the Packet8 DV326 desktop videophone or 8x8's voice and video softphone, Packet8 Softalk.

Pingo has been named a Finalist in the Fourth Annual LinkShare Golden Link Awards hosted by LinkShare Corporation. The awards recognize the best of breed practices of merchants who do business on the World Wide Web. The Fourth Annual LinkShare Golden Link Awards are part of LinkShare Symposium 2007, an annual event presented by LinkShare Corporation that brings together hundreds of leading companies in e-commerce, and will be announced at a ceremony on June 19 in New York City.

SightSpeed has announced that the latest version of its software, SightSpeed 6.0, was honored by PC World with a "100 Best Products of 2007 Award." The article is available now on PCWorld.com and also will be featured in the July 2007 issue of PC World, which hits newsstands June 12.

SightSpeed 6.0 placed in the top quarter of the list, landing in spot No. 21.

SightSpeed offers the first complete suite of personal video services delivered over the Internet. The services are available for both Windows PCs and Macintosh personal computers, and are interoperable between both.

SightSpeed has been awarded Killer App Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award for Innovation for both SightSpeed video conferencing and the recently introduced VLIP.com.

The Killer App Editor’s Choice award is given to those companies who have distinguished themselves by creating robust, dynamic applications that clearly demonstrate their vision for expanding the possibilities of what can be done on the Internet through broadband.

“SightSpeed was selected to receive the Killer App Editor’s Choice award for Innovation because of its continuing focus on finding new ways to leverage the common webcam that transform people’s lives,” said Geoff Daily, assistant editor of Killer App Magazine. “SightSpeed’s personal video services enable high quality multi-party calling and recording, easy-to-use click-to-call buttons and Vlip.com, which introduces a new paradigm for collaborative online communication.”

Talkster announces that Technology Marketing Corporation’s Communications Solutions has named the Talkster beta service as a recipient of a 2006 Product of the Year Award.

Talkster, the first and only service that lets people place free calls from their cell phones to instant messaging services like MSN, Google Talk and Gizmo Project without software, is consolidating the many voice- and text-based communications services people use every day into an easy-to-use service that works from a single familiar device: the mobile phone. The Talkster beta service showcases Talkster’s Web services-based technology, the foundation for Talkster’s forthcoming enterprise service offering.

The Fierce 15, FierceWireless' annual list of the top emerging companies in the wireless industry has been released. Checkout this years Fierce15 and congratulations to all the companies listed.

Pulvermedia announces the 2007 "Pulver 100" -- which is the first and foremost listing of privately-held growth companies that represent the future of IP Communications. Each company named to the Pulver 100 will be honored at the upcoming Spring 2007 VON Conference and Expo, which is scheduled for March 19-22, at the San Jose Convention & Expo Center.

"Each year, the Pulver 100 list continues to grow in stature, and this year's winners do not disappoint, as each is a true innovator and contributor to the IP communications ecosystem," said Jeff Pulver, chairman and founder of Pulvermedia.

You can view the "Pulver 100" awards list at http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/006604.html and congratulations to the winners.

Digium's AsteriskNOW has been named a winner of a “Best of Show” Award at TMC;s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO East 2007.

AsteriskNOW is the software appliance and open source distribution of the popular Asterisk PBX featuring a Digium-designed graphical user interface. AsteriskNOW includes a new setup wizard that guides users through the installation process, regardless of any previous Linux experience. The AsteriskNOW distribution includes all the Linux components necessary to install and use Asterisk, simplifying the ease of use. Download options include ISO/CD Image, VM Player image, Xen universal guest image and LiveCD (burn and boot). Beginning March 5, AsteriskNOW will be available with a minibook reference guide.

Brendan Brader, CEO of two leading technology companies located in the heart of New York State’s Tech Valley, has been named to the “40 Under Forty” list of emerging business leaders by The Business Review.

In 1999, Brader and his longtime friend John Reyes, founded HostRocket.com, at the age of 19. HostRocket.com has grown into a debt-free multi-million dollar company offering RocketFreedom shared web hosting for as low as $4.95 per month, RocketOrbit reseller hosting, and dedicated hosting for as low as $99.95 per month. HostRocket.com is known throughout the web hosting industry for its around-the-clock customer service and incredible technical support. In 2007 the company reached an important milestone of hosting over 100,000 websites. HostRocket.com’s servers are located on-site at their corporate offices.

Lumison, one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative business-class Internet Service Providers last night announced as the winner of the Best Internet Telephony Service at the 2007 ISPA awards amidst stiff competition.

The ISPAs are the UK Internet industry awards presented to people and organisations within the industry by their peers. The prestigious awards recognise and reward the best of the Internet industry and celebrate innovation and best practice, acting as a showcase for the best providers in the sector.

The Best Internet Telephony Service acknowledges excellence of service, something Lumison holds as being of prime importance. “Many businesses and consumers worry about quality of service when implementing VoIP,” said Aydin Kurt-Elli, CEO of Lumison. “We have always addressed this head-on with our customers, ensuring that they get the best possible service. This reward is proof that we have got it right.”

Frost & Sullivan selected AT&T as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in enterprise Wide Area Network (WAN) services in recognition of its ability to achieve a leading position among network operators, as well as market and technology innovation.

"AT&T has been innovative with the range of Global Enterprise WAN services offered, the reach of these services, and the technologies offered," said Frost & Sullivan research analyst Maria Zeppetella. "The company's goal is to be the 'provider of choice' serving MNCs' and governments' global needs for competitive, flexible, and integrated WAN solutions that span the globe."