NewStep Networks announced that it will demonstrate its ability to deliver seamless Voice Call Continuity between cellular/Wi-Fi networks, and between mobile, fixed, and soft phones at ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong. This demonstration confirms NewStep’s capability to commercially deliver valuable services across fixed and mobile networks in order to meet the growing demand for converged services from service providers and enterprises alike.

NewStep’s demonstration will show the company’s standards-compliant Voice Call Continuity solution, Dual-Mode Handoff, which allows subscribers to make and receive calls on cellular/Wi-Fi phones using presence-based call routing and with seamless handover between cellular and Wi-Fi networks without any interruption in the voice call. The dual-mode solution leverages hosted VoIP and enterprise-based IP PBX capabilities together with mobile GSM, UMTS, CDMA, and WiMAX networks to deliver a unified communications experience.

ShoreTel announced its customers’ participation in multiple panel presentations at VON Enterprise 2006 (December 4-6, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA). ShoreTel customers Hitachi Consulting, and Sovran Self Storage, will discuss their experience selecting, installing, and managing IP-based communications technology across their companies. In addition, ShoreTel will be taking the stage to discuss the decision-making process that enterprises face when making a switch from traditional phone service to VoIP.

Michael Shisko, director of IT for Hitachi, will join a panel discussion on December 5 at 9:30 a.m. EST entitled, “Choosing the Right IP PBX.” Responsible for the design, implementation and management of Hitachi’s voice over IP (VoIP) system, Shisko attests to ShoreTel’s ease-of-use and low total-cost-of-ownership. “We deployed the ShoreTel system beginning in February, 2001 and we’ve continued to generate savings,” said Shisko. “But perhaps most notable is how little we’re spending on voice. For instance, our long distance costs across 17 offices and 1200 employees come in at – or under – $2,000 per month. We just opened an international location and anticipate continued savings thanks to the low cost of administration afforded by the ShoreTel system and being able to by-pass the tolls on our international calls.”

March 13-14, 2007
Budapest, Hungary

The industry-leading Global VoIP Strategies event is back.

VoIP has finally reached the mainstream and is revolutionising the telecommunications industry. With recent developments in wireless VoIP and VoIP enabled mobile handsets driving the market in new directions, the forthcoming event will feature presentations, case studies and panel discussions covering the latest challenges in VoIP including:

March 26-29, 2007
Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel, Munich, Germany

WiMAX faces current challenges from 3G/HSPA and UMTS-TDD and future threats from 3GPP’s LTE for MIMO-OFDM based UMTS wireless broadband which is already optimised for voice and video. Can WiMAX service providers sufficiently develop their markets and solve the QoS challenges to delivering voice and video in the face of these existing and evolving threats? Find out at WiMAX 2007.

Symmetricom, Inc. will be presenting a free TechThink Webinar entitled “Ensuring QoS Through Timing in Next-Generation Networks: The Impact of Timing and Real Time Applications on Carrier Infrastructure” along with the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solution (ATIS) on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST. The ATIS TechThink Webinar is the second in a series of three precise timing and synchronization Webinars and will focus on precise timing and synchronization issues for specific applications such as IPTV, VoIP, online gaming and other Next-Generation Network services.

ScanSafe, announces that Dan Nadir, vice president of product strategy, will be speaking on the Application & Content Security panel at the upcoming Network World IT Roadmap event in San Francisco on November 30.

The Application & Content Security panel will be led by Andreas Antonopoulos, senior vice president and founding partner, Nemertes Research and will focus on topics including VoIP and wireless security, the high cost of spyware, application security and information protection. Nadir will discuss the benefits of Web Security-as-a-Service in a constantly evolving threat landscape. He will also examine how Paul Davril and Morehead Memorial Hospital leveraged ScanSafe’s Web Security-as-a-Service to defeat Web-based malware and control Internet usage.

VocalTec Communications, announces that it will be presenting its suite of VoIP/NGN solutions at ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong. Comprised of trunking, peering, access gateway, and service delivery solutions, VocalTec provides highly interoperable solutions for the smooth and flexible deployment of next-generation networks (NGNs).

VocalTec will present its NGN solutions in Hall 9, booth #9047 and together with IBM, in Hall 2, booth #2018.

IIR Exploiting Electronic Numbering To Optimise IP Routing & Interconnection In NGN

The brochure for IIR’s ENUM event is now available for download at the following website: http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=4318.

This is an opportunity not to be missed as interest in ENUM is gathering pace as the number of public deployments rapidly increases and the industry turns it attention to the business benefits of deploying Infrastructure ENUM.

pulvermedia unveiled its speaker line-up for the inaugural VON Enterprise Conference and Expo, scheduled to take place on December 4-6, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.

VON Enterprise will provide one-stop-shopping for companies looking to set strategic directions, evaluate the latest IP communications technologies, deploy solutions to their employees, and quantify the return-on-investment for IP voice and video.

"VON Enterprise is the Southeast's first and only IP communications event dedicated solely to the enterprise," said Bill Sell, vice president and general manager of VON events for pulvermedia. "We're looking forward to providing the VON community with an intimate event that provides unprecedented access to the information and best-practices needed to address Enterprise VoIP issues."

Fusion Telecommunications Intl will showcase its innovative line of Efonica VoIP products and services at the 26th Annual GITEX Exhibition to be held in Dubai, UAE from November 18th - 22nd. Nearly 120,000 people are expected to visit the exhibits from over 60 countries, including a number of Fusion's current and potential premium service distribution partners from key markets around the world.

"Fusion is very happy to continue to drive worldwide consumer awareness and further enhance our subscriber experience with our participation in this year's GITEX," said Matthew Rosen, President and CEO of Fusion. "The Middle East represents a key market for Fusion, and we believe GITEX is an important forum for Efonica's innovative service offerings and an opportunity to further drive value by growing our worldwide Internet community."

deltathree, Inc. announced that it will participate at the 25th Annual GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 18 - 22, 2006. Responding to demand for VoIP in the Middle East, deltathree will showcase its comprehensive suite of VoIP solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of resellers and service providers looking to offer competitive, fully branded telephone service to their customers. The Middle East represents a fertile telecommunications market with a broad base of customers. deltathree stands well positioned to address this important market with advanced VoIP solutions to support regional customers and international telephony needs.

The Golden Group announced that ISPCON, “The Internet Industry Event,” will open its doors next Tuesday, November 7, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, where it will run through Thursday, November 9. This year’s event will focus on the industry’s hottest Internet services and technologies, including VoIP, Web 2.0, managed services, municipal Wi-Fi, open source opportunities, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and much more. Now in its 13th year, ISPCON FALL 2006 is expected to attract thousands of ISPs, Web hosts, MSPs, ITSPs, technologists, entrepreneurs and innovators, VCs, top corporate executives and more for three days of highly-charged conferences and networking opportunities.

Data Connection Limited, the world's leading independent provider of communications protocol software, announced its participation in SIPit 19, the nineteenth SIP interoperability test (SIPit) event organized by the SIP Forum (www.sipforum.org).

SIPit is a week-long event, held twice a year, to improve the quality of the SIP specification and forge global interoperability among SIP implementations. Data Connection was one of over seventy vendors who participated in the event, which was hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory.

A unique conference, taking place in January in Budapest, will focus on both the fixed and mobile regulatory challenges facing the telecoms industry today. With the increasing amount of activity that we are currently witnessing in this area, now is the ideal time to attend IIR's comprehensive, two-day Telecoms Regulation conference.

The semi-annual DEMO conferences present the most compelling new innovations from across the spectrum of the technology industry. From the latest advancement in data mining software to the year's must-have high tech gadget, DEMO events uncover the important products and services that shape the direction of the technology marketplace. DEMO 07, taking place January 30 - February 1, 2007 in Palm Desert, CA, will be the debut platform for approximately 70 new technologies.