Wizzard Software is pleased to announce that WizzTones will be highlighted in the latest version of the Skype software.

The WizzTones application can be found today under “Personalised” in the Get Extras section in every download of Skype 3.0 for Windows or later.

WizzTones gives Skype users an easy, entertaining and practical way to manage their Skype contact list. By downloading WizzTones, users can create a personalized ring tone for everyone on their Skype contact list, giving them the freedom to walk away from the computer but still keep tabs on who is trying to get in touch.

The unique feature of WizzTones allows users to create personalized "talking" alerts using Wizzard's one-of-a-kind online text-to-speech creation process. This exclusive feature provides the ability to produce an announcement alert, spoken in a computer-generated, life-like male or female voice, in up to 10 languages.

WizzTones can manage all ringtones for Skype, including the many free, pre-recorded ringtones built-in with each WizzTones download. Another fun feature of WizzTones allows users to create ringtones using their voice and a microphone.

CounterPath announces the latest version of its free SIP softphone, X-Lite 3.0, is now available as a free download for the Mac operating system.

X-Lite 3.0 is based on eyeBeam 1.5, CounterPath's carrier grade commercial SIP softphone client, and provides high quality audio/video capabilities, instant messaging and presence management in combination with zero-touch configuration, a comprehensive address book and more. Individual users looking for a feature-rich and easy-to-use softphone to use in conjunction with their existing VoIP service can download X-Lite 3.0 for Windows or Mac free of charge from CounterPath's website. The software has also proven to be beneficial to companies seeking to test SIP-based solutions within a corporate or service provider network.

PeerMe launches the beta version of its mobile software suite for Java-enabled mobile phones, which also includes Voice Bombs, which allow IM users to send audio clips up to 30 seconds in length as instant messages. People with unlimited data plans who are interested in beta testing this product can point their mobile phones to www.peerme.in/mobile.jad. PeerMe was recently named one of the “10 emerging wireless entertainment companies to watch in 2007” by IDC.

PeerMe uses VoIP technology to enable mobile phone users to communicate with each other from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world for free. Instead of paying exorbitant rates for "peak hour" calls or overseas connections, users can make unlimited calls from their cell phones while only paying a small monthly fee to their wireless carriers.

Digium announces the final beta of its AsteriskNOW software appliance. New AsteriskNOW beta 5 features, as well as extensive product testing and feedback from the Asterisk community, make this the final beta leading up to Q2 availability of AsteriskNOW 1.0. Customers can deploy AsteriskNOW in minutes to start using Asterisk, the most popular open source telephone system in the world, in their organizations.

Introduced last quarter by Digium, the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, AsteriskNOW includes all the software customers need to install and configure a phone system that offers the advanced features found in expensive proprietary products. AsteriskNOW is free and can run on customers’ existing servers. An easy-to-read AsteriskNOW screen helps customers who do not have an Internet VoIP service provider choose a Digium Asterisk Certified Service Provider or add another that they select.

An AsteriskNOW installation demo will be held in the Digium World Theatre at VON on Wednesday, March 21 at 11:00 a.m. Copies of the new book AsteriskNOW for Dummies are also available at the conference. Those not attending VON can view a YouTube video of Mark Spencer walking users through the easy installation.

Raketu introduces its LaunchPad interface, the first to integrate VoIP, ipTV streaming video, Video On Demand, and IM/SMS service in a single, easy-to-navigate desktop application. Other Raketu services including podcasting, media player, and news/information feeds will also be accessible via their new LaunchPad interface. In addition, Raketu also introduced the first ever Global Chat capabilities around ipTV streaming, allowing thousands of consumers to chat simultaneously in a real-time, dynamic ipTV channel chat room, as they watch the same channel.

“We currently have over a million consumers using our VoIP, ipTV streaming video and other services globally,” said Greg Parker, President of Raketu. “We wanted to give them a single interface where they could interface directly to all their VoIP calling, IM/SMS exchanges, and ipTV streaming video viewing in a single application/service, while creating a global chat area where friends, family, and other Raketu service subscribers could have real-time interaction around the streaming video programs they are watching.”

TeamOnCall software released providing real-time call status. While VoIP phones are being adopted by small and medium sized businesses at a growing rate, the tools to make effective use of the phones are lacking. In a business environment where a receptionist receives an incoming call and needs to transfer the call to the appropriate representative, the receptionist has no way of knowing which representative is free, unless the company has deployed a costly and complex call center solution.

"Using passive network packet monitoring, TeamOnCall automatically discovers all the phones on your network and tracks their call status. A receptionist using a web browser can see in real-time if a phone is idle, or in use. No longer will the receptionist blindly try an extension only to find it busy. The customer's call is transferred quicker, with less wait time for the next customer," says Tony Leung.

VONaLink TeamOnCall works with any SIP based VoIP system, including hosted services such as Voipfone or Vonage. TeamOnCall runs on Windows Vista, XP Pro, 2003, and 2000. Pricing starts at $299 USD for up to 5 phones. Download evaluation from www.vonalink.com

fring officially launched its free, mVoIP (mobile VoIP) service for S60 devices. Developed by Nokia, S60 is the world’s leading smartphone software, as Nokia alone has shipped cumulatively over 84 million S60 based devices by the end of 2006.

fring is a light downloadable mobile phone application enabling anyone with a compatible handset to make free calls and text messages or “chat” to other fring users in addition to Skype, Google Talk and MSN contacts. Used in more than 140 countries only three months after launch, fring is now available for S60 devices via download from www.fring.com. S60 offers mobile users an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface, a good inter-working application suite, and a rich application-development environment.

RapidSolution Software unveiles the first release of Scramby, a new add-on for internet telephones. Scramby is a Vocoder add-on for VoIP software telephones like Skype. It allows users to use distortion effects to give their voices another sound or personality, and to add background noises and "fun-sounds" into the audio stream to give their conversations a more personal and entertaining touch.

Players of Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) and Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG) usually communicate with each other using headsets and VoIP technology like Teamspeak. With Scramby, players are able to alter their voices to take on the voices of the characters their game figures represent. For example, a World-of-Warcraft or Dungeons & Dragons player could use Scramby's VST effects to become the powerful Ork, the little elf, the evil warlock or the terrifying barbarian warrior. Users can associate Scramby's various functions with keyboard shortcuts as desired to make them quickly and easily accessible during the game.

SIPphone announced the launch of its latest desktop VoIP product Gizmo Project 3.0, located at http://gizmoproject.com. Gizmo Project 3.0 introduces meta-voice capabilities, which enable free calling to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live users. Gizmo Project 3.0 is the first VoIP software to link together multiple popular VoIP networks.

Meta-voice capabilities of Gizmo Project 3.0 allow users to call four of the most popular Voice and IM networks with one client for the first time. All calls to Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live, Google Talk, Jabber, and Gizmo Project users are free. To make a call, users simply type the username or ID of the person they want to call plus the network domain, for example, username@yahoo.com or username@hotmail.com. Gizmo Project 3.0 users can also call international Yahoo Messenger users for free in France, Spain, and many other countries, for example username@yahoo.fr or username@yahoo.es. All calls are connected directly through the Gizmo Project software and require no additional software.

Jaduka has opened its (API) to Web developers, thus enabling the next generation of web-to-voice applications.

Introduced at the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference, the Jaduka API gives developers direct access to, and all the inherent benefits of, the world's highest-quality, ubiquitous public switched telephone network. Based on common Web standards, the API facilitates quick and easy development of virtually limitless voice-enabled business applications that can be used with any existing telephone -- wired, VoIP or wireless.

According to Jack Rynes, president of Jaduka, "By removing barriers and providing developers with tools and direct access for the first time to the global public telecommunications infrastructure, Jaduka is enabling those innovators to create the next generation of web-to-voice applications. Until today, this creativity has been constrained by bureaucratic telecom oligopolies or confined to limited IP-based private networks. This new generation of creative voice-enabled products and services will deliver enormous benefits for both businesses and consumers."

iSkoot has secured $7 million in Series B financing. iSkoot has become the leader in mobile VoIP solutions, recently working in close partnership with Skype to enable The 3 Group to become the first mobile operator to bring Skype-enabled mobile phones to consumers. iSkoot software was pre-loaded onto Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets used by The 3 Group to launch the industry's first mobile Skype service.

iSkoot Founder and CEO Jacob Guedalia said, "This investment from Charles River Ventures and our returning investors validates iSkoot's vision and execution. We look at Skype as a company that showed the world a new way of calling. We would like iSkoot to be known as the company that brought Internet calling to all mobile phones. We will continue to work with mobile operators and handset manufacturers to bring more mobile phone models to market preloaded with iSkoot software to enable ubiquitous mobile-to-PC calling. By embedding iSkoot in their handsets, mobile operators can satisfy user demand for Skype and expand average revenue per user, a clear win-win situation."

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.

Buzz Technology gives users a preview of Buzz VPC. Buzz VPC offers Office Suite, Free Text messaging and free VoIP certainly has a serious edge on other recently released Application services, add to that the 3G interactivity on a global level between PC and Mobile and Buzz is set to dominate this new market. Google Apps and Windows Live are the only 2 competitors, but neither offer the depth of communications available on the Buzz VPC. A demonstration is available onsite and the system will go live in the next few days.

The VPC forms part of the software covered in the contract with the Royal Thai Military Lana Centre (total Members of the Royal Thai Military exceed 300,000) additional Buzz is in second round talks with Chang Mai University comprising three campuses, which together cover about 3,490 acres of land and over 26000 students.

Buzz has also has made arrangements with Amazon owned Alexa, and Blinkx in relation to additional search engine capabilities further improving our Search function.

See it all at http://www.12buzz.com

Allworx releases software version 6.5 that enhances its entire family of award-winning communications systems. This major new release brings the following capabilities to the Allworx 6x, 10x, and 24x platforms:

• Call Assistant 2.0 – This Windows PC-based tool, fully integrated with Allworx VoIP phones and designed to bring ease and efficiency to the operator/receptionist task, has been strongly enhanced with new views of the company directory, AA status, parked calls, and call queues. New transfer and dialing capabilities have also been added. This new feature is sold as an option.
• New Multi-Site Extensions - Setting up and using a convenient 3-digit dialing plan across Allworx servers in multiple sites (up to 99 sites) has never been easier. With release 6.5, Allworx servers automatically discover and route extension plans.
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Buzz 3G with its free Office Suite, Free Text messaging and Free VoIP certainly has a serious edge on other recently released Application services, add to that the 3G interactivity on a global level between PC and Mobile and Buzz is set to dominate this new market. Google Apps and Windows Live are the only 2 competitors, but neither offer the depth of communications available on the Buzz 3G plug-in for Windows IE and Firefox and as a stand alone Browser that gives the User, the ability to send Games, Ringtones,Video's, Text Messages and Multimedia Messages directly to Mobile Phones Globally. It also gives the user the best VoIP and a Virtual PC. Send messages from your PC to Mobile and manage responses right on your PC, turn your Video Files, Photos and Music into Mobile Phone Content. Share Video and Music LIVE in THE BUZZ IM.