i2Telecom International, Inc., an emerging leader in Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and services announced the worldwide launch of a Macintosh version of its highly successful VoiceStick - an ultra-portable VoIP softphone. The Mac version is immediately available for free download from the company's web site www.voicestick.com. Customers who download the Mac version and purchase one of the company's service plans will immediately be able to make low-cost, long-distance VOIP telephone calls from anywhere to anywhere in the world over the Internet using their Mac Portable or Desktop computer. The Mac version of VoiceStick will run on any Mac platform running one of the latest Mac OS X releases (Tiger or Panther). The Mac version includes all the features packaged with the Windows version but delivers them to the User in the customary Mac format - a highly polished and intuitive user interface. When coupled with i2Telecom's patent-pending i2Bridge, customer's will be able to access their VoiceStick account using their cell phone for greatly enhanced cost-savings.

Acoustic Technologies, the leader in high-quality full-duplex speakerphone solutions for mobile handsets and VoIP, today announced the immediate availability of its SoundClear ATS6100 software for 16kHz wideband audio applications. This enhanced software improves voice clarity, full-duplex operation and speaker volume for 16kHz voice applications. The ATS6100 SoundClear software provides crisp, clear speakerphone operation for mobile conferencing, video calling and hands-free operation. The application is ideal for newly emerging USB-based PC speakerphone devices used with services such as Skype and Yahoo, and for WiFi/WiBro-enabled phones, VoIP desktop and conference phones, and high-growth 3G mobile handsets.

SPIRIT DSP, a global leading provider of award-winning time-proven embedded voice and communication software products, announced the 200th deployment of SPIRIT voice and communication software products.

The jubilee SPIRIT customer is STROM telecom, the prominent developer and supplier of a wide range telecommunication equipment for both fixed and wireless networks. STROM telecom has embedded SPIRIT communication and speech enhancement software products into the infrastructure core (gateways and servers) to support data and voice communications in mobile networks in Europe and beyond.

Cell Wireless Corp. announced the international launch of the company's CW VoIP software technology.

John Bohringer, CEO and president of Cell Wireless Corp., said, "CW VoIP is an extremely exciting development for consumers with unlimited potential in the coming years. This will introduce new profit centers by increasing new memberships to Cell Wireless and will allow the company to receive new extra call charges income from PC to landlines or cellular phones.

"The company will provide the CW VoIP software free of charge to all 80,000 existing members and to all new members on Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. This new VoIP state-of-the-art technology allows all members to make PC-to-PC calls anywhere in the world to any other Cell Wireless member free of charge using an Internet connection to make calls rather than using the traditional telephone network," explained Bohringer.

Skype

Cost: Free

Skype is a proprietary peer-to-peer internet telephony (VoIP) network, founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the creators of KaZaA. The Skype Group is headquartered in Luxembourg with offices also in London and Tallinn.

The system has a generally favorable reputation for working across different types of network connections (including firewalls and NAT) because voice packets are routed by the combined users of the free desktop software application.

The basic computer-to-computer service allows users to speak, to send instant messages or to send files to one another from their computers via the Internet at no cost. Conferences of up to five users are supported.

SkypeOut is a paid feature of the Skype internet telephony service, which allows Skype users to call virtually any non-computer-based landline or mobile telephone in the world.

SkypeIn allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by regular phone subscribers to regular phone numbers. Beta released on March 10, 2005, SkypeIn permits users to subscribe to numbers in UK, USA, France, Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia and Poland. Cost is €30 for a 12-month subscription, or €10 for a three-month subscription. Users can have multiple SkypeIn phone numbers bound to the same account (a separate subscription is required for each). For example, someone who does business in both San Francisco and Helsinki could create a local telephone number in each city, and callers from those locations would pay cheap or free local rates.

On September 12, 2005 eBay announced its plan to acquire the company for $US 2.6 billion, plus an additional 1.5 billion in rewards if goals are met by 2008. eBay will pay half in cash and half in stock options.




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Google Talk

Cost: Free

Google Talk is a service developed by Google for instant messaging (IM) that also allows for PC to PC audio conversations. Google Talk beta was released on August 24, 2005 and consists of both a service and a client used to connect to the service. Unlike some other instant messaging services, Google Talk uses an open protocol (Jabber) for the IM part and it encourages the use of clients other than their own in connecting to the Google Talk service.

As of the launch date, the Google Talk client is available only for Windows (2000, XP, Server 2003); users of other operating systems are provided with instructions for various popular Jabber clients, such as Psi or Miranda IM for Microsoft Windows and below, iChat or Adium for Mac OS X and Gaim for Linux. However, any program capable of using the Jabber protocol is sufficient, although the voice over IP service only works with the Google client. Google claims they will release a specification for the voice extension in the near future.




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GnomeMeeting

Cost: Free

GnomeMeeting is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME. It is based on the OpenH323 library and primarily uses the H.323 protocol, although support for SIP is in development. It supports many audio and video codecs, and is interoperable with Microsoft NetMeeting.

GnomeMeeting was written by Damien Sandras in order to graduate from the Université catholique de Louvain.






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ineen

Cost: Free

ineen is a VoIP network that allows free IP Telephony calls. ineen has a laundry list of features which include voice, video, conferencing, distributed conferencing, speakerphone, call transfer, and instant messaging. Unlike other software, ineen took the approach of an interface that models a normal phone.

The software is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Pocket PC.

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Jajah

Cost: Free

Jajah is a proprietary peer-to-peer internet telephony (VoIP) softphone. With Jajah you can speak to other Jajah-, SIP-, IAX- or Skype-users for free.

Jajah offers free VoIP-communication, including internet calls, video calls, live chat, text messages, call forwarding and telephone conferences.

To call a landline or mobile phone worldwide you'll have to top up your credit at their website. Receiving calls from traditional phones is not yet possible but planned.




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As part of their ongoing commitment to connecting communities of online users, IPcelerate, Inc. and America Online, Inc. today announced that they have teamed to weave the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service directly into IPcelerate's MyNORA Virtual Student Union, making it easy for college students to connect with friends and family in real time.

IPcelerate's MyNORA Virtual Student Union a SIP-based digital dashboard and softphone for the college and university market that brings together voice, video, data and collaboration capabilities will integrate the AIM service and AIM 'presence' information to make it easy for students to see when AIM Buddies are online and available to chat. Integrating the AIM service into the MyNORA VSU gives students direct access to the more than 41 million Americans on the AIM network, one the largest online communities in the world.

Global IP Telecommunications, Representative and Preferred Development Partner of the worldwide leading softphone manufacturer Xten Networks, Inc., is proud to announce the release of X-Pro TAPI, the first fully TAPI (Telephony API) compliant software telephone on the market.

X-Pro TAPI is the result of continuous development of the X-Pro softphone, the award winning SIP telephone from the market leader Xten Networks.

"In contrast to other solutions, X-Pro TAPI supports real TAPI, which enables you to link professional Customer Relationship Management software with VoIP," says Sal Luzzi, CEO of Global IP Telecommunications, Inc.

conaito is offering an ActiveX SDK for VoIP applications. I've yet to try it but it can be used with VB6, VB.NET, C#, C++, Delphi, and Javascript and I've seen it for roughly $369 per license.