VoIP technology has revolutionized corporate communications to become one of the most efficient, flexible and affordable solutions for day-to-day business communication. Transmission quality is crucial to the reliability of VoIP, as well as data packages such as video and other streams.

Paessler AG's PRTG Network Monitor allows corporate network administrators and VoIP service providers to keep a watchful eye on the quality of these services to ensure continuous and reliable delivery of VoIP service, as well as the outstanding voice quality required by users. Employing specially-developed quality of service sensors and probes to collect and analyze network performance data, PRTG Network Monitor provides continuous monitoring of VoIP infrastructure to safeguard transmission quality.

Broadcom is offering its BroadVoice family of voice codecs royalty-free and without any licensing fees. As a direct response to customer demand for advanced, high-quality voice solutions and development tools, Broadcom is releasing its wideband and narrowband BroadVoice codecs in both floating-point and fixed-point C code as open source software under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Nimbuzz launches NimbuzzOut, offering great value international calls at the lowest possible rates, to complement its multi award-winning mobile application offering free VoIP calls, SIP calls and social IM aggregation.

NimbuzzOut Credits will be available for purchase, enabling users to save up to 95% on the cost of a traditional international mobile call.

Telchemy announces that over 120 equipment manufacturers have successfully integrated Telchemy’s VQmon software into a wide range of products, such as IP phones, VoIP Gateways, Routers, IPTV Set Top Boxes, Residential Gateways, eMTAs, Probes and Analyzers. Over 50 million units of VQmon have been shipped, representing an annual growth rate of over 50%. This number does not include an estimated 200 million additional units shipped by a number of large ISPs who license VQmon on a subscription model basis.

As communication companies continue to look for new ways to generate revenue with VoIP applications, keep current customers and lure new ones, Blabbelon enters the market and completely changes the rules of the VoIP game. The first browser-based VoIP chat tool using Skype’s SILK super wideband audio codec, as well as one of the first massively multi-user VoIP services, Blabbelon can handle thousands of simultaneous users at a fraction of the cost per user of other traditional services. Blabbelon provides a platform for a wide variety of users such as: gamers securely competing in team-based quests; businesses running 7,000 person global conference calls; or grandparents taunting grandkids over a game of Facebook Scrabble.

Esna Technologies has added Skype VoIP/Video support to its market leading unified communication desktop software, UC Link. As part of its ongoing goal for interoperability and Rich communication and collaboration tools, Esnatech has integrated its UC Link desktop software with Skype VoIP and Video services for enhanced real-time communication services. Users of the Esnatech Telephony Office-LinX UC platform will have their live Skype VoIP & Video status tied into existing office infrastructure and applications so other users can see if they are available or not, on their office telephone, or off the network. It will bridge the Skype VoIP/Video world with Enterprise telephony and Groupware status.

Voiceserve through its company Voipswitch announced its release of the Voipswitch Android-powered "Soft-phone" at the GITEX exhibition in Dubai.

Vippie Mobile is a downloadable application that will allow Android users to place local and international calls via the WIFI, GPRS, 3G or Edge connections. Calls between registered "Vippie" users via WIFI are not charged and are for free irrespective of Global location. The Voipswitch softphone utilises SIP protocol, its usage in not only confined to that of Voipswitch subscribers and is designed to be fully compatible with any softswitch or 3rd party server. The Vippie for Android, like the other Voipswitch Mobile softphones has integrated VOIP tunnel technology, enabling communication even from otherwise blocked regions.

InnerPass announces that the number of Skype users leveraging InnerPass to share and collaborate has passed 1.5 million. InnerPass is the only business application to combine meetings, Internet communications via Skype, and persistent file sharing and storage. InnerPass adoption using Skype has been doubling every 60 days and currently serves over 30,000 users a day with persistent business collaboration services.

AltiGen Communications and Unified Communications announce the availability of AltiGen's MAX Communications Server 6.5 VoIP Unified Communications platform. MAX Communications Server 6.5 includes the following technology enhancements for businesses looking to deploy a complete, software-based IP-PBX.

PhoneFusion announces the availability of its Fusion Voicemail Plus app in Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Fusion Voicemail Plus for Windows Mobile is a free, downloadable visual voicemail application that gives any Smartphone user with a wireless data and text messaging plan the ability to centralize all of their voicemail boxes and see -- right on the screen of their mobile device -- a list of their voicemail messages and faxes.

Fusion Voicemail Plus significantly enhances basic visual voicemail applications. Key features include a voice-to-text option that allows users to hear and read voicemail messages. Another new feature lets users create special voicemail greetings to play only for certain callers based on Caller ID or on specific days or times of the day. Windows Mobile users also have the ability to receive faxes right on their Smartphone. Users can use their existing mobile number or register a new number to receive faxes.

Global IP Telecommunications is pleased to announce the release of "Ninja Pro," the newest version of their "Ninja" VoIP telephone line. The "Ninja Pro" brings all of the features of the "Ninja" phone, with all of its office functionality and makes it available as a Microsoft Outlook Add-In.

Additionally the "Ninja Pro" brings this MS Outlook integration to compatible SIP Desktop phones including: Snom 300,320,360,370, as well as Aastra 6757i(57i). Such VoIP desktop phones can all be comfortably controlled through "Ninja Pro."

Rack-Soft announces the general availability of 4PSA VoipNow 2.0.3, the new version of the company's Unified Communications solution that delivers rich multimedia communication services like voice, video, presence, instant messaging and faxing. Service providers use 4PSA VoipNow to deliver Unified Communications to SMB market.

SoliCall’s PBXMate is now available for H.323 VoIP Networks. PBXMate, which also continuously monitor the quality of the calls, was initially used for VoIP networks using SIP signaling only. Following increased market demand, SoliCall has added integration procedures to the H.323 signaling. The recent release by the company will allow users to improve voice quality (remove noise & echo) and monitor quality in any VoIP network that works with either SIP signaling or H.323 signaling.

Voiceserve announces that its Voipswitch software has been accepted as a member of the Symbian Foundation, enabling Voipswitch to further develop and deploy innovative mobile solutions that enhance and simplify devices based on the Symbian operating system. The Symbian Foundation, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform.

Wavion released a new software version with enhanced support for VoIP applications for residential and business connectivity. Wavion base stations can now support a multitude of concurrent high quality voice calls in parallel to high capacity data flows. This capability is achieved by using a new mechanism that optimizes the air utilization and by leveraging Wavion’s unique and powerful beamforming technology that provides robust and high quality links.