Intelsat announced that Station 53, a supplier of integrated communications services to luxury yachts, has signed a multi-year agreement to provide voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), data and Internet service through Intelsat's GlobalConnex(SM) managed network. Station 53 is the first maritime service provider dedicated exclusively to providing communications services to the luxury yacht market to sign with Intelsat.

VoIP, Inc., a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers, announced the launch of its "VoiceOne Lab Development Website" to showcase new technology and drive innovation through the testing and marketing of the company's new products and services.

AT&T Inc. announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s Communications Solutions online magazine (http://www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named AT&T BusinessDirect and AT&T Dynamic Network Applications as recipients of a 2005 Product of the Year Award.

XO Communications announced that its award-winning, business-class Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services bundle, XOptions Flex, has surpassed the 5,000 customer milestone. Launched just fifteen months ago, XOptions Flex's rapid adoption has firmly established it as one of the fastest growing VoIP solutions for businesses.

VoIP, Inc., a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers, announced that Global Connect LLC, a web-based voice broadcasting company, has selected VoIP, Inc. as its VoIP service provider of choice.

You are the parent of a student in a foreign exchange program, and haven’t heard from her in three weeks. When you finally do reach her, she tells you its too expensive for her to call from the cell phone you gave her before she left. You look at her cell phone bill and realize she’s right.

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced that according to a report entitled, "VoIP Minutes and Subscribers: 1Q06 Update," issued by iLocus, 32% of all long distance IP-based voice traffic is carried over Sonus Networks' IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-ready networks. In the second quarter of 2006, Sonus solutions drove nearly 61 billion minutes of IP voice traffic. In the month of June alone, Sonus-based networks carried 22 billion minutes of IP voice traffic, representing a nearly 70% increase compared to June 2005. The dramatic growth in traffic is attributable to a combination of factors including a number of new Sonus customers bringing their networks live, as well as the decision by major incumbent network operators to migrate more of their traffic from their traditional network infrastructures onto their Sonus-based network.

Allworx, the Small Business VoIP Company, announced the general availability of Allworx Call Assistant, a PC-based answering solution that brings the power of enterprise-class attendant consoles to small businesses. Designed to work in combination with any Allworx VoIP phone using either the Allworx 6x or 10x system, Call Assistant makes it easy for operators or receptionists to monitor the state of every line in the system - including remote phones - and efficiently dispatch calls by answering, transferring, parking or sending calls to voicemail.

XO Communications announced that it carried 3.89 billion minutes of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) traffic across its private nationwide IP network in the second quarter of 2006, a 34 percent increase over the previous quarter and a 140 percent increase over the second quarter of 2005. The increase was driven by greater deployment of XO VoIP solutions by businesses and service providers, demonstrating the increasing demand for delivering voice services over an all IP network environment.

The money saving potential of VoIP, SIP and internet based telephony generally has certainly never been greater than it is at the present time. The growth in availability of free broadband services from providers such as talktalk and Orange has started to remove some of the underlying and ongoing costs of internet telephony.

deltathree, Inc., a leading provider of SIP-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions for service providers, resellers and end users worldwide, is proud to announce a new partnership between UBIUS, VoIP service provider, and deltathree's award winning consumer group, iConnectHere. Through the new partnership UBIUS is offering Broadband Phone, PC to Phone, and Virtual Calling Card solutions to subscribers in Korea and the United States.

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and NVision Group, a market-leading Russian system integrator, announced that the two companies have entered into a cooperative marketing and teaming agreement, whereby NVision Group will promote Sonus' industry-leading IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-ready architecture and work with Sonus to pursue opportunities with service providers throughout Russia and the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc., a global VoIP service provider, added its new efoLink service to its Efonica Plus suite of paid services. efoLink is designed for those Efonica subscribers who may not have access to the Efonica softphone or a SIP-enabled device. Using a simple screen on the Efonica website, www.efonica.com, efoLink allows subscribers to enter any two phone numbers and schedule a call. At the pre-selected time, Efonica's advanced system will call both numbers and create a connection.

AltiGen Communications, Inc. a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, announced that its partner GraceCom Telecommunications has realized increased revenue and profits with the recent addition of AltiGen's VoIP Phone System product line.

CounterPath Solutions Inc., a leading provider of VoIP (Voice over IP) and Video over IP SIP softphones, has announced a licensing agreement with BT Retail, a division of leading UK-based telecommunications provider BT, to deliver the BT Softphone.

The BT Softphone is a communications tool which allows BT Retail's consumer broadband customers to experience the full benefits of BT's new, enhanced VoIP service, including secure Internet voice calling, and video messaging. It will also form an integral part of BT's plan to roll out additional multi-media features and services in the future.