BroadLight Inc., a leading supplier of ITU Passive Optical Network (PON) semiconductor and software today announced that it has partnered with AudioCodes, a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, and Legerity, the "V" in VoIP!, to deliver a fully integrated VoIP reference platform that enables customers to quickly and easily add VoIP services on GPON ONT. The GPON VoIP reference platform includes the BroadLight BL2000 Integrated BPON/GPON System-on-chip (SoC), AudioCodes' AC48x Voice over Packet Processor family and the versatile Legerity VE880 VoicePort Series telephone line interface solutions. XAVi Technologies Corporation, a leading Taiwanese broadband products supplier, is the first customer to adopt the VoIP reference design and more design wins with leading equipment companies are expected to be announced throughout the year.

Plantronics, Inc. announced that its Plantronics Voyager 510-USB, the first Bluetooth headset system optimized for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connections, will support the integration and use of call management capabilities to be featured in the new Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

The strategic relationship formed between Microsoft and Plantronics will enable the two companies to jointly develop new innovative unified communications devices that provide professionals with superior voice and data integration enabling unified communications across the enterprise.

Quintum Technologies, a leading innovator in VoIP technologies, is pleased to announce that it is working with Microsoft to deliver unified communications solutions built on Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, a robust, flexible, SIP standards-based real-time communication platform that enables presence-based VoIP call management, Web/audio/video conferencing, and instant messaging communication within and across existing software applications, services and devices.

IPtimize, Inc., a Managed VoIP (Voice-over-IP) Solutions Provider, announced a new joint venture agreement with Armitage Marketing, Inc., a 10-year-old marketing and consulting company.

Under terms of the JV agreement, IPtimize will design and deploy a 100-seat hosted VoIP call center, to be located in Omaha, Nebraska. The hosted VoIP solution means Armitage will have the portability to expand its operation rapidly and meet its clients' expectations, while minimizing operating expenses.

Polycom, Inc. the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, announced an expansion of its ongoing strategic relationship with Microsoft to support Microsoft's vision for unified communications announced today. Microsoft's vision for unified communications breaks down today's silos of e-mail, instant messaging, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), telephony and conferencing, allowing people to communicate and collaborate more effectively with colleagues, customers and partners.

AltiGen Communications, Inc., a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, announced that Las Vegas based Silver State Helicopters, the world's largest helicopter flight training operation, has selected AltiGen's AltiContact Manager VoIP Phone System and Call Center solutions for its voice communications requirements. Since implementing AltiGen's VoIP technology, Silver State Helicopters has realized significant business benefits including enhanced unified communications between office sites, a feature-rich in-house call center, and cost savings through self-management.

Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration and messaging software, has announced an agreement with Linksys One to integrate Joyent's Connector application suite with Linksys One's VoIP telephony solution. In addition to its current offerings, Joyent will add unified messaging (voice and data) management capabilities to the Linksys One communications system.

Ennovative Commerce Solutions, a Jacksonville-based developer of enterprise-class marketing and sales solutions, has installed a new, company-wide VoIP solution from TelCove, a leading provider of business critical telecommunications services to enterprise customers and carriers.

Internap Network Services Corporation, a leading provider of performance-based routing solutions over the Internet, announced that M5 Networks, the Northeast's leading outsourced IP phone system provider, has purchased additional bundled services, namely Internap Performance IP and colocation to maintain high availability and improve data connectivity and remote (off-net) phone system access for its clients. M5 has supported over 60 million calls since it was founded in 2000.

Atreus Systems, the leading supplier of provisioning software for VoIP, IMS and advanced IP service bundles, announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s Communications Solutions magazine online (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named Atreus' IP Provisioning Software as a recipient of the 2005 Product of the Year Award. The award honors Atreus as the IP service provisioning solution of choice for carriers worldwide and recognizes Atreus' continued leadership in helping large and emerging providers solve the critical service delivery challenges in deploying VoIP and rich IMS-based applications to business and consumer customers.

SPIRIT DSP (www.spiritDSP.com/voip), the world's leading provider of embedded voice and communication software products, announced that Trinity Convergence, Inc., provider of VoIP software framework to manufacturers of consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment, has licensed and deployed SPIRIT's award-winning voice processing software. Trinity licensed SPIRIT's low-MIPS high-quality voice processing products running on ARM9 and MIPS processors into its famous VeriCall family of embedded software frameworks. Trinity VeriCall software is using SPIRIT vocoders since 2005.

Empirix Inc., which helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with confidence, announced that IDACOMM has begun monitoring its VoIP network with Empirix's Hammer XMS, a carrier-class monitoring and analysis solution that VoIP service providers use to ensure that service quality meets the high standards their customers demand.

IDACOMM, the communications subsidiary of Idacorp Inc., offers telecommunication services and commercial and business Internet services in the Boise, Las Vegas and Reno markets. According to Jeff Schumacher, Vice President of Engineering and Operations at IDACOMM, the company selected Empirix based on its outstanding track record of helping service providers ensure high Quality of Service for VoIP offerings.

Autotask Corporation, a provider of web-based business management software for technology solution providers, announced that its software suite supports the growing number of Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution providers.

Autotask is responding to increasing growth in the number of "traditional" IT service providers offering VoIP and converged technology support services. A recent study conducted by Infonetics Research of Campbell, CA and CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) predicted that "VoIP" adoption among small businesses will triple by 2010 in North America. "The IT service providers, Value Added Resellers (VARs) and system integrators that we serve are experiencing a big surge in the demand to deploy and maintain VoIP technologies. We are ready to help VARs and integrators seize the opportunity," said Bob Vogel, chief marketing officer, Autotask Corporation.

TelEvolution, developer of PhoneGnome, the telephony industry's first true PSTN to Internet telephony solution, announced the newest capability of the PhoneGnome family, GnomeLink for Skype. GnomeLink extends the capability of PhoneGnome, adding interoperability with Skype. GnomeLink allows PhoneGnome users to call Skype users from their PhoneGnome-enabled home phone, and to answer Skype calls on their PhoneGnome-enabled home phone.

JDSU announced that three of its triple-play test products won high marks in this year's Diamond Technology rating from Broadband Gear Report's (BGR) 2006 Diamond Technology Review Panel. These products included the NetComplete VoIP service assurance solution for cable operators, which received the highest assigned score -- a 4.5 out of a possible five.

BGR called JDSU's NetComplete VoIP service assurance solution "an excellent product with technical features and performance that provide clear and substantial benefits." Only eight of the 31 products reviewed this year received a 4.5 Diamond rating. No product has ever scored higher than a 4.5 in the two years of this program.