Netcentrex, the leading enabler of next generation converged voice and video solutions, announced that its voice over IP (VoIP) deployments have exceeded 3 million Class 5 lines in commercial service. Declared worldwide market leader for VoIP Application Servers by iLocus last month, Netcentrex continues to leverage strong worldwide growth in voice over broadband (VoBB) connectivity and triple play service bundles. Netcentrex customers are currently activating over 5,000 lines per day.

Iperia, Inc., a leading provider of network communications services to emerging and major service providers implementing VoIP networks, announced that SNIP has implemented its ActivEdge solution to expand the CLEC's offerings to small businesses by adding VoIP-based services, voicemail and auto attendant.

Skype, the global Internet communications company, Language Line Services, the world’s leading provider of language services, and Voxeo, the leading provider of standards-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) platforms, announced a joint solution that makes it easier than ever for businesses and individuals to communicate cost-effectively from English into more than 150 languages (www.languageline.com/skype). Using an innovative mix of Internet calling technology and world-class personal interpreter services, the revolutionary service gives Skype users the ability to talk instantly to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time, regardless of language.

Net2Phone, a recognized provider of global VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) solutions for service providers, and BridgePort Networks, a leader in MobileVoIP convergence, announced that Net2Phone selected BridgePort Networks' MobileVoIP convergence architecture for its telecommunications partners. Net2Phone's telecommunications partners will now be able to offer a joint landline - mobile solution to their customers using BridgePort Networks' MobileVoIP convergence solution.

Converged Access Inc., the leader in delivering guaranteed application performance management and control for converged VoIP, data and video applications, announced the CTX 600 VoIP Accelerator for small and medium-sized businesses looking for a fast, easy and low-cost way to protect their VoIP traffic and ensure end-user quality of experience. The CTX 600 costs $650 and can be easily plugged into any IP WAN environment for instant VoIP quality results.

i2Telecom International, Inc., a pioneer in globally ultra-portable high quality Voice-over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") products and services, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Exxiss Technology LLC, ("Exxiss") to initially distribute over 500,000 downloads of its Internet Telephony application on laptop personal computers. Exxiss estimates it will reach a volume of 2.4 million laptops on an annual basis prior to the end of the third quarter. Additionally, Exxiss expects to finalize agreements with other computer manufacturers to provide ten million systems annually as a sub-contractor.

The Galveston County Emergency Communication District (GCECD) recently implemented the first IP-enabled Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) in the state of Texas. All eight PSAPs and the 21 dispatchers in the GCECD service area, along with the La Marque Police Department, the Galveston Police Department and Galveston County Sheriff Department, are utilizing the new IP-enabled Enhanced 911 call- handling solution, which brings a variety of benefits, including integration with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), automatic crash notification, on- demand conferencing, group paging capabilities, remote log-in and encryption of all 911 calls for increased privacy.

Verso Technologies, Inc., a global provider of next generation network solutions, announced that it will exhibit at Booth C310 at VON Europe in Stockholm, Sweden from May 15 through May 18, 2006 at Stockholm International Fairs.

VON Europe is the definitive event for Europe's IP communications industry, drawing major industry participants from the fixed, wireless and broadband sectors. The large and diverse audience makes the venue an ideal one for Verso to feature its widening portfolio of solutions including its MetroNet VoIP Overlay Solution, a turnkey, next generation network (NGN) offering for metropolitan market deployments that enables key services and features for enterprise and residential VoBB subscribers.

LiteScape Technologies, Inc., announced that Allen & Overy, one of the largest law firms in the world, has selected LiteScape's VoIP solutions to improve the firm's global communications and collaboration. LiteScape's CallTrack PRO and OnCast Directory are being deployed at the firm's London offices to unify communications between phones, PCs and other IP-enabled devices. This deployment marks LiteScape's entrance into the European marketplace where enterprises are increasingly recognizing the value and benefits of applications as strategic investments in IP-based communications.

Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD) in Phoenix, Arizona has deployed Nortel's CS 1000, along with Tenor VoIP switches from Quintum Technologies, enabling realization of significant advantages offered by Voice over IP service as compared to their traditional phone system.

DVUSD, which covers nearly 400 square miles and encompasses 37 schools, deployed Nortel's Communication Server 1000 system to provide IP phone support throughout the entire district. The Nortel CS 1000 provides significant advantages, including shared data and voice network resources and centralized administration and management. With a single CS 1000 system, Voice over IP service is provided to all facilities throughout the district.

Covergence, the first company to deliver a unified security and management solution for services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), announced that WorldxChange Communications has chosen Covergence's Eclipse( solution to secure the subscriber edge of its voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service offering, while equipping it with the ability to grow its subscriber base by offering new services without raising its rates.

Clear-Com, the global leader of trusted intercom solutions, announced SoftVoICE 1.0, intercom software for use on standard personal computers running Windows XP. SoftVoICE works in partnership with VoICE (Voice over Internet Communications Equipment), a 1-RU 4-way VoIP interface frame that connects remote users seamlessly and efficiently over low-cost house LANs (local-area networks), private WANs (wide-area networks), and other communication links using Internet protocols. Each VoICE frame enables an Eclipse Matrix to convert four of its physical station ports into SoftVoICE connections.

JDSU announced that its widely deployed IP network troubleshooting and data analysis platforms, JDSU's DA-3400 and DA-3600A, can now perform VoIP call quality monitoring on high capacity networks. The DA-3400 is able to support 8,000 simultaneous calls and the DA-3600A can support 64,000 calls, establishing them as an industry leader providing extremely accurate and exceptional quality measurements when network load or utilization is at its highest.

Two additional alarm monitoring companies have chosen UHS Systems, Inc. to provide wholesale, Internet Protocol (IP)-based alarm monitoring service to their customers. The contracts make IP-based alarm monitoring more widely available in the United States. Terms of both contracts were undisclosed. UHS Systems offers broadband IP security alarm services, video event verification, live remote video viewing and digital wireless back-up solutions to its customers, and is the American subsidiary of the Australian broadband company UHS Systems Pty Ltd.

ARRIS announced that one of its major customers, UPC Broadband, the European broadband division of Liberty Global, Inc., has reached the milestone of deploying voice service to over one million telephony subscribers within its European footprint. UPC's telephony deployment count has doubled over the last 15 months and has been driven by the accelerated growth of UPC's VoIP (Voice over IP) based Digital Telephony service. Over the years, ARRIS has been a strategic supplier of headend and customer premises cable telephony solutions to UPC Broadband, from the days of constant bit-rate voice to their current successful digital voice deployments.