Y-Tel International, Inc. announced, it now has the ability to offer cell phone customers VoIP rates for international calls worldwide. In the current world, cell phone customers pay a premium when making international calls. Regardless of whom you are calling, i.e. the office, home, or simply calling back an instant message sender, if the party is located in another country and you are calling on a cell phone, it costs you a small fortune. But now you will soon be able to make that same call using Y-Tel's CellNet product and pay only a fraction of the cost.

8x8 announced it has added the Packet8 Virtual Attendant service to its line of small business VoIP-hosted telecommunications solutions.

8x8 announced it has appointed TMONE, a VOIP customer acquisition firm based in Iowa City, IA, to provide inbound and outbound telesales services for its Packet8 residential and business internet phone service offerings.

SOYO Group, Inc., a leading global provider of computer, consumer electronics and broadband telecommunications products, today announced that it formed a technology alliance with Arizona State University. The University is recognized nationally as a foremost research institution offering excellent undergraduate and graduate education, and nationally ranked athletic programs as well as a full array of cultural activities.

8x8 announced it has launched an interactive online community designed to create a forum for Packet8 subscribers and prospective VoIP users to share, communicate and learn from one another.

Cable One, a leading rural market cable operator in the United States, has selected Nortel as its primary VoIP technology and professional services provider. Cable One plans to launch full-featured primary line telephony services in up to 45 markets throughout the midwestern, southern and western United States.

AT&T announced today that it has won a $7.5 million networking contract with St. Louis-based Graybar, a leader in the distribution of high-quality electrical, telecommunications and networking products, and an expert provider of related supply chain management and logistic services. The three-year contract expands a longstanding relationship between the two companies.

SBC Communications Inc. today announced a new contract to deliver a hosted Voice over IP (VoIP) network to San Diego, Calif.-based NCE Computer Group, a data-storage service and provider of integrated storage solutions.

Well it would seem that Packet8 has been rated "best VoIP provider" according to TomsNetworking. Packet8 was compared to Voange, ATT&T CallVantage, iConnectHere, and Verizon VoiceWing and they were still able to steal the show.

"There's no doubt in my mind. Of the services I've used, Packet 8 is by far the best VoIP provider out there."

Read the entire article at TomsNetworking to see for yourself!

Bell Canada is now (or soon will be) offering VoIP service to three Quebec cities: Quebec City, Trois-Rivieres, and Sherbrooke. Go Canada!

POPstar has announced their plan to add a WiFi phone service to their current product line-up. Their People Line of VoIP and FoIP currently services the Vancouver area. The phone they plan to use is supposed to function similar to a cordless and can be used at hot spots or on wireless LANS.

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