Cbeyond Inc., a managed services provider and a leader in Voice over IP (VoIP), announced that it has won the Medical Association of Atlanta's Cooper Award for outstanding customer support. This award signifies the strength of Cbeyond's understanding and support for businesses in the medical profession, a strategically significant market for the company.

Vistula Communications Services, Inc., a leading enabler of next-generation managed Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services announced that Protel i-Next, a leading Mexican telecommunications and Internet service provider, has selected Vistula's V-Cube IP-PBX VoIP solution to support some of its VoIP & IP Centrex offerings in Mexico. Combining the latest in advanced features with competitive pricing, Protel i-Next's Vistula-powered solutions are expected to launch during the second half of 2006.

Nuvio, a leading provider of hosted VoIP telephony services for business, has selected DecisionOne, a technology support services firm, as a certified installer for its hosted VoIP solution. Per the agreement, DecisionOne will provide installation services for Nuvio customers.

Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, announced that Citi WiFi Networks has selected Strix's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) to create Florida's first public/private partnership by deploying a citywide wireless mesh network in the city of Dunedin. This robust and highly scalable network will provide wireless broadband Internet access to Dunedin's businesses, city offices, marina, tourists, and 38,000 residents. Already 25 percent complete, the network is expected to spur economic development and reduce the city's fixed costs. Upon completion the city's wireless mesh network will cover 10.4 sq. miles.

Optimum Voice, the New York metropolitan area's best value in voice and the most highly-penetrated VoIP service in the nation, announced the launch of Optimum Voice World Call, a new international calling option that significantly extends the value of the Optimum Voice service by allowing customers to call anywhere in the world for just $19.95 per month, with no hidden fees and no per-minute or connection charges.

GlobeTel Communications Corp., announced the launch of VozBrasil (http://www.vozbrasil.com), a service which will allow Brazilians to call their friends, relatives and business associates in the US through a local number, at local rates, without the need for broadband internet access or any special equipment. Also, separately, over the next two weeks, GlobeTel will be launching a service that allows Brazilians to obtain a US phone number that, when called, will forward those calls to their local phone number in Brazil -- all at low VoIP rates. This is the first of many services that will allow people across the globe to attach US phone numbers -- and thereby forward local US calls -- to their local phone numbers in their own countries.

iBasis, Inc., the global VoIP company, announced that it carried an all-time record volume for U.S. Mother's Day. On May 14, 2006, the Company carried over 43 million minutes of traffic. This represents a 60% increase from Mother's Day 2005.

The Company also announced that it marketed its Pingo web-based offering (www.pingo.com) with FTD.com, so that mothers who received FTD flower arrangements also received a promotion to open a free trial Pingo account.

Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony provider, announced that it has been continuing to roll Enhanced 911 (E911) service -- to large and small cities across the U.S.

For the past six months, Vonage has been turning up on average over 112 calling centers in more than 45 new counties each week. In less than three weeks, Vonage has equipped an additional 200 locally-run emergency call centers, in over 70 counties, with E911 -. bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to over 4500.

BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, announced that LatiNode, a next generation IP solutions provider, has selected BroadSoft's VoIP application software as the platform to support its new retail services under the CrossFone brand. LatiNode will use the BroadWorks platform to deliver business trunking, hosted PBX and long-distance services to small and mid-sized enterprises in the markets where LatiNode operates.

AccessLine Communications, a leading provider of hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, announced the Indiana market launch for the new retail version of SmartVoice Service -- the company's hosted VoIP service that delivers the benefits of advanced business telephone service at a fraction of the cost. Specifically designed and built for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs), SmartVoice Service offers as much as 50 percent savings over traditional business phone service rates. Combining local, long distance, and toll-free phone service with no need for the purchase of any phone equipment, AccessLine's SmartVoice Service delivers savings while making it easy for customers to transition from their current legacy phone service.

Lucent Technologies announced that Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the sole telecommunications provider in Costa Rica, has awarded Lucent a contract to deploy elements of Lucent's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service architecture and a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) solution to offer next generation voice and data services.

ICE initially will use the Lucent solutions to provide voice over IP (VoIP) calling, pre-paid services and virtual private networks targeting the international segment for both business and residential customers.

i2Telecom International, Inc., a pioneer in globally ultra-portable high quality Voice-over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") products and services, announced a contest to name its "downloadable IP Voice Service", the next generation of the company's well known VoiceStick.

"We are on the verge of acquiring large distribution surrounding the VoiceStick service, and we want to ensure that the service, which is so unique and user-friendly, has broad user acceptance and a name which will drive recognition of its benefits," stated Paul Arena, Chief Executive Officer of i2Telecom International, Inc. "Many consumers are not sure how VoIP works, and we want to give everyone the opportunity to try our superior product at no charge. Many people are not aware that calls between VoiceStick users are free to and from anywhere in the world. Interested users can download the service for free, try it out and send us a name suggestion."

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.

Virtela, the global network solutions company, announced that IFC Credit Corporation, a leading provider of commercial financing services, is using Virtela's managed MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) and remote access services to enable all of its employees to exploit high-performance VoIP communications as well as share data and applications across its offices throughout the U.S., including Chicago, Dallas, Irvine, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore.

IP Unity, a leader in carrier-grade media servers, application servers and real-time multimedia applications for IP and TDM networks, has installed two Mereon 6000 Media Servers and Release 3.1 of Mereon Unified Messaging and Mereon Conferencing applications software for the University of Minnesota -Twin Cities (U of M). The U of M - Twin Cities is the second-largest campus in the U.S. and home to 49,450 students and 2,300 faculty members. This large-scale deployment was awarded to IP Unity in competitive bidding. The platform is fully installed and in operation with 18,500 users.