4PSA announces their expansion into the US market. The company reached an agreement with Mike Ross, an industry veteran in telecommunications and Internet Telephony to head up their operation in the Americas.

"Mike will have an important role in the development of our brand and products. He will also be in charge of building the channel and network as well as the infrastructure to support our expanding customer base in North and South America.", said Bogdan Carstoiu, 4PSA's CEO.

Airband Communications launched a new suite of bundled services that gives small-to-midsize businesses enterprise-class voice and data services at costs well below what traditional providers can offer. The full set of products can address the voice and data needs of virtually every business in Airband markets. Business customers can choose from a variety of voice/data options including hosted VoIP service, VoIP lines that replace existing analog business lines and VoIP trunking service that replaces existing PRIs or SIP trunks.

MegaPath announced during the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that it has launched Duet Hosted, providing users with a fully hosted VoIP offering that removes all management requirements. Adding to its award-winning line of Duet services, Duet Hosted is a complete, cost-effective hosted IP PBX solution that gives businesses a feature-rich and scalable alternative to traditional phone service and expensive equipment.

babyTEL and Positron are pleased to announce that SIP Trunking and associated VoIP features will now be supported with Positron Telecom’s SIP-enabled business phone systems.

The two companies recently completed interoperability testing and certified that Positron Telecom’s IP PBX systems work seamlessly with babyTEL’s carrier-grade VoIP service.

Cal Net Technology Group has selected ShoreTel as its primary VoIP partner. After evaluating several other providers, Cal Net Technology Group selected ShoreTel for its ability to integrate rich communication media and presence with business processes to streamline collaboration and improve efficiency.

Cal Net Technology Group will use ShoreTel exclusively for its VoIP services to its more than 200 managed clients in a range of industries, including professional services, manufacturing, education, entertainment, banking and healthcare.

8x8 announces the release of "8x8 Virtual Office Mobile," a WiFi-driven extension of the 8x8 Virtual Office VoIP business phone service customized for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

Available as a free download in the App Store, "8x8 Virtual Office Mobile" enables subscribers to utilize their Virtual Office phone number and service remotely from within any WiFi zone. "Virtual Office Mobile" essentially converts an iPhone or iPod Touch to a Virtual Office extension, equipped with the features, functionality and built-in cost savings of the powerful 8x8 Virtual Office hosted PBX phone service, including unlimited inbound and outbound domestic calling as well as overseas calling at competitive 8x8 international rates. Inbound calls to the Virtual Office extension can be retrieved from either an 8x8 IP desktop phone, the 8x8 Virtual Office Pro unified communications portal or the iPhone/iPod Touch mobile handset. Outbound calls can be made directly through the mobile handset just as with any extension on the Virtual Office service. Users can also perform functions such as extension dialing, call transfers, 3-way calling, and voicemail notification and retrieval.

Junction Networks announces that its OnSIP Hosted PBX has been recognized by VoIP Evolution as one of the top VoIP Advances in 2009 with the introduction of My.OnSIP, a browser based unified communications tool combining phone presence, IM and real time status notifications. The first hosted tool of its kind, My.OnSIP allows users to see the status of other users within their organization, seamlessly make and transfer calls with the click of a mouse and conduct secure and private IM sessions with colleagues.

Patton and ABP Technology have announced a strategic partnership that appoints ABP as a Master Distributor for Patton's SmartNode VoIP Gateway product line in the Americas. Patton has engaged ABP to distribute VoIP equipment to key reseller partners in conjunction with a blitz on the North American VoIP market that began in October.

Phone Power announces that its award-winning VoIP service will be available in all Fry's Electronics stores starting Wednesday, January 13, 2010. The Phone Power Combo Package that will be available in-store and online is a unique home-and-travel kit, including a two-line home adapter and a USB travel adapter. Both devices use the same phone number, with no extra service charge.

8x8 has upgraded its VoIP network to support an industry standard wideband audio codec to enable HD calling for business phone service subscribers. 8x8's new HD business voice feature delivers significantly enhanced audio fidelity to users of its 6753i, 6755i and 6757i IP phones. Subscribers using these telephones can now enjoy a more "in-person" conversation and richer calling experience as if all parties on a call were standing in the same room. While Voice over IP services have long been able to mimic the same voice quality as the traditional PSTN, 8x8's new HD voice service now greatly surpasses any audio capabilities of the legacy PSTN network. This new service allows all calls within a small business or distributed enterprise to benefit from the efficiencies accompanying in-person conversations, with easier to recognize voices, better understanding of accented speakers and greater voice clarity in the presence of background noise.

Level 3 has been selected to provide wholesale voice services to Austin, Texas-based iTalk Global Communications. Under the contract, Level 3 will provide iTalk with wholesale voice and local inbound calling services. These services will enable iTalk to expand the area to which it delivers VoIP retail services to U.S. residential and small business customers and to U.S. and foreign telecom carriers and cellular operators.

Bandwidth.com announces the general availability of wholesale voice origination on the FlexNetwork– its nationwide, all-IP voice network. The FlexNetwork is quickly becoming the network of choice for Voice 2.0 innovators because it features the latest IP voice technology, full geographic redundancy for mission-critical applications, and an API that allows companies to integrate into the FlexNetwork’s number management system. Additionally, Bandwidth.com works with FlexNetwork customers to expose new functionality, such as SMS capability, that allows Voice 2.0 application providers to enhance their offerings to customers.

Through an agreement with Voxbone, provider of international VoIP origination services and telephone numbers, the popular hosted IP PBX provider Phone.com has begun offering its predominantly small-business customer base iNum numbers - phone numbers with the "area code for Earth."

A particular boon to Internet-based sellers and other businesses that serve markets all over the world, Voxbone-supplied iNum numbers offer Phone.com customers an opportunity to be called through one number for the cost of a "local" call from any of 4,000 cities in 49 countries.

8x8 business phone service subscribers are earning thousands of bonus dollars this holiday season through a company-sponsored word of mouth referral program that pays healthy cash rewards for recommending new subscribers to its service.

The 8x8 "Business Referral Program" rewards existing subscribers and registered partners for submitting business referrals that become customers of 8x8's money-saving VoIP phone services, which include the 8x8 Virtual Office solution, a hosted PBX phone service now in use by over 18,000 businesses. Participants in the program have an opportunity to earn unlimited cash rewards to the tune of $100 for each qualifying Virtual Office extension the new customer orders, provided they remain a subscriber in good standing for at least 60 days. This results in a win-win situation for both 8x8 and its subscribers, as the company receives a valuable, cost-effective lead backed by a personal recommendation and the subscriber receives compensation for sharing a positive user experience with friends and colleagues.

VOIPo is offering a year of home phone service for $99 with unlimited calling to the US and Canada and 60 minutes of free international calling monthly.

The VOIPo residential VoIP plan offers a year of service for $99 and includes a free phone adapter, free activation, and free shipping. The plan offers residential users unlimited calling to the US and Canada and 60 minutes of free international calling each month. It is a full home phone service package which replaces a landline and does not require a computer to use. The plan includes over 35 calling features including voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, 3 way calling, a free second line, call hunting, and more.