VoIP Logic announces an agreement through which it will absorb Sundial Network Services, a VoIP engineering professional services firm. Sundial CEO, Ardeshir Ghanbarzadeh, will assume the role of Vice President of Operations for VoIP Logic.

This action combines two segment leaders into one company; more than a dozen former Sundial customers will now be served under the VoIP Logic umbrella by the same Sundial personnel. In addition, these service providers will enjoy access to VoIP Logic’s extensive technology and managed services portfolio, while VoIP Logic customers will enjoy immediate access to an expanded array of professional services.

Level 3 has been selected to provide voice communications services to San Francisco Bay Area-based Dialink Corporation, a provider of voice and data solutions for enterprises.

Under the contract, Level 3 is providing Dialink with two voice-related services:

• Level 3 Voice Termination service, which provides worldwide termination of long-distance voice traffic, including VoIP. This service is highly flexible and scalable, allowing customers such as Dialink to quickly adjust their communications needs to meet the requirements of their business environment.
• Level 3 Local Inbound service, which allows companies to offer VoIP service to businesses and consumers with broadband connections. This service targets VoIP providers that manage large volumes of traffic, operate their own softswitch infrastructure, and need a cost-efficient, one-way connection that originates on the traditional public-switched telephone network but requires a handoff to an IP network.

AltiGen announces at the annual Boomer Technology Circle conference that its VoIP solution has provided significant return on investment for accounting firm member Gifford & Cox.

Gifford & Cox is a firm of Certified Public Accountants and Consultants with offices across Western Nebraska. The firm's services are provided to closely held companies and family owned businesses such as tax planning and preparation, accounting and auditing.

XO Communications announces new enhancements to its VoIP services portfolio that help businesses and large enterprises with distributed locations simplify and streamline their IP-based communications networks.

To date, more than 16,000 businesses nationwide with more than 680,000 end users have deployed VoIP services from XO Communications. The latest enhancements to the company's award-winning VoIP services portfolio, which includes XO IP Flex, XO IP Flex with VPN and XO SIP, will greatly enhance the communications capabilities of mid-sized and enterprise business customers seeking a single nationwide voice and data solutions provider.

MetaSwitch continues to expand its footprint among U.S. regional operators, with more than 20 new customers signed in the last quarter alone, bringing its total incumbent local exchange carrier customer base to over 200. These carriers are successfully deploying MetaSwitch solutions to migrate legacy voice infrastructures to more cost-effective, IP-enabled networks and provide competitive, next-generation subscriber services, a process the company expects to accelerate further as Broadband Stimulus funds drive the deployment of packet networks.

snom and SYNNEX Corporation have signed a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the deal, SYNNEX will become a distributor for snom's portfolio of advanced desktop and wireless VoIP phones in North America.

"We are pleased partner with snom and add their entire suite of advanced SIP phones to the SYNNEX portfolio," said Bob Stegner, senior vice president, Marketing, North America of SYNNEX Corporation. "snom SIP phones combine advanced IP telephony features, elegant design with an affordable price point. We believe that our customers will see value in this blend of price and performance."

Sipgate launches a new “Team Edition” of their US telephony service. The entirely web-based service replaces both phone systems and phone lines, allowing small and mid-size companies to move their corporate phone service to the cloud. sipgate team starts at $2 per user per month, and a 30-day free trial is available.

Digium and DOW Networks announce that DOW Networks has become a Digium Solutions Partner. DOW Networks as a key integration partner has used Asterisk, the open source telephony platform created by Digium, for years to create complex solutions for call centers and enterprises. DOW Networks’ products include domestic and international toll-free service, SIP trunks, Asterisk-based IP PBXs, hosted predictive dialer software, toll-free numbers and a complete portfolio of call center solutions.

Voxitas announces the expansion of its national network offering services in Denver, Colorado and throughout the Inter-mountain region. Voxitas business VoIP can offer significant savings over traditional business telephony services across the United States.

360networks is expanding coverage into the state of South Dakota by adding 35 new rate centers to its network coverage. Now VoIP service providers in rural and metropolitan areas alike can offer South Dakota residents cost-effective Internet calling options.

Nortel has signed up several new regional carriers across the U.S. bringing the total number of Communication Server 1500 customers to more than 135 globally. Hancock Telephone, ArkWest Communications, Venture Communications Cooperative and Dakota Central Telecommunications are the latest regional carriers to select Nortel's CS 1500 solution. This IP multimedia softswitch gives regional subscribers and small and medium sized businesses a low-cost but highly-reliable solution for providing traditional voice services, as well as multimedia applications like IPTV, fiber to the premises, and end-user Web portal access.

VoicePulse announces the immediate availability of phone numbers in the 520 and 928 area codes. VoicePulse expands its coverage, adding 12 more rate centers to give Arizonans more choices when it comes to Broadband Phone and SIP Trunking services.

Virtual PBX and Gizmo5 announce a new collaboration that gives clients a complete business-class phone solution that offers the industry’s deepest feature set at a price level well below the current industry standard.

Built on an open-system VoIP peering platform, the new service combines the feature-rich products of both companies. As part of the announcement, Virtual PBX has launched iVPBX, a new product that provides customers with unlimited inbound calling and no per-minute fees at a price of just under $10 per seat -- about one-fourth to one-fifth the cost of most competing plans. Gizmo5 clients who use the new iVPBX product can send calls by IP directly to their Gizmo phones at no cost.

Broadweave has reached an agreement to acquire Nuvont Communications’ Provo customers. The acquisition will give Nuvont customers a single network provider for all services, and enhance their video and data options. The acquisition also increases the Broadweave customer base by more than 10 percent, and completes the integration of all wholesale and retail services for residential customers in Provo.

Zultys has approved babyTEL as a preferred Internet Telephony Service Provider for Canada and the US. babyTEL’s quality services make them a leading ITSP. babyTEL offers flat rate and free site-to-site calling in Canada and the U.S, and allows users to be reached via a single number, regardless of location. The collaboration between Zultys and babyTEL gives both companies the ability to engage channel partners to provide Canadian and U.S. businesses with complete end-to-end high quality VoIP solutions.