In eBay's presentation to investors regarding the purchase of Skype for $2.6 billion http://investor.ebay.com/downloads/050912ebay.pdf, the online auctioneer listed the monetization of lead generation as a primary objective. By adding Skype's VoIP capabilities, eBay hopes to venture into the burgeoning pay per call market. Can Skype deliver what eBay hopes?

Joe Siegrist, Senior Vice President of Technology at eStara the world's leading developer of VoIP-based click to call applications is available to comment on the latest developments surrounding pay per call. Siegrist directs software development and systems operations for eStara. An innovative software architect and accomplished VoIP development leader, Siegrist holds three patents and is a named inventor on a dozen patent applications in the voice over Internet and Internet-initiated calling space.

GigaBeam Corporation announces that it has successfully completed installation of its WiFiber wireless fiber solution for the first phase of a wireless backbone network for the City and County of San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). The wireless network will serve as complementary and redundant links to SFPUC's more traditional leased lines network. The SFPUC selected GigaBeam's WiFiber wireless fiber solution to be the core of its wireless communications network because of WiFiber's capacity of fiber speed. High-speed transmission is needed to support data, voice and video communications between geographically diverse field locations and commission offices.

Narus, Inc. announced a multi-million dollar agreement with Giza Systems of Egypt, licensing Narus' comprehensive portfolio of IP management and security products in the Middle East region. Giza Systems, a world-class systems provider of telecommunications solutions in the Middle East, delivers IP management and security solutions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Libya using the Narus system.

Narus and Giza Systems formalized this exclusive relationship after working together for more than two years providing Voice over IP (VoIP) detection, mediation and protection to the largest IP carriers in the Middle East. Telecom Egypt (TE) and Saudi Telecom (STC) are already benefiting from Narus' carrier-class applications for analysis, security, monitoring and mediation of IP traffic in combination with Giza Systems' technical and commercial capabilities.

Only one month remains until AstriCon 2005, a conference and exhibition dedicated to the Asterisk open source PBX. AstriCon 2005, scheduled for October 12 - 14, is the only event dedicated exclusively to Asterisk and Asterisk-related topics. The conference will take place in Anaheim, California at the Hyatt Regency Orange County Hotel.

Boasting over 1/4 million users in over 200 countries, Asterisk is changing the way businesses purchase telecommunications services and how carriers build their voice over IP (VoIP) solutions by providing a complete business- and carrier-class PBX solution based on a Linux computer.

Force10 Networks today announced that Vonage Networks, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. and the leading provider of broadband telephone services to residential customers in the U.S., is deploying the TeraScale E-Series switch/routers to increase the capacity of its nationwide network and build in the scalability to support an increase in VoIP calls over the next several years. Leveraging the industry-leading density and innovative architecture of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series, Vonage is upgrading its network with a combination of high density Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet to accommodate increasing traffic demands.

Wireless service providers and their customers will soon be able to benefit from simultaneous delivery of voice, video and data virtually 'anytime, anywhere,' leveraging technology developed by Nortel. This service bundling is designed not only to help create a new business model for wireless operators, but also to position them to increase revenue potential and enhance the subscriber experience.

Nortel plans to demonstrate real time applications and its 'triple play' solution over a live CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A network at the 3G CDMA Americas Congress, September 12-14, 2005 (Room G, Miami Convention Center).

The ability to deliver simultaneous broadband data, VoIP and IPTV media services over a single EV-DO connection is another step in Nortel's plan to position CDMA operators to lead the shift to a converged business model.

USRobotics, a leader in network access, announced today that it will enter the $493 million Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment market during the fourth quarter of 2005. Initial roll out of the first products is scheduled for October.

"VoIP is the next logical step for USRobotics," says CEO Joseph Hartnett. "Our customers are interested in a full slate of products to support their wireless and Internet-dependent lifestyles. Our VoIP line of products will allow them to optimize their investment in broadband internet connectivity, by bringing new technology into homes and businesses, designed to make Voice communications as simple and comfortable as traditional telephone calling."

XO Communications, Inc. announced that it is providing wholesale voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) termination services to SunRocket, one of the nation's leading Internet phone service providers.

SunRocket is utilizing XO VoIP Termination to support its rapidly growing all-inclusive Internet home phone service. XO VoIP Termination enables SunRocket to hand off voice traffic to XO, allowing SunRocket's customers' IP- based calls to be routed across the XO IP network at the highest priority and terminated to the public switched telephone network at destinations across the United States.

StarVox Communications announced that it has upgraded its domestic VOIP network using Veraz Networks' latest Class 4 software release for ease of provisioning and managing service level agreements (SLAs) with business customers. Veraz's softswitch controls the StarVox network, with its media gateways distributed throughout the network. Significantly, the upgrade enables StarVox to offer businesses the premium voice quality that they are used to, using SLAs that guarantee the Quality of Service for VoIP.

Netcentrex, the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, and FASTWEB, the main alternative fixed broadband telecom operator in Italy, announced today that average daily traffic has reached 10 million VoIP calls per day, using Netcentrex solutions.

The following may be attributed to Jeff Pulver, Chairman of pulvermedia, regarding today's announcement of eBay's purchase of Skype.

"Today's move by eBay in purchasing Skype is transformational because it signals the ability and value of an 'Applications Company' adding a 'Communications Company' to its portfolio. This turns the entire telecom industry picture on its head, and demonstrates that voice, presence, text messaging and other IP-based applications will be essential for the company of the future."

Leveraging communications management technology to help organizations and their customers "experience the difference" will be the theme of the Apropos Technology user conference to be held September 11-14, 2005 at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago. The Apropos World 2005 User Group will highlight best practices in contact center operations and customer experience management, as well as the latest trends in multi-channel customer support, business continuity planning and self-service applications.

Apropos World 2005, which is geared to contact center managers and practitioners, business managers, IT directors and analysts, will feature a variety of informational sessions conducted by leading organizations. Customers such as Advance Auto Parts, Cardiff Council, Fannie Mae, Symantec and Vinciti AQ will share best practices, challenges and successes in using Apropos' contact center software. Additionally, Dale Carey-Sher of IBM Business Consulting Services will discuss her experiences implementing Apropos at 40 different customer sites.

One Connect IP, a leading regional Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire NSI Communications LLC, a provider of VOIP services in the Idaho and Utah markets. One Connect IP, a privately held company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, currently serves business and residential customers throughout the Mountain West Region.

"One Connect's acquisition of NSI accelerates our VoIP rollout in the Mountain West region," said Robert Pratt, One Connect IP chief executive officer. "By combining NSI's network and solid customer base with One Connect's market-leading VoIP services, we expect to greatly accelerate the availability of VoIP and communications services bundles to these underserved markets."

Skype, the pioneering Global Internet Communications Company, which offers free high-quality phone calls to anyone with an Internet connection, announced the further development of its strategy, creating business opportunities for its thriving community of developers and partners by launching its Voice Services Program for third party content providers.

The Skype Voice Services Program developed in partnership with industry leaders like Tellme Networks enables any content provider, large or small, to become a part of Skype's new marketplace for either free or chargeable voice services. Content providers will join Skype's ecosystem of more than 400 Skype developers worldwide who are already offering hardware and software products to Skype's 53 million members.

VoIP, Inc., a global provider of advanced communications services utilizing Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) as its core technology, announced the release of the industry's first private network 911 service for broadband and packet communications. The private network 911 service is provided by VoIP, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary VoiceOne Communications LLC.

"The industry has been focused on creating quick solutions to meet FCC deadlines related to recent regulatory actions that require VoIP service providers to offer 911 services to customers. Some of these solutions continue to use unsecured, and best-effort transport of the Internet for critical emergency calls," said VoIP, Inc. CEO Steven Ivester.