Vistula Communications Services, Inc., a global supplier of flexible and reliable Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") services to major telecommunications carriers and Internet service providers, announced that Telstra Europe has officially launched their V-Cube-based Hosted IP- PBX Service across the UK.

Voice communications technology company PeerMe, Inc. introduced a free application programming interface (API) that allows Web developers to integrate PeerMe's voice capability into sites and enable users to speak with each other in real time. All click-to-talk connections are supported by VoIP technology, so there are no long-distance charges to use the service. Users simply click on a telephone icon to connect with other users who are online. Instructions on implementing PeerMe Voice Tags can be downloaded at http://peermevoice.wikispaces.com.

Rosum Corporation announced that it will demonstrate its award-winning VoIP 9-1-1 call location technology at the E9-1-1 Institute Technology Fair on July 13 in Washington D.C. The event, organized by the E9-1-1 Institute in conjunction with the Congressional E9-1-1 Caucus and the Congressional Internet Caucus, will be held at the House of Representatives Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill, from 2-5pm, with a reception at 5-7pm.

Citynet introduced a new phone service that can cut in half many West Virginians' monthly phone bills.

The new Citynet Digital Phone offers residential customers both local and long-distance service for $24.95 a month using proven technology that has already benefited Citynet's business customers.

Home is set to become the new office as new broadband technology means calls can be made and received from your business number wherever you set up a desk, says internet phone company VoIP Traders.

With the number of teleworkers having more than doubled in the past eight years thanks to email and internet access, VoIP Traders predicts the figures will rise higher still as the broadband revolution steps up a gear with the use of internet phones or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

Switching from traditional phone service to a voip internet phone saves consumers an average of 50% off their monthly phone bill. Voice over IP service provider voip.com wants customers to know why.

1. Voip service has an average monthly rate of around $25, however regular phone lines usually set consumers back somewhere in the vicinity of $51 for a month's worth of service.

2. Most voip internet phone providers offer unlimited long distance in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico as a standard feature of their basic plan.

Secure Computing Corporation, the experts in securing connections between people, applications and networks, warn that familiar phishing attacks have now evolved into phone scams. Secure Computing engineers have been tracking news group sites and open disclosure discussion groups that have been buzzing with talk about a new technique called "vishing." This new method exploits the low cost of VoIP and combines it with the social engineering aspects of phishing to extract financial information from unsuspecting credit card and banking customers.

IPcelerate, Inc., a provider of advanced communications-based software applications, announced the release of IPstudio 1.2, the newest version of the IP recording solution for VoIP users, offering expanded capabilities in voice recording, text additions and call marking. IPstudio 1.2 is fully integrated into the IPsession platform, requiring no additional configuration for the end-user.

Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband telephone services, announced that it has acquired ownership of three patents from Digital Packet Licensing Inc. that enable voice over internet protocol technology (VoIP). The three acquired patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,782,485, 5,018,136 and 5,444,707, are directed to the compression of packetized digital signals commonly used in VoIP technology.

Klausner Technologies, Inc. announced that it has filed suit against Vonage Holdings, Inc. for patent infringement, with damages and royalties estimated at $180 million.

The lawsuit asserts that the Vonage VOIP voicemail platform infringes Klausner Technologies' U.S. Patent. 5,572,576. Klausner Technologies recently granted a license under the same patent to Time Warner's AOL for AOL Voicemail and VOIP voicemail services.

Acme Packet, the leader in session border control solutions, announced that Brasil Telecom, the third largest fixed line service provider in Brazil, has selected its Net-Net session border controllers (SBCs) for VoIPfone service, a SIP-based business and residential VoIP offering. The Net-Net SBCs are also deployed in Brasil Telecom network supporting Multiconferencias, an IP-based multimedia conference service.

8x8, Inc., provider of Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communications services, issued the following open letter to its shareholders:

Dear 8x8 Shareholders,

Over the past few days, I have received calls from a number of shareholders who expressed concern about 8x8 and the future of the VoIP industry. I would like to take this opportunity to comment on some recent events in the VoIP industry and at 8x8, Inc., which I believe have unjustifiably affected 8x8's stock price and valuation.

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and NVision Group, a market-leading Russian system integrator, announced that the two companies have entered into a cooperative marketing and teaming agreement, whereby NVision Group will promote Sonus' industry-leading IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-ready architecture and work with Sonus to pursue opportunities with service providers throughout Russia and the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc., a global VoIP service provider, added its new efoLink service to its Efonica Plus suite of paid services. efoLink is designed for those Efonica subscribers who may not have access to the Efonica softphone or a SIP-enabled device. Using a simple screen on the Efonica website, www.efonica.com, efoLink allows subscribers to enter any two phone numbers and schedule a call. At the pre-selected time, Efonica's advanced system will call both numbers and create a connection.

VoIP within the enterprise is increasingly being considered for the significant benefits that can be obtained, however few organisations really understand their technical environment to the point where a successful rollout of VoIP can be assured.

Torokina Networks, a market leader in network management systems and VoIP management solutions aims to change that. "As an independent expert in network management systems, we are not a provider of IP telephony or VoIP" said Peter von Dietze, Head of sales at Torokina. "As such we can offer an unbiased opinion on the readiness of a clients network and associated IT environment for a VoIP implementation, prior to actual roll out"