Broadband phone service comparison site VoipReview.org has launched a new Web site to help companies find the best business VoIP service in their local areas. Businesses can visit www.VoipReview.org/Business_Telephone_Systems/ to find, compare and purchase VoIP phone service based on availability by zip code, price, features, and user reviews. The site, which previously served mostly consumers, expanded its capabilities to meet the needs of the ever-growing small and medium enterprise VoIP market.

uControl launched its next-generation home security service that provides redundant connectivity and better security at a lower price for the more than 26 million U.S. homeowners who want more from their existing, installed alarm system. uControl demonstrated the product for the first time today at the DEMOfall '06 conference in San Diego.

The Austin-based company is the first to offer an enhanced home security service that connects to existing, installed alarm systems and communicates over three redundant connections - broadband, cellular and phone lines. In addition to delivering always-on connectivity and real-time security, uControl enables people to control and monitor their alarm system from the Web or from their cell phones - anywhere, anytime.

Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony provider in North America, and Motorola Inc. announced the availability of the Motorola VT2142. The new device, a single port router and 2-line telephone adaptor, configured with Vonage's service is now available at Vonage direct, http://www.vonage.com/, at no cost after a $49.99* instant rebate. This device is expected to be offered at retail. Retail pricing and/or rebates will be determined prior to retail launch.

Be Here Corporation, the pioneer in immersive optics and imaging, announced at DEMOfall 2006 the beta version of TotalView, the first VoIP Collaboration Phone with full-room video. TotalView is the next essential business tool, delivering a view of the entire conference room that provides a natural experience as if all locations are sitting around the same conference table. Designed for multi-location meetings of three to four people in each location, TotalView delivers voice, video and data in a simple appliance that sits at the center of the conference table. Leveraging the enterprise's VoIP investment, TotalView replaces the conference room speaker phone with a single integrated device. Each person can connect their laptop to TotalView and individually control their camera view as well as the data they see and share, separately from the other meeting attendees. TotalView can be experienced live at DEMOfall 2006 Conference in San Diego, CA, September 25 - 27 at booth #61.

Intrado Inc., a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions and leading provider of VoIP E9-1-1 services, announced an agreement with CounterPath Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP and Video over IP SIP soft phones. The companies will work jointly to integrate Intrado V9-1-1 Services with CounterPath's soft phone application, allowing Intrado to extend its VoIP 9-1-1 Automatic Location capability to VoIP end user devices.

Fonality, the leading provider of affordable IP-PBX phone systems to small and medium businesses (SMBs), announced that its sales and support organizations are helping companies avoid the common pitfalls of migrating to VoIP. Although many businesses know that VoIP can provide them with free or cheap long distance, most are not aware of its potential shortcomings, such as poor audio quality, dropped calls and downtime. Fonality advises businesses that, to support the increased demands of VoIP, many will need to upgrade their corporate network and broadband service configurations or be disappointed with the results.

Voice communications technology company PeerMe, Inc. launched its free service designed to allow users of Sprint EVDO mobile phones to make free unlimited calls. PeerMe CEO Tom Lasater says, "Sprint has the best EVDO network in the U.S., but at the same time they have the highest churn in the industry and they signed up fewer new users than any of their competitors this year. We are giving them the ability to use their technological edge to become the leader in the U.S. wireless market."

ASI Entertainment Inc.'s, wholly owned Australian subsidiary, ASiQ Pty Ltd, demonstrated the prototype of its patented in-flight cell phone alternative called "Safecell" at the World Airlines Entertainment Association (WAEA) Convention and Exhibition in Miami last week.

Ron Chapman, ASiQ's CEO stated, "The response at the show was overwhelming; every appointment slot was booked out. Over 30 airlines plus three aircraft manufacturers, Airbus, Boeing and Embrear visited our booth to see our latest in-flight internet connectivity solutions. While our low cost internet service certainly got the attention of international airlines, the demonstration of the new Safecell system was the highlight.

Top rated colleges, like Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, have all successfully deployed new campus-wide voip phone systems. Service provider voip.com gives both newly minted freshmen and seasoned graduate students the top 10 reasons why voip works so well for college students.

By 2012, cellular VoIP services are forecast to generate revenues of USD18.6 billion (EUR15.3 billion) in the USA and USD7.3 billion (EUR.6.0 billion) in Western Europe, compared with fixed VoIP revenues of USD11.9 (EUR9.8 billion) in the USA and USD6.9 billion (EUR5.7 billion) in Western Europe, according to a new report, Forecasting the Commercial Impact of Wireless VoIP in the USA and Western Europe, published by Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media (http://research.analysys.com/).

SIPphone, Inc., developers of the free Gizmo Project Internet calling and IM software, announced their All Calls Free calling plan is available for businesses worldwide, providing significant savings for small to mid-sized companies who want to enjoy free calling between co-workers and/or remote offices. Any business using the free Asterisk PBX software, or other premium PBX solutions, can also boost savings and workforce efficiency with access to high-end features previously only available to large businesses. More information may be found at www.gizmoproject.com/business.

Motorola, Inc. expanded its family of voice-enabled cable modems with the introduction of the SBV5100 series. The new models, based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), one of the more common voice and multimedia protocols in the telecommunications industry, provide greater choice to cable operators as they select the ideal technology for their systems.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42224) has announced the addition of VoIP - Voice Over Internet to their offering.

"The VoIP Report (3rd Edition)" published in April of 2006, provides detailed analysis of 55 VoIP providers and nine "Carriers to Watch," including ILECs, CLECs, cable telephony, IM telephony, PC-to-PC telephony, pure-play VoIP and wholesale providers. Carrier coverage includes revenue and VoIP access line totals and forecasts; business model and technology discussions; and information about service pricing.

Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband telephone service, announced that its subscribers in Los Angeles, California, are now equipped with Enhanced 911 (E911) - a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number.

In addition to Los Angeles, Vonage recently turned up E911 at more than 125 local run emergency call centers across the U.S. in less than one month -- bringing the total percentage of Vonage U.S. subscriber lines that have E911 to over 89 percent.

The Golden Group announced that ISPCON, "The Internet Industry Event," will shine its spotlight on the industry's hottest Internet services and technologies at this year's Fall event, including VoIP, Web 2.0, Managed Services, Municipal Wi-Fi, Open Source Opportunities, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and much more. Returning to the Santa Clara Convention Center from November 7 - 9, 2006, ISPCON FALL 2006 is expected to attract thousands of ISPs, Web hosts, MSPs, ITSPs, technologists, entrepreneurs and innovators, VCs, top corporate executives and more for three days of highly-charged conferences and networking opportunities.