Arcosoft Inc., announced the release of VONaLink TeamRecord. TeamRecord works with any VoIP phone system based on the open SIP standard, such as Asterisk or Vonage, to centrally record all phone calls for a company workgroup.

Call recording benefits a company by allowing business transactions over the phone to be verified and disputes resolved. With traditional phone systems, calls are recorded with either analog equipment or expensive, proprietary products from the phone company. With the latest VoIP systems built on open, standard protocols, calls can be recorded by monitoring network packets.

AccessLine Communications, has increased its intellectual property portfolio through the addition of two new patents for its proprietary telecommunications network. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has granted AccessLine’s applications for patents that cover a cost effective nationwide call processing system and a dynamic security method for VoIP services.

The first, Patent No. 7,068,772, entitled “Economical call processing system and method, such as for providing one-number telecommunication services,” protects one of the methods employed by AccessLine to enhance the overall reliability of its nationwide local number access network.

Crawford Lake Mining announced it has purchased 100% ownership of Jinan Yinquan Technology Co. Ltd, (‘Jinan”), a telecommunications technology company located in the Shandong Province of the People’s Republic of China, in exchange for 40,000,000 restricted shares of Crawford Lake common stock.

“This acquisition and expansion into the technology industry signifies our first effort in developing an international, high-tech business strategy for our Company,” said Li Kunwu, President and CEO of Crawford Lake. “Jinan Yinquan is a very aggressive company that now offers Voice over the Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) services to 17 cities in the Shandong Province. The current population in China is estimated at 1.3 billion people. The market potential for their state of the art NP Soft Switch System made this acquisition a very promising venture for us and our shareholders.”

Verizon launched its “50 Aliens in 50 Days” computer giveaway sweepstakes to promote the company’s PlayLinc online game messenger. Beginning today and running for 50 days through Dec. 29, Verizon will give away one Alienware Aurora 3500 gaming computer with 17-inch flat-panel monitor to one Verizon PlayLinc user each day. Participants can find out more about how to register for each day’s giveaway
at www.verizon.net/50aliens.

Always free, extremely entertaining and very easy to use, Verizon PlayLinc is a superior game browser and messaging service that allows consumers to use free private servers to play games online and communicate with friends. PlayLinc can be used with any broadband connection, but customers of Verizon’s fiber-based FiOS Internet Service will benefit from the power of a super-high-speed fiber connection directly to their homes.

Skype, released a new beta version of its internet telephony software. Skype 3.0 has a revamped interface as well as new features like public chats, Skypecasting, click-to-call functionality, and I.T. management features,.

Now let's talk about these new features a little more indepth.

Public chats, allows webmasters to host ongoing text messaging conversations and integrate them with an existing website.

Skypecasting, makes it possible for users to browse and join community discussions via a new "live" window allowing for up to 100 people to talk to each other simutaniously in a live moderated voice conversation. (I wish we had something similar to this back in the day, when I played Everquest it would have been great for in game raids.)

Yahoo! Messenger and Linksys, announced the availability of a new dual-mode cordless phone. The Linksys Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310) gives consumers the flexibility to make and take low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice(a) as well as place and receive phone calls using their traditional landline/PSTN connection.

The dual-mode cordless phone provides Yahoo! Messenger users with a convenient and fun alternative to make free Internet-based calls to friends and family on their Yahoo! Messenger Contact List. People subscribing to Yahoo! Phone Out can use the cordless phone to make an Internet-based call to any traditional or mobile phone at very low rates. With the use of the USB base station, the phone gives people the freedom to take their Yahoo! Messenger with Voice calls away from the PC and into other rooms, just as they do with mobile or cordless phones. People have the flexibility to instantly switch over from VoIP to a traditional landline phone service with the touch of a button.

The complete list of winning companies is available today in a special issue of FierceVoIP and on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fiercevoip.com/top-voip-companies-2006.

FierceVoIP is a bi-weekly email newsletter distributed by FierceMarkets that covers news and insights on the emerging VoIP industry, providing more than 32,000 subscribers a quick, authoritative briefing on the week's top VoIP stories marketplace developments.

"After deep thought, long and careful deliberations, numerous trips to the coffee pot, three bottles of Visine and an absolute minimum of coin-flipping, I am delighted to present the 2006 Fierce 15."

Fusion Telecommunications Intl will showcase its innovative line of Efonica VoIP products and services at the 26th Annual GITEX Exhibition to be held in Dubai, UAE from November 18th - 22nd. Nearly 120,000 people are expected to visit the exhibits from over 60 countries, including a number of Fusion's current and potential premium service distribution partners from key markets around the world.

"Fusion is very happy to continue to drive worldwide consumer awareness and further enhance our subscriber experience with our participation in this year's GITEX," said Matthew Rosen, President and CEO of Fusion. "The Middle East represents a key market for Fusion, and we believe GITEX is an important forum for Efonica's innovative service offerings and an opportunity to further drive value by growing our worldwide Internet community."

DDIX.net has integrated with Microsoft MSN Messenger using gtalk2voip services.

DIDX is the DID exchange of choice for 3250+ telecoms from 200+ countries. DIDX began with 100 members in August 2005. One of the most disruptive, practical VoIP services in the 21st century, DIDX is created and maintained by Super Technologies, Inc.

The MSN interconnection makes Super Technologies the first company in the world to offer phone lines on Microsoft MSN Messenger and the opportunity to empower more individuals and industry than ever with DID from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Australia, and Europe.

Global Crossing has made advances to meet the burgeoning demand for IP communications in Europe by expanding its infrastructure and IP services to more countries. Global Crossing's IP traffic growth is out-pacing the industry and is on track to more than double in 2006, fueled by the worldwide demand for high bandwidth connections to its IP network.

According to Gartner, the VoIP enterprise market in Western Europe is projected to grow to $3.1 billion by 2010, a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47.8 percent from 2005 to 2010 ("Forecast: Fixed Public Network Services, Worldwide," Wm. L. Hahn and Alex Winogradoff, August 2006).

CounterPath Solutions, announced that its eyeBeamTM 1.5 softphone is compliant with the BroadWorks platform by BroadSoft, a leading provider of VoIP application software.

The interoperability of CounterPath's eyeBeam 1.5 with the BroadWorks platform allows customers to enjoy seamless, high-quality audio and video calls, conference calls and call transfers, thereby giving service providers greater solution flexibility.

CounterPath's innovative eyeBeam 1.5 softphone combines Voice, Video, IM (Instant Messaging) and Presence functionalities, making it the leading choice among VoIP service providers and manufacturers. BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application platform supports hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile PBX, Voice VPN, and collaborative conferencing.

The voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) semiconductor market is witnessing very high growth in all the end-user segments such as carrier infrastructure, enterprise, and consumer or residential markets. There is also a trend toward integration and this results in the need for a high-performance, low-power and cost-effective solution. In order to understand the changing market dynamics, it is imperative for vendors to have strategic relationship with customers.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World VoIP Semiconductor Markets, reveals that the market earned revenues of $256.2 million in 2005 and estimates to reach $857.8 million in 2009.

deltathree, Inc. announced that it will participate at the 25th Annual GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 18 - 22, 2006. Responding to demand for VoIP in the Middle East, deltathree will showcase its comprehensive suite of VoIP solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of resellers and service providers looking to offer competitive, fully branded telephone service to their customers. The Middle East represents a fertile telecommunications market with a broad base of customers. deltathree stands well positioned to address this important market with advanced VoIP solutions to support regional customers and international telephony needs.

Global IP Sound (GIPS) announced the availability of the GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile Lite platform to the GIPS Developer Community. The software platform includes technology from the award-winning GIPS VoiceEngine solution for mobile devices and sample integration code for the simple and quick creation of mobile VoIP applications.

Responding to the increasing demand for mobile VoIP solutions, Global IP Sound is providing mobile application developers free and limited access to its easy-to-use VoiceEngine Mobile Lite platform. This solution enables companies or individuals to test and explore the mobile VoIP application business with the best available embedded voice processing solution in the market.

Camrivox, a developer of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) equipment, has announced that it has added support for Google Talk to its range of Flexor IP phones and telephony adapters.

The Flexor products allow users to register a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) account and a Google Talk account simultaneously on the same VoIP device. This means that they can make or receive calls either via Google Talk or with any other SIP-compatible VoIP phone or conventional phone.

"We believe that Camrivox is the first company to add this capability, and our Flexor range is therefore the first devices that enables Google Talk to be used without a PC," said David Moorhouse, VP of Marketing at Camrivox.