Bandwidth.com announces that it will be powering all Mitel Solution Centers across the country enabling customers and VARS to preview innovative solutions, including SIP Trunking technology in a live environment. Mitel operates solution centers in five locations; Chicago, Costa Mesa, Atlanta, New York and Herndon (Virginia), all of which will be equipped with Bandwidth.com's SIP Trunking VoIP solution by the end of June.

In conjunction with this project, Edgewater Networks, Inc. and Ingate Systems, both Mitel partners, are providing hardware equipment for the solution centers. Both devices are certified by Bandwidth.com and Mitel for SIP Trunking and offer additional features necessary in most customer installations. Bandwidth.com has been a Mitel partner since September 2006, bundling its IP Trunking technology along with Mitel's industry-leading Unified Communications solutions for the enterprise businesses market throughout the U.S.

snom announced that Gentek will become an official distributor for snom. Now, snom VoIP phones will be available to Gentek's extensive network of customers and resellers in the North American market, including Canada and the United States.

"This distribution agreement is an integral part of our strategy to offer our customers high quality VoIP options," said Jeffrey Freedman, V.P. Sales of Gentek. "snom's outstanding reputation, especially when it comes to ensuring VoIP security and network interoperability, puts us in a position to provide our customers with a flexible and cost-effective solution for their IP phone systems."

Thomson announces that more than 6 million VoIP telephony lines deployed by operators around the world are managed by Cirpack Class-5 voice switches from Thomson. This represents a 50% growth of users in just six months. Class 5 voice switches allow operators to provide primary line telephony with emergency numbers and legal intercept with advanced voice features such as call forwarding and call conferencing to their customers.

With the launch of its solutions for fixed mobile convergence in 2006, clients for the Cirpack switch now include large mobile operators such as SFR, as well as cable operators, ISPs and telcos. The Thomson's Cirpack voice switching platform is being used by over 85 operators and ISPs in over 35 countries.

Allworx announces two new programs designed to enhance the customer experience and streamline the sales and support efforts for resellers and distributors of Allworx’s award-winning products.

A new five year extended warranty program for Allworx VoIP phones and VoIP systems represents the most comprehensive warranty available anywhere in the SMB marketplace. Allworx also announced today that it has revamped its Return Materials Authorization process to simplify return requests, and ensure a swift turnaround on equipment replacements. These two new programs are designed to ease the adoption of VoIP technology for small and medium businesses, and enable them to focus on their core business activities, without worrying about their communication systems.

HBF/911 Services and Northern911 are partnering to provide a unique VoIP E9-1-1 service to the public safety community, at no charge. Called "PSAP Safety Net", this solution will provide a toll free number that the public safety answering points can utilize to transfer a misrouted VoIP emergency call directly to Northern911's Emergency Response Center, where their trained call takers will determine the proper routing and transfer the call to the correct PSAP for the caller's stated location. "PSAP Safety Net" provides a solution to a major VoIP 9-1-1 issue currently plaguing PSAPs. "The PSAP Safety Net" provides a safeguard against potential issues associated with a nomadic VoIP user (one who doesn't always have a "fixed" address associated with their VoIP phone).

Lancope and Foundry Networks announce they will participate in the TechForum LIVE! weekly radio show for IT professionals on Friday, June 8, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. E.T. Lancope’s Chief Technology Officer, Adam Powers, joins Foundry Networks’ Director of Product Marketing, Gary Hemminger, to provide insight on the show topic, “Making the Call: Is Your Network Secure Enough for VoIP?” Todd Terbeek, Vice President of Lockdown Networks, the leading provider of Network Access Control solutions that ensure all users and devices on the network comply with security policies, will also participate in the discussion.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology places significant demands on network infrastructure and network security. Lancope's StealthWatch System benefits both network and security administrators with an integrated platform that leverages network intelligence for both parties. A comprehensive offering, StealthWatch unifies and optimizes behavior-based anomaly detection and network operations to protect critical information assets and ensure network performance for VoIP by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation resulting from malicious Internet behavior. Foundry Networks unlocks the value in a converged network by offering a set of VoIP-ready networking solutions that deliver uninterrupted service quality, reliability, security and compatibility for a variety of IP-based phones, video and converged desktop applications. Lockdown Networks integrates knowledge of user, location, external events and device “health” to automate access policy decisions on VoIP networks.

Global Crossing has once again broadened the scope and reach of its VoIP services for customers around the world by extending its Global Crossing VoIP Local Service to six more European countries and three in Latin America. The addition of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland brings to 20 the total number of countries worldwide where the service is offered.

The newly available VoIP Local Service offering complements the existing suite of VoIP Outbound and converged IP services in these markets. VoIP Local Service also is available in Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Global Crossing VoIP Outbound services are available from 29 countries around the world and provide the consistency customers require from global services.

uControl announces an open to the public promotion offering a risk-free, 30-day trial of their home security service. As families are gearing up for summer vacations, now is the time to upgrade your home security to a service that offers additional protection for the entire family.

uControl can also monitor everyday events that typical security systems can not be configured to detect. This enables homeowners to track important events like knowing that family members come home when expected or that a neighbor is taking care of the home while the family is on vacation. uControl is accessible from any Internet-connected computer, cell phone or PDA, providing 24/7 access to information about the safety and everyday activities of the family. uControl's technology is compatible with broadband, cell-phone only and VoIP households.

In addition to the traditional home security offerings, uControl sends notifications to designated contacts using virtually any communication format, including e-mail, SMS/text messaging, and conventional phone calls from uControl's Monitoring Center. uControl provides remote access and control -- giving consumers more control over their security system via a Web portal they access from any computer or Web-enabled cell phone/PDA.

RAON Digital unveiled its new UMPC ‘EVERUN’. Last year, RAON digital had introduced the world smallest and lightest UMPC ‘VEGA’ with 6 hrs battery life.

This time, RAON digital maximized portability, usability, connectivity and battery life for ‘EVERUN’ to make it as the true 2nd generation UMPC.

Weighing only 460g and fitting in one hand, the EVERUN offers its exceptional battery life of up to 7 hours (12 hours with a large battery). That world longest battery life comes from its ultra power saving AMD Geode processor and RAON Digital’s technology.

EVERUN enhanced its usability with a QWERTY keypad, optical touch mouse and an auto rotating 4.8” Wide VGA LCD with 800 x 480 native resolution.

As well as built-in 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth 2.0 for wireless connectivity, EVERUN can integrate HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) or WiMax (Mobile Wibro) modem optionally. The HSDPA module used in EVERUN can support Voice call so that user can use EVERUN like mobile phone as well as VoIP without headset.

Four models will be supplied depending on different storages (HDD or SSD) and CPUs (LX900 or LX800).

Pulvermedia announced dates, and a new strategy supporting its European VON and Video on the Net events. After numerous surveys and consultations with exhibitors and sponsors, Pulvermedia has decided to focus its efforts on creating and promoting two European events for 2007. VON Europe Spring will remain in Stockholm, Sweden, and Rome, Italy has been selected for the Pan-European event -- VON Europe Autumn -- which includes the Video on the Net event. VON Europe Autumn will take place on 25-27, September 2007 in Rome, Italy.

Residents in Saskatchewan's two largest cities now have a better choice when it comes to their phone service. Vonage Canada announced local availability of its flat-rate Internet phone service in Regina and Saskatoon.

With Vonage, local residents can enjoy unlimited local and long distance calling for one low flat monthly fee, and still keep their existing phone number they've had for years. Unlike services touted by big phone companies and cable firms, all Vonage's flat rate phone plans include 20 standard and non-standard phone features, including call waiting, caller ID, voice mail to email and much more. Also unique to Vonage and Internet phone service is the ability to travel anywhere around the world with your local phone number. As well, with Vonage there are no extra fees, no extra charges and no costly and confusing bundled offers designed to tether you to one service provider.

Linugen releases the newest version of its much appraised Sipcat VoIP PBX telephony platform. Since the first release ten months ago, Sipcat software has been installed on over two thousand systems worldwide. This latest release incorporates much of the customer feedback received since the first release and introduces a number of new features.

Centennial Business Solutions announces that it has selected Citel to supply its Portico Telephone VoIP Adapter for Centennial’s Aptus hosted IP service. This service, combined with Citel’s Portico TVA and the BroadSoft, Inc. BroadWorks enterprise telephony platform, enables enterprises of all sizes to obtain the feature and cost-savings benefits of Voice over IP utilizing their existing PBX telephones and wiring infrastructure.

The solution from Citel and Centennial Business Solutions delivers the features and functionality of VoIP without the costs associated with typical “rip and replace” VoIP migration solutions. With the Portico TVA, enterprises avoid the cost of network upgrades, new handsets, and retraining. PBX handsets connect over existing wiring directly to the Portico TVA, which connects to Centennial’s Aptus network over Ethernet via the SIP protocol.

Pulvermedia announced that a number of exhibitors are unveiling significant new products and services at the upcoming Spring VON Europe Event, scheduled to take place 11-14 June 2007 at Stockholm International Fairs.

"VON events have always provided a platform for companies to unveil new technology and announce new services and alliances, and this year's event in Stockholm is no different, as we're looking forward to scores of significant announcements which will benefit the IP communications industry," said Glenn Gaudet, Chief Marketing Officer for Pulvermedia. "Part of the reason exhibitors are compelled to unveil their best news items at VON is because of the media audience and the increasing number of buyers, sellers and industry thought leaders who gather at VON to meet their colleagues, conduct business, and discuss the latest developments in the industry."

Packet8 announces the availability of new features and services for its Packet8 Virtual Office small business phone solution, recently rated the most popular hosted IP-PBX phone service in the U.S. by telecom research firm AMI Partners. The new offerings include Microsoft Outlook Integration, Overhead Paging and Toll Free Fax Numbers.

Available at no additional cost to subscribers, Virtual Office Outlook Integration seamlessly integrates a user's Microsoft Outlook contacts with their Virtual Office extension, allowing subscribers to place and receive calls through their Microsoft Outlook email client. Users have the ability to select a contact and then place a call to that party through a variety of options such as right clicking on the contact and selecting "Packet8 Call Contact" or double clicking the contact and selecting the Packet8 tab. When placing a call through the Microsoft Outlook email client, Outlook contacts the Virtual Office server and triggers it to ring the Virtual Office phone on the user's desk. Outlook Integration also allows Virtual Office users to see who is calling them by displaying screen pops containing the caller's contact information retrieved from any mailbox and any field (Business/Home/Mobile). If the contact is not found, a simple dialog box showing the phone number of the person calling is displayed. The Virtual Office Outlook Integration software client is available for free download at http://www.packet8.net/business_services/features.aspx#outlook_integration.