Nimbuzz VoIP provider launches into the Apple iPhone App Store. The free application lets users call, chat and message, for free, with their friends on virtually all major instant messaging communities and social networks, including Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Facebook, MySpace, AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, and more.

Specifically for the needs of iPhone users, this will be the first complete messaging product available with landscape mode chat, IM buddy calling (including Yahoo!), and regional social network support - and it is free.

snom has integrated of its SIP-based phone portfolio with Sangoma Technologies. After rigorous testing and evaluation, snom's 3xx series VoIP phones and snom m3 wireless IP DECT phone received full certification by Sangoma's lab as interoperable and deployable with its AFT series of cards: A101, A102, A104 and A108 PCI and PCI Express cards.

IMVOCAL launched its new Web-based, download-free VOIP service. The service allows callers on in the U.S. to connect with IMVOCAL users through any of the major Instant Messenger services (Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN-Messenger or AIM). The technology, using instant messaging to notify IMVOCAL users of incoming phone calls, is unique.

IndustryDynamics announces the availability of VoiceGear SkyBridge Skype-to-PBX gateway based on the second generation enterprise Linux platform. VoiceGear SkyBridge comes in a small, cost effective package geared specifically towards small businesses that want to take advantage of Skype's low calling rates and improve their business efficiency. Due to the slumping economy and increased pressures to cut costs, businesses need to execute more efficiently than ever before. By deploying VoiceGear SkyBridge, small businesses will be able to cut their long distance and international communication costs by up to 90%, improve employee productivity and introduce new innovative communication avenues to interact with local and international customers

EMCC Software collaborated with DeFi Mobile to create an innovative VoIP mobile client that helps enable DeFi Global Access, a recently launched unlimited global calling and data service that allows companies and individuals to thwart expensive international long-distance and roaming fees.

Cypress Communications is taking business continuity to the next level by offering multiple failover solutions for its C4 IP hosted VoIP and hosted unified communications solution. Already delivered through a robust private network that’s built to ensure continuity, C4 IP has been enhanced with three failover options: VoIP failover, VoIP and public data network failover, and VoIP and private data network failover.

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deltathree has successfully negotiated the release of cash previously securing letters of credit held by its landlord and different suppliers. Yesterday, the company executed an agreement with the landlord and subtenant of its offices at 75 Broad Street, New York, N.Y., to release the letter of credit securing the company's obligations under the lease, and to terminate the lease. Along with the recently-negotiated release of other letters of credit held by suppliers of the company, the amount of net cash that the company is expected to imminently receive will be approximately $750,000, based on funds that were restricted as of September 30, 2008, which will provide the company additional short-term capital liquidity to fund its operations.

Large RBOCs and ILECs are scaling back on VoIP equipment purchases, helping bring down the worldwide service provider VoIP market 8% sequentially to $816 million in 3Q08, says market research firm Infonetics Research in a new report.

The overall market weakness in 3Q08 was led by a steep decline in the high density media gateway segment, as well as a dip in the softswitch segment, according to the report, Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers.

On the positive side, sales of session border controllers and media servers were up in 3Q08, although not enough to offset losses in other segments in the next gen voice market.

Downloading TV programs, watching online videos and making online phone calls posted the biggest year-to-year percent increase among adult Internet users, according to new data from Mediamark Research & Intelligence.

E-mail, news gathering and paying bills online continue to be among the most widely used Internet activities by U.S. consumers ages 18+, the MRI data show.

According to responses from MRI's just released Fall 2008 Survey of the American Consumer, 3.2% of adults said they had downloaded a TV program in the last 30 days. That represents a year-to-year increase of 141.4%. The number of adults who reported they watched online video increased 35.4% during the same period, to a total of 23.3% of the adult population, while 4.0% of respondents reported they had made an online phone call, an increase of 32.0%.

Hermon Laboratories announces its new test equipment TCA 4100 low cost PC Based solutions is initially offering for VoIP and SIP (H.323). Both solutions are available as optional add-ons plus VQT (PESQ), and acoustic testing with HATS. SIP solution is also available as a standalone software application.

The VOIP add-on solution complies with the TIA/EIA-810A/B and TIA/EIA 920 standards. The unique equipment offers R&D, production groups a low cost solution to reduce time to develop and faster testing for production lines. The new SIP add-on and standalone solution supports ETSI TS 102.027.

Team Lightbulb trade show and event management organization is accepting proposals for telecom technical papers and IPTV sessions for Telecom2009: Broadband and Beyond. Telecom2009, produced by Team Lightbulb, features sessions on the Business of IPTV and Telecom Technology. Team Lightbulb will also offer again the popular exhibit tours that connect the sessions with the technology on the NAB Show floor, including a dedicated IPTV Pavilion.

SunPorch has reduced its annual advertising spend by $100,000 because of its deployment of PBXtra Call Center from Fonality. Fonality’s call center system, which was chosen over more costly and less flexible solutions from Avaya, Cisco and 3Com, enabled SunPorch to revitalize its marketing programs. With PBXtra Call Center, SunPorch is able to track the success of individual advertisements to eliminate unnecessary ad spending and gather enhanced business intelligence to better define and measure new revenue-generating marketing campaigns.

TalkSwitch ships its 35,000th phone system. That’s more phone systems than any other company that has entered this segment since the launch of the company’s first product. With 35,000 units shipped in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and the UK, TalkSwitch leads the market, well ahead of later entrants like Digium, Allworx, Fonality and Microsoft.

InterAct911 has closed on a $28 million equity round of capital led by new investors Foundation Capital and Bay Partners, joining existing investor SilkRoad Equity. Plans for the current round of capital include a significant expansion of InterAct’s worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. Warren Weiss, general partner of Foundation Capital, and Eric Chin, general partner of Bay Partners, will join the company’s board of directors.