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During tough economic times, the desire to buy at the lowest possible price creates pressure to sell at the lowest possible price; but low prices can actually hurt the buyer.

"Phone Systems & Phones for Small Business & Home" by Michael N. Marcus.

According to Michael N. Marcus, author of "Phone Systems & Phones for Small Business & Home," the lowest price is probably not the best deal.

"Because of intense competition and pressure to minimize the price on a proposal or bid," Marcus said, "salespeople are often afraid to suggest a phone system that might cost even $20 more than a competitor's system. Unfortunately, salespeople may try to sell systems that are too small, or they leave out important items. Some 'options' should really be considered necessities."

BoldCall partners with JAJAH to provide BoldCall's online retail customers with an enhanced online customer service interface, enabling visitors to their website to call a live customer service operator at the touch of a button. The phone call, which routes over the JAJAH IP network, is free to shoppers, and because it is VoIP, is very low cost to the retailer.

FreedomVOICE launched the newly redesigned www.freedomiq.com. The brand new website will provide business owners with a valuable asset to learn about the FreedomIQ hosted VoIP PBX product and the rapidly growing business VoIP industry.

snom integrated its SIP-based phone portfolio with the leading IP PBX system developer AYC Telecom. After rigorous testing and evaluation, snom's 3xx series VoIP phones received full certification by AYC Telecom as interoperable and deployable with its IP PBX IPcts System. With the partnership, snom VoIP telephones will be the handset offered by AYC Telecom with its IP PBX IPcts System in the United States market.

Technology Alignment announces the re-release of it’s CiaoTalk VoIP and SIP Trunking offerings. The new services are a change from the metered only plans offered on CiaoTalk previously. CiaoTalk is an affordable and feature-rich VoIP product that Technology Alignment partners can offer customers for as little as $9.95 per month. Technology Alignment Partners include Telephony System Installers and Computer Retail and Repair Centers in the United States and Canada.

VoSKY announces that its VoSKY Exchange VIT1/E1 and VISIP-EX PBX-to-Skype Gateways are compliant with the Communication Manager solutions from Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services.

VMB has selected VocalTec’s solutions for its VoIP network roll out. Performed in partnership with SATEL, a leading system integrator in Russia, the deployment is focused around the migration of VMB’s infrastructure into an advanced packet-based Class 4 and Class 5 network.

JAJAH announces advanced solutions for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian. The new services, which enable VoIP calls to be made either via WiFi or over the cellular network, are offered as white label solution to enable carriers and non-carriers to launch the service under their own brand.

The new services follow JAJAH's recent release of a solution that transforms the iPod touch into a fully functioning mobile phone. The company now has tailored solutions for more than 500 million mobile phones, smartphones and other mobile devices worldwide.

JAJAH has pioneered the concept of making high quality, low cost phone calls from any device since it first launched in 2006, including world-first applications for the iPhone and PlayStation portable. It has since opened its back-end platform to allow other companies to launch these services under their own brands.

Digicel launches the Coral-200-Solar a low-cost solar-powered mobile phone. The Coral-200-Solar, manufactured by ZTE, uses proprietary technology from Dutch-based innovator Intivation. Digicel has been providing its customers with low-cost or free portable solar chargers in many markets. The concept of linking charger devices and a phone at the point of sales has been a proven success. Now, with the launch of the Coral-200-Solar with an integrated solar charger built into the phone, Digicel takes the initiative to an even higher level.

The struggling economy will slow the growth of VoIP, but deployments remain wide-ranging at mitigated levels, reports In-Stat. Slightly more than one in three US businesses that have deployed VoIP use it exclusively. Many more businesses use VoIP as a partial voice solution. US businesses are also beginning to embrace voice-enabled IM capabilities, particularly among younger workers.

Truphone plans to launch, later this year, Truphone Local Anywhere: a single-SIM, multi-country mobile service that will make any mobile call within the set of supported countries into a local call. The introduction of Truphone’s multi-country, single-SIM service will change the current experience of people with an international lifestyle. Their mobile experience is currently characterized by frustration, brought on by constantly having to juggle multiple SIM cards and mobile phones in order to minimize their mobile costs.

NoiseFree's new NoiseFree Pro for VoIP is now available for FREE user download. NoiseFree Pro is a new and improved version of NoiseFree VoIP which was introduced in 2007 and stimulated thousands of visits to the NoiseFree website. NoiseFree Pro provides VoIP users and mobile professionals with a unique and patent pending 'software only' solution that effectively cancels distracting and call disabling background noise regardless of the environment.

Skype and Nokia announce a partnership that will bring the world’s leading Internet communications experience to the Nokia range of mobile computers. Under the terms of the cooperation, Skype will be integrated into Nokia devices, starting with the Nokia Nseries. The Nokia N97 flagship device will be the first to incorporate the Skype experience in the 3rd quarter of 2009.

The Skype experience will be part of the address book of the Nokia N97, enabling presence – seeing when Skype contacts are online – as well as instant messaging. Nokia N97 owners around the world will also be able to use 3G and WLAN to easily make and receive free Skype-to-Skype voice calls, in addition to low-cost Skype calls to landlines and mobile devices.

Truphone integrates AIM into its Apple iPhone and iPod touch applications. Now customers on both devices can use Truphone to also instant message their AIM friends via their AIM identity. Truphone has already integrated Google Talk, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger into its applications for these devices, blending voice and IM across multiple platforms, and reaching over 800 million addressable accounts for free.