TeleBlend is offering one year of unlimited local and long distance calling for only $99. The release of the unlimited $99 Annual Plan is the first in the VoIP industry and now one of the most affordable phone services available nationwide. Customers who switch to TeleBlend will save hundreds of dollars per year compared to traditional phone service providers. The $99 Annual Plan is available for a limited time only and includes unlimited US calling, a free device, 15 free calling features including caller ID, voicemail and simultaneous ring with no cancellation fees.

Patton is now taking orders for the SmartNode 4400 IpChannelBank Multi-Port FXS Analog VoIP Gateway Router for Telco carriers, service providers and enterprises. The low-cost SN4400 reduces operating expenses for Telco carriers and telephony service providers by streamlining network operation, administration and maintenance -- while preserving the overall calling experience of analog phone users.

Truphone announces a significant upgrade to its Android application with the launch of Truphone for Android v2.0. With a native interface and a completely reworked end-to-end user experience, the new Truphone for Android application is faster, more responsive and easier to use, making it the best ever Android application from Truphone.

Truphone for Android delivers an all-in-one conversations hub that allows customers to take advantage of Truphone's low international call rates, in addition to the cost of a local call*. The application works by making a local GSM call to the Truphone gateway (if a customer has a bundled package of minutes, this call is often free), from where the call is then routed over the Truphone network.

TynTec announces a deal with low-cost international VoIP provider Callforeign to provide Internet-to-mobile SMS delivery. Callforeign, which provides users with VoIP services aimed at reducing the cost of international phone calls, will use TynTec to deliver SMS sent either from the web or from a specialized mobile application.

Global IP Solutions announces that its VP of Engineering Jan Linden Ph.D. has been selected to participate in the educational program at International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009, which takes place October 7-9 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Selected to speak in the “API's - Enabling the Future of Mobile Development,” session, which is part of the Mobile Applications Track, Linden will address the benefits of using APIs to rapidly develop mobile applications that achieve HD voice and video chat. The session will be held on Wednesday October 7 from 4:00pm-5:15pm in Room 29A. Linden will be joined by other executives in the wireless industry who will share their perspectives and experiences in the mobile marketplace. For more information on CTIA’s Educational Sessions, please visit: http://www.wirelessit.com/events/event_details.cfm?calID=892.

AT&T U-verse is using the most advanced technology to revolutionize what Atlanta area consumers can do with their home phones. AT&T announces the availability of AT&T U-verse Voice in parts of Atlanta and the surrounding counties, bringing consumers a next-generation digital voice service delivered over the AT&T U-verse Internet Protocol network.

Smoothstone and FusionStorm announce they have formed a strategic partnership that will enable FusionStorm to provide Smoothstone's voice services and on-demand applications to FusionStorm clients. This new strategic alliance will add Smoothstone's SIP Trunking capabilities to the spectrum of IT services and solutions FusionStorm currently offers to their clients. Now, FusionStorm clients can receive reliable, secure and cost-effective voice services that provide better flexibility in their infrastructure and increased scalability as their businesses grow. Additionally, these voice and network-based offerings are coupled with integrated applications that give clients a deeper level of visibility through real-time call reporting and greater redundancy through enhanced business continuity features and controls.

Junction Networks is broadening the range of its popular OnSIP hosted PBX service beyond voice, adding the unified communications features of instant messaging, presence, and phone status. All four components are presented to OnSIP end users through my.OnSIP, an IM-style interface available from a browser.

Through one window, my.OnSIP shows all users which contacts on their hosted PBX are "present," which are on the phone, and which are free to call with a click on their names. It lets users send calls only to those who can answer, avoiding voice mail and phone tag. And unlike consumer IM services that are often banned from the workplace as note-passing distractions, my.OnSIP's chat is limited to those on the hosted system, even though those coworkers and their extensions may be physically located at multiple sites on different continents or at temporary locations.

Global IP Telecommunications is pleased to announce the release of "Ninja Pro," the newest version of their "Ninja" VoIP telephone line. The "Ninja Pro" brings all of the features of the "Ninja" phone, with all of its office functionality and makes it available as a Microsoft Outlook Add-In.

Additionally the "Ninja Pro" brings this MS Outlook integration to compatible SIP Desktop phones including: Snom 300,320,360,370, as well as Aastra 6757i(57i). Such VoIP desktop phones can all be comfortably controlled through "Ninja Pro."

As the H1N1 flu virus continues to surface in cities and towns across the United States, officials are encouraging businesses to examine their operations and construct a strategy for maintaining business continuity in the face of a potentially absent workforce. Bolstering telecommunications infrastructure with a hosted IP telephony solution like the 8x8 Virtual Office business phone service is one way a company can maintain its day to day operations even when employees are forced to remain home due to office closings or school shutdowns.

Skype announces the beta version of Skype for SIP has been certified as interoperable with the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business. This will enable small and medium-sized businesses who manage their networking and communications needs with this affordable UC solution to communicate more efficiently by directing their outbound calls to mobiles and landlines via Skype, while also allowing them to receive inbound calls from Skype users.

Kineto Wireless announces mobile VoIP application specifically developed for mobile operators, enabling them to leverage their existing voice network infrastructure to offer a customizable and competitive mobile VoIP service.

Kineto’s Mobile VoIP Application supports a range of standard mobile telephony capabilities and is designed to run on major mobile operating systems, including iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile. The application can be branded by mobile operators and distributed to their subscribers through ‘application stores.’

Digium and Incendonet announce that companies using Asterisk for their IP-PBX communications needs can now add speech recognition-based solutions in a plug and play manner to improve customer service, reduce operating costs and increase mobile worker productivity with Incendonet’s SpeechBridge.

snom has licensed SPIRIT’s TeamSpirit Voice Engine Embedded to ensure HD Audio (snom klarVOICE) in its advanced touch screen desktop IP-phone snom 870, successfully launched this July in the USA, and in subsequent products. Brand new snom 870 was designed for information-rich business activities and targeted at enterprise, as well as small and mid-sized businesses markets. ARM-based snom 870 is a fourth generation SIP phone with modern elegant design and extended multimedia capabilities. This “smart” end-user terminal features a number of carrier-supported business-crucial IP-services and applications, like HD Audio quality IP-telephony, Unified Communications and Customer Relationship Management.

VocalTec announces that over 100 telecom service providers and partners have deployed VocalTec’s Essentra VoIP solutions on IBM System X server platforms. Customers are seeking new and innovative ways of deploying Next-Generation Networks that are based on open, IP-based standards. By tapping into the economies of scale afforded by commercial, off the shelf IT technologies, customers are able to dramatically lower their costs while delivering new telecom VoIP integrated services on Class-4 and Class-5 softswitches.