TalkSwitch announces that Business Solutions Magazine has awarded the TalkSwitch 244vs IP PBX phone system and the TS-350i IP phone with a 2010 Best Channel Products Award.

Business Solutions Magazine teamed up with Penn State University to run a comprehensive survey of its reseller subscribers about the products they sell. In the Business VoIP category, the TalkSwitch 244vs IP PBX phone system and the TS-350i IP phone received the award based on richness of features, product reliability, ease of integration, ease of upgrade and VAR's ability to service. The survey garnered 16,656 votes from 1,416 unique reseller subscribers. The 1,416 resellers represent an estimated $9.2 billion in annual sales, an average of $6.5 million per participating VAR.

911 ETC announces that CrisisConnect is certified Compliant with the Avaya Aura Communication Manager from Avaya. 911 ETC's Crisis Connect helps businesses implement and maintain E911 for both VoIP and multi-line telephone systems, which ensures accurate location information for outgoing 911 calls. "As a DevConnect member since 2005, the ability to develop and test our hosted platform in a cost-effective and efficient manner using Avaya Aura Communication Manager has been beneficial for our business model," said Larry Scott, president of 911 ETC, in a statement. "In doing so, we've been able to develop our product with the ability to integrate with the latest in telecommunications technology. It has given our customers peace of mind knowing that we work closely with Avaya engineers to ensure a perfect fit."

Sirius Telecom is now offering new prepaid services on the DIGITALK Multiservice Platform. The DIGITALK Application Server will be added to Sirius’s network to support a range of hosted services backed by DIGITALK’s industry-leading prepaid functionality. With the Multiservice Platform, Sirius has gained a complete operations and business support capability that has enabled them to launch new services rapidly and cost-effectively.

Like many multinational companies, Siemens Enterprise Communications needed to streamline its communications network management while setting the stage for advanced services. The company turned to Verizon Business for an integrated communications and networking solution that will enable it to operate more efficiently and cost-effectively as it transitions to a unified communications environment.

Verizon's solution for upgrading Siemens Enterprise Communications' European communications infrastructure integrates voice over IP with centralized, multicountry and multisite IP Trunking to link the company's Munich headquarters with operations across 10 European countries. Additionally, Verizon IP Trunking's Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks feature enables Siemens to essentially scale VoIP network capacity on demand to support its business needs.

FreedomVoice announces to customers and partners that rumor of a bankruptcy stems from confusion with another telecom company of a similar name. In early August, a company by the name of Freedom Communications USA filed for bankruptcy in Tennessee. The likeness of this company’s name has led many in the industry to incorrectly attribute this event to FreedomVoice, prompting concerned phone calls and emails. Officers at FreedomVoice say nothing could be further from the truth.

“We’re headed in exactly the opposite direction,” says Eric Thomas, President and CEO of FreedomVoice. “Over the past couple of years, we’ve experienced tremendous growth with our flagship product, the FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX. As our technology continues to attract and impress SMBs, we find ourselves in a great position with a well-received product in hand.”

VoIP Innovations will be introducing origination in Puerto Rico and Hawaii this week, giving customers the ability to receive calls, purchase DIDs, and port telephone numbers in two new areas.

VoIP Innovations now offers an origination footprint covering virtually all of the United States and Canada, cementing their position as the top domestic VoIP wholesaler in North America.

RADCOM announces a major VoIP operator in North America has purchased RADCOM's NGN Service Assurance solution. This VoIP operator supplies high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks. With a few million subscribers, providing Quality of Service, real time customer experience and troubleshooting subscriber experience are of essential importance to such an operator, in order to satisfy and retain its customers.

XO Communications has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the leading VoIP and SIP trunking services provider and capturing the largest market share among service providers by delivering superior customer satisfaction and value.

Frost & Sullivan has conferred on XO Communications the 2010 North American Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the VoIP access and SIP trunking services market. In addition, Frost & Sullivan recently published a report naming XO Communications as the leading VoIP Access and SIP trunking provider in terms of enterprise VoIP end users.

Speakeasy has extended its free phone offer through the end of August, due to a record increase in leads and new customers. The free phone promotion, which was introduced to eliminate one of the last barriers to VoIP adoption, has spurred a more than 40 percent year-over-year increase in new customers.

One new customer, the Rofo Group, was able to deploy a customized business phone solution with no startup costs, thanks to Speakeasy's free phone promotion. The Rofo Group, which operates a specialized search engine geared toward helping companies find office space, was in the process of trying out another VoIP provider when they found themselves disappointed by the poor call quality. Speakeasy's free phone promotion, along with their guaranteed quality of service inspired The Rofo Group to make the switch. In order to switch to Speakeasy before their trial period with their current VoIP provider was up, Speakeasy needed to move quickly. Speakeasy coordinated an accelerated voice installation in just two weeks.

Skype has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated will be the joint global coordinators as well as joint book-running managers for the offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. will also be acting as joint book-running managers. Lazard Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets Corporation and UBS Securities LLC will be acting as joint lead co-managers; Allen & Company LLC and Evercore Group LLC will be acting as co-managers for the offering.

VoX Communications has a downloadable mobile VoIP app on the Ovi Store by Nokia for the Nokia N900. Nokia N900 users can download the VoIP app from VoX Communications or by going to store.ovi.com from their Nokia N900.

Nokia N900 users will be able to download the VoX mobile VoIP plan with a simple signup process that will deliver the install software package straight to the Nokia N900. Nokia N900 owners worldwide can use the app to make calls to the United States for $.02 per minute, or less, if an unlimited plan is purchased.

VoiceServe announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, VoipSwitch now offers a Vippie softphone dialer for Apple iPhones, iPods and iPads. VoipSwitch’s softphone even enables iPad owners to use the tablet computer as a cell phone. The Vippie dialer requires access to the Internet and an account with VoipSwitch’s Call-to-PBX. Users are able to make and receive calls, use voicemail, dial from contact lists, record calls and more using the Vippie dialer.

Vonage introduced the Vonage Mobile application for Facebook. This new service allows users to make free mobile calls to all of their Facebook friends who have the app, anywhere in the world, directly from their friends list, with a single touch.

The downloadable application is free to get and free to use. The new service enhances the ability to connect with Facebook friends through the addition of voice calling. It is available for iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices. And the service works over Wi-Fi and 3G /4G networks in most countries.

The new service is easy to use. The app works with a user's existing community of Facebook friends, so there's no need to remember screen names or to input numbers. The application eliminates dialing - users can just click on a friend and start talking. When placing a call, the friend's profile picture and status update display on the screen.

3CX and Yealink announce successful interoperability testing between 3CX Phone System and Yealink IP Phones.

3CX Phone System for Windows is based on the SIP standard and supports most popular SIP phones, VoIP Gateways, VoIP service providers and PSTN phone lines. It offers a scalable and easy to install alternative to proprietary PABX telephony solutions; whilst giving businesses access to a full set of advanced telephony features that allow them to reduce telecommunications costs by enhancing staff’s mobility and productivity.

Ooma announces three new international calling plans that further extend the cost savings and convenience of calling friends and family around the world. With these plans Ooma customers can now call 70 countries for less than a penny per minute and call other countries at reduced “bulk discount” rates. With the introduction of these new plans and the recently announced Ooma Mobile Application, Ooma offers the most affordable and functional international calling experience.