Phone Power has acquired VOIP.com, a Voice Over IP service provider headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Phone Power has built a solid reputation in providing cutting-edge communications solutions to both residential and business customers. This is the third acquisition for Phone Power in the last twelve months. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition grows the Phone Power customer base over 25%.

Vocalocity has launched Company Call Recording Service, a new feature available for all VoIP customers. The new service comes after Vocalocity’s slew of product launches in the past few months, part of an ongoing commitment to provide customers with new features to support their continuing small business communications needs.

The new service can be used for both training employees and compliance purposes. The service is simple to use. The account administrator sets up basic rules that define what to record. Once the rules are set, recordings happen automatically – there are no “buttons” to push.

Patton announces a three-way alliance with FaxBack and 3CX that delivers complete, fully-tested and certified-interoperable communications solutions for the new generation of IP-centric enterprise networks.

The alliance offers a set of joint solutions featuring Patton’s SmartNode VoIP gateway routers and 3CX’s software-based IP-PBX interoperating with FaxBack’s NET SatisFAXtion T.38 VoIP fax software or free Microsoft-certified fax-server plug-in for MS-Windows.

The three companies unveiled their joint solutions at ITEXPO in Los Angeles during 4-6 October.

Samsung Business Communication Systems and Broadvox announce the interoperability certification of their communications solutions. The certification confirms the seamless performance of Samsung OfficeServ 7000 Series telecommunications platforms with Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking services.

By utilizing Samsung’s affordable, advanced OfficeServ 7000 Series platforms with SIP-enabled Samsung VoIP phones, SMBs can gain operational flexibility while increasing mobility. The addition of cost-saving Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking services allows businesses to also reduce their phone bills. Savings with SIP-enabled systems can range from 25–60 percent off an end-user’s current phone bill.

Adaptive Digital has made available to Apple iPhone application developers its toll-quality voice engine software with the introduction of iPVoice VoIP Engine. Well established in the telecom and VoIP communities with a reputation for providing high quality digital signal processor software, Adaptive Digital first broke into the Mobile market with the successful launch of anVoip a voice engine product enabling VoIP for Android development. With a solid understanding of a processors capability and limitations, and a comprehensive library of optimized algorithms Adaptive Digital was able to offer the mobile market a VoIP solution that did not excessively burden the mobile device processor. Adaptive Digital has now applied that same expertise to Apple’s iPhone and developed a VoIP voice engine that will bring true toll-quality to iPhone voice applications.

The ninth IP Man adventure video from Broadvox was launched yesterday for the opening of the IT EXPO. It also coincides with the launch of the new Broadvox website at www.broadvox.com.

Echo, who continues to be the enemy of IP communications, has downloaded a virus into the IP PBX which will steal the IP addresses of all members of the IETF. Her Resonance Virus will turn their SIP phones into fragmentation bombs. Check out the video to see how this story ends.

View “IP Man and Metoo Stop the Resonance Virus, with the Help of Ingate’s SIParator,” at www.ipmanadventures.com.

Vopium to offer a VoIP application for Nokia’s new operating system Symbian ^3 and thereby Nokia’s new flagship phone N8. All N8 owners can now make free calls over Wi-Fi and mobile data networks and be sure of Vopium automatically finding the lowest call rate when calling. International calls are made using Vopium, while calls to local mobile phones are cheapest using local mobile providers. Vopium also offers an instant messaging feature, allowing users to chat on Facebook and Messenger on their Nokia N8. Vopium is currently offering 15 minutes of free worldwide calls.

Skype announces the release of Skype for Android, a client for mobile handsets, built for smartphones running Android OS version 2.1 or above. With this latest release, the majority of smart phone users globally will now be able to experience the benefits of Skype on the move using either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). Skype for Android is downloadable for free from the Android Market or consumers can visit www.skype.com/m to find out more details about how to get the application.

Ooma announces that HD Voice is available on its award-winning Ooma Telo system. This marks the first time consumers can enjoy telephone calls in HD, further enriching the calling experience for those wanting a superior home telephony experience.

Ooma raised the bar on voice quality with the introduction of Ooma PureVoice technology in April, delivering excellent voice quality over substandard or overloaded Internet connections. Now, with the addition of Ooma HD Voice, Ooma Telo users can experience phone calls with twice the fidelity of a standard phone line when calling another Ooma Telo user. Beginning today, the HD Voice update will automatically roll out to all customers with an Ooma Telo.

911 Enable will present a webinar series entitled "E911 Solutions for VoIP and UC Deployments," during the months of October and November. This webinar series will provide a complete view of E911 for IP telephony, including how to meet state and local E911 legislation, manage IP phone locations, and ensure proper routing of emergency calls to Public Safety Answering Points.

The first webinar in the series, "E911 for IP Telephony: What You Should Know," will cover the fundamentals of E911 and IP telephony. This introductory-level presentation is designed for IP telephony administrators, resellers, integrators, and consultants beginning to investigate E911 solutions.

XO Communications has surpassed one million VoIP customer employee end users, reaching a major milestone in the business VoIP services market.

Through its award-winning business VoIP services portfolio and industry-leading VoIP services bundle, XO IP Flex, XO Communications has solidified its position as the leading provider of VoIP services for businesses.

The result of the MegaPath-Speakeasy-Covad merger and one of the nation’s largest end-to-end communications networks, announced its limited-time free Cisco SPA 303-3 IP phone promotion. New business customers who purchase unlimited or global Hosted Voice calling plans and have a minimum of five lines will receive IP phones featuring a high-resolution graphic display for each employee. This program is part of the second phase of MegaPath’s post-merger integration, offering common products, pricing and promotions across all three company websites.

Forecasts from ABI Research1 show that the VoIP market is set to double in size in the next five years, exceeding $20 billion by the year 2015. By offering free phones, MegaPath is removing the last barrier to VoIP adoption – upfront costs. Speakeasy successfully implemented a similar promotional program earlier this year, which resulted in an increase in new customer inquiries by more than 40 percent.

8x8 announces the release of "8x8 Virtual Office Pro 2.0," an upgraded edition of its award-winning hosted unified communications offering with improvements designed to further enhance the productivity and mobility advantages of this powerful web-based solution.

Originally introduced in January 2010, 8x8 Virtual Office Pro delivers a complete suite of web-based communications and collaboration services - such as phone, fax, web conferencing, call recording, chat, mobile application and more - via a single online dashboard, enabling access to these tools remotely from any location using just a PC and web browser. In addition, 8x8 Virtual Office Pro reduces a business' communications costs by combining the services (including unlimited local and long distance VoIP calling) in a bundled offering priced at under $50 per user, significantly less than the cost of acquiring the same services separately from individual providers.

Ingate announces that Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System solutions for SIP are now bundled as a free software module on Ingate Firewall and Ingate SIParator products. Firewalls and SIParators already in use can be upgraded for free.

With IP attacks to steal VoIP service a genuine threat, weak passwords still providing an opportunity for malicious activity and the potential for overloading VoIP systems a possibility, IDS/IPS has become a crucial security measure for enterprise deployments of SIP. Ingate is giving its SIP IDS/IPS module to all users of Ingate Firewalls and SIParators to protect against attacks targeting SIP devices, such as IP-PBXs. IDS/IPS works in tandem with Ingate's existing security technologies, further strengthening security for VoIP, SIP trunking, Unified Communications and other SIP applications.

TalkSwitch has appointed Gentek as an official distributor for Canada. Gentek is a leading North American distributor of Broadband, Network Security and VoIP products and solutions. Gentek has added TalkSwitch IP PBX phone systems to their impressive line of vendors, offering VARs and resellers the best choices for their Canadian SMB customers.

TalkSwitch IP PBX phone systems come loaded with the features small businesses need to sound professional, save money and stay connected anywhere. The features include built-in voicemail, voicemail to e-mail, auto attendants, music on hold, mobile phone integration, remote management and support for analog and IP handsets. Capacity is up to 64 users per location, and TalkSwitch hybrid IP PBX phone systems work with the traditional telephone network and VoIP. Systems start at CDN$745.