JAJAH releases the first true calling solution for Facebook, allowing anyone to call online friends anywhere in the world in just one click. The calls are free from JAJAH, and the person receiving the call only needs to be your friend on Facebook.

Facebook Call is the first true calling solution for Facebook. There is no need to reveal your phone number, no need for the other person to sign up or download anything -- the call is connected directly into Facebook. Until now, most online calling services required both parties to download an app or a client. Now they just need to be one of Facebook's 500 million members.

This is the second major social networking calling breakthrough from JAJAH, following the release of JAJAH@call which allowed Twitter users to make free, secure calls to their followers with just a tweet.

VoX Communications has partnered with Group9 Communications to offer its partners the most innovative video phone offering on the market today with the Ojo Vision video phone.

Pervasip's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "We are very pleased to be working with Group9 Communications, who bring a proven sales force to the table to offer the Ojo Vision to its existing partners. Group9's partners include several large and highly reputable companies seeking the next stage in corporate communication delivered by the Ojo Vision. Group9 already has clients using the Ojo Vision and some of these clients are now in the process of changing to VoX for their VoIP service provider. We are very excited to see that the first Group9 client is a 2 billion dollar consumer products company that plans to expand its Ojo Vision users from several dozens lines to several hundred video VoIP lines. We are very encouraged with the Group9 partners that have found this product to be necessary for their business and we look forward to supporting Group9 as they roll out what we feel is a first class business-to-business video product."

netTALK.COM announces that the company’s flagship product, the netTALK DUO VoIP device and digital phone service, is now available for sale at www.NewEgg.com.

The netTALK DUO is a revolutionary VoIP device and digital phone service that enables free nationwide calls to any landline or mobile phone in the U.S. and Canada from anywhere in the world, as well as rock-bottom international rates and a slew of other features, detailed at www.nettalk.com. No computer is necessary to use the netTALK DUO, as it simply plugs directly into a router or modem (or computer). The netTALK DUO has a suggested retail price of $69.95, including the entire first year of phone service and only $29.95 each year after (no monthly fees or long-term contracts).

VoxOx has been named to PC Magazine’s “Best Free Software of 2011” list for the second consecutive year. This year’s list highlights the top free downloadable software applications in 35 categories. VoxOx is featured as one of five free services in the “VoIP and conferencing” category, which also includes Skype.

PC Magazine features editor Eric Griffith writes: “Every type of communication you can imagine is part of the VoxOx unified hub: phone, e-mail text chat, SMS texting, social networking, you name it—even, dare we say it, faxing. It also translates for you on the fly and takes messages. The product of a phone company, VoxOx provides you with a free phone number to use for incoming calls.”

LiveVox was awarded the Technovation Award from the American Teleservices Association for its Secure VoIP Predictive Dialer. The ATA is a non-profit trade organization serving companies that use contact centers as an integral channel of their operations.

Recipients of the Technovation award must demonstrate significant innovation and cultivate a focus on new product development for the contact center industry. LiveVox delivers integrated predictive dialer, ACD, IVR and call recording applications solely from the cloud.

Level 3 and Global Crossing announce they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Level 3 will acquire Global Crossing in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. The combined company will operate a unique global services platform anchored by fiber optic networks on three continents, connected by extensive undersea facilities. The combined network will serve a worldwide customer set with owned network in more than 50 countries and connections to more than 70 countries. This transaction will create a company with pro forma combined 2010 revenues of $6.26 billion and pro forma combined 2010 Adjusted EBITDA of $1.27 billion before synergies and $1.57 billion after expected synergies.

snom and Telchemy announce that, after a battery of tests, snom’s full portfolio of IP phones and endpoints has been approved as interoperable with Telchemy’s award-winning DVQattest and SQmediator performance management products.

The combination of Telchemy’s DVQattest and SQmediator applications and snom’s IP desktop phones provides network managers, enterprises and end users with a full suite of pre-deployment and in-call performance management tools for business VoIP networks, allowing for faster and more efficient deployments and troubleshooting.

Voip-Pal.Com announces the availability for North America Android users of its PointsPhone Platinum™ Suite package which bundles an Antivirus Program. The Antivirus Program has been designed specifically to guard smartphones against spyware, malware and viruses.

The PointsPhone Platinum™ Suite is now available in North America only for all Google Android smartphones, including the new high-performing Motorola ATRIX™ and Samsung's Galaxy 4G™. The Platinum Suite will include a one year subscription to a state-of-art antivirus program, substantial domestic and international airtime minutes, enhanced Voice Mail features and a free North America phone number. The antivirus program is truly comprehensive, providing automatic real-time protection against viruses, spyware and other malware. Memory cards are automatically scanned when they are inserted to prevent transfer of malware and viruses. A GPS locating system is available to track down lost or stolen smartphones. A Remote Backup feature is available to backup all data stored on the smartphone in case the smartphone is lost or stolen.

WatchGuard Technologies will provide next-generation firewall appliances for businesses using Mitel unified communications solutions. By doing so, businesses gain superior VoIP protection for their award-winning Mitel UC solutions, as well as their corporate networks, applications and data.

All WatchGuard XTM security appliances provide unparalleled VoIP protection, which is critical in securing business UC environments. Specifically by having SIP and H.323 proxy protection, WatchGuard XTM appliances protect against a multitude of VoIP threats, including denial of service attacks, spam over Internet telephony (SPIT), voice service theft, registration hijacking, eavesdropping, directory harvesting, voice phishing (vishing) and more.

netTALK.COM has obtained additional funding up to $2,500,000 in borrowings pursuant to a promissory note agreement.

"The new funding will be used to further grow the company, focusing on sales and marketing, expansion of the DUO telecommunications network, and supporting services and products."

"We are most appreciative of the continuing confidence placed in us by our core investor, who continues to support the implementation of our business," said Anastasios "Takis" Kyriakides, Chairman of netTALK. "The new funding will be used to further grow the company, focusing on sales and marketing, expansion of the DUO telecommunications network, and supporting services and products."

NextAlarm announces a complete overhaul of its VoIPAlarm platform. VoIPAlarm, in operation for several years, is a product that upgrades most alarm systems to send signals over broadband Internet, even if they were built to use only standard telephone lines. The enhancements to the platform are designed to enhance usability and streamline operation, and will speed up installations for alarm dealers using the product.

VoIPAlarm was designed as a solution for alarm dealers and monitoring services losing customers due to the advent of Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP, telephone services. The majority of alarm systems installed in homes and businesses today are unable to communicate over VoIP, as they were designed with the specific tolerances and DTMF ranges of standard PSTN phone lines. VoIPAlarm allows these alarm systems to communicate over broadband with the addition of a single, inexpensive adapter, called the alarm broadband adapter. The adapter also works to re-enable alarm signaling in locations that have disconnected their phone lines entirely, such as homes whose residents have switched to using cell phones.

Sipera Systems announces a partnership to better secure enterprise UC. Future Com has joined Sipera's Reseller Program as a Gold Tier Reseller, and is working with a major aviation industry customer, updating its security infrastructure to include UC, using best practice recommendations from Sipera and Future Com.

Sipera's UC-Sec appliances proactively address security risks associated with UC applications such as VoIP, instant messaging, IP video and collaboration tools, enabling government agencies and enterprise customers to adopt UC applications and apply comprehensive security. Sipera's groundbreaking "Borderless UC" architecture enables all communications to be encrypted and compliant on any UC device, at any internal and external location.

4PSA announce that TMC has presented VoipNow Professional with its 2010 Unified Communications magazine Product of the Year Award.

"We are proud to receive this award and consider it to be an important recognition of 4PSA's efforts in bringing feature-rich, innovative products and solutions to market. We are constantly improving our VoipNow Unified Communications platform to deliver even more value to companies of all sizes, with various needs and expectations," said Mike Ross, 4PSA's President.

This award comes shortly after the release of VoipNow Cloud Instance, a flexible turn-key offering that combines VoipNow Professional and high-performance Cloud infrastructure. This complete solution, which is deployed almost instantly, takes scalability to a whole new level by allowing service providers to add as many resources as required at any given time, while paying solely for the resources they use.

CounterPath announces a new release of its Bria multimedia softphone will be available later this month. The Bria 3.2 update for Mac and Windows adds support for multiple Instant Message and Presence accounts and the introduction of a Ribbon for Microsoft Outlook 2010, among other features.

Bria is a highly secure, standards-based, multi-platform softphone that enables voice and high-definition video calls, making it ideal for enterprises, government agencies and other organizations that want to replace their desk phones or add unified communications functionality to their existing IP phone platform.

Bria integrates seamlessly with a wide variety of enterprise and carrier infrastructure equipment from major vendors, including Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, BroadSoft, Cisco Systems, Genband, Metaswitch Networks, NEC and Nokia Siemens Networks, enabling fast, cost-effective implementations. Bria also supports Asterisk-based telephony systems.

Service providers FiOS and AT&T U-verse were top recommendations for bundled telecom services, based on a survey of 70,000 Consumer Reports readers.

The next best choice for many households for bundled services is a highly rated cable company including Cox, Cablevision, or Bright House Networks if they are in your area. If television service is a priority and Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse aren't available in your area, satellite providers DirecTV or Dish Network received above average survey scores. Their TV service is offered in hybrid bundles with DSL and phone service from some telephone providers

The issue also features tips on how to cut your telecom bills. The full story appears in the May issue of Consumer Reports, which goes on sale April 5th. The reports are also available to subscribers of www.ConsumerReports.org.