NextAlarm Monitoring Services announce an addition to its VoIPAlarm reseller program. With the new Premier Dealer Program, dealers are able to have the entire suite of VoIPAlarm services branded with their company name and logo including customer facing websites and smartphone applications.

VoIPAlarm was designed to help alarm dealers and monitoring centers solve the problems alarm systems experience when connected to VoIP telephone services. The majority of alarm systems installed in homes and businesses today are unable to reliably communicate over VoIP, as they were designed to work with the specific tolerances and DTMF ranges of older, non-digital 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 communications in installations that are no longer connected to phone lines at all, such as homes whose residents have switched to using cell phones. Unlike other broadband alarm products, VoIPAlarm is compatible with most alarm systems built in the last 20 years, and functions over any broadband Internet connection. As previously announced, many alarm systems connected to the Alarm Broadband Adapter can be remotely armed or disarmed through the smartphone apps or website.

Digium releases Asterisk 10. Asterisk is a communications platform that allows developers to create powerful business phone systems and unified communications solutions. Since its introduction 12 years ago, Asterisk has been used, free of charge, in nearly every country of the world to power telephone and other communications systems. It has been downloaded millions of times, including two million last year alone, establishing Asterisk as the most popular open source telephony engine.

The most important new feature in Asterisk 10 is its wide-band media engine. Digium has replaced Asterisk’s telephony-grade media engine with a more advanced one, providing support for studio-quality audio and a nearly unlimited number of codecs. By supporting high and ultra high-definition voice, Asterisk can now be used to power communications applications that would have otherwise required specialized or expensive equipment and service in order to convey nuances in speech or emotion. Digium has also updated Asterisk’s media support for Asterisk 10, with several new codecs, including Skype’s SILK codec, 32kHz Speex support and pass-through support for CELT.

Vonage announces the availability of a free downloadable app for iPhones that enables one-touch international dialing using the recently announced Extensions service. A free Extensions app for Android devices was launched in September. These new Vonage Extensions apps allow customers to extend Vonage's signature unlimited international calling plans to their smartphones using an easy-to-use app, providing even greater convenience.

The new apps let users dial international phone numbers directly through their existing contact list so there's no need for users to re-enter numbers or leave the app to make calls. The international calling apps are available for immediate download at the iTunes App Store and Android Marketplace.

Customers can register for up to two mobile Extensions through their online accounts at www.vonage.com.

360networks announces the addition of 48 rate centers in the Houston LATA with population coverage of 4.5 million, to its IP Origination footprint. With this expansion 360networks provides wholesale VoIP services in six of the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas, and 1606 rate centers covering a population base of over 80 million people across 17 states.

360networks offers a full suite of VoIP services to include IP Origination, IP Termination, and Toll Free, with a variety of pricing models and features to meet customers' unique requirements. 360networks VoIP services leverage the company's 18,500 route mile fiber optic backbone to reduce costs and minimize third party dependencies. 360networks launched its new VoIP customer portal, 360connect, in July and is currently in Beta trial for the 360connect Application Programming Interface. Customers can also bundle the company's VoIP services with its Ethernet, Private Line and IP Transit solutions for a single source provider option.

VoIP Innovations announces the launch of their enhanced E911 service to their Titanium III Platform. Service providers, carriers and resellers can now register both on-net and off-net DID's for E911 service through the Titanium III portal or through VoIP Innovations' API. This service is available for all 50 states in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

"We realized that a lot of VoIP carriers are inflexible by only offering e911 service for DID's residing on their network," stated Jason Tapolci, President for VoIP Innovations. "Our goal is to provide a ubiquitous and single source vendor portal for service providers. Unfortunately, E911 is one of those services that no one really wants to sell, but is a very necessary component of our industry."

Panasonic is showcasing an extensive range of IP telephony solutions at AstriCon in Panasonic booth #204 at the Westin Westminster in Denver, Colorado, October 25-27.

As an AstriCon 2011 Gold sponsor, Panasonic is demonstrating a broad range of SIP telephones including SIP Cordless Phone Systems and KX-UT series which are interoperable with Asterisk's open source PBX. Panasonic's SIP telephones work with the Asterisk platform which offers both classical PBX functionality and advanced UC features.

In its seventh year, AstriCon is the longest running conference devoted to the Digium Asterisk communications platform. AstriCon brings together open source enthusiasts, from coders and system integrators to service providers and enterprise IT professionals, who are looking for an in-depth understanding of Asterisk open source technology.

Fonality announces that Fonality trixbox Pro will now be offered through the Intel AppUp Small Business Service, which consists of a server, a catalog of prepackaged small business applications, and Intel-developed software to securely manage and track usage. SMBs access the Intel AppUp Small Business Service through service providers, paying a monthly fee only for software they use while maintaining control of their application and data onsite.

Fonality trixbox Pro is an open standard, software-based IP-PBX solution that can be delivered with most commercial servers and SIP phones. By leveraging a cloud-based, hybrid-hosted model for remote management capabilities, Fonality trixbox Pro simplifies the ability to add new features and users. Additionally, through Fonality trixbox Pro, users will have access to the award-winning Fonality HUD a dynamic, user-friendly Unified Communications dashboard that connects voice, email, secure chat and other important business applications into a single desktop interface to help ensure users reach the right person, with the right information, at the right time.

LG U+ has licensed SPIRIT's TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine Mobile to power HD-quality VoIP and video-calling on mobile devices.

South Korea has one of the world's most vibrant IP Communications markets in the world backed by strong support from the government. A dedicated area zone for VoIP telephone numbers was introduced several years ago, followed by a number portability options that made it possible for people to move to VoIP-calling without changing their phone number. A wide mobile VoIP adoption thanks to a great wireless broadband infrastructure, new smartphones from Korean handset OEM giants and high smartphone adoption rates were recently reported by the Korea Communications Commission. In just 18 months, the number of smartphone subscribers in South Korea has exploded more than ten-fold to top 10 million (or around a fifth of the population) stimulating local carriers to deploy their own mobile VVoIP services to retain their customers from migrating to Skype and Google mobile voice and video services.

VoIP Supply is happy to expand Polycom device offerings with the addition of the Polycom SoundStation Duo IP Conference Phone.

Whether your business is planning a migration to VoIP service or is already enjoying the benefits, the latest Polycom conference phoneworks in dual environments. The Polycom SoundStation Duo is a dual mode analog and VoIP conference phone offering support for both telephony platforms.

Need investment protection? The Polycom SoundStation Duo offers best-in-class ROI. Use the SoundStation Duo with traditional analog phone service or, switch it over to VoIP when you’re ready. And when you do switch to VoIP, this SoundStation conference phone is compatible with leading SIP-based PBX and softswitch platforms.

While overall adoption of SIP trunking has been a slow and steady movement forward in the last five years, the adoption rate has not met predictions. Issues around interoperability and limited standardization have restrained many service providers from gaining greater market penetration. Ongoing standardization efforts by major industry organizations such as the SIP Forum and SIP Connect are likely to eventually eliminate the need for multiple certifications on different platforms, which are time-consuming and costly. In the meantime, service providers are engaging in extensive interoperability testing with platform vendors, thus expanding their target customer audience.

Vyke announces the release of its successful market leading app on the Android platform now available to download from Android Market.

Vyke's app is a simple application designed to save customers money on international calls when they’re on the move, without compromising quality. Features include WiFi, 3G and Callthrough calling. Vyke customers can make low cost calls to anywhere in the world at a quality level comparable with fixed line phones. The fresh interface has a Quick Dial screen that lets customers set up their 12 most called contacts on speed dial.

TeleCommunication Systems announces that the company has signed a five-year contract extension with a Tier One U.S. wireless carrier to provide wireless E9-1-1 services through August 2016. TCS will continue supporting the carrier's emergency service needs to ensure that their wireless customers' distress calls are routed to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point together with the caller's precise location information.

As PSAPs continue to evolve and incorporate cutting-edge technology for displaying caller locations, it is critical that carriers have access to the necessary services and support to ensure effective wireless E9-1-1 services. This contract extension allows the carrier to continue to focus on high-value wireless services to its millions of subscribers while TCS maintains the required wireless E9-1-1 emergency services.

Mobile VoIP specialists are expected to favour alliances with social media, gaming and software partners over partnerships with mobile network operators in coming years, as social media becomes ever more mainstream, finds Juniper Research.

Juniper Research anticipates that the role of voice within the broader communications market will change, and it will become increasingly available as an extension to other applications. Companies such as Vivox are pioneering such services in the gaming industry, and Skype's acquisition by Microsoft and several Facebook alliances with VoIP providers will accelerate this trend, finds the report 'Mobile Voice & Video Calling: Strategic Opportunities & Business Models 2011-2016'.

VoX Communications is now allowing free usage of its mobile VoIP app for all Android mobile phones and Android tablets.

Pervasip's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Riss, noted, "We have updated our Android VoIP app so that any Android user can download it, make free calls and send free text messages to others who have our app. Earlier this month, we launched our Android app and required a fee of $4.95 to sign up for services and receive a telephone number. We had more than 1,000 downloads in the first week, and many people want to try the free calling before they use our service for inexpensive calls to landlines or other mobile phones. We have adjusted the product so that anyone who downloads the app can now try it without making a payment."

Voxbone announces the introduction of VoxTRUNK, in a move that helps enterprises increase efficiency, lower costs and simplify management of their inbound voice services. The new offering enables multinational companies to purchase global voice channels that can be used simultaneously to receive calls on both geographical and toll-free numbers.

Until today, customers had to buy separate channels for geographical and toll-free services. VoxTRUNK is the first global solution that enables a customer to purchase a single channel for both geographical and toll-free services, and it is available across Voxbone’s entire footprint, spanning more than 50 countries and 4,000 cities.