Daily VoIP News Digest
Monday 15th of March 2010
February 26, 2010

xG talks to FCC & Congress about spectrum improvement options

by Jan Harris
VoIP 1 Last week, representatives from xG® Technology presented well-received suggestions to the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet on improving spectrum usage. Both the FCC and Congress have expressed concern lately about spectrum availability. The xMax® mobile VoIP network developed by xG has the ability to significantly increase both usage and ...



Cloud Net Appoints New Sales and Marketing Director

by Jan Harris
VoIP 2 UK VoIP provider Cloud Net today announced the appointment of Tom McKinney who will work within Cloud Net to develop the company’s sales initiative – Cloud Net Direct - which is concentrating on the development of a targeted sales force whilst playing a strategic role in the overall brand development and marketing. He is focused on delivering the ambitious growth ...



February 25, 2010

Timico to participate in Convergence Summit Hosted Telephony Shoot Out

by Jan Harris
VoIP 2 Timico is delighted to announce its attendance at the Convergence Summit North Hosted Telephony Shoot Out at Manchester Central Convention Complex on 17 March, underlining Timico’s confidence in the business strength hosted VoIP solution it delivers to customers. This will be the second consecutive year Timico will be taking part in the shoot-out, which will involve three hosted telephony suppliers challenging ...



Shoretel partners with BSTechnologies in Abu Dhabi

by Jan Harris
VoIP 4 ShoreTelÒ, Inc. today announced it has signed a reseller agreement with BSTechnologies, an Abu Dhabi-based company that develops innovative solutions in the mobile and telematics sector using cutting-edge mobile and nanotechnologies. Under the agreement, BSTechnologies will offer the ShoreTel UC system and ShoreTel Contact Centre solutions with a special focus on the hospitality, enterprise, government and small to midsize business ...



February 23, 2010

snom releases list of gold and platinum distributors

by Jan Harris
VoIP 3 snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, has released its annual list of selected distributors. A number of international firms, including two from the UK, have been awarded gold and platinum status by the German company. Five firms were awarded platinum status, including Novus, LLC, and Enabled Networks Limited. Sixteen firms, including UK companies ProVu Communications Limited ...



February 18, 2010

LG embeds Argela’s VoIP solution in handset

by Jan Harris
VoIP 4 LG and Argela announced that Argela’s VoIP solution that was launched by Turk Telekom as WIROFON is embedded in LG GM735 device for a Turk Telekom campaign. The campaign became a huge success with over 20,000 device sales in only 2 weeks. WIROFON is a wireless service that enables Turk Telekom customers to make calls from their dual-mode handsets with the ...



Polycom chooses VCOMM as EMEA VoIP Distributor of the Year

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 VCOMM, the specialist VoIP distributor, today announced it was named EMEA VoIP distributor Partner of the Year by Polycom, Inc., the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communications solutions. The award was given in conjunction with the 2010 TEAM Polycom, the company’s annual partner conference, and recognizes VCOMM for its outstanding sales performance and excellence in meeting customer solution, ...



February 17, 2010

Vopium offers white label Mobile VoIP and Messaging Service

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 Mobile World Congress - Vopium, the Danish based mobile communications company, has today announced that its Global Mobile VoIP and Messaging Service is now available to partners as a white label solution. Vopium expects to announce the first white label partner shortly. Vopium provides users with seamless, easy & instant high-quality international mobile communication from any mobile handset or web-browser. Having ...



February 16, 2010

Vopium offers new features

by Jan Harris
VoIP 5 Vopium, the Danish based mobile communications company, has today announced a range of new features to its award winning Mobile Application. Now it's possible to make FREE calls to Skype, Gtalk and Vopium users when they are online. Besides chatting with friends on Skype, MSN, Yahoo! Google Talk, AIM, and ICQ, one can also follow them on Twitter. The new iPhone ...



February 15, 2010

Nortel and Edgewater Networks enhance carrier VoIP solutions

by Jan Harris
VoIP 3 Strengthening its efforts to help service providers increase revenue potential and subscriber growth by simplifying the delivery of advanced IP services, Nortel(1) (OTCBB:NRTLQ) Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions (CVAS) has added Edgewater Networks, Inc., a leading provider of Network Services Gateways, to Nortel CVAS' industry-leading business and voice multimedia solution. The combined offer gives service providers a complete, pre-tested end-to-end ...



Nortel expands CVAS VoIP third party partner program

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 Addressing service providers' growing need to support a plethora of devices, applications and access types from a variety of vendors, Nortel(1) (OTCBB:NRTLQ) Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions (CVAS) has expanded its CVAS VoIP Third Party Partner Program. The program integrates a broad range of devices, applications and services with Nortel CVAS' industry-leading portfolio of carrier softswitches, application servers and gateways, ...



Voxbone announces SMS Support for iNum

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 Voxbone, an innovative provider of international numbering resources, has begun supporting short messaging service (SMS) to its iNum®numbers – phone numbers with the “area code for Earth.” With this addition, Voxbone’s carrier and enterprise customers can offer their subscribers one global number that can receive SMS messages at competitive rates. The move marks a breakthrough in iNum usage, as wireless ...



snom and Voipfone announce partnership

by Jan Harris
VoIP 2 snom technology AG, a developer and manufacturer of IP phones, has announced that UK VoIP internet phone service provider, Voipfone, which provides a wide range of hosted VoIP services to small businesses and residential customers, has been approved as an advanced level service provider partner. snom’s service provider accreditation scheme enables resellers to help end users make the most ...



February 12, 2010

Jerasoft makes it easy to migrate to BillBery VoIP billing

by Jan Harris
VoIP 1 Jerasoft Development, the leading VoIP billing solutions developer, announces new free migration program which is developed to help owners of other billing solutions to migrate their data, personalized settings and statistics from the old system to BillBery VoIP billing and keep data consistent. The migration program will be useful for VoIP service providers in the case when existing billing solution doesn't ...



February 11, 2010

Wick Hill wins distribution deal with Gamma Telecom

by Jan Harris
VoIP 2 Wick Hill announces it has become a distributor for major UK network operator Gamma Telecom. This move follows on the recent appointment of Wick Hill as a distributor for telecoms companies Yealink and Oak, and the earlier appointment of Wick Hill as a Samsung distributor. It is a major step in Wick Hill’s continuing expansion into convergence. As Gamma ...



February 8, 2010

Cloud Net launches VoIP handset bundles

by Jan Harris
VoIP 2 Cloud Net has launched its Cloud Net Connect Hosted VoIP service for small businesses, start ups and freelancers in the UK. Cloud Net is the UK’s only VoIP provider that guarantees call quality by owning and managing its own network and also providing its own Internet Protocol telephone handsets (for free). Cloud Net Connect allows customers to replace their traditional ...



SMC Pneumatics chooses NextiraOne to upgrade telephony systems

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has won another contract for its highly successful Unified Communications solution in the UK. SMC Pneumatics UK Ltd, part of SMC Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of pneumatic components and associated equipment, chose NextiraOne to upgrade its Telephony Systems and provide a scalable solution that will allow the future deployment of Unified Communications ...



February 5, 2010

Nimbuzz partners with Indonesian Operator, Telkomsel

by Jan Harris
VoIP 4 Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com), the multi award-winning next generation mobile messaging service, has today announced a unique partnership with Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, that sees Nimbuzz delivered to more than 82 million Telkomsel subscribers via a radical new mobile data subscription plan. The partnership is Nimbuzz’ first as part of a monetizable program, with Telkomsel using the added value offered by ...



UC Testbook simplifies VoIP installation

by Jan Harris
VoIP 6 VoIP installation and testing has suddenly become faster and easier, with the introduction of the industry’s first dedicated installation and maintenance tool for VoIP/UC. UC Testbook, designed by the same team who created the original “Trend aurora” product line, has proved to be a valuable asset when testing SIP or H.323 trunks, PABXs and Call Managers, VoIP Terminals and Infrastructure. Designed with ...



XConnect’s 2009 Revenue Nearly Doubled

by Jan Harris
VoIP 5 XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, today announced robust 2009 growth figures, demonstrating the effects of rapid global adoption of VoIP. The company also said it has launched a new London point of presence (PoP) to support growing demand for cross-network interconnection of IP communications services and augment its European capacity. XConnect revenue nearly doubled, ...