Tru announces the launch of its BlackBerry solution for Tru business customers. With this launch, Tru business customers will benefit from Tru's global mobile packages that remove voice and data roaming charges in a growing number of countries across the globe, while enjoying the freedom and productivity benefits of using BlackBerry smartphones to stay connected.

In addition to offering customers local rates across the Tru Network, Tru's GSM service offers local numbers for any or all of the countries in which Tru operates on one SIM card, allowing customers and contacts in the UK, USA and Australia to reach Tru customers without footing the bill for high international call charges.

TalkFree has surpassed 1.5 million downloads of its mobile VoIP dialers. This comes on the heels of announcing record call completions, SIP-terminated voice minutes, mobile VoIP calls and minutes of use for the sixth consecutive quarter. For the year ending in 2010, TalkFree completed over 280 million calls and exceeded 1.5 billion SIP-terminated voice minutes over its network.

Paltalk announces the release of its Vumber Mobile application. Vumber allows iOS device users to place calls through Wi-Fi and add multiple lines to their cell phone, enabling them to separate business calls from personal calls, etc. from a single device.

Vumber App users can place calls over WiFi from their iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, to anywhere in the world, for only $9.95 per month through Vumber. Customers are still required to maintain a carrier plan, but they can limit the amount of minutes on their plan to save money. The app is available for free from the iTunes store and an app for android phones and tablets will be available by the end of the first quarter.

North American consumers can now join the public beta of Zipring—a simple, inexpensive integrated VoIP phone service that works with any phone, mobile or Internet device; requires no contract and is free to try.

Unlike other Internet phone applications and devices on the market, Zipring is based on open standards so it can be used with any VoIP software or phone device. Additionally, because Zipring leverages the internet, it can turn any Internet-based device—such as an iPad, iPod Touch, laptop or desktop computer—into a phone and enable users to make and receive calls to that device using their dedicated Zipring phone number.

announces the launch of its new BlackBerry application, allowing BlackBerry users to make and receive free international calls between more than 50 countries.

The news immediately affects millions of BlackBerry users looking for a smart and simple solution for making free or affordable international calls. Rebtel currently has mobile offerings with similar Free Calls functionality available for the Android platform (since March 2010) and is adding it to their next version of Apple’s iOS iteration slated for release in Spring 2011.

According to a January 2011 report from app store analytics company Distimo, RIM’s BlackBerry App World showed triple digit growth in the last year, growing to nearly 18,000 applications.

Mirial announces the availability of the first professional video conferencing client for Apple iOS devices, supporting both SIP and H.323 standards, featuring high-quality video conference and optimized in order to get the most out of the mobile networks.

The software is available today for iPhone® 4 and iPod Touch 4th gen, and in few weeks for iPhone 3GS and iPad.

Built by Mirial on over 10 years of video communication excellence, it provides a standards-based solution for video conferencing over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks, enabling iPhone users to connect to other iPhones, iPods, Android phones and tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Windows PC and Mac or to any H323 standards-based video conferencing equipment such as room systems or existing MCUs.

Wireless and Skype announce that mobile with video will soon be available on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. This new version of Skype mobile from Verizon Wireless will be deeply integrated into a wide range of 4G smartphones to be available by mid-2011. With front- and rear-facing cameras, these Android-based 4G LTE smartphones will make it simple for customers to make Skype-to-Skype video calls over Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network.

Customers will be able to see and hear their friends and family when making or receiving Skype-to-Skype video calls on Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network, the fastest and most advanced 4G network in the nation. The new offer expands Skype’s video calling capabilities for millions and provides a great video experience using the speed, low-latency and quality of Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE wireless network.

Ooma announces the Ooma Mobile High-Definition Application is now available for purchase by Ooma customers with Android phones via the Android Market. The company also announced that the Ooma Mobile app previously available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been upgraded to include Ooma’s HD Voice technology.

The Ooma Mobile HD app offers Ooma customers the ability to save money on their mobile calling plans with improved convenience, functionality and outstanding voice quality with Ooma PureVoiceTM HD technology. With the app, Ooma customers can use their Ooma account to make domestic and international calls from Android or Apple iOS devices over any Wi-Fi or 3G network. This allows users to bypass the high cost of domestic and international calling associated with mobile calling plans from major carriers.

announces the new version of its iPhone application that brings video calling to millions of mobile users around the globe over both 3G and WiFi networks. Available to download from the Apple App Store today, the new Skype for iPhone App allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to make and/or receive free Skype video calls for the first time. Users can now see their family, friends and colleagues around the world while talking to them. With approximately 25 million concurrent users logged into Skype at any given time**, the new Skype for iPhone makes it easier than ever to share moments wherever you are.

Video calling significantly enhances the user experience of Skype for iPhone, which is one of the top five free iPhone apps in 2010 according to Apple. Now, users can make and receive free Skype-to-Skype calls, call mobiles and landlines around the world at very low rates, and now share more moments together with video on Skype for iPhone.

VoX Communications and Nimbuzz announce the release of a new VoIP app, VoX - Mobile Out - for iPhone.

Embedded within Nimbuzz, VoX Mobile Out is a compelling new option for inexpensive cloud-based calling for iPhone phone owners within the U.S. Pervasip's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "We are very excited in becoming the first U.S.-based premier partner to integrate our cloud-based SIP mobile calling software with Nimbuzz. A smooth and easy download, people appreciate having a phone line from VoX, which gives them a second phone number, a second voice mail box and low-priced VoIP calling plans that run over both the 3G and WiFi data networks. We see reports of millions of App store downloads and we are pleased that we can now be a service provider on these mobile devices."

VoiceServe released the latest version of its Vippie mobile dialer for iPhones that supports video calling to other iPhone users as well as to any SIP device. The application developed by Voipswitch for video conferencing, lowers the bandwidth usage to as little as 140Kb/s. The application is available in Apple’s App Store under the name Vippie Video Softphone.

announces the availability of the Phone.com Mobile Office for Blackberry application. Phone.com’s Mobile Office for Blackberry enables Phone.com subscribers to make and receive calls, text messages, and more from their Phone.com number via their Blackberry phone.

In addition to sending and receiving phone calls and text, Phone.com Mobile Office for Blackberry allow users to access and manage their Phone.com account voicemail, view received faxes, click and connect to their private conference call bridge, review call history, block calls from unwanted or unidentified numbers, send and receive SMS messages, and more.

Acrobits released the latest update to their popular iPhone SIP clients Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire this week. Included are some exciting new features including SRTP and a simplified Google Voice interface.

Especially significant to business VoIP users is the addition of SRTP. Acrobits’ clients support both SDES and ZRTP. For those less familiar with VoIP, SRTP encrypts the audio of your VoIP calls. This is an important feature for executives that may need to discuss sensitive matters over the phone. ZRTP is the latest technology for SRTP and provides extended protection against man-in-the-middle attacks (eavesdropping). Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire are the first and only iPhone softphones that support it. The addition of support for SRTP in Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire once again displays Acrobits’ dedication to providing the most reliable, versatile SIP Clients available on mobile devices.

Morodo announces that MO-Call 2.0, its mobile VoIP app will now be available to download for the iPhone 4. MO-Call 2.0 is the biggest update since the popular application was created and approved by Apple to run on their iPhone devices. The enhanced app contains a vast number of new features including a new user interface, additional payment options and full account features such as call records, order history and SMS delivery reports.

MO-Call is free to download launched in December 2007, already enables people from around the world to enjoy cheap international calls and low-cost SMS. The latest MO-Call iPhone app is available free from Apple App Store & iTunes.

TRIBAIR is launching their global network of VOIP hotspots where members turn their personal or business WiFi into hubs for other members to use. When TRIBAIR users make paid long distance calls hotspot owners earn up to 20% of all revenues made over their hub. TRIBAIR aims to create the largest, decentralized VOIP community in the world.

Anyone with a smartphone can download the TRIBAIR application for iPhone, Android or Blackberry and includes a starter credit of 25 cents, which represents 17 minutes of calling to over 50 countries. They can make calls immediately using the application over WiFi or 3G. Members can take advantage of long distance VOIP calls to non members at rates that are 45% cheaper than Skype directly from their smartphones.