SkyPilot Networks announced that it has been named to FierceWireless' annual Fierce 15 list. This distinction honors SkyPilot Networks as one of the top 15 emerging wireless companies for 2006. FierceWireless is an internationally recognized email newsletter for the wireless industry, provides more than 73,000 executives in over 100 countries a quick, authoritative briefing on the day's top wireless stories and markets.

Crescendo Networks, ALP (Application Layer Processing) was presented with the Best of Interop Award, along with winners in seven different categories in a ceremony held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during Interop Las Vegas 2006. The Best of Interop Awards are sponsored by CMP Media's Network Computing. Kaidea Innovation, Inc (NASVault) was selected as the Best Startup Product Award winner for its outstanding contribution to the industry as a young, innovative company in operation for only two years or less.

HelloSoft, Inc. has been adjudged the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year in the VoIP market segment. HelloSoft will be presented with this Award at the 2006 Excellence in Industrial Technologies Awards Banquet, tonight at 7pm, at the Disney's BoardWalk Inn in Orlando, Florida.

"HelloSoft's VoIP product delivers more functionality in a small package than any other VoIP solution. They also offer very high performance in Voice quality coupled with lower power consumption when compared to any other VoIP product in the market", said Aravind T Seshagiri, Analyst for Frost & Sullivan. "HelloSoft is unmatched when it comes to feature integration, size, and market acceptance", said Deepa Doraiswamy, Manager for Frost & Sullivan.

Intrado Inc., a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, announced that Stephen Meer, Intrado chief technology officer and co-founder, has been selected as a 2006 recipient of the E9-1-1 Institute's Honor Awards. Meer was chosen as the Institute's 2006 Industry Professional, which recognizes an individual or organization in the commercial sector for exceptional contributions toward the advancement of emergency 9-1-1 communications.

"The recipients of these awards are considered 'the best of the best' in their field," said Gregory L. Rhode, executive director of the E9-1-1 Institute. "The E9-1-1 Institute is proud to recognize the many accomplishments of Mr. Meer in his distinguished career and what he has done to advance public safety communications. This recognition is very well deserved."

Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Product Innovation Award in the field of VoIP interoperability has been presented to Piscataway, N.J.-based Telcordia Technologies, Inc. for their development of the Telcordia VoIP Routing Registry.

The Telcordia VoIP Routing Registry facilitates cross-carrier VoIP calling, a feature that is increasingly driving consumer adoption of IP-based communication services. The registry is part of the Telcordia® Maestro IMS portfolio, a powerful set of wireless, wireline and converged products, services and applications that enables carriers to offer any service, over any network, via any device.

GlobalNet Corporation announced that its iDial-IP Turn-Key VoIP Solution has been named winner for a second year of a "Best of Show" award at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO East 2006. TMC reports that the conference, attended by over 8,000 people last month at the Ft. Lauderdale/Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, was the best-attended VoIP conference ever held.

"iDial-IP is a flexible private label consumer VoIP platform designed and built specifically for service providers who require performance and ease of installation," commented Mark T. Wood, GlobalNet's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our turn-key product provides ISPs and major telecom business customers with a scalable solution for becoming leaders in VoIP technology without product development investment and costly telecom equipment, inherent in building out a carrier-class VoIP Platform."

8x8, Inc., the Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communications service provider, announced that the Packet8 Virtual Office solution for small businesses received Network Computing magazine's Editor's Choice award over competitive offerings from Covad Communications and Velocity Networks.

BinFone Telecom, a fast-growing provider of VoIP for call centers worldwide, recently received the "Top 100 VoIP Service Providers" Award from Internet Telephony Magazine and the International Packet Computing Consortium (IPCC). Awards were announced and presented at the Fall 2005 Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO in Los Angeles. The complete list of award-winners can be found at: http://www.tmcnet.com/awards/service-provider-winners-2005/service-provider-winners-2005.htm

Technology Marketing Corporation INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (www.itmag.com) has named Interoute's ARENA as a recipient of its 2005 Product of the Year Award. Interoute, one of the world's fastest growing communications services providers, introduced the innovative VoIP trading exchange less than a year ago and already has attracted more than 100 global customers -- including British Telecom, Belgacom, Czech Telecom, AllStream, MCI and India's VSNL - by making voice trading easier and eroding the traditional barriers to market entry.

Empirix Inc., the leading provider of testing and monitoring solutions for VoIP, contact center and Web technologies, announced that it has received the prestigious 2006 VoIP Product of the Year Award from research firm Frost & Sullivan. The award recognizes Empirix's Hammer XMS next-generation monitoring system for Voice over IP (VoIP) service providers.

The Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award is bestowed upon the company that has demonstrated excellence and innovation within its industry, by launching a significant new product or technology.

Empirix Inc., the leading provider of testing and monitoring solutions for VoIP, contact center and Web technologies, announced that it has been named to the "VoIP Magazine 20: Companies to Watch in 2006" list. The VoIP Magazine 20 features the companies that are best positioned to spur IP communications adoption and innovation in the coming year while, at the same time, delivering on the immediate needs of the marketplace.

DecisionOne announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (http://www.itmag.com) has named Desktop to Dialtone as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998.

Desktop to Dialtone is a portfolio of support services that provides an immediate national infrastructure for VoIP OEMs and Service Providers (VSPs) spanning the VoIP lifecycle including network assessment, logistics, field delivery, and service desk. For their end customers, these services translate convergence into a simple, cost-effective, full-service solution for reliable carrier class VoIP and data communications, and allay concerns regarding reliability and support.

Mainboard-listed MediaRing Limited is one of only a handful of Singapore companies that won at this year's Deloitte Technology Fast Asia Pacific 500 award. Achieving an impressive 149% revenue growth over a three-year period, MediaRing was ranked Number 6 among the eight winning Singapore companies and Number 367 in Asia Pacific. MediaRing received its award at a high profile award ceremony held in Hong Kong on 8 December 2005.

Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, North American VoIP End Points Market, selected Viseon, Inc. as the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Technology Award for its development of the VisiFone II digital multimedia telephone, a low-cost broadband device that offers two-way live video communications as well as other features that were until now, unavailable on home or office telephones.

Viseon designs and markets the VisiFone II digital multimedia telephone to VoIP providers such as cable companies, regional bell operating companies and others that offer packet-based telecommunications for use by consumers. The VisiFone II offers 30-frames-per-second video and CD-quality video.

Broadview Networks, a leading facilities-based communications provider in the Northeast, announced that it has been named a winner of a "VoIP Service Provider Award" by Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine. With an extensive feature set and intuitive customer self-administration web portal, Broadview's Broadspeed Office Suite sets the standard in functionality, service quality and support for small and medium-sized enterprise customers.

"We are honored to receive recognition for our Broadspeed Office Suite service from a well regarded industry source such as INTERNET TELEPHONY," said Ken Shulman, chief technology officer and chief information officer of Broadview Networks. "Our patented operational systems and processes, coupled with our extensive facilities-based Integrated Voice and Data product offerings and leading-edge VoIP service platform, enable us to provide a unique service quality guarantee on our network."