Nimbuzz announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with "free calls, chat and more." Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace.

Once users download the Nimbuzz application for the mobile and register as a new user, contacts from their selected IM communities are aggregated into a single contact list with icons indicating real-time "presence" - which contacts are online or offline and from which communities.

ANDTEK presents the "AND Phone Recorder", a software allowing users to record VoIP phone conversations, at the "Cisco Networkers 2008", which takes place in Orlando/Florida from June 22 - 26. Encrypted and protected from manipulation by a signature feature, the recorded conversations can be verified as originals and can be used as evidence in court, for instance when threatening calls have been made.

The solution is especially well equipped for complex and global corporate networks. Since the recorded conversations are not only duplicated to the standard switches, but directly sent to the recorder server from any IP telephone. As a result, the configuration work that has to be performed by the administrator is significantly reduced.

This is especially beneficial for large corporations operating global sites. Thanks to this innovative recording method, they can now implement voice recording functions into complex corporate networks in a location-independent manner. Any IP phone conversation can now be recorded by a simple touch of a button.

Fonality announces the Fonality Authorized Certified Ecosystem, a program that certifies third party products for trixbox CE, trixbox Pro and PBXtra so customers and resellers can deploy them with complete confidence. FACE certification validates interoperability and identifies the best components for use with Fonality’s software platforms. Ground floor FACE partners include IP phone manufacturers Aastra and Polycom, communications service provider Bandwidth.com and connectivity hardware provider Sangoma.

Fonality FACE partners provide the highest quality technology and the deepest integration with Fonality’s IP-PBX VoIP phone systems, and Fonality provides support discounts and incentives to resellers and IT consultants who choose FACE-certified hardware products when building Fonality phone systems for their customers.

Skype is taking another major step as it continues to merge its internet communications software with mobile phones. Today, the company released a beta version of Skype for your mobile, a mobile “thin“ client that works on about 50 of the most popular Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

The beta version of Skype for your mobile is available worldwide with a feature set that includes chat, group chat, presence (seeing when your contacts are online), and receiving calls from Skype users, and through SkypeIn.* Additional features, which include the making of Skype-to-Skype and SkypeOut calls from the mobile handsets, are initially supported in seven markets: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

With its beta version, Skype for your mobile enters a public testing phase that will help Skype gauge the response of technology-savvy users whose feedback will help tweak the offering. This phase is expected to last several months, after which a public version of the application will be made available to millions of mobile phone owners around the world.

ClearOne announces the release of a new version of software for its CHAT family of audio conferencing products. The new software upgrade includes full support for all versions of the Microsoft Vista operating system, as well as enhancements to the user interface. This software upgrade applies to all models of the CHAT 50 Personal Speaker Phone and CHAT 150 Group Speaker Phone.

The recipient of PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award, the CHAT 50 is used by traveling and home-based office professionals who want crystal-clear audio in a hands-free speaker phone. The CHAT 50 connects to a PC or laptop via the included USB cable to provide high-quality audio for phone calls using Skype or other VoIP softphone clients. About the size of a deck of cards, the CHAT 50 can also connect to certain cell phones and business or home phones. Portable Computing Magazine also awarded the CHAT 50 its Best for Business Award for 2007.

JoeDeveloper.NET and BroadSoft launched the first-ever mashup of carrier-grade VoIP features with Facebook. JoeDeveloper.NET's Facebook application, called Click2Message, integrates with BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application platform. With Click2Message, Facebook users can enable their friends and colleagues to call them via their Facebook profiles with just one click.

The Click2Message application enables click-to-dial calling using any device -- home phone, mobile or office desk phone. Facebook users can add the application to their profile pages, allowing their networks of friends and business connections to call them, without revealing their own phone numbers to the caller. The basic version of the Click2Message application is now available free of charge to any U.S.-based Facebook user.

Vapps updated its Skype Extra, a plug-in that launches the full feature set of its High-Definition Conferencing service from within the globally adopted Skype internet communications application.

Vapps added HD-C to Skype’s Extras Gallery in October 2007, uniquely conferencing together public switched telephone network and Skype users for a value-priced flat monthly fee ranging from $25 for as many as 10 users to $200 for as many as 500. The convenience of Vapps’ Skype plug-in—with 100,000 registered users to date—encourages frequent, ad-hoc use, and along with the flat-rate pricing makes it easier for growing companies with remote teleworkers to manage costs.

fring mobile VoIP application to be made publicly available for the iconic apple iPhone, enabling users to talk, chat and interact with other fring users ("fringsters") and all of their online communities, using their iPhone's WiFi connection.

A light, sneak preview R&D version of the phenomenally popular mobile VoIP application, developed in conjunction with the Holon Institute of Technology academic research labs in Israel, is now available for use on the iPhone from fring.com. The pre-release version is designed to both answer demand from iPhone-owning would-be fringsters and at the same time enable fring to learn about user experience, benefit from early feedback and influence the R&D process of the full release version, due for launch later this year.

The special pre-release version will enable iPhone users to get an early taste of fring and discover the freedom of being able to take their fring contacts and buddies from their other favorite online communities mobile on their iPhones. They will also have the ability to make free and low cost mobile calls over WiFi & enjoy rich, IM-style live chat with their online contacts, regardless of whether they are on their mobiles, PC's or other internet devices.

HelloSoft announce the launch of HelloMobileCommunicator-FMC for Nokia's E-Series devices. The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that uses Symbian OS. The S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world. It is developed primarily by Nokia and licensed by them to other manufacturers.

With the S60, being the world's most popular software platform for smartphones, HelloSoft has been diligently working on the S60 platform to bring Fixed Mobile Convergence to Next Generation Networks.

HelloMobileCommunicator-FMC is a standards-based complete solution enabling mass-market deployment of low-cost and power-efficient fully featured handsets. HelloSoft's award-winning and commercially deployed comprehensive SIP-based VoIP technology forms the core component of the product. This 3GPP compliant product leads the way for FMC deployments with it's Voice Call Continuity feature offering seamless handoff between any access networks (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WCDMA, EVDO, HSDPA/HSUPA).

Paltalk launched its newest version of its video chat platform, PaltalkScene. PaltalkScene v9.4 expands the many ways in which Paltalk users are able to connect with each other through voice and video chat including new PC-to-phone calling options, allowing users to make calls directly from their Pal list to any of their Paltalk buddies or offline friends.

In addition to PC-to-phone calling, PaltalkScene 9.4 will also offer many other features designed to enhance user-experience and engage community members more intimately as they chat and view video content produced for the Paltalk platform. Features include FindMe, which enables users to display what rooms they are currently participating in, and pet emoticons to enhance their one-to-one and community chat experiences. These features, along with the company's Super IM capability, which allows free videoconferencing calls for up to 10 people at a time, as well as its recent partnership with Vumber to offer virtual phone numbers, separate Paltalk from other voice and video chat providers by providing the most robust offering to users who want flexibility in how they communicate with friends around the world.