Intrado Inc., a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions and leading provider of VoIP 9-1-1 services, announced an agreement with RedSky Technologies, a leading provider of E9-1-1 location information management solutions, to market VoIP E9-1-1 services. Under terms of the agreement, RedSky will market Intrado V9-1-1 for Enterprise to Fortune 500 and mid-cap enterprises.

InfoTelis, sister company of Broadvox a leading VoIP services provider, announced the debut of an exciting new service offering in the Greater Cleveland area for small-to- medium size businesses. The offering is a powerful array of Broadband Business Solutions, premiering Hosted Telephony Services, which are uniquely identified and designed to meet the specific needs of the businesses they serve. The owners of InfoTelis and Broadvox believe the offering to be the most compelling yet in the Service Provider arena of Hosted Telephony and Broadband Business Solutions.

After sauntering out of the gate, cable companies are finally ready to hit stride as they race toward VoIP and associated next-generation services, unencumbered by the back-breaking weight of legacy-based TDM networks. This 'run for the roses' presents tremendous opportunity for softswitch suppliers that recognize the cable market as one of the most important segments for VoIP-based softswitch sales.

Cordia Corporation, a global communications service provider, announced that it has successfully launched VOZSIP a fully integrated Spanish language VoIP service. As an integral part of Cordia's plans to expand its addressable market globally, VOZSIP will provide the approximately 330 million Spanish speaking people in the world with the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Cordia's VoIP service offerings in their native language.

Venali, Inc. announced the launch of their Branded Internet Fax Service that makes it easy for VoIP and Telecom providers to offer fax services to their clients while increasing their recurring revenues and profits. The company announced that VoIP provider Kancharla will be the first branding partner to profit from the new service.

XO Communications, Inc. announced the launch of its industry-leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services bundle, XOptions Flex, in Colorado Springs.

XOptions Flex is an integrated VoIP services solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses, combining voice and Internet services in one simple package. XOptions Flex offers unlimited local and long distance calling, dedicated Internet access and web hosting services all for a flat monthly price. Customers benefit from significant savings, the convenience of using one provider and receiving one monthly invoice for their business communications services. To date, more than 2,500 businesses in over 50 metropolitan markets nationwide have deployed XOptions Flex.

Rategate.com, a phone rate comparison website for the U.S., was launched by Rategate LLC on December 29, 2005. Rategate.com will provide visitors with unique comparison tools to lower their telephone bill through the use of cheap 10-10 dialaround providers.

"Most people are paying way too much for their telecommunication services, especially phone bills. They are often twice as much as they should be," says Mike Harris, Rategate.com's CEO. "We created Rategate.com so that people can lower their phone bill by comparing different providers with our unique tools."

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced that Intrado Inc., a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, has tapped Sonus to provide key elements of its IMS-ready architecture to support Intrado's nationwide expansion of its VoIP E9-1-1 solution, V9-1-1 Services.

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

The Call Union “Collective” is a 10% ongoing rebate incentive plan just launched by Call Union, an Internet Telephone Service Provider promoting free calls to VoIP and low cost calls to traditional phones.

Like most VoIP service providers Call Union provides free calls to other VoIP phones and discounted calls to normal phones anywhere, but now when customers introduce others to the service they can make additional calls for free to any phone using any credits gained through the ongoing Call Union 10% Collective rebate plan.

Empirix Inc., which helps organizations adopt complex communication solutions with confidence, announced the results of a survey conducted during Dec. 2005 on the topic of "Service Provider VoIP Deployment and Service Delivery Challenges." Highlights of the survey, which garnered 148 responses, include:

• Only one-fifth (20 percent) of respondents report using VoIP application monitoring systems to ensure service quality; and
• When asked how their network engineers most often initially find out about problems in the VoIP network, the dominant response (36 percent) was, "Subscriber complaints."

Yak Communications Inc., a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers, announced today the launch of its yakUnlimited Calling Plan for $19.99U.S. a month. This product offering is in addition to the other VoIP services offered by Yak, including yakForFree peer-to-peer Virtual VideoPhone and yakToAnyone PC-to-PSTN Calling.

The yakUnlimited Calling Plan offers subscribers a U.S. (where 911 service is available) or Canadian local phone number to facilitate unlimited outbound and inbound calling with "full feature" functionality for only $19.99USD/$24.99CAD per month.

Cordia Corporation, a global communications service provider, announced that it had successfully deployed nationwide E911 emergency calling services on its VoIP network for Cordia's United States based customers. The company now believes that is has complied with the FCC's E911 mandate for VoIP in the United States and expects to begin marketing domestic VoIP services immediately.

XConnect, the largest neutral VoIP peering provider worldwide servicing more than 75 VoIP service providers in 20 countries, announced participation in the following upcoming events in the first quarter 2006.

VoIP peering allows operators to "identify" VoIP calls and exchange them end-to-end across IP networks, facilitating zero-cost settlement while preserving value-added services and advanced features for the benefit of subscribers.

Since deregulation of the Bell companies, long-distance and phone communications have become highly competitive -- and now a new method of making calls is taking over.

"Becoming an IGONET VoIP customer gets me the best values in digital phone services, and enables me to call anywhere in the world for free," said Kelley Burry, an IGONET representative. "I can't help but be excited about making calls on the Internet. This is the trend in communications, and I'm excited to be a part of it."