VoIP Monitor - VoIP Awards

Virtual PBX Ranked as Top Cloud-based Phone System at the 4th Annual 2012 Golden Bridge Awards

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:31:15 GMT

Virtual PBX earned the prestigious Silver status in the Golden Bridge Awards for its Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere. The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, innovations, products and services, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.

Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere is a hosted phone solution designed to provide small and medium-sized businesses with a full-featured business VoIP service. Mobile entrepreneurs and businesses looking to telecommute will find Virtual PBX's deep feature set, smartphone apps, low rates, and lack of proprietary hardware particularly useful when shopping for a phone system that can grow with their businesses. Virtual PBX Complete was the only cloud-based phone service to make it to the final judging round in the Telecom, Cable, Broadband and Voice Category.

"As the Golden Bridge Awards' highest-ranked hosted PBX service, we believe that this recognition shows the tremendous value we provide for our customers," said Greg Brashier, CMO of Virtual PBX. "This award also affirms our continued efforts to provide the highest-quality business VoIP solutions possible."

More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated in the voting, and their average scores determined the 2012 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners. The winners were honored during the awards dinner and presentation on October 2, 2012 in San Francisco.

Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere Honored For Exceptional Innovation

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:46:28 GMT

TMC named Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere as a 2012 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by its publication, INTERNET TELEPHONY.

Boasting a deep set of features, Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere is a comprehensive solution for small and mid-size businesses in need of a hosted IP-PBX phone system. The solution guarantees flexibility for entrepreneurs who need customized business VoIP solutions for their brick-and-mortar and virtual offices. The system also features open SIP Peering and is available with any non-proprietary phone.

"We designed Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere to have the advanced business VoIP features our customers need to drive their businesses forward, at a cost that fits their budgets," said Greg Brashier, CMO of Virtual PBX. "This recognition is a testament to the innovation we've achieved, and the tremendous value we provide to our customers."

The TMC Labs Innovation Award honors products that display innovation, unique features and significant contributions toward improving communications technology. The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are bestowed on those companies demonstrating ground-breaking contributions to the industry.

The 2012 TMC Labs Innovation Award highlights will be published in the July/August 2012 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

Pervasip Announces Rollout of International Calling App for Android Devices

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:51:26 GMT

Pervasip is pleased to announce the Company is in the final stages of launching an Android-based international calling app that will allow users to make unlimited calls to 60 countries from their mobile phones and tablets for a monthly fee of $29.95.

The Company recently announced a mobile phone Android app that allows users to make 3G/4G and WiFi calls on their Android device without using the voice plan minutes on their existing smart phone plan. The mobile VoIP app can be viewed or downloaded at the following website.

Fonality Mobile Platform for Apple and Android Receives 2011 TMC Labs Innovation Award

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:29:42 GMT

TMC named Fonality Heads Up Display Mobile as a 2011 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner. Available on Apple or Android platforms and purpose-built for small- and mid-size businesses, the application delivers cloud-based VoIP, Unified Communications and contact center solutions with a single, secure, user-friendly interface.

“There is nothing like Fonality HUD Mobile on the market,” said Fonality’s Chief Marketing Officer, Wes Durow. “It enables growing businesses to work smarter and faster, anywhere, anytime with advanced Unified Communications and contact center features. We are honored that Fonality HUD Mobile has been recognized with a 2011 TMC Labs Innovation Award.”

Based on the company’s award-winning Fonality HUD desktop interface, Fonality HUD Mobile is easy to use, simple to manage and affordable to deploy. The application dramatically improves efficiency and productivity by providing SMBs with presence-enabled business communications and contact center capabilities.

Features include:

Voice over Wi-Fi calling to preserve minutes and reduce mobile costs by an average of 56 percent
Real-time presence and collaboration capabilities
Instant access to company directory, visual voicemail and virtual conference rooms
“Find me/follow me” functionality for seamless connectivity between desktop and mobile devices
Unified messaging and Microsoft Outlook integration
Advanced call management, allowing managers to monitor, whisper or barge contact center calls
Seamless call transfer to and from mobile and office phones
Additional tools such as secure chat, photo caller ID and on-the-fly call recording

Fonality HUD Mobile also offers significant innovation for contact centers, providing managers with a 360-degree view of all communications, including color-coded agent status, call types and duration. Agents can log in and out of queues, regardless of location, while call managers can quickly record calls and engage through barge, monitor and whisper modes.

“Fonality has demonstrated a commitment to quality and the development of the Unified Communications industry,” said Tom Keating, CTO and TMC Labs executive editorial director at TMC. “Fonality deserves this honor and I look forward to more innovation as they continue improving the future of the UC industry.”

The TMC Labs Innovation Award honors products that have demonstrated innovation, unique features and noteworthy developments toward improving communications technology. The TMC Labs Innovation Award is not granted to the best-selling products, but instead to those representing a significant contribution to the industry.

“We’re proud to grant Fonality with a Unified Communications TMC Labs Innovation Award,” stated Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO. “Fonality HUD Mobile has shown true innovation and is deserving of this recognition.”

The complete list of the 2011 TMC Labs Innovation Award winners can be accessed in Unified Communications magazine.

Voice Carrier Receives Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:19:35 GMT

Voice Carrier announced that TMC has named Voice Carrier Office as a recipient of a Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

Voice Carrier Office, the ideal small/medium business phone system and service, is a complete, cost-effective hosted VoIP PBX system with all the features you would expect from a significantly more costly business service. The Voice Carrier Office's, cloud-based business phone system, requires no on-premise equipment. Users can customize their PBX extension through an easy-to-use Web interface. With powerful features such as multi-phone and extension follow-me, voicemail-to-email and built-in conference bridges, users can manage their business communications from the office, home or even on the road using their cell phone. Learn more about SMB VoIP at http://smb-voip.tmcnet.com/.

"We are proud that the 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes Voice Carrier's innovation," said Gary J. Johnson, President and CEO of Voice Carrier. "Our customers are extremely satisfied with Voice Carrier Office as an extremely easy-to-use, affordable and full-featured hosted VoIP service that runs in the cloud and can be set up in minutes to reduce PBX and phone business phone bills by up to 70 percent. This award acknowledges the Voice Carrier team for providing the best VoIP business systems and service."

"Voice Carrier was chosen to receive a Product of the Year Award for exceptional advancements in data communications," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "Voice Carrier Office has shown benefits for its customers and provides ROI for the companies that use it. Congratulations to the entire team at Voice Carrier. I look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the coming year."

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership, and thoroughness that are characteristics of the prestigious award. Winners of the Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award include product innovations and services which made their mark in the market from March 2010 - March 2011.

MegaPath Recognized as One of North America’s Top Hosted Voice Providers

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:22:20 GMT

MegaPath is listed as one of the Top 10 hosted VoIP providers in Infonetics Research’s North America Business VoIP Services Leadership Scorecard. Infonetics recognized the company for its financial stability, support options and go-to-market strategy in the report.

The North America Business VoIP Services Leadership Scorecard is part of Infonetics’ annual VoIP and Unified Communications Services and Subscribers Report. The report identifies the leading service providers in the hosted VoIP and IP connectivity markets based on several leading measurements including client install base, financial stability, market strategy, service capabilities and support options.

MegaPath is consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership. Most recently, the company’s Hosted Voice solution was selected as the Best VoIP and Unified Communication product in Network Products Guide’s 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products awards. In addition, the Hosted Voice and Integrated Voice solutions received INTERNET TELEPHONY’s 2010 Product of the Year award.

OnSIP Team Wins 2011 American Business Award

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:55:35 GMT

OnSIP announce has won a 2011 American Business Award (Stevie) for Best Management Team of the Year – Product Development. The company, now providing VoIP services to over 10,000 accounts, impressed the panel of judges with its the continued improvement and innovation to its Hosted VoIP service – OnSIP. This is the second consecutive year that the company has been recognized by the organization; in 2010, the service’s browser interface My.OnSIP was recognized as Product of the Year.

American Business Award winners were announced during the annual gala on June 20 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

OnSIP enhancements that were recognized by the award committee included: the addition of HD Voice and Music on Hold, integrations with Highrise and PhoneTag, the development of an open API, XMPP interoperability and the introduction of a Mobile VoIP review program.

Virtual PBX Receives Network Products Guide 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Award

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:25:10 GMT

Virtual PBX announces that Network Products Guide has named Virtual PBX Complete a winner of the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Hot Technologies category. The annual award is the world’s premier information technology award honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry.

Network Products Guide honored winners from all over the world in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 during the 6th annual dinner and presentations.

Virtual PBX Complete is designed with the small and mid-sized business in mind. The cloud-based, quality VoIP phone system, allows customers to get a complete business-class phone system without the compromises for 40-80 percent less than what is currently on the market.

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, support and customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

“This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of Virtual PBX Complete by Network Products Guide is truly an honor,” said Greg Brashier, COO of Virtual PBX. “The recognition in the ‘Hot Products’ category demonstrates that Virtual PBX is continuing to meet the needs of our customers by providing solutions that are best-in-class.”

Nextiva Business VoIP Service Named Product of the Year

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:22:08 GMT

Nextiva is the proud recipient of its third “Product of the Year” award in a row from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. Nextiva offers communication solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, including VoIP, online fax, SIP trunking, and other services. They received “Product of the Year” for their Nextiva Office business VoIP phone service.

Nextiva Office is a full-feature business phone system which includes unlimited calling and online faxing capabilities. The service is competitively priced with a flat monthly fee. There are no contracts and no set-up costs for the client. Nextiva experienced 367% growth in new business clients in 2010, largely thanks to referrals for their popular Office service package.

“I am pleased to announce Nextiva as a ‘Product of the Year’ award winner. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that their Office VoIP business phone system displays quality and innovation plus provides real needs in the marketplace,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO of Technology Marketing Corporation. “I would like to congratulate Nextiva for its commitment to advancing IP communication technologies.”

Since 2005, Nextiva has been a market leader in streamlining communications through the use of VoIP. They have expanded their products and services to give their clients the same communications edge as large corporations.

CEO Thomas Gorny said he is thrilled to receive such prestigious recognition.

“Our Nextiva Office business VoIP phone service has revolutionized the way small businesses communicate,” Gorny said. “We are honored to have received ‘Product of the Year’ for three years in a row.”

Winners of the 2010 “Product of the Year” awards will be published in the February 2011 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. The publication has been considered the authority in IP communication since 1998.

The “Product of the Year” award is intended to recognize outstanding innovation in the business communications industry.

Virtual PBX Receives Unified Communications Magazine’s 2010 Product of the Year Award

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:24:36 GMT

TMC has named Virtual PBX’s Open VoIP Peering as a recipient of its 2010 Unified Communications magazine Product of the Year Award.

The pioneer of the hosted PBX market, Virtual PBX became the first company to allow customers to have choice when it comes to using VoIP – known as Open VoIP Peering. Virtual PBX Open VoIP Peering provides businesses with greater flexibility to mix-and-match a VoIP network with any SIP-compliant phone.

Open VoIP Peering gives users the ability to deploy an enterprise-class phone solution for a very low cash outlay. Existing businesses can now add VoIP interoperability to reduce costs since there is no additional cost from Virtual PBX for accessing soft phones, as is common with competitors who charge extra for proprietary digital-enabled phone extensions.

Product of the Year Award winners are published in the April 2011 issue of Unified Communications magazine.

VoxOx Makes PC Magazine’s ''Best Free Software of 2011'' List

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:29:29 GMT

VoxOx has been named to PC Magazine’s “Best Free Software of 2011” list for the second consecutive year. This year’s list highlights the top free downloadable software applications in 35 categories. VoxOx is featured as one of five free services in the “VoIP and conferencing” category, which also includes Skype.

PC Magazine features editor Eric Griffith writes: “Every type of communication you can imagine is part of the VoxOx unified hub: phone, e-mail text chat, SMS texting, social networking, you name it—even, dare we say it, faxing. It also translates for you on the fly and takes messages. The product of a phone company, VoxOx provides you with a free phone number to use for incoming calls.”

Additionally, Departures, a luxury travel publication, has named VoxOx to its “2011’s Best Gadgets” list, a compilation of the most exciting and innovative tech products to look forward to this year. VoxOx is listed as 2011’s Best Gadget for Communication. The Departures article states:

“Instant messaging, SMS, Skype, email, Facebook: The newly updated VoxOx desktop program puts all those modes of communication into one manageable window so that staying up-to-date with friends and colleagues no longer requires checking multiple devices. In addition, VoxOx offers a bevy of other communication tools, including on-the-fly translation of e-mail. The only charge is for outbound texts, faxes and calls.”

“We’re thrilled to receive not one, but two editorial nods by such distinguished publications as Departures and PC Magazine,” said Bryan Hertz, CEO of Telcentris. “VoxOx is a one-of-a-kind service, and each time we are recognized it reaffirms our commitment to technological innovation and betterment of communications.”

These two designations mark the latest in a string of awards and accolades for VoxOx, including:

"Best Software / Service" at CES 2010 – Computer Shopper
“50 Disruptive VoIP Services (2010)” – Heavy Reading
“Best Free Software of 2010” list – PC Magazine
“Greatest Gadget Finalist” – GadgetFest 2009
“Best New Product / Service 2009” – American Business Awards, “The Stevies"
“Best Consumer Offering (2009)” – TMC’s ITEXPO West

VoxOx is a free service with software available on both PC and Mac operating systems.

LiveVox Cloud Predictive Dialer Wins ATA Technovation Award

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:48:23 GMT

LiveVox was awarded the Technovation Award from the American Teleservices Association for its Secure VoIP Predictive Dialer. The ATA is a non-profit trade organization serving companies that use contact centers as an integral channel of their operations.

Recipients of the Technovation award must demonstrate significant innovation and cultivate a focus on new product development for the contact center industry. LiveVox delivers integrated predictive dialer, ACD, IVR and call recording applications solely from the cloud.

LiveVox was the only cloud contact center communications platform to win the award, which was presented at the annual ATA Convention and Expo last month. LiveVox is a fully burstable, PCI-compliant platform differentiated by its ability to deliver ongoing cost efficiency and reliability through the use of redundant Secure VoIP/MPLS networks for voice and data transport.

LiveVox provides on demand Wide Area Networks delivering such benefits as global load balancing and PCI-compliant processes and infrastructures across multi-site organizations.

4PSA Receives Unified Communications Magazine's 2010 Product of the Year Award

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:23:25 GMT

4PSA announce that TMC has presented VoipNow Professional with its 2010 Unified Communications magazine Product of the Year Award.

"We are proud to receive this award and consider it to be an important recognition of 4PSA's efforts in bringing feature-rich, innovative products and solutions to market. We are constantly improving our VoipNow Unified Communications platform to deliver even more value to companies of all sizes, with various needs and expectations," said Mike Ross, 4PSA's President.

This award comes shortly after the release of VoipNow Cloud Instance, a flexible turn-key offering that combines VoipNow Professional and high-performance Cloud infrastructure. This complete solution, which is deployed almost instantly, takes scalability to a whole new level by allowing service providers to add as many resources as required at any given time, while paying solely for the resources they use.

4PSA's VoipNow Professional, also the winner of the 2010 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award, has established itself as an undeniable leader in the field of Unified Communications through its unrivaled performance, high number of features, and convenient multi-tenant design.

"4PSA has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2010 Product of the Year Award for VoipNow Professional," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from 4PSA in the future."

Product of the Year Award winners are published in the April 2011 issue of Unified Communications magazine.

VoipNow Platform was designed to simplify and accelerate the adoption of Unified Communications in the cloud and currently includes VoipNow Professional, the leading UC software solution and VoipNow Automation, a business and operations solution for automating the most important business flows.

Patton SmartNode VoIP Earns Thirteenth Annual INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:04:51 GMT

PATTON announces that the SmartNode 5400 Enterprise Session Border Router claimed INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year for 2010, maintaining a six-year winning streak for the brand.

Swiss-engineered and US-manufactured, Patton’s powerful session border controller provides secure connectivity between iPBX systems and Internet Telephony Service Provider with any-to-any SIP and H.323 protocol mediation.

Installed on customer premises, the SN5400 ESBR resolves the security, interoperability, and WAN optimization challenges businesses face when implementing SIP trunking solutions.

By transcoding all industry-standard voice CODECs, the SN5400 optimizes WAN utilization while ensuring toll-quality voice over the corporate LAN. WAN optimization accelerates performance of WAN applications throughout the enterprise, including file downloads, video-conferencing, cloud-based services.

Patton’s SBC lowers the total cost of implementing SIP-trunking by including rich-featured IP routing, VoIP-VPN security and encryption, voice-and-data survivability, least-cost call routing, and QoS—all without added licensing or support fees.

For in-depth analysis of SIP trunking, VoIP-VPN security, and VoIP QoS, visit Patton’s white-paper library.

Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone Wins ITSPA Best Voice CPE Award

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:45:25 GMT

Grandstream Networks announces that the GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone was named the winner in the "Best Voice CPE" category at the Internet Telephony Service Providers Association awards ceremony, held this week at the BT Tower in London. The 2011 ITSPA Awards, now in their third year, celebrates excellence across the VoIP and Unified Communications industry and is open to providers of hardware and software service in both residential and business sectors.

An independent judging panel evaluated the GXV3140 against strict criteria including reliability, user friendliness, design, diversity and innovation.

"I would like to congratulate the 2011 ITSPA Awards winners and finalists as it has been another competitive awards nomination process, incorporating more entrants from across industry," said Eli Katz, ITSPA Chairman. "The ITSPA Council is keen to build on this success and welcome all entrants, both members and non-members to participate in the work of the trade association going forward."

"We are delighted to be named the winner for Best VoIP CPE for this year's ITSPA awards, which recognizes the best solutions for realizing the technical innovation and financial benefits of VoIP," said David Li, CEO of Grandstream. "We share this award with our reseller and service provider partners worldwide who consistently embrace Grandstream CPE products that deliver market leading IP voice and video solutions with unrivaled value and user experience."

CounterPath Patent Portfolio Recognized for Tehcnology Leadership

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:14:22 GMT

CounterPath has been named as one of MDB Capital Group's "Best & Brightest" for 2011, an annual list of companies who ranked above the 90th percentile for technology leadership from more than 1,500 small cap companies with U.S. patents granted. MDB Capital Group's "Best & Brightest" list of companies is drawn from the populace of public companies that hold at least one U.S. patent and that have a market capitalization under $500 million dollars.

The MDB list identifies companies with an above average three-year growth rate for patent application filings (a measure of innovation), an above average PatentVest1 Tech Scores (a measure of patent quality) and low PatentVest citation ratios (a measure of value). Further, according to research conducted by MDB Capital Group, these elite groups of companies have significantly outperformed their publicly traded peers and have demonstrated higher margins and more sustained growth.

CounterPath's current IPR portfolio includes 24 patents, patent applications and exclusive patent rights, that expand the protection available to service providers with exclusive license protections for CounterPath's fixed-mobile convergence technologies.

Today, with the mobile VoIP market is sitting at 15 billion minutes and poised to reach 470 billion minutes by 2015 (Juniper Research) and companies like Skype, whose VoIP service now accounts for over 20% of international VoIP calling minutes (TeleGeography), the market is recognizing the value of VoIP and mobile softphone solutions. This puts CounterPath in an advantageous position to capitalize on the market opportunity with its suite of desktop and mobile VoIP products and the patented technology behind it.

MDB Capital's recognition of CounterPath's innovation and leadership exemplifies the company's commitment in bringing technologies to market that are highly differentiated for its partners and customers. Within the past two years CounterPath has received significant patent grants that cover the burgeoning Mobile VoIP and FMC segments. Both segments are expected to generate billions in revenue over the next three years. These patents include:

Announced October 5, 2010: U.S. Patent # 7,809,381 - "Presence Detection for Cellular and Internet Protocol Telephony" which enables services such as least-cost routing and minimizes dropped calls by streamlining the process of transferring calls from the cellular macro network to Wi-Fi or a femtocell.
Announced September 28, 2010: U.S. Patent # 7,804, 821 - "Circuit Switched Cellular Network to Internet Calling with Internet Antennas" which enables a single identity to be assigned to multiple devices and specifies how to route communication services to those devices.
Announced March 10, 2009: U.S. Patent # 7,502,615 - "Handoff for Cellular and Internet Protocol Telephony" which enables users to roam between mobile and IP networks seamlessly, allowing active calls to be handed off faster.

4PSA Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine's Thirteenth Annual Product of the Year Award

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:26:22 GMT

4PSA has announced that TMC has named VoipNow Professional as a recipient of the 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

"VoipNow Professional continues to gain momentum through global adoption as the most comprehensive Unified Communications software suite designed for cloud computing. Its latest enhancements add powerful capabilities for telecom carriers and other service providers while supporting the widest range of client needs," stated Mike Ross, 4PSA's President.

"Our easy to use provisioning tools for multitenant deployments, as well as our unmatched scaling, carrier class resiliency and security, lowest cost of ownership and integration with cloud and desktop applications continues to set VoipNow Professional apart from other offerings. The advancements made to the platform in these areas have allowed us to be recognized by TMC with this award for innovation", Ross also stated.

"I am pleased to announce 4PSA as a Product of the Year Award winner. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that VoipNow Professional displays quality and innovation, plus provides real needs in the marketplace," stated Rich Tehrani, TMC's CEO. "I would like to congratulate 4PSA for its commitment to advancing IP communication technologies."

2010 Product of the Year winners are published in the February 2011 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, www.itmag.com. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communications since 1998.

VoipNow is a software suite designed to simplify the deployment of Unified Communications services in the cloud. The suite includes Professional, Automation, and Core - three separate components that allow service providers to automate the delivery of a wide range of IP communication services.

AireSpring Wins Record Nine Telecom Association Awards

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:00:50 GMT

AireSpring has been awarded the most ever nine Telecom Association awards for outstanding products and services. The Telecom Association, a national professional membership organization of over 3,200 Telecom industry professionals voted AireSpring the top provider for “SIP Trunking VoIP,” “Integrated Access,” “Multi-Location Services,” “Wholesale Carrier” and “CLEC.” In addition, AireSpring placed as a top five telecom "Carrier" in the nation as well as “Reseller,” “Audio Conferencing” and a top ten finish in “Data & Internet”. The total of 9 awards cements AireSpring as the top next generation Carrier and managed services provider for Local, Long Distance, and Data products.

“Winning TA’s annual Members’ Choice award is a significant tribute to each winner’s product and customer service Programs,” stated Telecom Association Founder Dan Baldwin. “For the five years that TA has conducted its Members Choice awards, AireSpring has consistently been one of the carriers that wins the greatest number of awards. They are focused on what their business customers want - high quality at the best price. And they stay ahead of the curve, rolling out the voice and data network services that will be in highest demand when they are needed most."

“AireSpring is thrilled to be recognized by the members of the Telecom Association for our achievements in IP communications and as a Carrier and Reseller of aggressively priced and cutting edge voice and data products,” stated Daniel Lonstein AireSpring COO. “We strive to provide our partners and customers with the products they need at affordable rates. We are moved and inspired by the many awards and accolades we are receiving for our current product line and remain committed to innovating the future of telecommunications with the cutting edge services that business and enterprise customers need to operate in today’s increasingly complex business environment.”

AireSpring’s Voice, Data, and Integrated products are continually recognized by customers and partners as robust, flexible, and affordable. Over the past several years, AireSpring has earned its reputation as the most highly awarded IP communications company. AireSpring consistently offers lowest cost High Speed Internet, Voice, and SIP Trunking services utilizing an award winning next generation enhanced IP network.

TMCnet Recognizes Virtual PBX with 2010 Next Generation Network Leadership Award

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:23:16 GMT

Virtual PBX announces that Technology Marketing Corporation, has named Virtual PBX’s Open VoIP Peering as a recipient of the 2010 NGN Leadership Award presented by its publication NGN Magazine.

Virtual PBX’s Open VoIP Peering is an open systems approach to the next generation of VoIP-based PBX services. Open VoIP Peering allows small and growing businesses to take advantage of the robustness and features of traditional hosted PBX services while leveraging the cost-effectiveness of VoIP technology. Users can choose which option they like on a call-by-call basis to meet their individual needs. Furthermore, there is no additional cost from Virtual PBX for accessing soft phones, as is common with competitors who charge extra for proprietary digital-enabled phone extensions.

The second-annual NGN Leadership Award has recognized the growth, evolution and distinction between the applications and services designed for next-generation networks and the enabling technologies that make them possible. Virtual PBX was recognized in the Services category.

The 2010 NGN Leadership Award winners can be found in the May/June 2010 issue of NGN Magazine.

Digium Announces 2010 Innovation Award Winner

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:37:26 GMT

Digium is proud to announce that the winner of the 2010 Digium Innovation Award is ITCenter, located in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. Digium announced the winner at AstriCon, the official conference for Asterisk, the world's leading open source PBX, telephony engine and telephony applications toolkit.

Since 2003, ITCenter has differentiated itself by specializing in innovative solutions based on open source technologies, including Asterisk. ITCenter used Asterisk to interconnect all 48 Portuguese Higher Education & Scientific Institutions, integrating 220 existing legacy PBX systems and enabling VoIP communications between all the institutions without any change to its existing phone systems. The implementation provides centralized management and billing of both the legacy and new system, while supporting an infrastructure that processes approximately seven million monthly calls. ITCenter CIO Ruben Sousa presented a case study of the implementation at AstriCon.

Asterisk is currently used in business, government and educational settings around the world. It is the preferred development technology for building phone systems based on its open standards, cost-effectiveness and flexibility. Last month, Digium released Asterisk 1.8, the newest version of its open source communications software. Asterisk 1.8 incorporates more than 200 new additions, many of which came directly from the Asterisk community. The company also introduced Asterisk Scalable Communications Framework, an open source project designed to simplify the creation of complex communications systems.

Sipera Systems Receives 2010 Unified Communications Excellence Award

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:23:33 GMT

Sipera Systems announces that Technology Marketing Corporation has named UC-Sec as a recipient of a 2010 Unified Communications Excellence Award. Sipera UC-Sec appliances offer comprehensive VoIP and UC security that enables enterprises to confidently deploy UC applications over any network, to any device.

"UC-Sec provides our enterprise customers with a plug-and-play platform that secures Unified Communications such as VoIP, video and other collaboration tools without compromising application performance," said Adam Boone, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Sipera. "Now enterprises can adopt VoIP and UC, and utilize SIP trunks, without violating information security compliance or increasing the risk of toll fraud, eavesdropping, identity theft and many other common attacks. We're honored that TMC has recognized UC-Sec's functionality with this 2010 Excellence Award, and are working to further innovate in the enterprise UC and smartphone security market."

The Sipera UC-Sec appliance is easily integrated into the enterprise network and is interoperable with all leading brands of UC solutions. UC-Sec enables:

SIP trunk termination on the enterprise premises, for low-cost telecom with the industry's best protection against toll fraud and intrusion.
Secure VoIP and UC to any supporting end device, including IP phones, smartphones, tablets, soft-clients and other devices – all within enterprises' control.
"Borderless UC," enabling an enterprise to extend its communications to employees, partners and customers in any location without violating compliance or increasing security risk. Now teleworkers, distributed call centers and even supply-chain collaboration can be conducted with no special end-point devices or modifications.
Compliant UC, permitting specific applications to be monitored, recorded and encrypted to meet information security rules and regulations, with no impact on performance.

"Sipera has proven its commitment to excellence while providing solutions in the UC marketplace. We are pleased to grant a 2010 Unified Communications Excellence Award to UC-Sec," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "Congratulations to Sipera on receiving this award and we look forward to future innovations."

Unified Communications Excellence Award winners are published in the October 2010 issue of Unified Communications magazine, www.uc-mag.com. Unified Communications magazine is devoted to educating readers on employing unified communications solutions.

Phone.com Named Communications Company of the Year by NJTC

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:06:05 GMT

The New Jersey Technology Council has named Phone.com Communications Company of the Year. Phone.com will be honored at the annual NJTC Awards Gala on November 17th.

“We are humbled and honored to be the recipients of the NJTC Communications Company of the Year Award for 2010,” said Ari Rabban, CEO and Co-Founder of Phone.com. “We are very proud of our achievements and our growth in our three years in business and to be honored in the state were telecommunications was invented is incredible.”

“We are so proud and excited to name Phone.com the Communications Company of the year for 2010,” said Maxine Ballen, CEO and president of the NJTC. “Year after year Phone.com has demonstrated their ability to be an innovator and leader in affordable small business telephony solutions. We are excited to watch Phone.com continue to grow and innovate in the years ahead.”

The NJTC Awards Gala, an annual event recognizing the “Best in Technology” companies as well as government, educational and technology support leaders, has often been called the “Academy Awards” for New Jersey’s technology community. The gala honors companies and individuals in many categories – including Public, Private, Life Sciences, Green Communications, and IT/software.

Voxbone Named a Winner for Inaugural 2010 Bully Award

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:05:46 GMT

Voxbone was named as a Young Bulls winner for the inaugural 2010 Bully Award honouring the leading European technology, media and telecommunications companies as presented by White Bull Summits.

A total of 60 European companies were named as finalists for the 2010 Bully Award, and 30 were honoured as winners. The deserving winners were selected from a pool of entries that included hundreds of nominated European TMT companies.

The winners fall into three categories:

Yearlings: firms that seek or have received angel/seed rounds or equivalent; classic start-ups
Young Bulls: firms that seek or have received Series A financing; early stage companies
Longhorns: post Series A firms; growth stage companies

"The Bully Award winners were selected for innovation and values of excellence in the TMT sector,” stated Farley Duvall, Founder and Chairman of White Bull Summits. “Each of the Bully Award winners have been recognized as a leader in their field, with a bright business proposition and meaningful market strategies, driven by a rich understanding of customer needs and technological solutions.”

Rod Ullens, CEO and Co-Founder of Voxbone, said: “We’re delighted to have been named a Bully Award winner. We appreciate this recognition of our growing leadership in promoting globalization, as well as adoption of advanced communications services.”

“We searched for the ‘wily beast’ we believe lives inside all successful businesses,” added Duvall. “We very carefully reviewed seed, angel, early-stage and growth-stage companies, and selected 30 winners that we believe have demonstrated clear potential for further growth, including a high probability for exit in the next few years.”

TalkSwitch Receives 2010 Best Channel Products Award from Business Solutions Magazine

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:15:27 GMT

TalkSwitch announces that Business Solutions Magazine has awarded the TalkSwitch 244vs IP PBX phone system and the TS-350i IP phone with a 2010 Best Channel Products Award.

Business Solutions Magazine teamed up with Penn State University to run a comprehensive survey of its reseller subscribers about the products they sell. In the Business VoIP category, the TalkSwitch 244vs IP PBX phone system and the TS-350i IP phone received the award based on richness of features, product reliability, ease of integration, ease of upgrade and VAR's ability to service. The survey garnered 16,656 votes from 1,416 unique reseller subscribers. The 1,416 resellers represent an estimated $9.2 billion in annual sales, an average of $6.5 million per participating VAR.

"We are extremely pleased to receive this honor from the reseller community," said Jan Scheeren, president and CEO, TalkSwitch. "It validates our commitment to being the most owner-friendly and channel-friendly phone system for small business."

Business Solutions VAR subscribers also chose TalkSwitch for the 2009 and 2010 Best Channel Vendor Award.

All TalkSwitch telephone systems and complementary products are available through authorized TalkSwitch distributors and resellers.

XO Communications Recognized as Leading North American VoIP and SIP Trunking Services Provider

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:57:34 GMT

XO Communications has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the leading VoIP and SIP trunking services provider and capturing the largest market share among service providers by delivering superior customer satisfaction and value.

Frost & Sullivan has conferred on XO Communications the 2010 North American Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the VoIP access and SIP trunking services market. In addition, Frost & Sullivan recently published a report naming XO Communications as the leading VoIP Access and SIP trunking provider in terms of enterprise VoIP end users.

VoIP and SIP Trunking Services Award

The Frost & Sullivan award recognizes XO Communications for its strong customer and revenue growth in the VoIP and SIP trunking services market, robust services portfolio, and commitment to innovation, superior service and value. Specifically, the award highlighted that XO Communications consistently offers VoIP, SIP trunking and managed services that leverage the latest technology and service models and meet the needs of small business customers who look for streamlined products at a lower cost and large businesses that focus on scalable, robust and versatile solutions. In addition, the award noted the XO brand is associated with high service levels, stringent provisioning standards and excellent value for money.

VoIP Access and SIP Trunking Services Market Leadership

The Frost & Sullivan award recognized XO Communications as the leader in the VoIP access and SIP trunking services market, with 22.2 percent of the market, attributing the company's strong growth and impressive performance to new customer additions and an ever-expanding network footprint in key business regions. In addition, Frost & Sullivan, in its "North American VoIP Access and SIP Trunking Services Market" study published in April, also named XO Communications as having the largest share of the market in terms of corporate end users.

XO Communications is an industry innovator and leader in providing advanced IP-based communications solutions for businesses and large enterprises. The company's portfolio of award-winning VoIP and SIP trunking services includes XO IP Flex, XO IP Flex with VPN, XO Anywhere, XO iPBX, XO SIP and XO Enterprise SIP.

Junction Networks Wins Stevie Award In 8th Annual American Business Awards

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:31:18 GMT

Junction Networks announces that the company has won a Stevie Award for Best New Product of the Year - Telecommunications in the 2010 American Business Awards for its My.OnSIP product.

The awards were presented during ceremonies at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The ceremonies were hosted by Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Network and broadcast nationwide on radio by the Business TalkRadio Network.

Our customers have been nothing but thrilled with this feature and we look forward to continuing to add useful technology to our suite of products.

In winning the Stevie, Junction Networks beat out other finalists including Gigamon, Hatteras Networks, and Teo Technologies.

My.OnSIP is a browser based companion to OnSIP, a complete replacement for outdated phone systems. With no software to download, My.OnSIP offers users a live view of what’s going on with the company phone system along with advanced unified communications features such as integrated instant messaging. Users can drag and drop transfer calls, view their colleagues status (busy, available, etc) and instant message within one single screen.

More than 200 executives across the country participated in the judging process to determine the Finalists and Stevie Award winners.

“We are very pleased with the outcome of the My.OnSIP product as an addition to our suite of hosted PBX features and are glad to see that we have been recognized for our innovation with this product,” said, Rob Wolpov, president, Junction Networks. “Our customers have been nothing but thrilled with this feature and we look forward to continuing to add useful technology to our suite of products.”

Details about The American Business Awards and the lists of honorees in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.

My.OnSIP from Junction Networks Named as Finalist in 2010 American Business Awards

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:02:04 GMT

Junction Networks was named a Finalist in the Best New Product or Service of the Year for its My.OnSIP product in The 2010 American Business Awards. The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit entries – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

This year’s Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 21 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than six-hundred executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend. The event will benefit Oceana, the largest international organization focused on ocean conservation. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network.

More than 2,700 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year. Junction Networks will be competing in the New Product or Service of the Year category for Companies with Under 100 Employees.

My.OnSIP is a browser based companion to OnISP, a complete replacement for outdated phone systems. With no software to download, My.OnSIP offers users a live view of what’s going on with the company phone system along with advanced unified commnications features such as integrated instant messaging. Users can drag and drop transfer calls, view their colleagues status (busy, available, etc) and instant message within one single screen.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and specialized final judging committees will select Stevie Award winners from among Finalists in final judging that will continue through May 28. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May.

Verizon Business Named North American Service Provider of the Year by Polycom

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:16:49 GMT

Verizon Business has been named Global Service Provider of the Year, North America, by Polycom. The award, given in conjunction with the 2010 TEAM Polycom, the company's annual partner conference, recognizes Verizon Business for its outstanding sales performance and excellence in meeting customer solution, service and support needs.

"This recognition reinforces our ongoing commitment to providing our customers with the best possible integrated communications solutions," said Kerry Bailey, Verizon Business chief marketing officer. "Collaborative technologies such as conferencing, telepresence and unified communications tools are essential for enabling connectivity for employees, customers and partners across today's globally extended enterprises. Our relationship with Polycom helps us to develop world-class solutions that have a significant impact on our customers' business operations."

Mark Roberts, Polycom vice president of partner marketing, said: "This is an exciting time in the communications industry, and Polycom sits squarely in the middle of this ever-changing, rapidly growing market. Our partners are absolutely critical to our success, and we're proud to be represented by some of the best, most experienced partners in this industry. We're also excited to recognize our top-performance partners for continued excellence in meeting customer needs."

Verizon Business is a leading provider of collaboration and unified communications services, enabling organizations to conveniently and effectively collaborate, virtually anytime, anywhere, helping them improve response time and productivity without the costs and carbon emissions associated with business travel. With 30 years of experience delivering conferencing services, the company uses its global IP network to provide a wide array of advance collaboration and mobility tools to large-business and government customers around the world, including audio, video and Web conferencing; VoIP; contact center services; and managed and hosting solutions, as well as professional services capabilities.

VoiceCon Orlando 2010 Announces Best of VoiceCon Finalists

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:46:18 GMT

VoiceCon announces the seven finalists of the Best of VoiceCon program, which recognizes exhibitors who have made significant technological advancements within the enterprise communications industry. A panel of industry leading judges will select the winner, which will be announced at VoiceCon Orlando 2010, happening March 22-25 at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center.

The seven finalists selected from over 40 submissions include:

Acme Packet-- Acme Packet Net-Net Session Border Controller in Skype for SIP: Skype has deployed Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers to simplify the interoperability and feature compatibility of the Skype for SIP beta offering with enterprise IP-PBX equipment.
Avaya-- Avaya Aura Solution for Midsize Enterprises: A single-server, unified communications solution for businesses as small as 100 employees and scalable up to 2400 users and 250 locations.
Cisco-- Cisco Intercompany Media Engine: A new product that establishes a foundation for cross-organization rich media communications.
NET-- VX1200 with Extend features: Designed to support the adoption of enterprise voice for Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2 customers, providing branch offices with several key features.
Psytechnics-- Experience Manager 5 with Service Desk Manager: Delivers per session QoE visibility to enable user- experience based IT operations and service management.
Siemens Enterprise Communications-- OpenScape UC Server 2010: The new iteration of Siemens’ next-generation, software-based enterprise communications platform for Voice, UC, Contact Center, Video and Mobility.
Sipera-- Sipera Secure Live Communications: A security solution enabling employees to use VoIP, UC, cloud telephony, and other low-cost and feature-rich communications applications on mobile devices.

Evaluating each company’s technological innovation and value to market, judges selected seven finalists to compete for the Best of VoiceCon award; the field of finalists was expanded from the initially-announced six to seven when the judges’ voting produced a tie. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, March 24 at VoiceCon Orlando. The Best of VoiceCon’s judging panel of industry experts includes:

Eric Krapf, VoiceCon Program Co-chair
Fred Knight, VoiceCon GM and Co-chair
Michael Finneran, President, dBrn Associates
Marty Parker, Principal, UniComm Consulting
Sorell Slaymaker, Communications Architect, Unified IT Systems
David Stein, Principal, PlanNet Consulting
Allan Sulkin, President, TEQConsult Group

VoiceServe Receives Best of Show Award at ITEXPO East 2010 for Best Service Provider Solution

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:44:53 GMT

VoiceServe received a “Best of Show” award at TMC's ITEXPO East 2010, held in Miami last week, for “Best Service Provider Solution”. Close to 100 companies exhibited at the ITEXPO, an event where leading-edge IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications are exhibited to resellers, enterprises, small-to-medium businesses and Government agencies.

VoiceServe’s complete VoIP telephony solution, VoIPSwitch, enables any Window® computer to become a virtual VoIP telephone switching system, with all the major components required by resellers, ITSPs and VoIP providers. With over 16,000 systems installed globally, to date, VoiceServe’s software enables businesses to become VoIP providers in just days.

At the ITEXPO East 2010, VoiceServe introduced its Vippie for Blackberry, a SIP software phone that enables users to make and receive phone calls via their data connection, either WIFI, 3G or EDGE. The softphone is designed to work with the VoipSwitch’s Softswitch platform developed by VoiceServe. The VoipSwitch blackberry license is compatible with alternative third party SIP compliant platforms and will be available February 2010 to VoIP providers.

The ITEXPO Best of Show Awards recognize innovative products and solutions that were featured in the Exhibit Hall during the event. This designation serves to highlight the technological achievement and creative product features that set these winners apart from the rest of the crowd. TMC's editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products on the first day of the Expo.

OnSIP Recognized as One of the Top 25 VoIP Advances of 2009 by VoIP Evolution

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:38:17 GMT

Junction Networks announces that its OnSIP Hosted PBX has been recognized by VoIP Evolution as one of the top VoIP Advances in 2009 with the introduction of My.OnSIP, a browser based unified communications tool combining phone presence, IM and real time status notifications. The first hosted tool of its kind, My.OnSIP allows users to see the status of other users within their organization, seamlessly make and transfer calls with the click of a mouse and conduct secure and private IM sessions with colleagues.

The addition of features such as My.OnSIP, according to VoIP Evolution, have further blurred the lines between hosted and on-premise IP PBXs, making hosted models more appealing with lower prices, more features, and no system maintenance. Included in the list of 25 Advances was also the addition of HD Voice services, which OnSIP has recently added to its long list of features.

OnSIP customers can take advantage of My.OnSIP at no additional cost, with plans starting as low as $39.99 per month.

Vonage UK Wins Best Consumer VoIP Award at 2009 ITSPA Awards

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:31:16 GMT

Held on the 10th December at the Strangers Dining Room of the House of Commons, the award acknowledges Vonage UK as setting the industry standard for VoIP services to the public. This year's award recognises the company's commitment and dedication to industry-leading standards of customer service, value for money and providing a wealth of service features to their clients across the world.

VoIP - Revolutionising the marketplace

Vonage UK's V-Plan 4i, the first unlimited call plan to India in the UK, has revolutionised how its customers communicate. "We are absolutely delighted to have won this award," says Vincent Potier, Vonage UK's managing director. "The fact that it's the consumer award means more to us than anything else. It helps underscore our commitment to providing our customers with the best possible standards, the best possible service and the best value for money," he adds.

Internet telephony is the ability to make voice calls over any Internet Protocol (IP) connection, particularly broadband, using VoIP. IP Communications also enable a rich multi-media set of advanced services, including high definition sound quality and presence. Internet telephony service providers can provide regular and enhanced phone line services - often at substantial cost reductions.

VoIP has changed the way people communicate, using a broadband Internet connection to place calls around the world, rather than relying on a traditional landline. The award recognises Vonage's innovations in providing an unlimited call plan to India and 35 other countries around the world, connecting both families and businesses across continents.

"Our top priority is creating the right products for consumers -- the products they most want today," explains Vincent Potier. "V-plan 4i unlimited call plan to India is a very good example of the way to do it. We listened to what our customers wanted and innovated with the first call plan of its kind in the UK. This award is an acknowledgement by the industry that we're getting it right," he adds.

"What we've shown is that for a fair price, customers can receive a service that offers exceptional quality and clarity - and that's a service they're willing to pay for."

Nortel Named Asia's VoIP Vendor of the Year for 2009

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:11:04 GMT

Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions has been named VoIP Network Vendor of the Year in the Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards. This recognition reinforces Nortel's long-standing leadership in the global carrier VoIP and softswitch market, a position Nortel has maintained since 2002, according to industry analyst firm Dell'Oro Group.

Nortel CVAS received the VoIP Network Vendor of the Year award for its industry-leading Carrier VoIP portfolio, which has been successfully deployed by leading service providers worldwide to help generate new revenue streams, improve subscriber loyalty, and reduce network costs.

Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards recognize the technology innovations and contributions to the industry made by top telecommunications vendors operating across Asia. Nominations for 22 categories were open to analysts, consultants and high-level telco executives in September. A total of 56 telecom insiders submitted more than 1,150 nominations.

Nortel continues to lead the global Carrier VoIP market according to Dell'Oro Group, Infonetics Research and Synergy Research. All three leading analyst firms' recently published reports rank Nortel as the global leader with the largest revenues in the carrier IP market for the third quarter of 2009.

Nortel has a strong track record of success in the Carrier VoIP space. Nortel has shipped more than 118 million Carrier VoIP and Multimedia ports, including over 10 million SIP lines to leading wireline and wireless carriers globally - including major service providers across Asia Pacific such as Chunghwa Telecom, Hong Kong Broadband Networks, LG Dacom, Maxis and Optus. Nortel CVAS has consistently ranked as the number one supplier in the carrier VoIP market since 2002.

Digium Announces Winners of 2009 Innovation Awards

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:49:12 GMT

Digium is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Digium Innovation Awards. The company announced the winners today at AstriCon, the official conference for Asterisk, the world's leading open source PBX, telephony engine and telephony applications toolkit. The Innovation Awards, presented in five categories to seven recipients, recognize innovation, enterprise-class solutions, measurable return on investment, use of Asterisk in businesses outside of the communications industry and contributions to the Asterisk community.

Asterisk is currently used in business, government and educational settings around the world. Along with being cost-effective, Asterisk’s flexibility inspires its savvy community to develop novel products and services. Digium presents the Innovation Awards to recognize and showcase the innovation, creativity and commercial success of the many Asterisk-based products and services.

The 2009 winners of the Digium Innovation Awards are:

Pioneer Award :: Abot Tanaw (Philippines) – Abot Tanaw uses dedicated videoconferencing hardware setup, similar to that found in businesses, to deliver high-quality video to overseas Filipino workers who wish to communicate with their families on a regular basis. Abot Tanaw curbs the cost of communication by taking full advantage of an Asterisk-based IP PBX server to provide the video calls at no cost to users.

Pioneer Award :: GreenfieldTech (Udim, Israel) – Working on behalf of a customer, GreenfieldTech created a high-speed, highly scalable Asterisk-based dialer and interactive voice response system that currently serves over 10,000 customers world wide. The platform was used extensively during the 2009 Israeli elections, serving 70% of the political parties in Israel.

ROI Award :: City of Taguig (Taguig, Philippines) – The city of Taguig is the first in the Philippines to implement a unified citywide telecommunications system. Communication is now available 24/7, despite tropical rains and typhoons that previously were a threat to the entire telephone system of Taguig’s City Hall. With newly established centralized hotlines, calls are answered and filtered to the proper department by trained staff, instead of interrupting city workers while being passed from one department to another. Taguig now has an Asterisk-based VoIP telephone systems in over 73 sites, and the implementation has already brought a 50% decrease in city costs while doubling city workers’ productivity.

Inside Out Award :: Teletales (New York, N.Y.) – Teletales enables users to share stories via the telephone and download them online to keep forever in digital form. Users call in to Teletales, an Asterisk-based phone system, and enter the number of the person with whom they would like to share a story. Teletales connects them and then records their call. Users can then log in to Teletales online to download and edit their audio recording to keep forever.

Community Achievement Award :: House Internet (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – House Internet developed FOP, the first real-time switchboard for Asterisk, in 2004, and it remains the most widely used operator console. FOP is currently one of the tools that companies and integrators installing Asterisk use to highlight and visually demonstrate the potential of Asterisk as a VoIP platform. Many individuals involved in Asterisk are able to benefit from the solution, from developers and integrators to phone users.

Big Biz Asterisk Award :: Intuit Innovations (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – A pioneer in the Malaysian market, Intuit Innovations created a scalable solution able to support 130,000 existing subscribers and handle 10,000 concurrent calls. The solution can be used by ISPs, telephone company providers and VoIP carriers with large subscriber bases who need to provide a reliable but low cost telephony platform.

Big Biz Asterisk Honorable Mention :: Airnet (Chattanooga, Tenn.) – AirNet provided a large-scale VoIP outbound survey solution to the Republican National Committee for the 2008 Presidential Election. Political volunteers were able to walk into a call center where multiple VoIP phones were configured, log into the survey application through the phone and begin making calls. The solution had approximately 250 locations spread across the continental United States, with 6,500 VoIP phones conducting 21 million phone calls for a total of 24 million minutes consumed.

Digium thanks this year’s participants and all of the award winners. Asterisk innovators are invited to participate in the 2010 competition by submitting an application to www.digium.com/en/company/awards/innovation.php.

Broadvox Awarded ''Best of Show'' at ITEXPO West 2009

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:57:04 GMT

Broadvox's GO! SIP Trunking product line has received a “Best of Show Award” in the Service Provider Solution category at Technology Marketing Corporation ITEXPO West 2009 in Los Angeles.

Delivering 70% savings on telecom costs, Broadvox VoIP solutions can be customized for the needs of any business, from SMBs to enterprises, and is certified interoperable with more OEMs than any other ITSP. Broadvox GO! SIP Trunks deliver clear voice quality, earning the confidence thousands of businesses nationwide. With competitive pricing and an award-winning VAR Partner Program that offers potential sales incentives of up to 25%, Broadvox consistently delivers IP communications solutions that benefit both end users and resellers. Business continuity, geographic load balancing and scalability of Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking allows businesses to migrate to IP communications in with confidence in stages or all at once, aided by a premier customer service department.

“For almost ten years, Broadvox has worked diligently to deliver robust IP Communications solutions to businesses of all sizes. Focusing on the customer, we continuously strive to maintain a standard of excellence and flexibility that is critical to success in this industry,” said Andre Temnorod, CEO of Broadvox. “To be recognized by our industry peers and other telecommunications experts at the premier venue for IP communications is not only an honor, but it validates our business strategy and is a testament to the efforts of the Broadvox team.”

“Our judging panel felt as though this year’s field was the deepest we’ve ever seen for the Best of Show Awards, and we congratulate the winners for standing out in their respective categories,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief of TMC. The industry’s largest collection of service providers, enterprise buyers, developers, and resellers come to ITEXPO, to see innovative solutions from companies like Broadvox.”

The ITEXPO Best of Show Awards recognize innovative products and solutions that were featured in the Exhibit Hall during the event. This designation serves to highlight the technological achievement and creative product features that set these winners apart from the rest of the crowd. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products on the first day of the Expo. A full list of the winners is posted on TMC’s Web site.

Apptix Named Award Winning VoIP Provider by SaaS Directory

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:09:13 GMT

Apptix has been named SaaS Directory's July 2009 award winning VoIP provider. Apptix's hosted VoIP phone service provides small and mid-sized businesses with a cost-effective, feature-rich, scalable alternative to a costly in-house deployment. With unlimited long distance calling anywhere in the United States and Canada, combined with affordable monthly service plans, Apptix can save organizations up to 40 percent or more on their monthly telecommunications bills. Apptix's hosted solution eliminates the need to purchase or maintain a traditional, internal private branch exchange system.

Apptix provides standard business-level phone system features, including extension dialing, voicemail, caller ID, and call forwarding. Advanced telephony features include an auto attendant, voicemail-to-email, mobility services (such as find me/follow me and remote office capabilities), and multi-office support. Web-based system management tools enable quick and easy modifications to phone systems.

Apptix was chosen as an award winning VoIP provider by visitors to the SaaS Directory Website. Every month, SaaS Directory enables visitors to vote for the top Software as a Service companies in the accounting/financial, collaboration/productivity, cloud computing, content management, CRM, VoIP, and Exchange hosting categories.

XConnect Wins Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Korean NGN/VoIP-Peering Federation

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:28:53 GMT

XConnect has received a 2009 Innovation Award from Global Telecoms Business magazine. The award was presented to XConnect and the Korea Internet Neutral eXchange in the IP Services Innovation category, for creating a national Korean NGN/VoIP-peering federation, which was announced in December and began operating in March.

The Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards are designed to honor innovative projects involving telecoms operators and service providers around the world, in association with their vendors and suppliers.

The 2009 awards were presented at a dinner ceremony June 16 in London, attended by about 350 industry leaders from around the world.

TCS VoIP Verify E911 Service Is Recognized as Outstanding Public Safety Solution

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:30:03 GMT

Technology Marketing Corporation named TCS' VoIP Verify 9-1-1 Service as recipient of a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. VoIP Verify 9-1-1 provides a comprehensive and responsive public safety solution to ensure that customers using digital VoIP telephones are E9-1-1 compatible.

TCS' VoIP Verify 9-1-1 enables digital Voice Service Providers to determine the availability and extent of E9-1-1 service coverage to their subscriber base. The subscriber uses a VoIP telephone to dial a number supplied by the VSP -- usually a 9-1-1 variant such as 9-3-3. After dialing the designated number, the subscriber receives a recorded message describing the extent of 9-1-1 service for the VoIP subscriber's provisioned address.

Virtual PBX's Open VoIP Peering Service Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:37:15 GMT

Virtual PBX announces that Technology Marketing Corporation has honored Virtual PBX’s Open VoIP Peering with a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. Virtual PBX is the first hosted PBX company to offer an Open VoIP Peering option, which is ideal for users who already have VoIP phones or want to reap the cost benefits of moving to VoIP without being limited to proprietary, single-vendor solutions. The service opens up greater opportunities for businesses that need the flexibility to mix-and-match a VoIP network with any SIP-compliant phone. This truly “blended” service gives businesses unprecedented flexibility as they can choose to use a VoIP network for cost savings or standard phone lines for better call quality. Open VoIP Peering provides the “make or break” difference needed in today’s challenging economic times.

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2008 were selected as recipients of this year’s Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX Recognized by TMC for Outstanding Innovation

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:23:45 GMT

FreedomVOICE announces that Technology Marketing Corporation has named the FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX as a recipient of the prestigious 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. As an Internet-based business phone solution, the FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX is known for cost savings, productivity increasing features, and extensive communications abilities. This award marks the second year in a row that the FreedomIQ product has been recognized as the Communications Solutions Product of the Year.

Customers of the FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX are constantly impressed with the business VoIP service. So much so, that when asked about his experience with the hosted VoIP provider, Scott Moreland, President and Owner of Encartele and FreedomIQ customer, had this to say:

With happy customers, it’s not hard to see why the FreedomIQ service by FreedomVOICE is winning awards. Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief, explains why the FreedomIQ Hosted VoIP PBX was chosen as the Communications Solutions Product of the Year.

Virtual PBX Receives Network Products Guide 2009 Product Innovation Award

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:47:12 GMT

Virtual PBX announced that Network Products Guide has honored the company’s Open VoIP Peering solution with a 2009 Product Innovation Award. This annual award recognizes vendors from all over the world who create ground-breaking products that bring essential and incremental changes that benefit customers and set the bar higher for others who compete in the IT industry.

Virtual PBX is the first hosted PBX company to offer an Open VoIP Peering option, which is ideal for users who already have VoIP phones or want to reap the cost benefits of moving to VoIP without being limited to proprietary, single-vendor solutions. The service opens up greater opportunities for businesses that need the flexibility to mix-and-match a VoIP network with any SIP-compliant phone. This truly “blended” service gives businesses unprecedented flexibility as they can choose to use a VoIP network for cost savings or standard phone lines for better call quality. Open VoIP Peering provides the “make or break” difference needed in today’s challenging economic times.

JAJAH Wins TiE50 Award

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:48:04 GMT

JAJAH has been named a TiE50 Winner, as a leader in innovation, ingenuity, and management excellence. The TiE50 award is presented by TiE at TiEcon2009 to the top 50 startups from close to 1,200 nominees, with the winners representing the hottest and most promising startups.

TiE is a global organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network sponsored by top venture capital firms and Fortune 500 corporations. TiE is spread across 53 chapters in 12 countries, comprised of 1,800 experienced entrepreneurs and business executives as charter members, 12,000 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals as members.

JAJAH's IP voice and messaging platform allows service providers, Internet companies, mobile operators and enterprises to deploy and manage new, value-adding services and solutions with minimal investment and time to market. With a broad range of consumer and business IP telephony solutions, and complete back-end service management, JAJAH's platform ensures that its partners meet the needs of their customers today, and tomorrow.

JAJAH has recently introduced a suite of Mobile VoIP applications for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian and the Apple iPod touch, which essentially turns any iPod touch into an iPhone. One of JAJAH's most popular consumer services named 'JAJAH Direct' allows any user to place ultra low-cost global calls from any existing landline or mobile phone by simply dialing a local number. JAJAH also has a suite of IP communications services for the enterprise from unified communications tools to SIP Trunking.

TiEcon2009 and TiE50

TiEcon 2009 is two action-packed days of rich dialogue, networking and deal making with thousands of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives, and thought leaders. TiEcon 2009 is themed "The BOLD Entrepreneur," focusing on dynamic individuals who are able to adapt to changing conditions and create their own future despite downturns and uncertainties.

TiE50 winners are diverse in terms of size, progress, maturity and location. They share a common thread of innovation, ingenuity, strong management teams and overall quality of ideas.

The TiE 50 judging process was designed with meticulous planning, screening and judging by a list of over forty prominent entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives and other domain experts. TiE is also pleased to acknowledge the nominee companies and those who publicly voted from around the world who contributed to the TiE50 selection process. TiE50 winners will present their companies in a live showcase over the two days of TiEcon 2009, on May 15th and 16th in Santa Clara, CA.

Empirix Wins 2009 Global VoIP Test & Monitoring Equipment Market Leadership Award

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:13:11 GMT

Empirix has received the prestigious 2009 Global VoIP Test & Monitoring Equipment Market Leadership of the Year Award from research firm Frost & Sullivan. The Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership of the Year is given to the company that has exhibited market share leadership through the implementation of market strategy. In order to earn this award, the recipient has displayed excellence in all areas of the market leadership process, including the identification of market challenges, drivers and restraints, as well as strategy development and methods of addressing these market dynamics.

According to the Frost & Sullivan analysis, “Empirix has made significant strides in the world of VoIP test and monitoring in 2007/2008. The majority of tier one network equipment manufacturers and service providers currently use Empirix’s Hammer solutions, to ensure the quality of their IP services and products. The company’s comprehensive product portfolio consisting of cutting-edge test and monitoring solutions, its impressive customer base, strategic partnerships and its global expansion strategy, secured Empirix’s leadership in the VoIP test and monitoring market for the sixth consecutive year.”

Smoothstone Awarded Hosted VoIP 'Members Choice 2009'

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:59:33 GMT

Smoothstone has received a 2009 "Members Choice" award from the Telecom Association. Smoothstone was recognized for its overall program excellence by Telecom Association agent and channel partner voting members.

Smoothstone is a nationwide IP communications provider that designs, integrates and services specifically tailored solutions, including VoIP, for medium size enterprises. Smoothstone received the "Members Choice 2009" award only a week after achieving Cisco Managed Services Channel Partner designation.

Founded in 1995, the Telecom Association is a professional membership organization consisting of 3,500 telecom agents, auditors, distributors, consultants, VARs and providers of telecom, data and IT products and solutions for businesses. Voting for the Members Choice 2009 Awards was open to active and independent telecom agents, auditors, consultants, VARs and other individuals who distribute or recommend telecom or data solutions directly to businesses and who have an informed opinion about which solution providers lead their industries.

"This award from such a prestigious professional organization helps solidify our position as a leading provider of hosted VoIP services," mentioned Smoothstone Chief Marketing Officer James Whitemore. "Smoothstone has gained an honorable mention in past years, but this year's recognition as one of the best in the industry is symbolic of our continued growth and success."

AireSpring Recognized as Leading SIP Trunking Provider

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:07:52 GMT

AireSpring was awarded the coveted Members' Choice Award as the top "SIP Trunking" VOIP provider from the Telecom Association, a national professional membership organization of over 3,200 Telecom industry professionals. In addition, AireSpring was awarded 2nd place in the CLEC/LEC and Reseller categories and finished in the top 10 for Carrier, Internet/Data, and Multi-Location provider. The total of 6 major awards reinforces the effort that AireSpring has put into the creation of its Local, Long Distance, and Data products as well as the revolutionary next generation IP network which supports AireSpring's SIP products.

"Winning TA's annual Members' Choice award is a significant tribute to each winner's channel partner and customer service Programs," stated TA Founder Dan Baldwin. "This is the fourth consecutive year for our annual Members Choice award and we set a new record in ballots cast over the past several months."

"AireSpring is thrilled to be recognized by the TA for our achievements in IP communications and as a Carrier and Reseller of innovative, aggressively priced, voice and data products," stated Daniel Lonstein AireSpring COO. "IP Communication is the direction that the entire industry is moving; it is our privilege and honor to be chosen by fellow telecom professionals as the best SIP and VOIP provider in the industry. We continue to be inspired by the accolades we receive for our product line and look forward to releasing even more cutting-edge products in the coming year."

AireSpring's Voice, Data, and Integrated products are continually recognized by customers and agents as robust, flexible, and affordable. Over the past several years, AireSpring has been awarded Top Reseller, Top Channel Program, Top SIP Trunking Provider, and Product of the Year by various magazines and organizations. AireSpring currently offers lowest cost High Speed Internet, Voice, and SIP Trunking services as well as innovative hybrid products which deliver many of the advantages of SIP to customers with legacy TDM equipment. AireSpring continues to innovate and expand the reach and features of products offered through its groundbreaking enhanced IP network.

8x8 Wins Awards at ITEXPO EAST 2009

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:01:42 GMT

8x8, provider of 8x8 Virtual Office and Packet8 announces that its IP Hosted Key System business phone service received a "Best of Show Award" in the "Most Innovative Product" category at Technology Marketing Corporation's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO East 2009 which was held February 2 - 4 in Miami Beach, Florida.

8x8's Hosted Key System is an IP-based replacement phone service for traditional business key systems typically used by companies whose size or structure dictates the sharing of multiple, common phone lines among employees. In addition to noteworthy cost and feature advantages, the 8x8 Hosted Key System solution, as with all 8x8 business phone services, operates in any business location equipped with a public or private broadband Internet connection and can therefore be deployed seamlessly to connect multiple business locations worldwide.

The INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Best of Show Award recognizes innovative products and solutions that were featured in the Exhibit Hall during the event. This designation serves to highlight the technological achievement and creative product features that set these winners apart from the rest of the crowd. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products on the first day of the Expo.

The 8x8 Hosted Key System solution includes a searchable corporate directory, direct intercom paging from phone to phone and shared line appearance functionality to allow a group of users to accept a call, place it on hold, page a colleague and ask them to pick up the call on any one of up to nine separate lines. The service can be deployed separately or in combination with the 8x8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone solution.

TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine Announces 11th Annual Product of the Year Award Winners

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:58:21 GMT

Technology Marketing Corporation announced the winners of 2008 Product of the Year Awards, as selected by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. Recipients of the 11th Annual Product of the Year Awards represent the most innovative new products as selected by INTERNET TELEPHONY editors. Launched in 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY is the premier publication covering the IP communications industry.

Recognizing the most innovative products, INTERNET TELEPHONY bestows this prestigious award to the most deserving companies. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY selected the companies which in their view demonstrate the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious Product of the Year Award.

"With hundreds of applications again this year, the judging process was difficult but the selected winners have demonstrated a commitment to quality and the continued development of the IP communications industry. These winners deserve this honor, and I look forward to seeing more innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of VoIP and IP communications,” stated TMC Editorial Director, Greg Galitzine.

“We are proud to recognize the greatest achievements in the advancement of VoIP and IP communication technologies in 2008,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. “These companies have proven they are dedicated to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace.”

A full list of the 11th Annual Product of the Year Award winners and will be published in the February 2009 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

Voxbone Commended For Best VoIP Innovation At The ITSPA Awards

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:48 GMT

Voxbone has been highly commended in the Best VoIP Innovation category of the ITSPA awards, December 2008. Voxbone has been recognised for its work in using VoIP to deliver inbound services.

The UK VoIP Industry’s trade body, The Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association represents network operators, service providers and other businesses involved with the supply of VoIP services to business and residential customers. Their much-coveted awards, hosted by Ian Taylor MP and Derek Wyatt MP and held in the House of Commons, recognise today’s pioneering technologies that will shape tomorrow’s communications. Judged by a group of independent judges the UK’s top VoIP products were stringently evaluated on the basis of reliability, user-friendliness, design, innovation, price and value for money. In each category the judges selected a winner and highly commended a finalist.

Speakeasy Recognized for Having 2008 Top Telecom Channel Program

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:11:56 GMT

Speakeasy is helping its channel partners drive revenue and deliver more value to customers through the Speakeasy Partner Program. This month the Speakeasy program was among the Top 50 Channel Programs for 2008 recognized by PHONE+ magazine, a resource for the telecommunications indirect sales channel. Selected from among hundreds of companies by more than 1,000 indirect sales partners, Speakeasy was recognized for its support of the more than 6,000 partners in its program, providing each with a portfolio of VoIP, broadband and managed hosting and colocation services for small businesses.

Speakeasy offers free VoIP training and certification for its channel partners. This provides Speakeasy partners with knowledge and skills so that they can take advantage of the high demand for IT consultants with VoIP competency. Recent industry research has found jobs in VoIP commanded the highest hourly rates of all IT service positions during the second quarter of fiscal 2008 (OnForce), and 61 percent of small businesses in the US plan to invest in VoIP solutions within the next three years (Gartner).

Partners are also having success with Speakeasy’s new Business Ethernet broadband services, which offer faster connection speeds than T1 with a lower cost per megabit. Peter Goldman of Goldman Lockey Consulting, a San Francisco-based Speakeasy partner who provides IT consulting services to small businesses, says, “Nothing else in the marketplace is really matching Business Ethernet right now.”

FierceVoIP's Fierce 15 Winners of 2008

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:22:41 GMT

The FierceVoIP "Fierce 15" celebrates the spirit of being "fierce" -- championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition. Your winners listed below in alphabetical order: