VoX Communications Corp., eLEC Communications Corp.'s wholesale and retail provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services nationwide, today announced several retail VoIP service plans that include great savings on multiple lines and aggressive International prices. The new service plans are detailed on VoX's new website at http://www.voxcorp.net.

VoX's nationwide VoIP network serves residential, small business and wholesale customers with breakthrough digital phone performance, outstanding cost efficiencies, and the features they are familiar with - plus a few that aren't possible with traditional phone service. The company's flagship VoX Unlimited plan includes unlimited calling across the U.S. and Canada. Advanced features such as voicemail, caller ID, three-way calling, and call blocking are included in the price of all VoX services.

OfficeMax, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers and distributors, is offering small businesses and consumers a cost-saving alternative to land-line telephone service. OfficeMax stores nationwide now offer starter kits from Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading broadband telephony provider in North America. These kits allow broadband users to sign up for Internet-based phone service and save up to hundreds of dollars a year compared to landline phone bills.

Cordia Corporation, a global communications service provider, announced that it has closed the acquisition of Triamis Group Ltd. Triamis, based in Hong Kong, owns and operates one of the largest Wi-Fi networks in Hong Kong and markets International VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Under the terms of the agreement, Triamis' two Executive Directors will become Cordia's APAC Division's Director of Operations and Director of Sales and Business Development.

BellSouth announced that it is providing a complete voice and data communications solution to support the operations of VIPGift, a Chattanooga-based service company that provides simplified employee incentive programs for companies around the world.

VIPGift's incentive program is unique because customers' employees are issued a redemption card or electronic number that can be instantly redeemed for millions of gifts, including catalog products, movie tickets, phone cards, charitable donations and pre-paid Visa and MasterCard gift cards. The redemption process is IP-based, but can be executed online or through an automated process over the phone.

NetHead LLC of South Florida announced that it has acquired the rights to VoIP for the United States and Canada through an agreement with Infinet Communications.

NetHead has jumped into this hot and growing market to serve the needs of its loyal community of users. As broadband has been more widely adapted, people have become comfortable with having their phone service through their high speed connection. NetHeadVoice offers plans starting as low as $14.99 per month. Users can expect to pay, on average, 35% less than traditional phone service.

Top 5 security issues facing WiFi VoIP enterprise deployments that you should read. "It's security 101. If we see practices like this continue as these devices get more popular then the manufacturers will only have themselves to blame when there's a widespread attack," says Paul Stamp. Users will need to protect themselves against these Top 5 security issues, and learn how to guard against from becoming a target.

• Widespread deployment
• Many points of attack
• Targeting phones in public environments
• Rogue access points
• Targeted attacks

iSkoot, a mobile Internet phone company, introduced the iSkoot Mobile Network, a gateway that connects cellular voice and PC-to-PC networks. iSkoot Mobile Network allows consumers to place and receive Internet calls with their mobile phones without the need for PCs, special hardware, custom phones or Wi-Fi hot spots.

While the initial offering is for Cingular customers, and supports Skype Software only, iSkoot plans to expand the reach of Skype service to a wider selection of carriers and Internet phone services, such as Google Talk and other PC calling platforms. To take advantage of the iSkoot Mobile Network, Cingular users need only to download a small piece of software to their mobile phones. The Beta version of the iSkootMobile phone application for Skype Software is now available for free at http://www.iskoot.com and go.iskoot.com. Beta users who download the small client software will receive free unlimited use for the term of the beta.

SIPphone Inc, developers of the popular VOIP software Gizmo Project have secured $6.0 million in funding to expand their SIP standard service to non-PC devices such as adapters, routers, WiFi handsets and dual mode mobile phones.

"The release of Gizmo Project has driven over 400,000 registered users to our PC-based service, but our goals go beyond free calls between PCs," says SIPphone CEO, Michael Robertson. "We want to seamlessly link the internet and the traditional calling world of landlines and mobile phones and that's becoming possible as low cost SIP-based devices such as dual-mode mobile phones and WiFi phones become a reality."

RedSky Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of automated E911 solutions to the enterprise, announced that it has joined forces with Intrado Inc., a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions and leading provider of VoIP 9-1-1 services, to add Intrado V9-1-1 for Enterprise to RedSky's Enterprise E911 Location Information Services offering.

RedSky will pair Intrado's service with its award-winning E911 Manager, the industry's first solution that automatically tracks the physical location of IP-based phone users regardless of where they are located. The rapid adoption of VoIP by business, government and education customers has created the need for enhanced 911 (E911) solutions that are extremely flexible. With today's IP soft phones, users can be working inside a company facility, traveling and using a soft phone to access their company's private network, or working remotely using company-assigned IP phone equipment.

Viper Networks, Inc., a leading innovator in voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) products and services, announced that it has entered into negotiations with Saudi Al-Terais Co. Ltd. of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to work through the details of expansion into the Middle East market with a high-profile and well known business in Riyadh.

Viper Networks CEO Farid Shouekani commented, "We have entered into negotiations with Saudi Al-Terais Co. Ltd in Riyadh to potentially accelerate Viper Networks' expansion in the Middle East. The negotiations are focused on each element of sales, marketing, technical, plus a dedicated presence in the market."

SIPphone announced Area775, a new VOIP service where one personal phone number can ring a landline, mobile phone or any computer connected to the Internet, so incoming calls can be answered from anywhere. With the service, available immediately from www.area775.com, users can sign up for a free U.S. telephone number that, when dialed, will ring both their computer and any U.S. mobile phone or landline. Incoming calls can be screened from any phone or computer by listening to voicemail messages callers leave while they are speaking. Desired calls can be answered and unwanted calls can be ignored with resulting voicemail messages sent to an email account as an audio attachment.

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

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

VoipReview.org, the first and most complete comparison shopping and information source for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or broadband phone service, has launched an interactive online search tool for consumers shopping for VoIP service. The site helps consumers and businesses find, compare and purchase VoIP phone service based on price, features, local availability and VoIP plan ratings. More than 100,000 consumers visit VoipReview.org each month to gather information and purchase VoIP service from the industry's leading providers, including MyPhoneCompany, Packet8, SunRocket, Voip.net and Vonage.

Vonage files documents to become a public company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Vonage hopes to raise $250 million from the offering. Vonage also announced that it has hired Michael Snyder as a new CEO.

Verizon Business, a premier provider of advanced global communications and information technology (IT) solutions, announced it is extending its next-generation suite of Internet telephony services to provide new Internet protocol capabilities for business and government customers.

The introduction of the new offerings -- IP Flexible T-1, new customer equipment choices, Dedicated Toll-Free over IP and advanced fraud protection for Managed IP Telephony -- reinforces the position of Verizon Business' IP telephony portfolio as one of the most comprehensive available today.