Cordia Corporation, a global communications service provider, announced that it has successfully added phone numbers from over thirty countries to its VoIP network. The additional countries are an important part of Cordia's new service offerings allowing customers to select phone numbers from as many as thirty-six (36) countries.

Royal Philips Electronics announced that its technology powers unlicensed mobile access (UMA)-enabled phones to be available in the U.S. market from a major operator. The flexible device using the Nexperia cellular system solution 6120 for UMA, can be used both at home over the fixed line broadband network and on the go for mobile calls. Requiring no additional setup by the consumer, UMA phones switch between cellular networks and Wi-Fi hotspots, automatically detecting the fastest and most cost-effective network -- reducing bills dramatically. UMA is particularly attractive to business users, with Wi-Fi use in the office environment growing exponentially, further reducing bills for corporate users.

NetWolves Corp., a global managed network and security provider, announced that it has successfully deployed a VOIP Pilot with one of its existing large University customers, and has solidified and presented an extensive offering to its vertical market ranging from providing hosted PBX solutions, to a virtually unlimited VOIP solution for students on-campus.

Enjoy free unlimited phone calls over Wi-Fi networks without your computer. The Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype doesn't require a PC and will work anywhere in the world where you have secured or open access to a WiFi network.

Any home, office, cafe, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication will do.

Eqo Communications launches a new service helping expand the Skype presence and phone capabilities to mobile phones. Installing this software on cellular phones and PCs allows users to make Internet phone calls similar to how PC-based users do.

JAJAH Inc. introduces web-activated telephony. So far existing VoIP solutions were only popular with technically skilled users on broadband Internet connections: With JAJAH Web, the international VoIP provider breaks down hard- and software barriers and introduces Internet-telephony to the common computer user.

Simple as ordinary phone calls

JAJAH Web establishes phone-to-phone connections through the Internet for cheap calls. The process is simple: Callers type in their own number (landline or mobile) on www.jajah.com, then insert the desired destination number. JAJAH connects the callers, and the actual call is not different to any other normal phone conversation, only significantly cheaper.

Ubiquity Software, a leading provider of SIP application solutions that are enabling a new generation of communication services, announced the debut of Ubiquity Voice Plus, a cost effective, highly scalable and feature rich solution for consumer IP telephony and multimedia services. Building on Ubiquity's early success in consumer VoIP applications based on three commercial deployments, Voice Plus is a carrier-grade, pre-built voice over IP solution for Internet-based service providers (ASPs, ITSPs, ISPs) who want to deliver IP-based voice and other multimedia services to their residential customers over cable, DSL, WiFi, or other consumer broadband access networks.

Google and Skype to invest in FON. Fon is projected to receive a total of $22 million in financing to continue working on an open source Wi-Fi network. Allowing customers the ability to join a network of hotspots and share wireless signals with other users.

Mammoth Networks has announced a fivefold increase in wholesale DSL demand by VoIP providers. The company allows VoIP providers to provision standalone DSL, or DSL without a phone line, enabling VoIP providers to deliver a telephone-like product to their End User.

In the last half of 2005, Mammoth signed an increased number of VoIP providers to its wholesale DSL platform. The company cites its ability to deliver a standalone DSL over a private network as the reason for this increased demand. Because standalone DSL enters a home or business on its own telephone pair, VoIP can be delivered without the need for an expensive traditional telephone line.

Signate, a leading global provider of VoIP telephone solutions based on industry standard hardware and open source software, announced the general availability of the Signate Telephony Stack, a complete software infrastructure for 32-bit IP telephony applications on a single CD. Signate's installer loads all the software and creates a ready to configure VoIP telephony server in about fifteen minutes.

"Signate's Telephony Stack is the same software foundation that Signate uses for its telephony installations around the world," said Paul Mahler, Signate's CTO and author of VoIP Telephony with Asterisk. "Signate downloads it from community sources semi-annually, or as major enhancements are released, and tests it to ensure that the entire stack operates as expected. We make bug fixes when called for and return them to the appropriate project," he said.

A special collection of exhibits and displays supporting cable's delivery of voice-related products and services will be featured in a "VoiceNET" pavilion at The 2006 National Show, the 55th Annual Convention and International Exposition of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, April 9-11.

With nearly 5 million customers, voice is a rapidly growing service offered by cable companies, which has taken off recently with the wide scale launch of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. VoiceNET will be a one-stop showcase of cable's future in offering these important products, offering displays that provide the latest technological advancements to help Show attendees understand the opportunities provided by this emerging service.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32357) has announced the addition of Canadian Consumer Telecom & Cable TV Market Forecasts 2006 to their offering.

This report is a "must have" for telcos, cablecos, ISPs, broadcasters, mobile service providers, investors, equipment suppliers as well as regulators and policy makers.

This report will provide you with insight to assess the following issues, among many others:

I recently added ten new books to the VoIP Books section. It also has a new 'Jump to a Book' option that will take you directly to that book with a description about the book.

Click Here or the 'Books' button on our top menu.

InstaDial is pleased to announce that our subsidiary – InstaTelecom Inc. (http://www.instatele.com) will now be providing 911 dialing to our Canadian customers in accordance with the CRTC decision. InstaTelecom Inc. will provide customers with information to educate them on the differences and limitations of this 911 service and the distinctions between VoIP and a traditional landline.

InstaTelecom Inc. will provide clients with critical 911/e911 service limitation and safety information. This important service and safety information identifies the differences between E911 available with traditional phone service and the emergency services associated with our Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Service ("the Service").

Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, announced the availability of service in Corpus Christi, Texas.

High-speed Internet subscribers working and residing in the largest city on the Texas Coast can now take advantage of Vonage's broadband phone service, which offers unlimited local and long distance calling and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers living near Kinney's Ranch can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (361) area code.