Autotask Corporation, a provider of web-based business management software for technology solution providers, announced that its software suite supports the growing number of Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution providers.

Autotask is responding to increasing growth in the number of "traditional" IT service providers offering VoIP and converged technology support services. A recent study conducted by Infonetics Research of Campbell, CA and CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) predicted that "VoIP" adoption among small businesses will triple by 2010 in North America. "The IT service providers, Value Added Resellers (VARs) and system integrators that we serve are experiencing a big surge in the demand to deploy and maintain VoIP technologies. We are ready to help VARs and integrators seize the opportunity," said Bob Vogel, chief marketing officer, Autotask Corporation.

Entrepreneur magazine has released the 12th Annual Hot 100 list. The Hot 100 lists the fastest-growing new companies in the United States. The listing is comprised from an initial list of fast-growing companies from PricewaterhouseCoopers. VoIP Supply, LLC, a leading provider of Voice over IP telephony hardware, software, and services, was ranked number 45 based on the company’s impressive growth over the past three years. It is estimated that over 27,000 companies received consideration for inclusion on this prestigious list.

iBasis, Inc., the global VoIP company, and Yahoo! Inc, a leading global Internet company, announced that iBasis is providing international call termination for the Yahoo! Messenger with Voice service. iBasis is among the suite of providers delivering high-quality termination services for calls from the U.S. to international markets. The interconnection with iBasis enables Yahoo! Messenger with Voice to offer its customers high quality PC-to-Phone calling over iBasis' global VoIP network at very competitive rates.

As more consumers carry their iPods with them everywhere, they are hoping Apple will add WiFi and VOIP for the killer converged mobile entertainment device, according to a new study from ON World.

"The PC industry has found an ideal services model and this is the 'real time Internet,'" says Mareca Hatler, ON World's Director of Research. "Services such as VOIP, video, music, radio, news and instant messaging coupled with mobile devices such as a WiFi enabled iPod, and the ubiquity of broadband will result in 100 million consumer mobile VOIP users in 2011."

SIPphone, Inc., developers of the free Internet calling software Gizmo Project, announced the delivery of Gizmo Project 2.0, highlighted by its support for Asterisk PBX software. Giving Gizmo Project users the ability to log into Asterisk means they can now be universally reachable via their Asterisk PBX or directly through the Gizmo Project network. The option to seamlessly receive calls from their office PBX while anywhere in the world leverages Gizmo Project's advanced NAT ("network address translation"), firewall and router traversal features and server infrastructure. More information about Gizmo Project 2.0 with Asterisk support may be found at www.gizmoproject.com/asterisk.

CounterPath Solutions, Inc., a provider of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), Video over IP, Instant Messaging (IM), and Presence SIP multimedia applications and softphones, and Covergence, the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), announced that Covergence has certified CounterPath's eyeBeam 1.5 Video SIP softphone application for use with its Eclipse solution, the industry's first SIP security and management solution. With this announcement, CounterPath and Covergence can now offer customers "bullet-proof" VoIP security that prevents any unauthorized access to the user's call and protects the service provider from attacks intended to disrupt or disable their service.

Plaxo, Inc., creator of the smart address book, today announced Plaxo Click to Call which integrates the JAJAH calling service into Plaxo's flagship offering. Plaxo members can now initiate a low-cost call to almost anywhere in the world by simply clicking on any phone number in their Plaxo smart address book. The integrated service does not require either the caller or the recipient to have headphones, microphones, or a high quality broadband connection, and callers do not need to download and setup Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software. The partnership enhances the utility and convenience of the Plaxo service, and provides the company with a new revenue-generating offering.

Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, announced that Citi WiFi Networks has selected Strix's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) to create Florida's first public/private partnership by deploying a citywide wireless mesh network in the city of Dunedin. This robust and highly scalable network will provide wireless broadband Internet access to Dunedin's businesses, city offices, marina, tourists, and 38,000 residents. Already 25 percent complete, the network is expected to spur economic development and reduce the city's fixed costs. Upon completion the city's wireless mesh network will cover 10.4 sq. miles.

Polycom, Inc., the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, expanded its award-winning line of SIP-based VoIP desktop phones with the SoundPoint IP 430, an affordable, two-line phone with a full-duplex speakerphone and graphical LCD. Polycom also introduced a SIP 2.0 software release, adding new features and functionality to the entire line of SIP-based Polycom phones, including integration with Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005, new telephony features, advanced security, and system management capabilities that reduce deployment costs of IP phones.

VoIPVoice, the leading manufacturer of innovative Voice over IP (VoIP) products, is delighted to announce the release of their long-awaited CyberPhone W for Mac. As a testament to its industry-leading simplicity, quality and design, it has just become the first Skype-certified device to be available in all Apple stores.

The introduction of the new Cyberphone W for Mac heralds a new era in the accessibility of Skype, the industry-leading VoIP provider. This product broadens Skype's appeal to consumers who prefer to use a conventional telephone handset and who opt not to be bound to their PCs by headsets.

Verso Technologies, Inc., a global provider of next generation network solutions, announced its participation at CommunicAsia 2006 (June 20-23) in Singapore, at the Singapore Expo, Stand 6E1-14, Hall 6, U.S. International Pavilion.

CommunicAsia 2006, which incorporates the three sub-shows of MobileCommAsia2006, NetworkAsia2006 and SatComm2006, is an international, comprehensive info-communications event showcasing innovations in 3G, mobile communications and applications, broadband wireless, next generation networks, enterprise networks and technologies, VoIP, satellite communications and technologies, IP technology, and infrastructure solutions.

ISPCON, the leading event for wired and wireless ISPs, kicked off to a great start yesterday as industry luminaries spoke to packed rooms in five instructive and profitable session tracks, the first of two keynote sessions received excellent response and the exhibit hall opened its doors. ISPCON Spring 2006 is being held in the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD, and will continue through Thursday, May 18.

Optimum Voice, the New York metropolitan area's best value in voice and the most highly-penetrated VoIP service in the nation, announced the launch of Optimum Voice World Call, a new international calling option that significantly extends the value of the Optimum Voice service by allowing customers to call anywhere in the world for just $19.95 per month, with no hidden fees and no per-minute or connection charges.

BroadSoft Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, announced that VoIP Solutions, the provider of cutting-edge VoIP technology to the Irish market, has selected the BroadWorks application platform to complete its voice over IP product portfolio, enabling the delivery of turnkey telephony solutions to residential and small and medium sized enterprise customers across Ireland.

CSR plc, is demonstrating the seamless coexistence of its Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies during London's Wireless Event at Olympia. The company's BlueCore4 Bluetooth technology and UniFi-1 Wi-Fi solution is shown to operate on the same board and will be demonstrated in four test scenarios. This demonstration is designed to highlight that CSR Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies can sit alongside each other in an end-product design with no effect on the quality of either wireless link, as well as on the host product.