Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc., a provider of advanced VoIP services worldwide, announced that it will launch its new free Internet phone service during the week of June 19th under its efonica brand. Full details of the service and its features will be disclosed on the date of the launch. Consumers will be able to sign up for service by accessing the efonica website at http://www.efonica.com/.

Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc., a provider of advanced VoIP services, announced that it has completed the first version of its proprietary computer- based efonica telephone, or "softphone," a software application that transforms a personal computer into a VoIP telephone. Concurrent with the launch of Fusion's new, efonica-branded VoIP services later this month, customers will be able to download a beta version of the feature-rich softphone to their PCs at no cost by accessing the efonica website at http://www.efonica.com/.

Voice communications technology company PeerMe, Inc., which enables free global communication through mobile phones, announced the availability of its software for the Motorola Q smart phone. According to company Founder and CEO Tom Lasater, "PeerMe is currently the only VoIP software that works with the wildly successful Motorola Q, as well as many other popular mobile communications devices." For more information, or to test the beta version, please contact smartphone@PeerMe.com.

Zhone Technologies, Inc., the first company dedicated to building total-delivery solutions for voice, data, video and entertainment services worldwide, announced a major project with Telecom Egypt, who will deploy Zhone's MALC Broadband Loop Carrier Technology to provide VoIP and Data Services for various parts of their Network.

IDC views voice over IP (VoIP) as the next generation of technology to change the telecommunications landscape. The market for consumer VoIP services is still in its infancy, but IDC's future outlook points to exponential growth within the next four years. IDC predicts that residential U.S. VoIP subscribers will grow from 10.3 million in 2006 to 44 million in 2010.

TelTel, a provider of SIP-based global Internet telephony services, announced that Peer Telecom is using TelTel's SVNO (SIP Virtual Network Operator) program to deliver its Eggee VoIP telephony service in France. The SVNO program provides Peer Telecom with a whole suite of solutions including a managed network, branded hardware devices, and softphone client, enabling rapid deployment of global Internet telephony based on the open Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

EQO Communications and TOM Online, a leading mobile Internet company in China, are pleased to announce an agreement to jointly market the popular EQO Mobile for Skype solution in China.

EQO Mobile lets users make and receive Skype calls, exchange Instant Messages, and view presence information about their buddies over the Skype network from more than 55 different phone handset models from vendors including Nokia, Motorola, Palm, and Sony-Ericsson. Most recently, EQO announced support for Palm TREO 650 and Motorola ROKR, SLVR, and RAZR handsets.

U.S. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service provider, Lingo, announced that its customers will now have the opportunity to add local phone numbers in Israel to their VoIP phone service. Lingo is offering phone numbers associated with Israel's most densely populated business and cultural center, Tel-Aviv. This enables the thriving U.S. Israeli-American community to stay in touch with family and business contacts in Israel without the high cost of overseas calling.

Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration and messaging software, has announced an agreement with Linksys One to integrate Joyent's Connector application suite with Linksys One's VoIP telephony solution. In addition to its current offerings, Joyent will add unified messaging (voice and data) management capabilities to the Linksys One communications system.

Skype, the global Internet communications company, celebrates the first anniversary of its Skype Developers Program. In a year, the program has attracted more than 3,500 developers worldwide to create applications that work with Skype.

Designed to encourage and support innovative development on the Skype Application Protocol Interface (API), the Skype Developers Program has led to hundreds of products. The initiative helps drive the growth of the Skype ecosystem and helps extend the range of products and features that people enjoy. Moreover, the program has opened new ways for developers to turn their passion into an attractive source of income.

AMITELO Afrique SA., a subsidiary of AMITELO AG, is continuing its successful expansion strategy in Senegal and neighboring countries. Last week saw the start of the installation of the Voice over IP (VoIP) network for Bank PAMECAS Mutuel - AMITELO Afrique was able to successfully implement the plans for modernizing the communication network and is now commencing with the realization of this lucrative project.

Covergence, the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), announced that Kurt Bertone, vice president of product management, will be leading a conference session on the topic of "Securing VoIP and Real-Time Collaboration in the Enterprise" at Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America 2006. The Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America 2006 will be held June 14-16, at the Hilton San Francisco.

Core Security Technologies, provider of CORE IMPACT, the first-to-market penetration testing product for assessing specific information security risks, published two advisories regarding vulnerabilities that could severely impact enterprise phone systems. Core researchers from CoreLabs discovered that, by exploiting either of these buffer overflow vulnerabilities, an attacker could remotely execute code and take control of an organization's entire voice communications system. These vulnerabilities could also serve as entry points for attackers to compromise other critical network systems. Specifically, the vulnerabilities affect:

Juniper Networks, Inc. announced its next-generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) platform and new security management software designed to provide increased application visibility and control across the network. The new IDP version 4.0 software provides advanced control over enterprise applications including voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP), internal local area network (LAN) and cellular communications, while Juniper Networks' new NetScreen Security Manager (NSM) 2006.1 software provides easy-to-use, centralized management of the enterprise security infrastructure, including IDP systems.

EQO Communications, a leading developer of presence-enabled calling and instant messaging solutions and services, announced that the BC Technology Industries Association (BC TIA) has named EQO winner of the "Most Promising Start-up" category of the 2006 Technology Impact Awards. The Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) is the premier awards program devoted to promoting and celebrating outstanding leadership, innovation and high-tech excellence in the province of British Columbia.