Vapps, the global infrastructure supplier of VoIP conference call solutions announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Skype's 100 million registered users through Highspeedconferencing.com. The announcement follows on the heels of SkypeOut calls becoming free to Skype users in the U.S. and Canada.

"Skype is made up of people looking to communicate with co-workers, family and friends," said Michael Jackson, Director, Paid Products, Skype. "With Vapps' technology, conference calling can now be used, not only as a business tool, but also as a method to connect as many as 500 contacts on one call from any country. We are very excited that Vapps is offering this to Skype callers at no cost for the service or the calls."

Atreus Systems, the leading supplier of provisioning software for VoIP, IMS and advanced IP service bundles, announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)'s Communications Solutions magazine online (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named Atreus' IP Provisioning Software as a recipient of the 2005 Product of the Year Award. The award honors Atreus as the IP service provisioning solution of choice for carriers worldwide and recognizes Atreus' continued leadership in helping large and emerging providers solve the critical service delivery challenges in deploying VoIP and rich IMS-based applications to business and consumer customers.

Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading Internet telephony provider, announced that over 80 percent of its U.S. subscriber lines now have Enhanced 911 (E911) service -- a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number -- and that it is continuing to quickly equip new counties across the nation with E911 everyday.

Over the past two weeks, Vonage has equipped an additional 85 locally-run emergency call centers, in over 30 new counties, with E911 -- bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to over 4700.

Buzz Technologies Inc is pleased to announce the launch of its new Softphone and VoIP Service at www.12buzz.com. The service, with calls to the most popular International locations available for $0.01 per minute and free calls to Thailand from anywhere in the world to subscribers, in 2006 is expected to rapidly build a strong subscriber base.