Truphone appoints veteran Tom Carter as president of Truphone’s operations in North and South America. His appointment, together with demonstrations of Truphone's service on Windows Mobile devices at VON, are key preparations as Truphone readies itself to push further into the market in the Americas.

With a career spanning more than 20 years, Carter brings both vision and experience to Truphone. In the past he has founded and funded startups and has led sales, marketing and business-development teams in Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. In recent years, he has turned his attention to the area of fixed-mobile convergence, co-founding BridgePort Networks.

Voxalot launches VoxPremium a service plan that adds a wealth of sophisticated calling features, as well as inbound calling from PSTN phones, to its basic offer of value-added services, expanded free calling range and management tools.

Voxalot is designed for users who subscribe to one or more SIP-based Internet voice service (or VoIP) plans, enabling them to switch plans without changing their published contact information. Users also have the ability to route outgoing calls through any one of multiple providers, choosing the best-quality or least-cost provider for different destinations. Members make these choices by setting up “Smart Call Rules” on Voxalot’s Web site. The service’s free features include advanced telephony tools and free calling not only to Voxalot members, but to subscribers of 2,000 other SIP-based voice services.

Hip-IP.com adds new telephone to its fast expanding range of VoIP DualPhone which already includes the Siemens Gigaset S450IP and the RTX DualPhone 3081. Users can now experience the huge benefits of VoIP without the need for a PC. Hip-IP.com now stock the Snom M3 IP DECT telephone which allows the user to make and receive VoIP enabled telephone calls without a PC.

With the increasing popularity of the SIP based VoIP providers this provides a genuine alternative to the Skype based DualPhone. You can use up to eight handsets with one base station, making the Snom M3 ideal for both home and office use. It is an expandable system with multiline functionality allowing for up to three simultaneous calls at time.

The dual mode technology also means that these excellent products can also make regular PSTN (landline) telephone calls from the same unit embracing DECT technology. The 128 x 128 pixel color display with backlight function operates for 10 hours talk time or 100 hours standby.

In June 2006, Verizon brought a lawsuit against Vonage to enforce several Verizon patents relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.

In March 2007, a jury held that Vonage is infringing three valid Verizon patents. The jury awarded $58 million in damages. The trial judge subsequently issued an injunction which was stayed pending Vonage's appeal.

In September 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the trial court's decisions on infringement, validity, and injunction as to two of the Verizon patents (the '574 and '711) and remanded as to the third patent (the '880). Vonage filed a petition for rehearing which is pending in the Court of Appeals.

Today the parties have agreed to resolve the patent lawsuit. The terms of the resolution depend on how the Court of Appeals decides Vonage's pending petition for rehearing regarding two of the Verizon patents (the '574 and '711). If Vonage wins rehearing on either the '574 or '711 patent or if the injunction is vacated as to the '574 or '711 patent, Vonage will pay Verizon $80 million. If Vonage does not win rehearing on either the '574 or '711 patent, or if the stay is lifted reinstating the injunction, Vonage will pay Verizon $117.5 million.

The parties are pleased to have resolved this matter.

Global Crossing has once again broadened the scope and reach of its VoIP services for customers around the world by extending its Global Crossing VoIP Local Service to 16 major metropolitan cities in Mexico and nearly 400 additional cities in the United States. The addition of Mexico brings to 21 the total number of countries worldwide where the service is offered. In the U.S., the company expanded availability of VoIP Local Service to nearly 400 additional cities, including Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Tucson, bringing that total to more than 1,400 nationwide.

JAJAH releases its new JAJAH Mobile software client now enables voice-over-mobile-broadband calls in Japan with mobile broadband operator EMOBILE. The software uses the data channel, a HSDPA connection, to deliver voice services for mobile broadband customers. By running Windows Mobile 6, users can now make native SIP calls using the JAJAH software, to more than 120 global destinations.

'EM Mobile Broadband' is a high-speed mobile data service, which adopts 3.5G HSDPA technology with a maximum downlink speed of 3.6Mbps and a maximum uplink speed of 384kbps. "By installing JAJAH's Mobile software, EMOBILE offers an unprecedented level of real-time communication and inexpensive services to landlines and mobile phones," said Eric Gan, COO of EMOBILE.

Sipera VIPER Lab disclosed multiple threat advisories for users of VoIP services and equipment from Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream. Among other threats, unwitting VoIP users face eavesdropping, spam, spoofing and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Full details on these vulnerabilities are posted as an educational security service to Sipera's customers and the general public at http://www.sipera.com/viper.

TalkSwitch releases Attendant Console version 1.1. Specifically engineered to take advantage of the new features in the recently released TalkSwitch software 5.0, Attendant Console 1.1 offers automatic discovery of TalkSwitch systems on the network, a complete view of the call queue and the status of lines and extensions operating within the system and all the call control users have come to expect from TalkSwitch.

Raketu kicks off their Catch The Rocket contest. Consumers who watch ipTV streamed television from Raketu will be given the opportunity to Catch The Rocket that appears flying across their computer screen. A click of the mouse on the flying rocket earns anyone who participates ten minutes of Free Talk Time to locations in over 40 countries around the world.

JDSU introduces new IPTV and quad-play enhancements to NetComplete, as well as new features to the PVA-1000, a software component of its service assurance solutions portfolio specializing in VoIP analysis using remote software capture agents. The new additions address the growing network operator demand for in-depth, accurate measurements and end-to-end performance monitoring to ensure quality IPTV, VoIP and other quad-play service delivery.

BroadSoft has completed a "mash-up" of its BroadWorks VoIP application platform with salesforce.com. The new joint solution will enable enterprise users to integrate the BroadWorks VoIP platform directly into salesforce.com's customer relationship management applications, allowing users to access click-to-dial, recorded-call logging and other advanced voice features.

HelloSoft and Sonus Networks are joining forces to enable mobile phone users to harness the power of IP for increased flexibility and access to enriched services. The two companies are partnering together to deliver new services through a suite of converged fixed broadband and mobile wireless solutions.

By pairing HelloSoft's Voice Call Continuity solutions with Sonus' industry leading IP Multimedia Subsystem based architecture, network operators can provide IP-based services to handsets leveraging a variety of access points, such as a cellular network or a wireless broadband network. For end users, this service translates into more efficient indoor coverage and improved access to multimedia services that blend voice, video and data. For network operators, the solution drives reduced operating expense for the network by leveraging an IP backbone.

Talkster launches a new calling application offering Facebook users completely free long distance, international and group conference calling. Built on Facebook Platform, a platform that enables companies and developers to build applications for the Facebook website, Talkster’s Free World Dialing application not only delivers free calling, but also allows Facebook users to preserve the privacy of their personal phone numbers when calling or receiving calls from their Facebook friends worldwide.

Digium unveils a new corporate headquarters to support the company’s rapidly growing open source telephony business. The ribbon cutting at the new facility, located at 445 Jan Davis Drive NW, is scheduled for Tuesday, October 23 and will be attended by several local dignitaries including Huntsville Mayor Loretta Spencer. Digium, which has called Huntsville home since its founding in 1999, is the leading worldwide provider of open source VoIP solutions.

Buzz Technologies has developed a line of Callback services which provides customers with three unique ways for making inexpensive calls around the world. No new equipment is needed; you use your existing telephone or mobile phone. It is as easy as using the web, sending an SMS message from your mobile phone or dialing a local access number to initiate a Callback call.