snom has received one of the coveted Deloitte "Fast 500 EMEA" awards for the first time. Each year, Deloitte, the international auditing firm, ranks the 500 fastest-growing technology enterprises in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and recognizes them for their entrepreneurial excellence. snom was ranked first among German communication and networking enterprises. With a growth rate of 1312, 56% from 2002 to 2006, snom placed 125th in the overall ranking and 12th among German participants.

Buzz Technologies is pleased to announce a series of developments in the company’s mobile unit. One of them is a WAP based VoIP that allows mobile phone users to make low cost calls directly from their mobile phone. “This service is free to all members of Buzz’s Social Networking Sites, BuzZMe In and the Chinese Xirxi. 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,” says Sutida Suwunnavid, Chairwoman of Buzz Technologies. “WiFi enabled mobile entertainment devices will make up 36% of all mobile VoIP devices sold in 2011.”

Buzz needs no special equipment or software, just a WAP enabled phone. Sutida also predicts that by 2011 Skype will have 25% of the world's VoIP users and $1.2 billion in voice service revenues. Buzz is aiming at Market penetration of 12.5% and $600m in revenue by 2011.

Domestic and business Skype users in London are still reeling from the announcement that they are being ditched on the 20th December, but now a free rescue package has been put together by a leading UK based VOIP technology company. Voipfone will be offering to help the anticipated 10,000 Skype users with London 0207 numbers who have been informed that as of 20th December 2007 they are having their numbers disconnected. Those who take up the offer will also discover that once they have switched over they will pay less than they currently do via Skype.

A free-phone rescue helpline has been set up by Voipfone to help Skype customers easily switch over their 0207 numbers; 0800 5200 949.

Packet8 MobileTalk international calling service is now compatible with nearly 450 different mobile phones including Blackberry, Nokia, Palm, Motorola, Samsung and other popular makes and models.

The Packet8 MobileTalk service seamlessly connects international calls from the mobile phone to the Packet8 digital VoIP network, enabling cell phone users to significantly reduce their international phone bills and maintain high digital voice quality while still enjoying the convenience and flexibility of mobile calling. Packet8 MobileTalk removes the barriers associated with existing carrier, calling card and call back services that often dissuade individuals from using their cell phones for overseas calling. These include obstacles such as costly per minute rates, poor call quality, cumbersome dialing procedures and unreliable service availability.

Bluesocket announces that its impressive and diverse customer base has surpassed 3,000 organizations and is among the largest in the enterprise mobility and wireless LAN market. This achievement underscores the value that Bluesocket’s secure wireless networking solutions deliver to customers across a variety of markets. In addition, the company’s increasing innovation around next-generation wireless technology has helped it to expand its customer base worldwide to more than 47 countries.

Packet8 has signed an agreement with SYNNEX Corporation calling for the distribution of Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone services to small and medium sized businesses. SYNNEX will offer the telephony solution as part of its Technology-as-a-Service offering. The agreement enables SYNNEX Corporation's resellers to tap into the rapidly growing SMB hosted VoIP market with Packet8's leading business iPBX solution, now in use by over 9,000 U.S. companies.

TechFaith announced the launch of "Wing," a feature-rich WiFi-capable phone, and two WiFi smartphones with the internal code names of "Pluto" and "Vista 850." The WiFi VoiP and SIP enabled working sample of Wing is ready, and shipment is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2008 upon receipt of customers' firm orders. A WCDMA WiFi phone is under development.

Both WiFi smartphones, Pluto and Vista 850, are based on Windows 6.0. The phones feature a 2.0 megapixel camera, an MP3 and MPEG4 player, push mail and Bluetooth capabilities. In addition, Pluto has GPS function, and Vista 850 is also a slim music phone with a 3.5mm audio jack and a flash user interface.

Pingo adds new convenience features making it easier than ever for consumers and small business users to take advantage of VoIP for low-cost international calling. Pingo and Pingo Business are powerful telephony services that deliver the savings of VoIP, while allowing consumers to use any fixed-line or mobile phone without additional specialized equipment purchases or software downloads.

Pingo consumers have long been able to set up their accounts to automatically recharge when they reach a predetermined balance. Now, with the new feature, Pingo's interactive voice response system alerts users making Pingo calls when their account has a low balance, and with the simple push of the key a consumer's account can be replenished.

Telefonica Deutschland has selected Nominum's Foundation Caching Name Server to deliver consistent and high quality VoIP services for customers and sustain growth in the German communications market.

Telefonica Deutschland operates a high-performance network in Germany and is one of the largest VoIP carriers in the country. Its customers businesses depend on the performance and availability of the Telefonica network to survive. For Telefonica Deutschland to continue its successful growth in the German communications market, it needs to provide superior service levels and meet Service Level Agreement commitments to its wholesale customers while controlling operational costs.

8x8 launches Packet8 MobileTalk, an easy to use mobile calling service that offers a simple, affordable and high quality digital voice solution to overseas calling. Packet8 MobileTalk utilizes a downloadable software application that can currently reside on any Windows, Palm or Symbian based mobile phone to seamlessly connect international calls from the mobile phone to the Packet8 digital VoIP network. Routing these calls over the Packet8 network enables cell phone users to significantly reduce their international phone bills and maintain high international voice quality while still enjoying the convenience and flexibility of mobile calling.