DIDX has been selected as a VON Mexico, Expo Comm, and Linux World Mexico February 23 -26, 2008 media sponsor all in one place, Centro Banamex, Mexico City. Other media sponsors include the highly respected VON Magazine at vonmag.com, Convergencia Latina at convergencialatina.com, and Telesemana at tele-semana.com. In 2007, 25,000 qualified buyers visited the exhibits, a magnificent number. Mexico is a hub of Latin American business, and all individuals and companies ready to do business, share information with and gain partners with international entities should register and attend.

I received an email the other day notifying me that VoIP Monitor has been ranked as 1 of 25 top VoIP blogs of 2007 by VoIP-News! Although the list was released last week while I was on vacation, I'd like to thank VoIP-News for honoring us as a influential VoIP blog.

Other bloggers mentioned include:

• Jeff Pulver
• Andy Abramson
• Alec Saunders
• Om Malik
• Garrett Smith
• Luca Filigheddu
• and many more...

I'd like to give a personal mention of Tom Keating's VoIP & Gadgets Blog as well.

Cordia has begun to sell unlimited bundle plans at $29.95. With service offerings in 17 states this new pricing will be one of the most aggressive in the wireline industry. This service, available in most areas, offers the consumer an unlimited local and long distance bundled service plan which also includes their local line, call waiting, caller ID and 3-way calling.

The Brazilian total telecommunications services market has been growing considerably, with broadband, VoIP, and mobile telephony markets pushing revenues growth. Moreover, the convergence of voice, data, and video is presenting several opportunities for growth and it is expected to drive the telecommunications market, as triple play offers penetrate in lower end users.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan Brazilian Total Telecommunications Services Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $58,266.6 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach $74,280.4 million in 2012. However, mobile telephony services are set to take over telecommunications sector service, as it exceeds fixed telephony in terms

Packet8 announced that as of the end of the December 2007 quarter, more than 10,000 U.S. based small to medium sized businesses are now subscribing to Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone services.

The Packet8 Virtual Office service is an affordable, easy-to-use replacement for traditional PBX phone systems, allowing users anywhere in the world to be part of a hosted VoIP virtual phone solution. The service includes an auto attendant, worldwide extension dialing, business class voicemail, a full featured conference bridge and ring groups, in addition to a rich variety of other business class PBX and dial tone features not normally found on premise-based PBX systems. Packet8 Virtual Office reduces an organization's total cost of ownership for telecommunications services because of its minimal initial investment combined with unlimited worldwide calling to other business extensions and Packet8 subscribers, unlimited local and long distance business calling in the United States and Canada and access to Packet8's low per-minute international calling rates to overseas wireline and mobile phone numbers.