UK based SynCT Limited has joined TelcoBridges’ Media Gateway Partner Program. Launched by TelcoBridges in early 2010, the Media Gateway Partner Program provides member partners with access to enhanced channel pricing, new sales and training tools, and extensive product collateral that enable those same partners to easily market, sell and support converged network solutions based on TelcoBridges’ Tmedia family of VOIP gateways.

Grandstream announces its inaugural agent/reseller program for VoIP CPE solutions. The new Grandstream Reseller Program offers worldwide partners implementing Grandstream’s GXP CPE endpoints the ability to garner additional revenue through instant rebates when GXP products are purchased through a growing list of participating suppliers.

“The new reseller program is the latest example of how Grandstream is committed to working with its partners and developing cost-effective CPE solutions for the enterprise and SMB markets,” said David Li, CEO of Grandstream. “Our program does not require certification or demand any quarterly performance incentives. Our goal is to simply give our partners the products, support and financial rewards needed to accelerate the deployment of VoIP/SIP-based solutions.”

8x8 has received certification from Polycom as a VoIP Interoperability Partner, verifying the interoperability of its hosted IP PBX and unified communications technologies with Polycom SoundPoint IP desktop and SoundStation IP conference phones and SIP software.

Polycom VIP certification of 8x8's technologies was based on comprehensive testing performed in 8x8 labs and evaluation of test results by Polycom engineers to confirm the successful integration and end user deployment of Polycom VoIP phones with 8x8 hosted IP communications solutions. 8x8 began offering the Polycom SoundPoint IP 335 desk phone in October 2010, and recently added the Polycom SoundPoint IP 550 and Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 desk phones and Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 conference phone to its portfolio of IP telephony endpoints.

Nextiva announces it now offers and supports Cisco's latest line of business VoIP phones. The Cisco SPA 300 and 500 series IP phones are powerful and affordable VoIP phones that offer many great benefits. Each phone in the 300 and 500 series by Cisco includes state-of-the-art features, Cisco's impressive hardware reliability, and low pricing.

The Cisco SPA 300 and 500 VoIP phone lines are designed for use with services like Nextiva. Each Cisco phone provides all the traditional business phone features, such as call waiting, call forwarding, call transfer, and more. Cisco's SPA 300 and 500 series phones have been introduced to replace one of the best selling lines of VoIP phones in history, the Linksys SPA 900 series.

Mobile software developer Acrobits turns two this month. As a leading developer of VoIP on the iPhone, they have consistently led the field in introducing advanced SIP features to the iPhone and integrating the best iOS features into their products. This dedication to innovation has brought their users the best VoIP experience on the iPhone and made Acrobits Softphone the leading SIP Client on the iPhone. To celebrate, both Acrobits Softphone and Groundwire are on sale for half off today and tomorrow only, November 16th and 17th. Get Acrobits Softphone for only $3.99 and Groundwire for only $4.99.

WorldGate announces that its flagship Ojo Vision product will be featured in the 2010 WIRED Store in New York City. Holiday shoppers can now experience the new Ojo Vision digital video phone at WIRED’s annual WIRED Store in New York City for six weeks beginning November 19 through December 26, 2010.

“In today’s world, family and friends are oftentimes separated by thousands of miles, and the inability to see each other face-to-face is magnified during the holiday season,” said George E. Daddis, CEO of WorldGate Communications. “The Ojo Vision digital video phone easily overcomes this separation with affordable and revolutionary new technology that brings families and friends together by simply dialing a phone. We are proud to be a part of the 2010 WIRED Store, and our team is committed to sharing this important news and uniting family and loved ones for the holidays, and every day thereafter.”

Grandstream announces that its GXV3140 IP multimedia phone, which uses mega-pixel camera and H.264 codec to deliver razor sharp video calling over Internet, is officially certified by Skype and incorporates native Skype embedded software to allow Skype video calling without a PC. Skype's community of users worldwide, who already have the capability to send and receive free video calls to and from their computers, can now do so with Grandstream's IP multimedia phone.

Designed to strengthen relationships with business colleagues and customers, as well as keep in touch with family and friends, the GXV3140 offers FREE two-way or three-way video calling out-of-the-box along with real-time instant access to a variety of Web and popular social multimedia applications.

IS Support announced that it will begin selling and delivering ShoreTel Unified Communication solutions as a new Certified Partner. ShoreTel has designed the Partner Program to strengthen the relationship between ShoreTel and its partners, advancing and growing both companies’ market share in the unified communications industry, while ensuring every customer continues to be delighted with their ShoreTel experience.

IS Support has been implementing unified communications (VoIP) systems since early 2004, demonstrating that they are no newcomer to the VoIP platform. This new partnership will allow for IS Support to continue to provide full-featured phone systems diversifying with ShoreTel into organizations that require cost effective call centers solutions. ShoreTel’s call center is powerful in its basic form, but with upgrades, the solution can handle up to 1000 or more users in a call center with very powerful reporting, Wallboards and skill based routing.

3CX has completed full interoperability testing with VoIP service provider Phonzo and announced today a strategic partnership providing a fully integrated VoIP solution for SMB markets in Norway and Sweden.

Phonzo has become a 3CX Supported SIP Trunk provider, with Phonzo SIP Trunk configuration built into the latest of 3CX software. Businesses already using 3CX VoIP PBX for Windows can now benefit from Phonzo’s high quality internet telephony services for voice calls as an integrated solution. Nick Galea, CEO at 3CX said: “We are pleased to work with a leading VoIP provider in Norway, as we can offer our customers an exceptional end-to-end VoIP solution. Customers using our IP PBX with Phonzo internet telephony services can be certain that the solution has been tested and that they have full support from both companies”.

CounterPath is pleased to announce the official launch of Bria Android Edition. An enterprise-grade VoIP application, Bria Android Edition is a highly secure, standards-based softphone that works over both 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Highlights of Bria Android Edition's features include:

• Support on any SIP-compliant server to enable rapid implementation
• Multi-tasking support for background operation, such as fielding incoming calls while using other applications
• Audio codecs G.711a/u, iLBC and GSM
• Option to purchase with or without G.729 codec
• more after the jump

"We have joined the SIP Forum because we believe in the importance of collaboration and interoperability with key global companies and their initiatives to strengthen the SIP ecosystem", stated Bogdan Carstoiu, 4PSA's CEO. "Our interest is to share the experiences with our cloud implementations and to scale our solutions massively in distributed environments", added Mr. Carstoiu.

"4PSA has an extremely high focus on SIP and its use in the enterprise for applications which include SIP trunking, Unified Communications, Fax, conferencing and video. Many of our current products and lot of development effort is in the SIP area. As we've continuously discovered improved methods for leveraging the full cloud potential, we look forward to presenting these to the SIP Forum members for review and exchange of ideas", Mr. Carstoiu also stated.

The New Jersey Technology Council has named Phone.com Communications Company of the Year. Phone.com will be honored at the annual NJTC Awards Gala on November 17th.

“We are humbled and honored to be the recipients of the NJTC Communications Company of the Year Award for 2010,” said Ari Rabban, CEO and Co-Founder of Phone.com. “We are very proud of our achievements and our growth in our three years in business and to be honored in the state were telecommunications was invented is incredible.”

Intermedia announces promising data coming off the first three months of the company's hosted PBX offering. Customer adoption of hosted PBX, which offers companies business-grade VoIP telephone service integrated with their Exchange email, has doubled month-over-month since the August 2, 2010 launch. One of the first customers to sign on, JJ Buckley Fine Wines, already reports positive results, including improved employee productivity and customer service.

Intermedia's hosted PBX service is VoIP-based and integrates with Intermedia's hosted Exchange email service -- enabling customers to access not only hosted PBX features such as unlimited domestic calling and extension dialing, but also unified communications features such as Voicemail to Email and Click to Call. Companies manage their services from Intermedia's HostPilot Control Panel.

Windstream announces the expansion of its unified communications services to nearly 100 new cities within Windstream’s service area. Windstream's IP solutions combine voice, data and Internet services over the same connection. This allows businesses to save money when compared to separate network connections for phone and Internet services.

Windstream is expanding its VoIP and Data services to additional cities in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Georgia and Kentucky.

Toshiba and NextLevel Internet announce the certification of interoperability of NextLevel Clear Channel SIP Trunking Services with Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems. NextLevel Clear Channel Voice SIP Trunking is now available nationwide from Authorized Toshiba Dealers.

"With this agreement, NextLevel Internet brings the advantages of NextLevel's products and services, including SIP Trunking, to users of Toshiba Strata CIX VoIP business communication systems," said Eric Abing, senior product manager, Toshiba America Information Systems, Telecommunication Systems Division. "This certification substantiates the seamless integration of Toshiba's Strata CIX VoIP systems and NextLevel Clear Channel Voice SIP Trunking services, providing enterprises with the confidence that they have reliable telephone service and equipment."