IP5280 Communications announces the acquisition of the VoIP and Internet services business accounts of RockyNet. The acquisition of RockyNet’s IP telephony customers increases IP5280’s customer base by over 15% and solidifies IP5280’s position as the largest business IP telephony communications provider in the Rocky Mountain region. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, the acquisition is immediately accretive to IP5280 and bolsters 2011 revenue and EBITDA.

Also announced, the companies have joined forces to serve businesses’ demand for cloud-based communications through a commercial agreement which enables the companies to leverage their strengths in the joint design, delivery and operations of IP services to business customers throughout the region. Both companies are recognized innovators in IP communications, and the new partnership allows both to focus and to specialize on their strengths, while arming them with broad cloud communication functionality, such as voice, managed application services, server virtualization, security and service delivery.

Tone Software announced the immediate availability of SIP management through its ReliaTel VoIP quality of service and Converged Infrastructure Management software. The SIP management facility strengthens the ReliaTel core competency of managing voice quality, network service levels and the physical voice and data infrastructure from end to end, across virtually any convergence technology mix.

With SIP trunking permeating corporate telephony networks at a rapid pace, SIP technology is becoming a foundation for deploying and implementing unified communications, mobility, collaboration and telepresence applications. Further, SIP trunks are often justified based on expected cost-savings for enterprises. As a result, effectively managing SIP trunks is imperative to ensure the service levels of the SIP transport layer, the quality of voice traffic as it enters the corporate network, and the expected financial ROI.

4PSA has announced that TMC has named VoipNow Professional as a recipient of the 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

"VoipNow Professional continues to gain momentum through global adoption as the most comprehensive Unified Communications software suite designed for cloud computing. Its latest enhancements add powerful capabilities for telecom carriers and other service providers while supporting the widest range of client needs," stated Mike Ross, 4PSA's President.

Sigma Systems introduced its new Telco Services Accelerator, a residential service fulfillment solution that enables telcos to capitalize on the growth of triple-play services over fiber. This next-generation OSS platform enables telcos to create service bundles and seamlessly provision, activate and manage residential Internet, SIP-based VoIP and IPTV services over a fiber-to-the-home network.

Allot Communications announces that its Allot MobileTrends Report shows that mobile data bandwidth usage continued its phenomenal rise with 73% growth during the second half of 2010. Video streaming continues to drive this growth as it remains the fastest growing application type, accounting for 37% of mobile bandwidth. Allot will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress from 14-17 February, in hall 2, booth B53.

Tru announces its Tru for Business Elite voice and data plans for U.S.-based business travelers. The new intercontinental bundles of minutes, data and texts can be used across all Tru countries, saving businesses over 80 percent on their international roaming bills.

The innovative Tru for Business Elite plans include:

• Data, minutes and texts bundles which can be used across all Tru Countries providing over 80 percent savings compared to other carrier’s published business roaming rates
  
• European minutes which can be used across 30 countries offering savings of between 30 percent and 60 percent on calls between Europe and Tru Countries
• Local numbers for any or all Tru Countries, making it easy for contacts to stay in touch without footing international call charges

PortaOne announces that Velocity VoIP has selected PortaSwitch Procinctus as its core convergent VoIP billing software. PortaSwitch Procinctus, now in Maintenance Release 23, allows Velocity to offer its Internet Telephony Service Provider customers the ultimate combination of all available IP telephony services.

PortaSwitch Procinctus, PortaOne's premier infrastructure product, allows carriers and service providers to unify voice, data, fax content, SMS and Internet traffic within a single converged network. The platform is the highest combination of all available PortaOne products and technologies, built around a converged VoIP billing software platform. Together the components achieve a maximum level of performance and reliability.

As numerous organizations worldwide are looking to take advantage of the cost savings and additional services available when migrating from digital to VoIP phone lines, the demand for hardware that can convert conventional phones to IP phones is huge. In order to cater to this demand, Citel provides customers with the Portico Telephone VoIP adapter. This product allows users to harness the benefits of their PBX, P-phone and analog phones as well as their existing phone cabling infrastructure.

4PSA is exhibiting as well as participating on an educational panel at ITEXPO East held in Miami, Florida, Feb. 2-4, 2011.

The latest release of VoipNow Professional, version 2.5.1, extends 4PSA's UC suite with higher performance and more integration using the open API. Each release of VoipNow re-enforces its internationally recognized reputation as the premier software platform for CLOUD CALLING. Fixed-line or Mobile applications can be easily customized and managed using web services. Applications utilizing all forms of voice, video, fax, IM, conferencing, and collaboration are supported, fast and easily.

US Phone has selected Telastic from Pac-West to drive the expansion of their call center business. US Phone is serving customers worldwide through offices in Brazil and Columbia. As a VoIP industry pioneer, US Phone continues to partner with industry thought-leaders to distribute a complete suite of IP telephony software, solutions and applications.

Pac-West continues to see customers embrace its Telastic on-demand telecom service set, flexibly delivered as fully managed services, self-managed services and infrastructure services. The Telastic solution set includes key telecom service components such as a feature-rich SBC, white-label VoIP and IP-PBX services, certified third-party applications and telephony infrastructure as-a-service offerings.

CommuniGate Systems announces the next generation of their acclaimed Unified Communications application suite, Pronto! version 4.0. The new and improved features are available in both the Flash-based web version, Pronto! Web, and the new desktop client Pronto! Pro. Both web 2.0 and desktop versions use the same super efficient code base, and have an API to integrate to other business productivity applications. Pronto! integrates all types of communication into a single dashboard, allowing operators to offer subscribers one application, one experience, under one brand.

ABC VoIP recently announced a whole new arena of safe VoIP services payment methods for its customers. ABC-VoIP is offering the service that allows customers to make international calls over the Internet and is providing great communication solutions that offer portability, flexibility and ease-of-use. There are many available VoIP plans that will help you to find exactly what you need and will help you to save money on your telephone bills. By using the ABC VoIP you can enter a world of high quality calling over the Internet and that is without any sort of hidden fee or cost.

snom has taken office mobility a step forward with the launch of the snom m9 DECT phone, a full-function mobile handset for seamless, business-class VoIP. As the newest member of the snom phone family, the snom m9 will be on display for the first time in the Americas at the IT Expo East 2011 in Miami, FL, February 2-4.

The snom m9 combines snom’s highly-interoperable IP communications firmware with an advanced DECT handset, giving business users an affordable cordless VoIP phone that integrates with all major SIP-based IP PBXs, including snom’s own snom ONE IP PBX. Each snom m9 supports four concurrent calls and the ability to interconnect nine handsets at once, providing a highly-scalable cordless option for small and medium-sized businesses.

AireSpring has been awarded the most ever nine Telecom Association awards for outstanding products and services. The Telecom Association, a national professional membership organization of over 3,200 Telecom industry professionals voted AireSpring the top provider for “SIP Trunking VoIP,” “Integrated Access,” “Multi-Location Services,” “Wholesale Carrier” and “CLEC.” In addition, AireSpring placed as a top five telecom "Carrier" in the nation as well as “Reseller,” “Audio Conferencing” and a top ten finish in “Data & Internet”. The total of 9 awards cements AireSpring as the top next generation Carrier and managed services provider for Local, Long Distance, and Data products.

VoIP Supply announces the launch of a turnkey VoIP provider offering. The offering, which leverages VoIP Supply’s VoIP Fulfillment services and StarView Solutions’ hosted PBX, SIP trunks and PRISM services management tool, provides current and aspiring VoIP providers with everything needed to run an efficient, profitable operation.

“With this joint offering, ISP’s, ITSP’s and entrepreneurs can take advantage of two best-in-class platforms to power their operations,” stated Garrett Smith, Chief Marketing Officer at VoIP Supply, LLC. “The result is increased operational efficiency, time to market and an improved customer experience without the associated upfront costs.”