SoundPoint IP 670 Delivers a Rich Voice and Visual Experience

Polycom announces the newest addition to its SoundPoint IP desktop phone line, the SoundPoint IP 670. The SoundPoint IP 670 is an application-enabled desktop SIP phone with a high-performance color display, Polycom's revolutionary HD Voice technology, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. It provides professionals with an intuitive color interface for easier viewing and navigation of phone functions and productivity-enhancing applications.

The SoundPoint IP 670 also features the industry's first color expansion module. When equipped with up to three color expansion modules, the SoundPoint IP 670 delivers the industry's first color attendant console solution for call attendants and administrative assistants. This solution significantly increases the call handling capability of the phone and enables attendants to better manage incoming calls by being able to view presence status without having to be in front of a PC.

The SoundPoint IP 670 supports six-lines and includes advanced SIP features and capabilities, such as support for shared lines, text messaging, and buddy presence monitoring. It features 14 default color background displays for phone personalization. Additional customized backgrounds, such as a company logo, can be added to deliver a rich desktop branding experience. The phone also includes an integrated XHTML micro-browser that enables users to take advantage of productivity-enhancing Web-based applications and also provides the ideal platform for Polycom's recently announced Polycom Productivity Suite for SoundPoint IP phones.

As the industry's first color expansion module, the SoundPoint IP Color Expansion Module augments the color user interface of the SoundPoint IP 670 phone. It features 14 multifunctional line keys that can be set up as line registration, call appearance, speed-dial, or a direct station select/busy lamp field keys. Up to three Color Expansion Modules can be snapped onto the SoundPoint IP 670 to form a full-featured color call attendant console solution. The solution supports up to 34 line registrations, 47 BLF monitored lines, and 24 concurrent calls. This enables the telephone attendant to promptly accept, screen, dispatch and effortlessly monitor incoming calls.

The SoundPoint IP phone is being certified to deliver comprehensive interoperability and extensive feature support with Polycom's growing list of more than 24 SIP-based call control platform partners including 3Com, BroadSoft, Digium, Interactive Intelligence, Sylantro, and other Polycom VoIP Interoperability Partners.

Pricing and Availability

The Power over Ethernet version of the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 is available in North America, most of Central and Latin America, Europe and most of Asia-Pac today through Polycom certified channel partners for an MSRP of U.S. $599. The SoundPoint IP Color Expansion Modules are available for an MSRP of $319 each.

i2Telecom Expects 2008 Revenues to More Than Quintuple to Over $5 Million

i2Telecom expects revenues from the sale of VOIP products and related services to exceed $5 million in the year ending December 31, 2008, compared with less than $1 million in revenues
during 2007.

This anticipated revenue growth will be driven by revenue-sharing and licensing agreements involving the Company’s new MyGlobalTalk technology. In addition, the Company may have the opportunity to realize further profits from the monetization of a portion of its growing intellectual property portfolio. The Company currently has patent applications pending related to over a dozen different additional important VoIP technologies, all of which are deployed today in the Company’s VoIP technology offerings.

The Company attributes much of the anticipated acceleration in revenue growth to its new patent-pending MyGlobalTalk technology, which has been met with great enthusiasm among current and prospective customers.

• MyGlobalTalk is an innovative, unique and proprietary software application developed internally by i2Telecom’s R&D team.
• MyGlobalTalk places Internet telephony in the hands of every cellular phone user, independent of wireless carrier technology, handset manufacturer, or the type of wireless carrier voice/data plan involved.
• Once MyGlobalTalk is installed on a cellular handset, users are able to call any telephone in the world directly from their cellular phones using VoIP technology, at a fraction of normal long-distance rates.
• MyGlobalTalk utilizes a prepaid, “pay as you go” plan structure and no long-term contract is required.
• Additionally, MyGlobalTalk is fully functional without requiring local access to the Internet or proximity to an Internet “hotspot.”
• MyGlobalTalk users also need not wait for the availability of dual-mode WiFi phones, because MyGlobalTalk provides the benefits of dual-mode phones at a fraction of the cost, using customers’ existing mobile handsets.
• MyGlobalTalk does not require carriers to participate, since users can sign-up independently

for the service.

Raketu Debuts Mobile Social Networking Integrated With VoIP for BlackBerry Users

Raketu debuts its social networking integrated communications web application optimized for the BlackBerry. The new web-based application allows BlackBerry users to participate and share with their friends, family and business colleagues, both inside and outside of the Raketu network. Users can add and participate in blogs, bulletins, comments, groups, friends through conventional social networking and through Raketu's real-time communications. Users can also store and share their media, making it easy to take pictures or videos on their mobiles, save them on Raketu and share them with anyone whether they are on Raketu or not. Raketu also allows sharing with other social networks, including Facebook and MySpace, and users can make international calls, sms-text, instant message, and email totally free or at Raketu's ultra-low rates -- all from within the BlackBerry application.

Raketu's BlackBerry Application Features

Raketu's new BlackBerry Application is entirely web-based and does not require consumers to download any software. BlackBerry users can sign up and access the service via their BlackBerry web browser. Using Raketu's BlackBerry application, users can contribute blogs, bulletins, comments and interact in traditional social networking style or in real-time both inside and outside of the Raketu community. Raketu also provides the Raketu Media Drive, that allows users to store and share their user generated content -- pictures, videos, etc. Users can make the content private or public, and can share with other Raketu users, or outside the Raketu community.

Packet8 Business Voice Expands with Launch of Virtual Trunking Services

Packet8 announces the introduction of Packet8 Virtual Trunking, a broadband agnostic IP trunking solution that allows a business
to benefit from the cost efficiencies of VoIP while retaining their existing phones
and phone system hardware and optimizing the use of their existing connectivity to
the Internet.

Packet8 Virtual Trunking provides companies that have already made a substantial or
recent investment in phone system hardware with an opportunity to reduce recurring
monthly service and toll charges by delivering digital quality dial tone service over
their broadband connection rather than a separate voice circuit from an incumbent
or local exchange carrier. The company's existing phone system equipment continues
to provide the user feature set while the Packet8 Virtual Trunking services provide
dial tone together with local, long distance and international call routing services
to that equipment from the Packet8 digital VoIP network.

In conjunction with the launch of Packet8 Virtual Trunking services, 8x8 has added
domestic regional sales personnel who will be building a network of telecommunications
resellers that sell into the SMB channel. Idaho-based interconnect Thompson Communications,
a pilot customer who has been testing Virtual Trunking over a wireless Internet connection,
had this to say about the service: "As a leading interconnect, our success is dependent
on the quality of the services we recommend and deploy. Packet8's Virtual Trunking
solution installed seamlessly over our existing wireless network and has exceeded
our expectations for ease of deployment and voice quality. We look forward to recommending
Packet8 Virtual Trunking to all of our customers."



Packet8 Virtual Trunking offers dial tone, toll-free number service, direct dialing,
T1/PRI termination, analog termination, E911 support, Caller ID/CNAM, national directory
listing and online billing and account management. Implementation of the service is
achieved through installation of an Integrated Access Device on the customer's premise
by a professional Packet8 installation team. Packet8 Virtual Trunking services can
be provisioned and operational for customers in as little as one week from order.

Patton presentes new ISDN VoIP Adapter

Patton announces
their award-winning SmartNode Smart-Digital Telephone Adapter (S-DTA) is fully released
and generally available.



As the only two-call ISDN VoIP CPE on the market that runs carrier-grade software
-- Patton's SmartWare -- the S-DTA is the obvious choice for double and triple-pay
service providers seeking an ISDN termination device. With touchless auto-provisioning
and proven reliability in numerous carrier deployments, SmartWare offers proven interoperability
with all major-brand softswitches and IP-PBXs.



Designed for deployment in ISDN small offices, branch offices, and homes, the device
supports two concurrent voice or T.38 fax calls (Super G3 and V.34 capable). The very-low-cost,
feature-rich S-DTA seamlessly connects up to 8 ISDN terminals over the S-bus to a
service provider or private VoIP network.



Service providers can use the S-DTA to roll out profitable Internet-telephony, double-play,
and triple-play services in the demanding ISDN residential market. Built-in So line
power reduces overall CPE costs by eliminating the need for an external power supply.



Subscribers can enjoy the cost-saving benefits of VoIP technology using their existing
ISDN terminals (up to 8 phones). The device's powered So port connects to the S bus
in the subscriber's home or office.



Enterprises and integrators can use the S-DTA to seamlessly extend corporate PBX services
to remote and home-office workers. Number plan adaptation, inter-protocol mapping,
and other advanced features ensure users can communicate they way they're used to
-- but without the high PSTN charges.



The advanced VoIP technology in SmartNode equipment preserves all the ISDN telephony
features that ISDN users depend on and network operators require (AOC, CLIP, CLIR,
UD64, overlap dialing, and fax, as well as MSN and DID). Built on the industry's most
interoperable VoIP platform, the SmartNode S-DTA supports ISDN, SIP, H.323, and MGCP/IUA
signaling

Sunrise voip provider review

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How to Become a VoIP provider

There are many ways how to use VOIP services. You can save with VOIP on international calls or become a VOIP provider and start earn with VOIP

Many VOIP service providers offer reseller or affiliate programs. It is no necessary now to have IT skills to become a VOIP provider. VoIP providers offers VoIP Reseller packages for reseller to setup their own business. You can buy wholesale VoIP airtime and resell it under your own brand and your own rates . This is an easy way to become a VoIP Provider in your country or city .

Becoming a VoIP reseller is a compromise between building a dedicated VoIP company from scratch and selling VoIP services as an affiliate. As a VoIP reseller, you will be redistributing the airtime of an existing VoIP company, who in turn will handle much of the back end of the business. However, you will still be responsible for some on site equipment, as well as the marketing of your business. The plus side to this is that you will be your own brand and can set the price for the service, whereas an affiliate program only earns you a fixed commission. As a VoIP reseller you will have to be somewhattechnically savvy, but not nearly as savvy as if you were building a VoIP company from the ground up. In fact, there are some hosting firms that will conduct on-site training and equipment setup if you open a reseller account with them.

VoIP Providers Offering Affiliate Programs

1. Globe7
2. Net2Phone
3. iConnectHere

VoIP Providers Offering Reseller Programs

1. Quantumvoice
2. Net2Phone
3. iConnectHere
4. Nikotel