Game Changer?: magicJack's impending 'femtoJack'
A cheap, portable femtocell—with ultra-low-cost VoIP service—could alter the telecomm landscape beyond recognition.

Ready for Off-the-Shelf VoIP?
A simplified approach to selling and deploying IP telephony is proving good business for veteran hosted PBX provider 8x8.

sipgate one: New VoIP Service that Uses the Phone You Have
Here's an ultra-low-cost service that's loaded with features other VoIP services don't typically offer.

CounterPath and BroadSoft Introduce Bria for BroadWorks
Custom version of CounterPath’s Bria Professional softphone is designed to integrate seamlessly with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks VoIP application platform.

Experiencing the Totally Connected Lifestyle
Your editors try out mobile unified communications. Warning: It could become addicting.

The Call Center of the Future?
OnState is a SaaS solution that brings call center functionality to small businesses quickly and inexpensively.

SIP Trunking for the Big Guys
BroadSoft and AcmePacket enhance their joint service offering, adding fixed/mobile convergence and unified communications functionality.

Failover for SMB VoIP Systems
New line of load-balancing WAN link controllers from Ecessa addresses the threat of communications blackouts due to failed Internet connections.

Nimbuzz Connects the Walled Gardens
This startup service provider lets social networking fans VoIP, IM, and otherwise communicate across disparate communities.

Vopium: The Quiet Mobile VoIP Alternative
Company mantra: Don't try to turn the phone into a PC; just facilitate low-cost international calling and otherwise stay out of the way.

F/MC Watch: Toshiba, Varaha Partner to Mobilize Office Phone
Varaha's uMobility technology will deliver Strata CIX IP PBX features to mobile handsets over WLAN or cell networks.

Provider Profile: NextLevel Internet
ISP-turned-VoIP-provider encourages businesses to jettison their PBXs and save money with consolidated phone-and-Internet connectivity.

Digium/Asterisk Embraces Fax
The official release of Fax for Asterisk will be a godsend for myriads of companies—both large and small—that still depend on the technology.

VoIPing Around the Globe
Our roving reporter puts his livelihood on the line, builds extended European sojourn around hosted IP PBX telecom services.