SkypeGear have information on a new low-cost Skype phone from Multi-Link called the TeleVoIP 201 USB Skype Phone. Unlike the recently released Netgear SPH200D, the TeleVoIP USB Phone requires a direct connection to your computer. As such, I would consider this a low-end phone because there is a degree of inflexibility associated with [...]

Netgear have released their new dual-mode Skype / PSTN phone called the SPH200D. The SPH200D follows on from their first foray into the WiFi phone market, the highly-anticipated and warmly welcomed SPH101.
Like other dual-mode phones such as the D-Link DPH-C160S and Auvi PHIP64 the SPH200D will allow users to make calls via SkypeOut and [...]

TechRepublic has a great writeup on various measures you can take to secure a SIP-based VoIP network. Security, or the lack thereof, really seems to have come to the fore recently. Only a few weeks ago one research group reported that as many as 70% of all calls made using Voice over IP [...]

ERF Wireless, which offers encrypted wireless network solutions for the banking industry has joined hands with companies such as ShoreTel and 3Com in a strategic partnership to provide secure high-quality voice applications.
In a press release ERF stated it’s intention to enable financial institutions with its VoIPNet solution such that they can increase efficiencies and cut [...]

We are just into the first week of the New Year and the process of research reports seems to be well under way. In-Stat has named Covad Communications as the market leader in the hosted VoIP for the business segment for the fourth year in a row.
In trying to analyze Covad’s success, In-Stat mentions that [...]