SpectraLink, a company based out of Boulder, Colorado, have announced the release of a new suite of WiFi phones designed for use on converged data and voice networks in an enterprise setting. The new phones are called the NetLink 8000 Series and will make use of 802.11a/b/g networks (no draft 802.11n support mentioned).
Two phones [...]

Digium, the primary developer of the open source Asterisk IP PBX, have announced a new ’software appliance’ called AsteriskNow. The new application has been developed so that users can have an Asterisk PBX installed, configured and running within 30 minutes.
AsteriskNow has been developed off the recently launched 1.4.0 release and features a Digium-designed user [...]

The advance of internet telephony is causing waves in Chile according to the Diario Financiero newspaper.  The incumbent telco in Chile, Telefonica Chile, are dragging their heels when it comes to VoIP and blocking / impeding access to IP telephony by customers.  Haven’t we heard that one before?  Dubai and the UAE spring to mind.
Telefonica [...]

MrBlog has an interesting post detailing the support available from many top VoIP providers and surprise surprise, support isn’t exactly a strong point for many of them.
From his results Skype and Jajah, both at the forefront of soft phone technology, don’t fare very well at all with nothing more than an email form and no [...]

According to some VoIP industry watchers we can expect to see some serious consolidation in the US this year.  Business consulting firm, Colorado-based Franklin Court Partners, believe that after the recent explosion of VoIP providers there will inevitably be a process of consolidation this year as the market matures.
Many recently launched VoIP providers only operate [...]