As expected, there’s been a rash of news items coming out this week from Internet Telephony vendors at the VON conference. None of these announcements have really blown me away (with the exception of the Philip Zimmerman’s Zfone which I previously posted), but as I was going through them all trying to decide which ones to highlight here on ETel it occurred to me that for every one that I thought was a yawner there’s probably someone in our audience who would have the opposite reaction. So in the interest of covering all bases, I opted for a big list of one-liners and links for you all of the VON news that made its way to my inbox. Enjoy.
- Excel Switching and Brooktrout Technology announced their new company name—Cantata Technology - press release
- SightSpeed is now Mac-comaptible - press release
- SightSpeed and Roxio agree to multi-channel distribution - press release
- Digium and Zimbra bring Asterisk VoIP to the Zimbra Collaboration Suite - press release
- Tellme enables SIP VoIP connectivity to Tellme Studio - press release
- D-Link and TelTel release first flip-style Wi-Fi phone - press release
- VOCAL announced new iPBX (3×2 inches) and PBXtender (1×2 inches) solutions (no press release online)
- Trolltech announced that its Qtopia software was the application development platform for Leadtek’s award winning IP broadband videophone, XTP 8830 - press release
- Keynote announces Voice Perspective subscription service for monitoring VoIP service quality - press release
- Adax debuts Signaling Controller for ATM to IP Interworking - press release
- Sentito Networks has partnered with Qualmax to deliver VoIP services - press release
- TalkSwitch and Apparent Networks announce Diagnostic Software for TalkSwitch VAR Channel - press release
- SJ Labs and PortaOne partner to offer on-demand “Media-Over-IP” software suite - press release
- HBF integrates Session Control from Sansay into E911 solutions - press release
- Natural Convergence announced the 2.0 release of Silhouette - press release
- Intoto demonstrates Secure VoIP XML (VXML) Gateway Technology - press release
- SPIRIT DSP announced TeamSpirit 2.0 Multi-point voice conferencing engine - press release
- RADCOM announced an OEM partnership with Viola - press release
- Transaction Network Services announced the acquisition of InfiniRoute Networks - press release
- Transaction Network Services partners with BroadSoft to deliver enhanced Calling Name Functionality via SIP - press release
- GlobalTouch Telecom supports 911 emergency calls via SIPTalk residential VoIP service (no press release online)
- TeleData Technology announced Voice Biometrics capabilities for secured voice application transactions - press release
- Personeta announced successful interoperability testing with Veraz Networks - press release
- EQO Communications announced Mobile Instant Messaging for Skype - press release
- Emergent Network Solutions announced ENTICE 2.4 - press release
- Integra5 and MetaSwitch partner to deliver Multimedia-Enhanced IMS Applications (no press release online)
- Broadcom announced a TA router chip and low-cost IP phone chip - press release
If you’re such a VoIP news-junkie that this only whet your appetitie, a much more comprehensive list of news, annoucements, and articles can be found in the VON Press room. I was only able to spend one day at VON this year, but I found plenty to chew on there. I’ll post a write-up of my impressions of the show shortly.

