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Moving deeper into the telecom market, Red Hat has acquired Mobicents, an open source VoIP middleware platform and open source Java Service Logic Execution Environment (JSLEE). The company also has joined the SCOPE Alliance, which is dedicated to building carrier-grade platforms. Red Hat says open source software, platforms and tools are a must for telcos looking to thrive in the increasingly competitive and innovative landscape that is evolving around them. The announcement of the deal ?

Vitelity
Communications has launched a new Colocation and Hosting service designed specifically
for VoIP service providers and businesses using VoIP. The current lineup for their
hosting services will include a choice of Dell PowerEdge servers with options for
CPU, memory, storage, and RAID. In addition, Vitelity will pre-configure and optimize
each server with either: Asterisk, Trixbox, PBX in a Flash, or a base operating system
such as Windows or Linux. Customers can also ship their pre-configured PBX, switch,
or gateway to Vitelity for Colocation in their soon to be completed 10,000 square-foot
state-of-the-art data center in Denver, CO.

Droplet
Technology has acquired privately-held Sipcall. Christian Rees, Sipcall's President
and Founder, has joined Droplet as Director of Service Platforms. Financial details
of the deal were not announced.

In April 2008, Sipcall launched "Hipsip," a mobile data service that allows users
to make carrier-friendly VoIP calls worldwide from any mobile phone's web browser,
using only their local mobile calling plan. Droplet has already begun integration
of the Sipcall SIP infrastructure into Droplet's interactive mobile video service
platform.

IPEVO announced
its FR-33.1 USB Internet Handset has been certified for use with the Avaya IP Softphone
6.0. Business professionals that use the popular Avaya Softphone system can now experience
the design and sound quality of IPEVO's best selling Internet handset. The FR-33.1
supports one-touch function keys for call transfer, call holding and conference calls,
as well as contact and call history menu navigation. Users can activate the Avaya
IP Softphone 6.0 application, as well as dial numbers and answer calls directly from
the handset.

Now available to businesses of all sizes, VoIP is experiencing rapid market adoption, offering the ability to reduce costs, improve productivity and streamline network management by converging voice and data communications over a single IP network. However, investigating and understanding the options available and deploying VoIP technology can be a challenging undertaking for many small and medium-sized businesses.

Still worried about being a Vonage user? Just because it's not on the front pages this week doesn't mean you shouldn't be looking at alternatives, just in case. And you may be surprised at what other carriers can offer you. Vonage's big advertising budget tends to drown out some of its smaller competitors but that doesn't mean they can't provide a good service....

CounterPath announces its latest softphone client application, Bria 2.0. Bria 2.0 introduces a number of new usability and customization features to the CounterPath Multimedia Communicator product suite and enables service providers and equipment manufacturers to present a highly flexible, user-friendly VoIP solution for consumer markets.

A recent survey of U.S. early adopters by high-tech market researcher In-Stat found that almost half of those respondents planning to replace their cell phones want Wi-Fi capability. To meet the growing demand, there is an avalanche of dual-mode phones in the pipeline. By the end of this year, the Wi-Fi Alliance will have certified more than 100 different models of Wi-Fi/Cellular phones.

As systems become increasingly interconnected, how do we prevent Spam for Internet Telephony, a.k.a. ?SPIT? or ?VoIP spam?.