8×8, Inc., provider of Packet8 (http://www.packet8.net/) residential, business and video Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services, today announced that a recent report by telecom research firm AMI Partners (http://www.ami-partners.com/) ranked its Packet8 Virtual Office service as the #1 hosted VoIP phone system choice by U.S. based small and medium sized businesses.

PCMag has a review of AOL’s AIM Phoneline service, and found the software easy to use. About call quality: “Most of the time, audio quality was pretty good on the AIM service. Nine out of every ten calls sounded good: My voice along with the voices at the other end were clear and didn’t break […]

Efonica is a SIP-powered VoIP service that lets registered users chat with each other for free on regular phones connected to an analog phone adapter. Users can also dial POTS lines for cheaper calls. Efonica also works on dial-up connections.
The basic version is free, but you’ll need the Plus option to make calls to […]

Clearwire’s VoIP service works with regular telephones or over your PC. Users must be e911 capable, and the service requires an Internet adapter in order to use a regular corded or cordless phone.
Via Engadget.
From the news release:
Less than two years after Clearwire revolutionized the way people access the Internet, Clearwire Corporation today unveiled […]

European telephony company JAJAH is launching its JAJAH US service. The company promotes a simpler approach that’s user-friendly:
JAJAH, one of the world’s fastest-growing VoIP companies, today announced the launch of JAJAH US, the first low-cost VoIP service that allows users to talk phone-to-phone. With JAJAH’s web-activated telephony, there are no downloads, no installations, no headsets […]

Primus Telecom today announced the launch of TalkBroadband, a new powerful and feature-rich nationwide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that uses broadband instead of traditional copper lines.
The new Primus TalkBroadband service dramatically cuts telephone costs with untimed calls to anywhere in Australia for a flat 10 cents per call. Calls to other Primus TalkBroadband […]

The Chatter Bug offers VoIP calling for those who don’t have a broadband connection but would like to take advantage of VoIP for long distance calls. It’s a monthly service ($9.95), so it’s not likely to appeal to people with broadband Internet access. The service offers unlimited long distance calling to the U.S. and Canada, […]

From the news release:
Whaleback Systems™ introduced the first managed business phone service expressly designed for the needs of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Whaleback offers the CrystalBlue Voice Service™ that provides SMBs with access to rich Voice over IP (VoIP) functionality that businesses can leverage via a simple broadband cable or DSL connection.
Whaleback provides a […]

Tellme Networks, Inc. today announced the availability of 7 new consumer voice applications built on Tellme for Skype. Consumers that call the applications will be using an entirely IP service, with Skype providing IP transport and Tellme providing the VoiceXML browser to reach the application.
The new services were created by independent VoiceXML developers participating […]

AnyWARE Inc., an Austin-based telecommunications integrator, today announced it is partnering with ShoreTel Inc., the leader in enterprise IP telephony, to provide what PC Magazine dubbed “Best of the Year” next-generation voice and data systems.
ShoreTel selected AnyWARE as its Austin-based distributor to provide commercial and government organizations with its award-winning ShoreTel IP PBX platform.

“We are […]