Sipera VIPER(TM) Lab Press Release

Sipera VIPER(TM) Lab, operated by Sipera Systems, the leader in comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions, today disclosed multiple threat advisories for users of VoIP services and equipment from Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream. Among other threats, unwitting VoIP users face eavesdropping, spam, spoofing and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Full details on these vulnerabilities are posted as an educational security service to Sipera’s customers and the
general public at http://www.sipera.com/viper.

Sipera VIPER Lab determined the Vonage VoIP Motorola Phone Adapter (VT 2142-VD) and Vonage service implementations leave users vulnerable to a form of VoIP identity theft, allowing hackers to take over a user’s phone service with a “registration replay attack,” then make and receive calls while impersonating the victim. Incomplete security practices, such as not encrypting traffic, open Vonage users to eavesdropping on private voice and video communications. Hackers can also send multiple SIP INVITE messages to a user, an Internet version of “ringing the phone off the hook” which creates a DoS attack. Leveraging these vulnerabilities, remote attackers can also send malicious messages directly to Vonage users, subjecting them to spam, social engineering and VoIP scams. (more…)

JDSU Press Release

JDSU today introduced new IPTV and quad-play enhancements to NetComplete, its award-winning service assurance solution system portfolio, as well as new features to the PVA-1000, a software component of its service assurance solutions portfolio specializing in VoIP analysis using remote software capture agents. The new additions address the growing network operator demand for in-depth, accurate measurements and end-to-end performance monitoring to ensure quality IPTV, VoIP and other quad-play service delivery.

JDSU will showcase these communications test solutions and participate in related speaking forums at the following upcoming industry events: (more…)

TalkSwitch Press Release

TalkSwitch(R), a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, today announced the addition of six new hybrid IP PBXs to its VS line of small business phone systems. Additions meant to offer customers even greater flexibility in designing the ideal phone system for their business.

New systems are available across each TalkSwitch series. Joining the 200 series are the 248vs with capacity for 2 incoming lines, 4 local extensions (analog or IP), 12 IP extensions and 8 VoIP trunks, priced at $1095USD; and the 288vs offering 2 incoming lines, 8 local extensions (analog or IP), 8 IP extensions and 8 VoIP trunks, priced at $1,495USD. (more…)

Quintum Technologies Press Release

Quintum Technologies, a VoIP innovator, today announced its Tenor line of VoIP switches and gateways will provide interoperability with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Quintum will offer a hybrid gateway that will provide a single box solution with an integrated Tenor gateway and Microsoft Mediation server, simplifying the interface with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. The Tenor line offers customers the ability to easily integrate legacy and IP-based PBXs, analog endpoints, fax, modems and provides connectivity to the Public Switched Telephone network (PSTN).

Quintum, a Certified Partner in the Microsoft Partner Program, has worked to assure that the Tenor products and the Office Communications Server 2007 software platform work easily and seamlessly together. These efforts include a customized configuration wizard for deploying Tenor with Office Communications Server 2007, as well as a dedicated support staff for 7×24 support to Microsoft customers. (more…)

Atreus Systems Press Release

Atreus Systems(TM), the leading supplier of provisioning solutions for converged IP services, today announced the general availability of release 3.0 of their Enterprise VoIP provisioning solution. The new release is designed to help carriers achieve greater operational efficiencies with Hosted PBX, IP Centrex and Business Trunking applications.

Designed to operate on the xAuthority(TM) multi-service provisioning platform, Atreus’ VoIP provisioning solution empowers operators to launch differentiated service offerings with a compelling customer self-serve experience. Key enhancements of the latest release include: (more…)

3 Skype Phone Press Release

The company has called the Australian press to a media event next Tuesday. It has not said what will be announced - but the date coincides with pre-signalled Skype Phone announcements by “3″ subsidiaries in Hong Kong and London.

Hutchison already enables Australian “3″ users who sign up for its “X series” mobile plans to make free Skype-to-Skype calls on certain handsets, using eBay’s Skype software. But the new deal is for a physical Skype phone. (more…)

Pingo Press Release

Pingo®, the online calling service from iBasis, today announced the launch of Pingo Business™ (www.pingobusiness.com), a powerful Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony service that delivers the savings of VoIP without requiring specialized equipment, phones or software. Pingo Business provides small-to-medium size businesses (SMBs) reliable, low cost, easy-to-manage calling for up to 999 employees on an “on demand” basis, without long-term contracts. Using Pingo Business, SMB employees can use company-owned and their own fixed-line and mobile phones and achieve up to 90% cost savings on international calls. Administrators can set individual spending limits, easily monitor usage and manage account balances through a single, centralized account. SMBs can also choose the amount of funds they wish to place in their master account, with no additional commitment required.

The new Pingo Business service provides SMBs with a much-needed means to defray high telecommunications costs. According to research firm In-Stat, SMBs will spend $16.6 billion on wireline voice service in 2007, accounting for nearly 31 percent of the total U.S. business market for such services. Forrester Research also recently reported that SMBs are currently spending more than a quarter of their telecom budgets on mobile services. As a result, SMB interest in cost-saving VoIP services, such as Pingo Business, is growing rapidly. In-Stat also predicts that two-thirds of U.S. businesses will have some form of VoIP service by 2011. (more…)

RingCentral, Inc. Press Release

RingCentral, Inc., whose online services allow small businesses to instantly unify and intelligently manage all their phone, mobile, fax and email communications, today launched DigitalLine, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that adds the convenience and cost savings of Internet-based telephony to RingCentral’s virtual phone system for small businesses.

In contrast to stand-alone VoIP services that focus simply on low-cost calling, RingCentral uses VoIP to add value and utility to small business communications. DigitalLine is seamlessly integrated into RingCentral’s robust hosted phone and fax service, allowing customers to place and receive calls using a broadband Internet connection. With DigitalLine, RingCentral delivers a complete hosted PBX solution for small businesses. RingCentral gives customers the ability to use a mix of traditional land line, mobile and VoIP communications to place and receive calls. With RingCentral, small businesses and mobile professionals can interact with customers more professionally, using all the features of a big company phone system at a fraction of the cost and all under a single phone bill. (more…)

Challenger Mobile Press Release

Challenger Mobile, the white-label Mobile VoIP Company, today announced enhancements to its platform that help mobile operators, wireless ISPs, and related service providers deliver their own branded Mobile VoIP services to subscribers, while enjoying a fast time-to-market and a low cost of entry.

Challenger’s white-label Mobile VoIP platform allows subscribers to place calls from their mobiles over the Internet, using a WiFi, GPRS or 3G connection. In addition to core Internet telephony capabilities, Challenger’s platform supports remote mobile handset configuration, call detail record (CDR) support, and flexible billing system integration. For customers choosing Challenger’s optional hosting service, the platform also includes attractive call termination capabilities and rates. (more…)

BroadSoft, Inc. Press Release

BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that Hipcom, a hosted IP telephony wholesaler, has selected its BroadWorks® Business Trunking to complement Hipcom’s hosted telephony offerings for small and medium enterprises through its distributor, ISP and reseller channels.

The award-winning BroadWorks Business Trunking application allows service providers to deliver low-cost trunks to an enterprise’s premises-based phone systems — such as Key Telephone Systems (KTS) or Private Branch Exchanges (PBXs) — while leveraging the inherent advantages of newer IP PBXs. Business Trunking is built on BroadSoft’s BroadWorks Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) application server suite and delivers SIPconnect-compliant connectivity to a full range of Integrated Access Devices and IP PBXs. (more…)