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Well, that didn’t take long. Vonage announced that they were letting interim CEO Jeffrey Citron go last week. Today, they announced that Marc Lefar has been named chief executive officer of the company. Citron, who took on the CEO role in April 2007, will remain chairman of the board of directors.
“I believe there is no [...]

China VoIP phone manufacturers are planning to raise prices. Fifty-nine percent of manufacturers there said that export prices will increase and they expect sales to continue to grow too, according to Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report: VoIP Phones.
“Fierce competition has driven half of Greater China’s VoIP [...]

This is pretty interesting. A UK publication is reporting that more Wi-Fi hotspots are allowing users to make VoIP calls.
According to Telappliant:
The report, by ABI Research, found that the Wi-Fi market is expected to grow by 40 per cent compared with 2007 and its business model has been changing rapidly.
It found that companies such as [...]

VoiceEngine and VideoEngine Software Development Kits are now available from Global IP Solutions. The kits are intended for application developers, IP PBX manufacturers and service providers.
“Maintaining reliability and quality continues to be the highest concern in the adoption of IP communications,” said Krithi Rao, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan. “GIPS SDKs will enable developers and [...]

Love to travel around the world AND remain connected? Check out this post about tools for people like you from VoIP Watch.
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snom has released snom klarVOICE, a wideband headset that can be adapted for all of snom’s VoIP phones. It boasts twice the voice frequency spectrum.

“Telephones have remained unchanged for so long, most people have no idea what limitations they have lived with,” explains Dr. Michael Knieling, Executive VP [...]

Microsoft isn’t the only one with an update out. TalkSwitch just released TalkSwitch management software 6.10 in the UK & Ireland.
According to TalkSwitch:
The free software update offers TalkSwitch users new features for enhanced call handling flexibility and increased productivity, including the ability to integrate with multiple Internet Telephony Service Providers, with fail-over to PSTN for [...]