Morpheus Founders Team Up Against Skype

We are taking action because we believe the rights to the Skype and FastTrack technologies were swept out from under our feet, and our 28 million Morpheus users were stolen from us.

said Michael Weiss, CEO of StreamCast .

StreamCast Networks has armed up against Skype founders claiming that they are illegally using company’s P2P technology to develop their VoIP services.

In a lawsuit, the Morpheus founder alleged that Skype and Joost developers, Niklas Zenstromm and Janus Friis have illegally used its P2P client FastTrack to provide video and VoIP video services on the web.

The lawsuit also indicts eBay as a defendant along with other parties who snatched technology rights from StreamCast in a breach of contract.

New Business Pack From Skype

skype_logo21.pngSkype announced they’ve made it even easier for small businesses to jump on the Skype bandwagon, by introducing their Small Business Pack.

The Pack includes a Skype for Business download, 10 five month subscriptions to Skype Pro™ (Skype’s new internet communications package) worth €100 and €50 of Skype credit for making calls to landlines and mobiles across the world.

It’s available from the Skype online store for €99+VAT.

Enrico Noseda, director, telecom business development at Skype says,

Skype has over 196 million registered users today and in some countries more than 30% of those are business users. We want to give our business users a simple and more productive way to communicate but pay less for the privilege. With Skype Pro included, people can make *0/min unlimited calls to domestic landlines along with a series of premium Skype features and discounts on Skype-certified hardware.

Your Vonage Stock: Getting the Latest

Vonage Holdings Corp. will be hold their 2007 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Robert Meyner Reception Center in the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ.

If you want to listen in on the meeting, it will be webcast live through Vonage’s Investor Relations website at http://ir.vonage.com.

Vonage Stockholders Invited

Any Vonage stockholder who is on record as of the close of business on March 30, 2007 can attend the 2007 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting and vote their shares. Those stockholders in attendance must present a valid form of photo ID and proof of their share ownership to gain admittance.

Another Free VoIP Competitor

vbuzzer_28.jpgThe crowded free VoIP market just got another competitor that’s got its own twist on luring VoIP customers.

VBuzzer VoIP, the baby of Softroute Corporation, is a VoIP and IM software that is a direct competitor of Skype and all the other standard VoIP biggies.

VBuzzer is a softphone that offers free PC to PC calling as well as paid PC to phone service. VBuzzer supports Pam Treo, Blackberry, cell phones and mobile phones.

For more info check out the VBuzzer website.

Boingo Roams onto FON

boingo_header_logo.gifThis week Boingo signed an agreement with FON that will allow Boingo users access to an additional 130,000 hot spot locations, which more than doubles Boingo’s previous network size.

These additional WiFi locations are contributed to the FON network by individuals as well as business owners, in exchange for the right to roam on other FON network locations for free or at a reduced rate.

Access to the FON network stands to benefit Boingo Mobile users, who pay $7.95 per month for unlimited access to worldwide hot spots to make VoIP calls, surf the net and use messaging services from their handsets.

Boingo users have counted on the Boingo Roaming System for great coverage at major business travel locations, and now have the same great coverage outside of those locations with the addition of the FON community locations,

said Luis Serrano, Vice President of Network Strategy for Boingo.

New Skype Agreement Stands to Improve Voice Quality

skype_logo21.pngIf you’ve been concerned about the voice quality of SkypeOut calls, there’s hope that a new agreement between Skype and the voice termination services provider, Teleglobe, will help.

Teleglobe will now be providing call termination for SkypeOut via the Teleglobe VoIPLink service. This redundant, worldwide VoIP traffic exchange service allows direct traffic exchange with Teleglobe owner VSNL’s global TDM/VoIP network.

VSNL provides a full suite of global voice solutions as one of the world’s largest international wholesale carriers, it has more than 415 combined direct and bilateral relationships with top international voice telecommunications providers.

For more information about VSNL’s vice solutions visit www.vsnlinternational.com.

General Dynamics to Bring Pentagon VoIP

Awarded an $18 million contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, General Dynamics Information Technology will design and implement a VoIP system for the Pentagon.

This is not the first governmental contract that Virginia-based General Dynamics has been awarded. This latest contract is actually an extension and modification of a contract awarded in June 2002.

A multifunction VoIP system will be implemented in the Pentagon by General Dynamics, working with the Information Technology Systems Project Office for the Pentagon Renovation project.

Voice-over-Internet-Protocol is the next step in developing a 21st-century, network-centric IT infrastructure for the Pentagon. General Dynamics is pleased to have the opportunity to expand upon our record of success as we move into the next phase of the Pentagon Renovation.

said Dan Busby, vice president and general manager for Army Infrastructure at General Dynamics Information Technology.

VoIP, Inc. Substantially Reduces Liabilities

VoIP, Inc. announced that as of the end of the first quarter for 2007 they’ve managed to reduce their liabilities by about $11.5 million. Recently, they reached a settlement with MCI Corporation that reduced their accounts payable by $4 million.

Also, another $3.4 million in previously existing debt was converted into retricted common stock, which reduced other liabilities of about $4.1 million via restricted stock related issuances.

Tony Cataldo, VoIP, Inc.’s CEO and Chairman said,

While we have made progress in developing the infrastructure to support revenue growth since the new management team has been in place, we have also significantly improved the balance sheet. The reduction in outstanding liabilities has positioned the Company to invest in expanding its network in order to capitalize on the many exciting opportunities for growth.

Telepresence World 2007

Telepresence World 2007, held in San Diego, California June 4-6 stands to be a pivotal summit of emerging technologies related to Telepresence, Presence and Unified Communications.

The idea of telepresence is that companies can talk with people regardless of how far away they happen to be, as though they were in the ver ysame room.

Many key leaders will be speaking and evaluating this constantly changing communications technology. The events will take place at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California.

There will be live demonstrations from Cisco, Teliris, Telanetix, Polycom and Digital Video Enterprises. Visit the Telepresence World website to register.

Rebtel to Partner with DigiLinea

The VoIP Infrastructure and service in Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets, DigiLinea, has announced plans to form a partnership with Rebtel in order to provide expanded mobile VoIP services for customers in the United States as well as Latin America.

This union will allow RebTel to offer local Latin American telephone numbers, direct termination and unlimited calling plans. The DigiLinea side of the deal stands to lower customer’s calling rates, at the same time that RebTel earns increased revenue.

DigiLinea CEO and Chairman, Gregory Keough said,

We are delighted to be working with Rebtel one of the leaders in Mobile VoIP. Not all Latinos have a broadband internet connection but many have cell phones. Rebtel’s service is especially pertinent and useful to them so they can save money. With Latinos spending more per month on telecom services than other demographic groups, mobile VoIP is a natural fit.

While Souheil Badran, President of Rebtel and General Manager of the Americas said,

Expanding Rebtel’s unique VoIP service to over 100 cities in the Mexico, Central and Latin American markets is an important milestone in Rebtel’s journey. DigiLinea’s leadership coupled with Rebtel’s service will continue to allow mobile phone users to talk to one another for free, liberated from exorbitant charges. DigiLinea’s large DID network footprint, and local licenses and infrastructure across the region, made them an obvious choice to expand our mobile VoIP offering to the Hispanic community.

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