By Sharla Sikes
Tokiva announced what it claims is the world’s first IM-to-call service. Built on its open mobile communications platform, the service is available for MSN, Yahoo!, AOL and GTalk instant messaging services.

By Sharla Sikes
Well, will we or won’t we?See VoIP on the iPhone, that is. We’ve heard about all kinds of VoIP hacks and applications for the iPhone:

By Sharla Sikes
Texas Instruments recently teamed up with Microsoft for its VoIP chipsets.  TI will begin using Microsoft’s RT Audio Codec in TI digital signal processing technology later this year.
RT Audio Codec allows TI’s customers compatibility with Microsoft’s unified communications for “superior flexibility and performance.” TI’s VoIP solution supports IP phones, video conferencing, mobile devices, […]

By Sharla Sikes
The VoIP game is going well enough that the big-name telecommunications companies are focusing time and efforts into improving products to draw more customers–especially in the small and medium business categories. In search of more IP phone customers, Qwest has upgraded and expanded its VoIP services, OneFlex.

By Sharla Sikes
i2Telecom International, Inc., received a patent for its portable VoIP Service Access Module, called VoiceStick®. 
i2Telecom, a developer of VoIP products, now holds U.S. Patent #7,336,654 for the VoiceStick; the protection encompasses 30 claims until 2025.