By Sharla Sikes
Clare, a manufacturer of solid-state relays and high voltage integrated circuits, announced the availability of its CPC5712, a phone line monitor with detectors integrated circuit. The PLMD is designed for use in high-voltage telephony applications including VoIP gateways and IP PBXs.

By Sharla Sikes
Well, last year anyway. The minute it hit stores, customers were looking for the hack that would open it up to VoIP and other applications, and it didn’t take long.
Now, new downloadable applications continue to flourish for the iPhone, and fring is the latest to join the game.

By Sharla Sikes
Voice over IP phone systems seem to be the new product of choice for many small and medium businesses, allowing all the features of a high-end phone system as well as a lower cost.
Applications and products are popping up everywhere trying to appeal to businesses in that category.

By Sharla Sikes
New for business, or for teenagers who talk a lot: new VoIP conferencing phones from Polycom are now available. The two new models feature high-definition voice and other unique features.
Polycom’s SoundStation® IP 7000 and IP 6000 were released today, called “next-generation” IP phones, according to Polycom.

By Sharla Sikes
By now you’ve read that VoIP is growing for businesses and private citizens, in the United States, Europe, Australia, Asia and elsewhere in the world. It just makes sense for the same reasons to many people: Cost, features, management, simplicity.
Another boon to the boom: New jobs. Especially in the U.S., facing increased outsourcing […]

By Sharla Sikes
Ahhh, the iPhone. Are you tired of hearing about the iPhone yet? I am, a little, but I’m sort of anti-trend. I can’t deny it is a nifty gadget. And I can’t deny that it and other smartphones are the perfect application for mobile VoIP.
Jajah, a provider of Internet telephony, has new plans […]

By Sharla Sikes
There’s another mobile VoIP service soon to be available. Sipcall, a startup based in Silicon Valley, plans to offer its Hipsip—a SIP calling service for Skype that will allow users to make VoIP calls from a mobile phone web browser.
Using Hipsip, there’s no need for 3G data or WiFi access—callers can make […]

By Sharla Sikes
Voters in Los Angeles approved a 9 percent tax on VoIP calls, as well as reducing other phone taxes by 1 percent. The vote on Measure S was approved by nearly two thirds of voters, and the tax dollars are destined for law enforcement improvements.
But will they? Critics ask if the funds will […]

By Sharla Sikes
Have U.S. VoIP providers overlooked security issues? A survey by In-Stat says yes.
More than 80 percent of survey participants were using VoIP communications, but security was overlooked.

By Sharla Sikes
Corporate computer behemoth Microsoft is further expanding its foray into the world of communications with VoIP products and updates.
Anyone familiar with Microsoft products—which is practically everyone—knows all about service packs. Keeping with tradition, Microsoft plans to release its first service pack for its Response Point VoIP phone systems later this year.