As one of the few phone vendors that just makes phones, Berlin-based Snom technology AG is gaining an expanding foothold in the North American market for SIP-based IP endpoints. Yesterday, at the VoiceCon conference in San Francisco, the company announced—and showed off—the snom 820, first in a new line of phones that feature high-resolution color displays and other ground-breaking features. (more…)

The need for high-quality, high-performance network connectivity will drive U.S.-based small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to spend heavily on IP VPN managed services over the next five years, with annual revenues rising from less than $2 billion last year to more than $6.5 billion in 2012, according to the latest report from Light Reading Insider (www.lightreading.com/insider), a paid research service of TechWeb’s Light Reading. (more…)

Morodo announces a low-cost calling service, MO-Call, to be used from the Apple iPhone. MO-Call for the iPhone is an adaptation of Morodo’s MO-Call World technology. Customers can connect a phone call between any two telephone numbers from the web-browser on their iPhone. International calling rates for MO-Call World are published at the MO-Call website. (more…)