LOS ANGELES — Octasic Inc., a leading innovator of media processing solutions, today announced an innovative program that provides breakthrough technology and licensing options to carrier infrastructure and enterprise equipment manufacturers that need to design the right products with the right price points to ensure competitiveness in a maturing VoIP market.

Octasic’s One Design, Many Products mass customization program allows product designers to purchase Vocallo – as a single media gateway technology — with multiple hardware, firmware and software “switches” that can be applied, as needed, through a quick and flexible software licensing policy. For example, if a vendor wants to scale its product in terms of channel support, a simple software license can be pu... Read more

WESTFORD, Mass. — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS - News), a market leader in IP communications infrastructure, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 were $87.9 million, compared to $74.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 and $75.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, an increase of 16% year over year. Net income on a GAAP basis for the second quarter of 2008 was $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $0.6 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2008, and a GAAP net loss of $7.0 million, or $0.03 per share, for the second quarter of 2007.

Revenues for the first half of fiscal 2008 were $161.9 million, compar... Read more

BURLINGTON, Mass. — Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced the introduction of its Net-Net 4500, a new addition to the Net-Net 4000 series that increases performance and capacity by 100% or more in session border controller (SBC), multiservice security gateway (MSG) and session routing proxy (SRP) product configurations. Positioned between the Net-Net 4250 and Net-Net 9200 in terms of price, performance and capacity, the Net-Net 4500 satisfies service provider, large enterprise and contact center requirements at both network access and interconnect border points.

As the number of subscribers utilizing IP-based interactive communications continues to grow on a worldwide basis, service providers are making investments in net... Read more

HERZLIA, Israel — VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq Capital Market:VOCL), a global provider of carrier-class multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers, announced today that it has received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market, informing the company that, since it has not regained compliance with Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rule 4320(e)(2)(E)(ii) relating to the minimum bid price of the company’s ordinary shares by August 4, 2008, the 180th day after the date on which the Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market informed the company of the non-compliance by the company with such requirement, the company is not eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period (since it does not meet The Nasdaq Capital Market initial inclusion criteria set ... Read more

PETALUMA, Calif. — Turin Networks, Inc., a leading global provider of innovative Carrier Ethernet, Converged Services and Wireless Backhaul solutions for wireline and wireless network operators, today announced a new feature release that positions the company’s widely deployed Adit® 600 platform as the industry’s first carrier-grade Converged Services Access Gateway. With a fully modular architecture that supports hot-swappable service cards, Turin’s Adit 600 provides greater flexibility, system reliability, and a longer product lifecycle than competing devices which only support fixed configurations. The release adds new advanced IP routing and IP service delivery capabilities, optimizing the product line to facilitate the migration to VoIP, the delivery of Dedica... Read more

BERLIN and NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — snom Technology AG (www.snom.co m), a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced Voice over IP phones for enterprise and residential markets announced today integration of its SIP-based phone portfolio with IP PBX and gateway manufacturer Epygi Technologies Ltd. After rigorous testing and evaluation, snom’s 3xx series VoIP phones and new snom m3 IP DECT mobile phone received full certification by Epygi Technologies as interoperable and deployable with its Quadro 6L IP Key System.

“Since its launch earlier this year, Epygi’s Quadro 6L has generated significant momentum in the marketplace as SMBs recognize the advantages of its blended featured set of advanced VoIP features with traditional Key System features,” said ... Read more

TORONTO — Aastra Technologies Limited - (Toronto:AAH.TO - News) today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Sales for the three months ended June 30, 2008 were $205.8 million compared to $157.0 million for the same quarter in 2007, an increase of 31.1%.

Sales in European Enterprise Communication segment increased 24.2% from $133.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2007 to $166.3 million in the same period of 2008. Sales in American Enterprise Communication segment increased to $26.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008 from $22.4 million in the same period of 2007. Sales in Other regions increased from $0.7 million to $13.1 million. The Company experienced a significant increase in sales in all regions as a re... Read more

TORONTO — Nortel(1) (Toronto:NT.TO - News)(NT - News) today announced its acquisition of Pingtel Corp.’s business. U.S.-based Pingtel(2) is a designer of software-based unified communications solutions and is owned by Bluesocket Inc(2), an enterprise mobility solutions provider. Pingtel will provide new software capabilities to Nortel’s enterprise unified communications portfolio, as well as additional research and development capabilities. This transaction brings Pingtel’s existing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) relationship with Nortel in-house.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nortel will acquire the key assets of Pingtel from Bluesocket Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pingtel employees will be integrated into Nortel’s Billerica, Mas... Read more

LEXINGTON, Ken. and MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — SinglePipe Communications (SinglePipe), the leading facilities-based wholesale provider of voice-over-IP (VoIP) products and services, and Marco Island Cable (Marco Island), today announced that SinglePipe will serve as the managed voice service provider for Marco Island’s residential and business digital phone customers.

“We were very impressed by SinglePipe’s executive expertise, track record and quality of offerings,” observed Bill Gaston, President, Marco Island Cable. “In addition to their reliable, easy-to-use digital phone service, the company’s ability to interop with multiple devices and its comprehensive customer launch process were significant factors in our selection of SinglePipe.”

SinglePipe Comm... Read more

PETALUMA, Calif. — Turin Networks, Inc., a leading global provider of innovative Carrier Ethernet, Converged Services and Wireless Backhaul solutions for wireline and wireless network operators, today announced a new feature release that positions the company’s widely deployed Adit® 600 platform as the industry’s first carrier-grade Converged Services Access Gateway. With a fully modular architecture that supports hot-swappable service cards, Turin’s Adit 600 provides greater flexibility, system reliability, and a longer product lifecycle than competing devices which only support fixed configurations. The release adds new advanced IP routing and IP service delivery capabilities, optimizing the product line to facilitate the migration to VoIP, the delivery of Dedicated Intern... Read more