ALSO NOTED: Belgacom deploys Veraz ControlSwitch; CIMCO offers hosted VoIP for SMBs; and much more...

> Belgacom International Carrier Services, which claims to be the world's eighth-largest voice and data carrier, has agreed to deploy Veraz ControlSwitch and I-Gate 4000 media gateways on up to 100,000 VoIP ports.  Release

> CIMCO Communications, Chicago, is announcing availability of IP Talk Solutions VoIP services for medium and large businesses. Services include hosted IP PBX/IP Centrex, local and long-distance calling, high-speed Internet access and unified communications. Release

> TMCNet carries a largely positive review of the new Uniden UIP1869V VoIP phone for Vonage. The review notes that the product includes an undocumented but effective QoS firewall that protects call quality from deterioration caused by local network usage. Article

> VoIP solutions provider Net2Phone has partnered with BridgePort Networks to offer mobile VoIP solutions to its customers. Net2Phone offers turnkey hosted VoIP solutions to carriers. Release

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