ALSO NOTED: LignUp scores funding; Redback goes south in Chile; and much more...

> LignUp, which makes a SIP-based communications applications server platform, has raised a second funding round of $9.8 million, including money from Intel Ventures and Regis McKenna. Press release

> Redback Networks says Telfonica del Sur, the legacy carrier in the south of Chile, has picked the SmartEdge Multi-Service Edge Router to expand converged services in its service area. Article

> The Philippine government is looking to VoIP to save a few million bucks. Economic development officials say the government hopes to cut its $12 million telecom bill by roughly $3 million. Article

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