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Telecom Industry Growing at Double Digit Rate Despite Worldwide Economic Turmoil, Says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- Despite the unsteady state of the global financial markets, the worldwide telecommunications industry is expected to continue expanding over the next...

Audio Conferencing Provider Launches New Leader Phone® Site Focused on User Productivity

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Leader Chairman Michael T. McKibben today announced the release of a new and improved Leader Phone(R) Audio Conferencing site at www.leaderphone.com....

Insight Research report says Stimulus Spending Won't Help 49 Percent of U.S. Rural and Urban Homes Currently without Broadband

BOONTON, N.J. -- Analysis of most recent FCC data (Jan. 2008) reveals that about 45 million of the more than 117 million US households...

TeleManagement Technologies WinBill 8.1 Delivers Powerful new Telecom Expense Management Features

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) the pioneer in Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions continues to improve on its WinBill application (www.telmantec.com)...

Healthcare Industry's Telecom Services Spending to Exceed $55B Over Next 5 Years, says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- The hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers that make up the 2.6 trillion US healthcare system will be spending $55.5...

TS2 Launches New Satellite Broadband Services for Military Personnel and Defense Contractors in Middle East

WARSAW, Poland -- TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new satellite link products to the international market. These types of telecommunication products are mainly...

PrettyMay's Skype PBX v4.0 makes it much easier to take advantage of Skype Phone System features

SUZHOU, China -- PrettyMay, the Windows Skype PBX vendor, today announced its new Skype PBX v4.0 software for Windows, which includes an agent assistant...

Unified Communications Market Revenue to Top $87B Over 5 Years, says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- The enterprise market for unified communications (UC) is expected to generate nearly $87 billion in revenue worldwide over the next five...

VoodooVox In-Call Media Ad Network Partners with Voices.com

TORONTO, Canada -- New offering allows small businesses to launch their own audio ad campaigns on 1-800-THE-INFO Directory Assistance calls. Turning waiting time into...

SentForever: Personal Messages Sent into Space at the Speed of Light

LONDON, U.K. -- SentForever (www.sentforever.com) are letting people transmit free messages into deep space through their Web site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of...

PrettyMay Inc. Introduces Sangoma-Powered Skype PBX Gateway That Integrates with Legacy Systems

SUZHOU, China -- PrettyMay Inc., the provider of Windows-based Skype PBX and Gateway products, today announced a new Skype PBX Gateway solution, powered by...

TTI Engages 4TelecomHelp as Strategic Partner for WinBill Telecom Inventory and Expense Solution

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- TeleManagement Technologies, Inc. (TTI) has added 4TelcomHelp as a strategic partner to market, distribute and provide service solutions utilizing TTI's...

Carrier Ethernet Market Shows Double-Digit Growth Despite Recessionary Enterprise Spending

BOONTON, N.J. -- US enterprises and consumers are expected to spend more than $27 billion over the next five years on Ethernet services provided...

Insight Research says Financial Applications on Cell Phones to Attract 2.2 Billion Users

BOONTON, N.J. -- Eight financial applications for mobile phones are forecasted to become part of the daily routine of nearly 2.2 billion mobile phone...

Telovations Launches Nationwide Managed MPLS Network

TAMPA, Fla. -- Telovations Inc., a leading provider of hosted voice services to business customers, today announced it has expanded the Telovations Real-Time Network(SM)...

Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $56 Billion on Telecommunications

BOONTON, N.J. -- In 2009, U.S. ethnic communities will spend $56.6 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for nearly one-third of all residential telecom expenditures,...

Spending On Managed Services in an IP World Increasing Despite Recession

BOONTON, N.J. -- Despite the slowdown in all U.S. economic sectors, spending on managed services is expected to grow at a compounded rate of...

Telecomm Transactional Services Getting a Big Boost from Wireless Roaming, says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- Providers of transactional services to the telecommunications industry will see increasingly strong demand for products that support international global roaming, according...

Textecution App Kills Texting Functions While Driving and Saves Teen Lives

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Texting is the new communication wave that is causing countless accidents on the road. This week, Textecution announced a user-friendly application...

Corporate Telecom Spending to Hit $140 Billion in 2009, Says INSIGHT Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- Despite slowdowns and spending cuts in many industries, overall spending by all U.S. businesses on wired and cellular calling is forecasted...

Push to Talk and Instant Messaging Revenue to Top $16 Billion in 2009, Says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- The worldwide market for presence-based telecommunication services, including instant messaging (IM) and push-to-talk (PTT), is expected to exceed $16 billion in...

Long Term Outlook Bright for Worldwide Telecom Industry Despite Current Economic Turmoil, says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- Despite the unsteady state of the global financial markets, the worldwide telecommunications industry is expected to continue expanding over the next...

Location Based Services Spending in 2008 Tops $1.6B, says Insight Research

BOONTON, N.J. -- The worldwide market for location-based telecommunication services is expected to exceed $1.6 billion in 2008 as an ever increasing number of...

Election Hot Spot: Voters Share Opinions via New Social42 Soapbox Technology

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Need a soap box to stand on to shout out your opinion about the upcoming presidential race? Well, now's your...

New Health and Safety Alerting System for Central State University

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Leader Technologies announced this week that Central State University is adopting its health and safety alerting product, Leader Alert(R), for...