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Note:  I will be upgrading day 1.  I can't stand the  EDGE network.  The name serves it right because everytime I use it, I feel like I am on the edge of the network. 

The 8-GB 3G iPhone will only cost customers $199 if they sign up for a two-year contract, AT&T said Tuesday. AT&T also revealed voice and data plans and what customers need to do to be "iReady" when Apple's 3G second-generation iPhone hits the streets July 11. "We can't wait to offer iPhone 3G to our customers, and we want to make sure the buying process is as easy as possible," said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T's wireless unit, in a statement. "Considering all the great new features of iPhone 3G, we think our pricing and monthly plans present a tremendous value for consumers and businesses alike."

NW35, the new MIT graduate residence that will be named Ashdown House when it opens this fall, will not have analog phone lines in the rooms. Residents who want room phones will need to purchase a voice over IP phone and Internet phone service.  But NW35 will have four network ports per pillow — at least twice as many as in the current Ashdown House.

Jeff Pulver makes it a habit of being disruptive. An early advocate of voice-over-Internet-protocol, he has pioneered early voice services that led to the creation of Vonage, the earliest VoIP rival to the traditional telecom players.

Enterprise telephony operators now have the opportunity to simplify 911 administration, diminish liability concerns, in order to meet U.S. state and federal E911 regulations, according to Montreal's 911 Enable.

The 911 service provider launched its new Emergency Gateway software, saying the software appliance integrates with the enterprise network to automatically track phone moves and manage location data.

For the quarter, the overall market is down 7% from 3Q07 to 4Q07, as it followed a typically high third quarter (many vendors have their fiscal year-end in the third quarter), the report shows.

Note:  Is it just me but why people keep calling PBXtra "Fonality's Open Source Software"?  IT IS THE ASTERISK OPEN SOURCE PBX PLATFORM.  Just because you made a GUI and did some basic integration with other open source applications does not mean you can just take credit away from the people made the most valuable piece of code outside of the O.S.  I hope they are submitting bugs so we are progressing the platform ahead in general.  Guess is shows you what slick marketing can do for you.

Fonality, a maker VoIP phone systems for small and mid-size businesses, has selected JMI Telecom to distribute its PBXtra VoIP-capable phone system. In addition, Dell  announced that it will begin bundling Fonality's open-source software with its enterprise servers.