A new study finds small businesses are bringing in outside help to figure out VoIP buying decisions.

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> VocalTec Receives $9.2 Million from Sale of Patents

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The power of VoIP is rolling into Latin
America, driven by lower costs and the growth of broadband
services. It’s also affecting service
provider profits, says the new “VoIP in Latin America”
report by Frost & Sullivan.

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Asterisk is well-known, but the open-source IP PBX
FreeSwitch is winning favor in some circles, says ZDNet’s Dave Greenfield.

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Normally, punching *67 should block Caller ID information
being passed through to a receiving caller. But, as security consultant Kevin Mitnick has demonstrated and Digium
CTO Mark Spencer explains, it’s not 100 percent foolproof.

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By Joe Outlaw

 “Of course not!” you
say.  Don’t be so sure.

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The Supreme Council for Information and Communications
Technology (ictQATAR) has said the use of VoIP technology in the state of Qatar is
allowed. However, the telecommunications
laws on the books make it illegal for any person to provide services to the
public for either a direct or indirect fee without a license from ictQATAR.

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> Pactolus
New Pre/Post-Paid SIPware Simplifies Service Intros, Revenue Growth

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Not content in simply running the running the back-end VoIP
infrastructure for Yahoo and a number of other companies, Jajah has launched a
hosted IP PBX service for SMBs.

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Over the weekend, 2600’s The Last HOPE (Hackers On Planet
Earth) conference launched what this reporter dubs “Security Season.”
Be prepared for an onslaught of computer security stories featuring
oh-so-clever hackers between now and the wrap-up of DEFCON 16 in mid-August.

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