SIP Broker released the beta for its click to call functionality, EziDial.

EziDial enables VoIP calls to be initiated from your ATA / Phone to any destination with a click of the mouse. Once you click the icon or link, SIP Broker will first call your SIP phone, and after you answer place a VoIP call to the final destination.

The icon below is an example setup that calls the FWD echo test. To place your own “CallMe” icon on your web-site, logon to SIP Broker and go to the bottom of the “Member Details” page where you will find the HTML to cut and paste on to your site.

This service works with your existing hard or softphone.

Check it out by viewing your member details here:

http://www.sipbroker.com/sipbroker/action/memberDetails

If you are not yet registered, please do so at:

http://www.sipbroker.com/sipbroker/…/memberRegister

Once registered, login and click the EziDial menu.

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) has approved the Interim VoIP Archicture for Enhanced 911 Services (also known as i2), a standard for the interface of VoIP technology and E911 service. The document outlines cooperation between VoIP service providers, acting through the Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition with NENA to meet several objectives, among them the delivery of 911 calls to the proper PSAP (Public Safety Awareness Point), providing a callback number for the PSAP, and providing a location for the caller.

The standard addresses the current concern over the FCC´s call to VoIP providers to enable users to fully utilize E911 service. As of the November 29, 2005 deadline, several providers had not suceeded in providing a means through which user´s location and call back number could be made accesible to the PSAP.

In December of 2003 NENA and the VON coalition rolled out i1, the first stage of VoIP/E911 system inteface, which called for VoIP providers to route 911 calls to 10 digit PSAP administrative numbers. Later NENA was accused of a position reversal when it declared that routing to a 10 digit administrative number was “unacceptable” after a highly publicized incident in which a Vonage client could not call 911 in an extreme emergency situation.

The i2 document, that can be accessed at NENA’s website, www.nena.org, seeks to provide a practicable solution to those VoIP equipment and service providers who wish to adhere to its recommendations. It is intended as an interim solution preceding the projected NG 9-1-1 approach (or i3), up for public revision in 2006.

VON coalition Executive Director Jim Kohlenberger states, “this is a critical next step in ensuring that VoIP emergency services can be deployed in a coordinated and standardized manner. The Interim Solution Standard is an important announcement toward this end and we look forward to continued work with NENA in the progression toward an IP enabled Next-Generation NG 9-1-1 solution.”

Imagine being able to have a converged VoIP & data solution that services your mobile phone, your (mobile) laptop, and your (mobile) PDA with a single VoIP number. Well, today Tatara Systems, a leader in mobile services convergence, announced availability of its Converged Mobile VoIP solution to enable nomadic VoIP services using a subscriber’s mobile phone number across any IP network, with the first application as an integrated laptop solution for mobile operators. (Bridgeport Networks does something very similar)

Tatara has entered market trials with major carrier customers marking an industry first where an end-user subscriber is able to maintain their mobile phone number identity to both make and receive VoIP calls across a variety of access networks using converged mobile devices such as laptops. This offering gives mobile operators, both traditional and MVNOs, the opportunity to participate in the growing VoIP market by providing a significantly better, integrated end-user solution than you can get today via a standalone softphone service. “One-number” VoIP yields a quick return on investment for carriers looking to deliver new service revenues leveraging their existing networks, while building the foundation for a graceful transition to more advanced IMS applications.

“Convergence is the most important trend in communications – and not just wireless - today,” said Craig Mathias, a Principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group. “One-Number VoIP will be very popular with end users, and offers mobile operators a unique opportunity to retain customer ownership while gaining from the proliferation of VoIP service offerings entering the market.”

With Converged Mobile VoIP solutions, mobile operators are now able to extend 2G/3G voice services for their subscriber base across a variety of private and roamed networks. This provides a valuable service extension for customers traveling outside the 2G/3G coverage, such as in-building or internationally. In addition to delivering a new revenue generating service, Converged Mobile VoIP also enables mobile operators to retain customers considering competitive VoIP offerings by delivering a far superior product offering. Having already delivered Converged Mobile Messaging, Tatara continues to be the industry leader by being the first to deliver Converged Mobile VoIP services enabling customers to have a significant time to market advantage leveraging the following key capabilities of the Tatara Mobile Services Convergence Platform:

• Integrated SIP-based softphone launch from Tatara’s client, working with the industry’s leading softphone vendors,
• Intelligent network authentication and converged Mobile VoIP service authorization,
• Packet Data Gateway functionality for secure tunneling and termination of voice services back to the home network,
• Presence and location management in the HLR, and
• Embedded SIP Back-to-Back User Agent enabling seamless NAT and Firewall traversal as well as real-time SIP session management, voice call information, historical voice call record storage, and CDR generation for integration into existing billing systems.

“Mobile operators are now seeing significant subscriber adoption of their laptop-based 3G/Wi-Fi mobile office service by their most valuable customer segments”, said Steve Nicolle, CEO and President of Tatara. “Our solution allows them to utilize the advantage they have over standalone VoIP providers by delivering a consistent and converged set of voice and data services under one brand across the end-user’s two most significant devices – their handset and their laptop.”

Tatara’s Mobile Services Convergence Platform is deploying real services today while providing the infrastructure to support rapid deployment of additional converged mobile services over time. The company continues to partner closely with service providers worldwide to implement compelling revenue generating solutions. The Tatara solution enables service deployments today using 3GPP/2 compliant architectures that are extensible to support a variety of new multimedia applications, content and devices.