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RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (T-Mobile) PDA Phone (Washington Post)
T-Mobile isn't the first U.S. carrier to offer the Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry Pearl 8120 ( AT&T Wireless launched its 8120 earlier this year), but T-Mobile's version has a decidedly consumer spin. Thanks to T-Mobile's innovative HotSpot@Home technology , this Pearl also lets you make VoIP calls over...

Calling 911 with VoIP risky, NRP warns (St. Catharines Standard)
Niagara Regional Police joined other emergency services across Canada Tuesday in telling users of an Internet-based phone service to be mindful of the limitations and risks of using the service. The Voice over Internet Protocol, (VoIP) is a digital home phone service that uses computer modems rather than regular [...]

VoIP users should use land line for 911 calls, emergency workers say (yorkregion.com)
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xG Technology, Inc. Selects VoIP Software Solution From Trinity Convergence for New Wireless Handset (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Trinity Convergence today announced that xG Technology, Inc., provider of low-power, long-range wireless communications technology, has selected its VeriCall Edge embedded VoIP software for xG's new xMax TX60 wireless handset.

Vonage tries to turn double-play by bundling Covad DSL (Ars Technica)
Patent disputes behind it, Vonage is trying to secure its future by making itself less reliant on the phone companies the provide broadband to many of its clients. Tired of broadband companies trying to steal its lunch money, Vonage is teaming up with Covad to offer a double-play of DSL and VoIP service. Read More...

BT bundles smartphone with home broadband (ZDNet UK)
The company's consumer Total Broadband Anywhere package will come with a choice of two HTC smartphones

Verizon Business Broadens Efforts to Help Iraq-Based Troops Connect With Families at Home (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Doing its part to support the troops, Verizon Business is expanding its use of technology to help U.S. military personnel based in Iraq stay in touch with their families at home.

Toddler death shines light on VoIP dangers (Canada.com)
The death of a Calgary toddler while emergency services had been dispatched several provinces away has authorities cautioning Canadians on the risks of Internet phone services.

Toddler dies after VOIP call fails to reach 911. (Canada.com)
A Calgary family is wondering if a delay in getting an ambulance may have played a role in the death of their 18-month-old boy, after the family's phone call to 911 over an Internet-based phone service failed to reach local dispatchers.

Canadian toddler dies after VOIP 911 call (The Register)
Ambulance dispatched to wrong city A Canadian toddler has died after a VOIP-based 911 call sent an ambulance to the wrong address.…