Court rejects Vonage request for retrial; Ring 2 does conference calls from BlackBerries

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by MASERGY New Webcast! VPLS' Emergence in Enterprise Wide-Area Networking Virtual Private LAN Service is a standardized managed WAN service that's making the lives of network IT executives easier. Learn how VPLS is allowing enterprises to easily connect remote sites around the country - and the world - with unprecedented agility, flexibility, manageability, security and cost savings. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 05/07/07 Court rejects Vonage request for retrial, 05/03/07:  A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected Vonage's request that it order a lower court to retry a patent-infringement case against the company, Vonage confirmed Thursday. Executive Guide - VoIP: No Turning Back Discover how real-work enterprises are deploying VoIP via several case studies Click here for more information. Ring 2 sets, controls conference calls from BlackBerries, 05/04/07:  U.K. provider Ring2 is now selling a voice conference-call service in the United States and trying to separate its offerings from competitors’ with software that lets customers control calls from their BlackBerries.

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