3G. Wireless Communication Solutions

EQO Communications, a leading developer of presence-enabled calling and instant messaging solutions and services, today announced immediate availability of EQO Mobile for Skype on the Palm TREO 650 and Motorola ROKR, SLVR, and RAZR handsets. So far, EQO brings the number of EQO-supported handset models to more than 45, including some of the most popular devices from Nokia, Motorola, Palm, and Sony-Ericsson.

EQO Mobile for Skype lets users make and receive calls, send Instant Messages, and view presence information about their buddies over the Skype network. EQO is a plugin which runs on your computer, connecting your Skype user account to your mobile phone via EQO’s secure, always-on network. As long as EQO is running on your mobile phone and your computer, and Skype is still connected to the Skype network, you can easily use EQO software to keep in touch with your buddies as you move about on your mobile phone.

When you call a Skype buddy or another number through the EQO client, or someone calls you from Skype, EQO routes the call to your phone over your regular wireless voice service using SkypeOut. This means you can truly make and receive Skype calls from anywhere on your handset, without needing a highly advanced 3G mobile phone and without being connected to a high-speed wireless data network.

For more details of free Beta EQO(pronounced “echo”) here.

The maker of BlackBerry email devices - RIM has acquired Ascendent Systems, a leading provider of solutions that simplify voice mobility implementations in the enterprise.

It is a SIP standards-based software solution that augments existing PBX (Private Branch Exchange) and IP-PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange) systems and supports heterogeneous telephony environments to “push” voice calls and extend corporate desk phone functionality to mobile users on their wireless handset or any wireline phone. Ascendent will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIM. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite is a feature rich solution that provides single number reach, consolidation and access to a single voice mail box, and extends desk phone functionality such as PBX dial tone, call transfer and hold, 4 or 5 digit dialing and conference calling capabilities to mobile users. It provides a consistent experience across a mix of telephony systems and simplifies the migration to newer IP-PBX systems. The solution is also SIP-enabled for VoIP and supports BlackBerry WLAN deployments. Ascendent’s solution has been especially well-received by enterprises with heterogeneous telephony environments and customers that also deploy BlackBerry.

For more SIP-enabled for VoIP and Supports BlackBerry WLAN and also Rich Tehrani’s Blackberry NTP Legal Analysis