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Star2Billing, the commercial arm of A2Billing, and among the most popular open source Telecom Switch and Billing platforms available today, has announced its fifth year anniversary in 2010. DIDX offers all Star2Billing customers option for special SIP DID offer of 1000 Ohio, USA DIDs and/or Auckland, New Zealand DID phone numbers. Both services are some the most respected and well-known global innovators and enablers in open source and IP communications.

“According to many users of Star2Billing and officials at Super Technologies, Inc. (who created and run the DIDX service), the special will help customers to provide real phone numbers to their end-users instead of just a SIP address – so that they can receive phone calls on a phone number, not just make them. No matter where Star2Billing customers are geographically, they will have a USA presence or presence in any of up to 70 nations and be reachable from even cell phones and landlines off the IP grid,” says Rehan Ahmed, President of Super Technologies, Inc. and DIDXchange.

Especially for Star2Billing customers, the collaboration makes purchase of blocks of numbers from DIDx, a provider of Direct Inward Dialing or “DID” phone numbers to IP communications companies, affordable. In addition, the one interop and terms with DIDX will interconnect Star2Billing customers to 16,500 other IP communications providers and millions of phone numbers.

Through the offer, customers can order up to 1000 phone numbers from the U.S. (specific rate centers) at $150 per month and or 50 Auckland, New Zealand DID numbers at $100 per month, empowering them with benefits of next generational telecommunications and the opportunity to expand their markets and potential revenue. DIDX offers a user-friendly API to import the blocks of DID over to Star2Billing’s customer solutions. Check the new functions using PHP now at http://kb.didx.net/tiki-index.php?page=List%20of%20API%20Functions.

Contact sales@star2billing.com and feel free to sign up at http://www.didx.net/signup. Be sure to communicate with the DIDX team the Star2Billing account number and “Star2Billing and DIDX 1000 phone numbers from the U.S. (specific rate centers) at $150 per month and/or 50 Auckland, New Zealand phone numbers at $100 per month.”
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Super Technologies, Inc.’s DIDXchange, the wholesale DID phone number marketplace, announces that the DIDX podcast channel recordings are now available for free download on iTunes. Super Technologies offers complimentary marketing and publicity with podcast interviews for its DIDX podcast channel from active DIDX.net members and industry friends and partners.

The powerful content spans the topics of event production, mobile applications and dialers, IP PBX provision, IP transit and local access, SIP to enterprise, online service aggregation, virtual worlds, nonprofit and voip, future-thinking CLECs, online and hard copy publications, government telecommunications departments, marketing firms, SIP and VoIP education, telephony equipment, social networking, radio emergency broadcasting, expatriate services, personalized IVR, green technologies, software development, women in technology, MVNOs, Symbian, Asterisk, freeSWITCH and collocation.

The IP communications and technologies companies and organizations interviewed include E.J. Krauss, Solaiemes, JKL5 Group, 360 Networks, Ingate, fring, ActivePort, Global Crossing, Vocati Communications, VoIPSWITCH, FreedomVoice, VoIPToday, Nigerian Communications Commission Manager Numbering Plan, TelecomYou, Jaymie Scotto & Associates, The SIP School, IPsmarx, ITtelnet, Cafe Headlion, Paetec, PortaOne, Sangoma, and ATSI Communications.

Ali Hassan and Omar Shaikh, some of the Super Technologies, Inc. marketing team, discussed, “We purposely listen to questions and suggestions from DIDX.net members and then search to find the answers and ideas to make them happen and get the information back to them. The podcasts are completed using VoIP and recording software, the Podcast Generator and our own servers based in Dallas with backup in Tokyo. What is really exciting is that they include people and companies who are men, women, young, seasoned, traditional companies, Next-Gen companies, and in geographical areas of Mexico, USA, Spain, Canada, Israel, Colombia, UK, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Italy, Ireland, Singapore, Germany and Africa so far. We’re excited to showcase such talent and information on iTunes now.”

Inventors, entrepreneurs, developers and evangelists interviewed include Brough Turner, Alberto Betella, Sebo Gabor, Mark Spencer, Alessandro Morelli, Jim Van Meggelen, Daniel-Constantin Mierla, Michael Elfellah, Ilene Adler, Sarah Dawood, Allison Smith, Luca Filigheddu, Joel Driver, Jonathan Leong, Maria Gomez, Dilawar Syed, Carol Davids, Atiq Rehman, Anthony Minessale, Bernd Wiegmann, Michael Schelin and Omar Chohan.

“One major goal at Super Technologies, Inc. is to help our wholesale clients to gain as much quality support as possible in the areas that we excel: direct inward dialing and marketing tools. We began in 2000 recording interviews at conferences and publishing online as well as in 2006 and forward using social media and networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, and blogging to showcase the value of the clients we serve. We have made so many friends and developed more business in all areas of the world as a result. It’s about them, not us,” said Suzanne Bowen, vice president of marketing for the company.

Users of iTunes service can subscribe to the DIDX podcast by entering its RSS feed URL http://didx.net/podcast/feed.xml, but also by browsing the podcast directory within iTunes Music Store. Once subscribed, the podcast can be set to download manually, or automatically. The content can be listened to directly or synced to many portable hardware devices that include an MP3 player.

About Super Technologies, Inc. and DIDX
Incorporated in 1999 with headquarters in Pensacola, Florida, USA, the company’s expertise is in direct inward dialing solutions, with a focus on wholesale. It also provides publicity and marketing for its 16,200 DIDX members and for global conferences, trade shows, exhibitions and seminars as a media partner with podcasts, blogs, videos and published articles.
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Super Technologies, Inc.’s DIDXchange has announced the addition of Alaska DID phone numbers to the DIDX marketplace. Individual and SMB users of 16,000 telephony service provider DIDX members in 170 nations are eligible to use the DIDX API to purchase on demand. Millions of calls per month will be made to Alaska phone numbers to keep expatriates, tourists, traveling businesspeople, and SMB remote offices in touch with their Alaska counterparts. This is important socially as well as financially for Alaska’s economy and quality of life. Asterisk, freeSWITCH and other SIP enabled IP communications are meeting these needs through DIDX.

With oil, gas, and seafood dominating the Alaskan economy, having a local presence in Alaska via an Alaskan phone number has the potential to facilitate business development and research in all three areas. Universities, enterprises and other organizations around the world can leverage this opportunity. Many Alaskans speak Spanish or some Asian languages which intimates the potential for Asian, European, and Latin-American positive business collaborations.

“Already while interviewing the mobile operators, CLECs, and all types of companies who use IP communications as a major benefit in business who have purchased the Alaskan DIDs say that the users are SMB and consumers, evenly. Many are using the DIDs to increase their positive and legal business in regards to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that starts in Anchorage and ends in Nome, the Stikine River Garnet Fest in Wrangell, World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, the Alaska Hummingbird Festival in Ketchikan, and the Sitka Whale Fest,” stated Suzanne Bowen, vice president of marketing for Super Technologies, Inc. “I listened to another scenario that involved the preservation of Eskimo history and culture via new cross-international collaborations. The Alaska DID are sold almost as fast as they are made available on DIDX, so members are encouraged to click their inbox to state firm purchase number total and top up accordingly.”

Alaska is home to many business successes over the years such as those created by John Luther Adams, Sarah Palin, Ernest Gruening, Jewel, Sydney Laurence, Don Simpson, and Khleo Thomas. Many of the DIDX ecosystem of buyers and sellers met at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain to discuss the addition of Alaska DID and the opportunities it presents. The next set of meetings will take place at conferences that DIDX or its sister service Techistan partners with in February through April such as Expo Comm in Mexico, CTIA Wireless, Convergence India, Softec Pakistan, and Gitex Saudi Arabia.

About Super Technologies, Inc. and DIDXchange

Super Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Pensacola, Florida, USA since 1999 created and provides services such as the wholesale DIDXchange marketplace where mobile operators, MVNOs, carriers, IP communications entrepreneurs, and large multi-national businesses buy and sell SIP and IAX2 DID phone numbers. It also provides a sister service to DIDXchange, called Techistan, an online and hard copy magazine with a focus on sharing technological innovations and personalities without boundaries among emerging, developing and advanced economies and nations. For more information, view website http://www.didx.net.
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DIDX announces its partnership with VOIP Today Magazine to promote the best IP communications content possible together. VOIP Today released its first issue on October 1, 2009 with the latest news and views about VoIP, Asterisk PBX, IP PBX, converged networks, hosted PBX, and other business telephony solutions. DIDX members include all of these topics.

“We are excited about the opportunity to share in promoting excellent content for the world of IP communications and in particular the 12,000+ DIDX.net members. Many of DIDX members use A2Billing, snom, SIP technology, and other technologies shared on VOIP Today, and we want to make sure they are connected,” stated Suzanne Bowen, Vice President of Super Technologies, Inc. who provide DIDX.

VOIP Today provides opportunities to advertise, add press releases and showcase IP communications solution comparisons. The website is connected with popular social business media tools such as Facebook and Twitter.

“To build tomorrow’s community we should cooperate with a strong market player in the world of IP communications. DIDX company is an effective partner who can produce attractive results for a startup, accelerate our entry in to new geographical areas, market segments and open additional community channels,” stated by Alaa Fahham , CEO of VOIP Today magazine.

We are living today the dream of yesterday. VOIP Today magazine is a freely available and is an independent online publication presenting up-to-date VoIP news and information. It covers many aspects of the VoIP technology, internet telephony solutions, networks, phones, security, internet telephony marketplace, mobile communications, VoIP forums and call center solutions. It has strong relationships with members of the VoIP community and is rapidly building a unique, high-quality community of VoIP users and vendors. VoIP today magazine is building tomorrow’s VoIP community.

About DIDX:
DIDX is an online marketplace of IP communications companies who buy and sell direct inward dialing wholesale since 2005. Super Technologies, Inc. in the USA since 1999 provides this service. DIDX is also a media partner for content and conference sites.

About VOIP Today:
VOIP Today magazine is an online magazine to Keep you up to date on the latest news and views about all VoIP aspects based in Dubai founded on 2009.
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Super Technologies, Inc, the leading wholesale marketplace of local telephone numbers to IP communications services providers, today announced Algeria DID (direct inward dialing over SIP or IAX2) phone numbers are available on its DIDX online platform. This enables anyone to establish a local presence via their voice service provider (if they are an active member of DIDXchange) in Algeria. This service works wether the end-user is in Algeria or outside of Algeria on planet Earth. Sixty-two other countries’ phone numbers are also available on wholesale DIDX.

“DIDX members recommend SMBs, SMEs and consumers who need to have a local presence in Algeria and other countries outside of the geographical area they physically work and reside should ask their voice provider if they are a member of DIDX. If not, the users can invite their wireless or wired telco to take advantage of completing one interop to be interconnected with 12,000 and more other providers for DID buy, sell and trade,” Suzanne Bowen, vice president of Super Technologies, Inc., DIDX, and Techistan. “Algeria is a member of the United Nations, ranks 8th in the world natural gas reserves, and is an emerging economy to be recognized.”

Global investors and businesses involved in the industries of figs, cork, oats, dates, olives, citrus, tobacco and dwarf palm have the opportunitiy to establish a virtual presence in Algeria. These trades are important for this Arab nation, along the Mediterranean Sea.

It is the country of the world famous author Albert Camus, who is quoted, “The society based on production is only productive, not creative.” The act of owning a phone number from a geographical area that the owner is not physically residing offers the opportunity to be productive and creative in business, friendship and family relations.

“A company such as Vonage (with enabling, affordable solutions), who now offer unlimited calling to 60 countries could effectively leverage offering phone numbers from 60 countries for a more complete and empowering package,” adds Muneeb Iqbal, a DIDX Information Director. “Several DIDX members’ solutions have been sold to smart companies and investors in the past year. Algeria phone numbers are not available on any other platform like DIDX. We aim to empower our wholesale clients.”

The complete list of available countries and territories whos e DID/DDI (direct inward dialing phone numbers) are listed at http://www.didx.net/did.
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Super Technologies, Inc.’s DIDX wholesale DID exchange and Techistan magazine announce that Vietnam DID are now available on the DIDX wholesale platform. In addition, the two popular online services will be media partner and press agent for the 13th International Exhibition in Vietnam on Telecommunications and Information Technology to take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center Nov. 17-20, 2010.

Vietnam appears to be in a positive regeneration phase with many exciting changes and innovations as of recent. Vietnam operators have recently invested 754 million in the Trans-Asia Marine Cable System. The International VTI company inaugurated Vietnam’s link with a 20,000 kilometer submerged optical cable network that will connect Vietnam and seven other countries in the Asia Pacific with the USA.

Suzanne Bowen, vice president of marketing for Super Technologies, Inc. and its Techistan and DIDX services, states, “Vietnam’s 10-year plan in ICT for 2010 – 2020 shows a huge demand for fiber-optic communications. Mobile services are thinking forward. We have seen an increase in the number of South and East Asian countries’ service providers all of all types join our DIDX wholesale SIP DID marketplace, so it was natural to add Vietnam DID (by mid-February 2010) to the pool of available DID from 60+ countries.”

The mobile service provider VinaPhone has partnered with Viet Nam HP Co and Cable and Network Materials Joint Stock Co to launch a new mobile 3G service where 3G will be integrated into HP notebook computers. They have also signed new contracts with Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility to expand their GSM network.

The professor Dr. Sc. Do Trung, envoy to the Prime Minister on ICT, Chairman of The National Council for Science and Technology Policy notes in mid-2009 that a 100% fiber-optic network plan is in place for Vietnam. It will deploy 3G licenses to 4 enterprises, Fiber to the Home (FTTH), and Next-Generation Network (NGN). Almost all schools at that time had gained Internet access. ICT measures had and would continue to expand to the rural, mountainous and offshore areas. In fact, 40% of the country’s broadcasting facilities had been digitalized with plans for 200% by end of 2010.

“DIDX and Techistan invite the industry to participate with over 18,000 others in the 13th International Exhibition in Vietnam on Telecommunications and Information Technology Nov. 17-20, 2010. The conference attracts a minimum of 150 exhibitors each year. Attendees fly in from Australia, the Americas, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, India, Pakistan, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, PR China, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and more. It is a must-attend exhibition,” says Omar Shaikh, Marketing officer of Super Technologies, Inc. “It was perfect timing to add Vietnam DID (IAX2 or SIP) to DIDX.”

About 13th International Exhibition in Vietnam on Telecommunications
Find more information at http://www.vietnam-telecomp.com/JasperWeb/Shows/sid-268/lang-eng/Details.aspx

About DIDX and Techistan
DIDX is the wholesale direct inward dialing marketplace for 12,500 telephony service providers in 170 nations. Techistan is the land of technology online and hard copy. Both Super Technologies, Inc.’s service serve as media partner and press agent for the world’s hottest events listed at http://www.didx.net/events.
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The 5th Information & Communications Technology Exhibition & Conference – CONNECT 2010 is scheduled to be held at Karachi, Pakistan, from May 8-10, 2010. The show is poised to bring forth international suppliers and local vendors to generate ICT business in the region. The exhibition will demonstrate cutting edge technology to a targeted audience and will bring together industry leaders seeking more efficient solutions through innovation and technology. Several exclusive sessions and forums are also scheduled in concurrence with the exhibition to provide further networking opportunities to the participants.

Super Technologies, Inc’s DIDX and Techistan are selected as a media partner and press agent for the CONNECT 2010. This announcement assists with meeting a crucial need for millions of small businesses, entrepreneurs, government agencies and educational institutions in the South Asia and Middle East areas.

Rehan Ahmed, CEO of Super Technologies, Inc., states, “We need to get all stakeholders in Pakistan to agree that it has a goldmine of existing technologies and talent that should be showcased. We believe that CONNECT 2010 is a premium event that businesses and organizations should sponsor and secure exhibition space in. With Pakistan being ahead of the curve in mobile, IPTV, great outgoing call rates, research and development, the next step is showing this off to the world.”

CONNECT 2009 featured 95 companies from 12 countries including Australia, France, Japan, china, India, Singapore, USA, and UK exhibited and participated. The second decade of the 21st century for CONNECT includes a co-located event EEBC Telecom & Broadcasting and supporting publications such as Techistan, Telecommunications Media Group, ConnectWorld, BenefIT, Linuxforu, Cable Quest, and Technology Times.

Suzanne Bowen, Vice President of Super Technologies, Inc., Techistan, and DIDX comments, “Everything starts with a dream, then discussion, then a plan. We are keen to participate in promoting dreams, discussion, plans and action for implementing empowering changes in Pakistan and the world. This is why we are absolutely excited about being a media partner for the Karachi conference.”

CONNECT 2010 will showcase revered vendors and speakers from all over the world. They will educate the participants on how to do business with one of South Asia’s technology hubs, Pakistan. It will bring together all types of interested parties including universities, government organizations, non-profits, technical and software developers, and large and small businesses as well as service providers. Karachi, the venue, is the largest city, main seaport and the financial capital of Pakistan.

About Pegasus Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd
Pegasus Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd is the pioneering and leading conferences & exhibitions (C & E) organiser in Pakistan and has created an ideal blend of professionalism, creativity and dynamism within the short span of its existence. Incorporated in 1999, Pegasus plays its role as a relationship manager by bringing together manufacturers and buyers from all corners of the globe and identifying, targeting and matching their respective needs in today’s dynamic business environment, while providing them the perfect networking event for direct interaction.

The company has successfully hosted 62 international trade and industry exhibitions and a number of conferences and seminars, having the participation of companies and individuals from over 100 countries of the world. Let it be a conference or an exhibition. “Positioning with Differentiation” is what Pegasus believes in and that is what keeps the organization unparalleled in the industry.

About Super Technologies, Inc., Techistan, and DIDX
The Pensacola, FL, USA based corporation since 1999 has focused on providing technologies to empower global service providers to further enable their users to be in touch with those important to them via DIDX, CFMS business startups, and more. Its Techistan is an online media channel and hard copy publication.
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IPsmarx Technology and DIDX have agreed a partnership with the aim of allowing VoIP service providers to expand their global reach.
The VoIP solutions provider delivers Softswitch and Calling Card Solutions to operators in 63 different countries.

Continue reading IPsmarx Partners with DIDX to Extend DIDs Reach

Originally appeared on VoIP Biz-News.com on 30/07/2009

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The SIP School and DIDX announced their collaboration in empowering IP communications entrepreneurs, wired and wireless carriers, and developer students with SIP education. SIP, DID, and open source telephony in general are hugely responsible for millions of SMB startups and jobs.

Wikipedia’s current entry on SIP defines session initiation protocol. “The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol, widely used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol (IP). Other feasible application examples include video conferencing, streaming multimedia distribution, instant messaging, presence information and online games. The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party (unicast) or multiparty (multicast) sessions consisting of one or several media streams. The modification can involve changing addresses or ports, inviting more participants, adding or deleting media streams, etc.”

The SIP School’s SSCATM certification is endorsed by Mitel, Panasonic, Ingate, AudioCodes, Brekeke, DIDX, TIA, Bicsi, Digium, Telematrix and others.

“A new DIDX member pointed us to The SIP School and how beneficial it was for her own technical support team. Students study the SIP coursework and get certified. Even better, is the opportunity to stay updated on new SIP topics,” stated Muneeb Iqbal, a DIDX director. “We immediately visited the school online and found in-depth information on SIP messaging, SIP servers, security, firewalls, NAT, troubleshooting, trunking, ENUM, unified communications, and more.”

The SIP School training system is flash-based with animation and includes learning games, labs, and quizzes. The content evolves with the development of SIP. In fact, students registered for the most popular program now, will in Q1 2010 see new modules of SIP in IMS and SIP with Mobility at no extra charge.

“I immediately requested via Twitter to MrSIP for a podcast interview and was able to add the valuable audio content on the DIDX channel. After the glowing reviews from DIDX members of the quality of the instruction,” added Suzanne Bowen, vice president of Super Technologies, Inc. and DIDX. “I wanted to share as quickly as possible the news. We will even be able to offer a small discount to active DIDX members.”

Graham Francis aka MrSIP and CEO of The SIP School said: “DIDX are such a dynamic and active member of the Telecoms community that we just had to get connected with them. And now we delighted that they are promoting our SIP training and certification service to all of their members. These are tough economic times, so we see the demand for e-learning rocketing over the next few years as companies look to slash travel and subsistence costs. Our training program is in the perfect position to help these companies learn all about the most important protocol to hit telecoms for years and get qualified to prove to everyone that they know their SIP.”

About The SIP School:
The SIP School is the web’s premier training and certification site for SIP and also, Lan/Wan technologies for VoIP. For all course information, demos, free training and pricing details, visit The SIP School at http://www.thesipschool/t/www.thesipschool/didx.

About DIDX:
DIDX is a wholesale service of Super Technologies, Inc. where thousands of IP communications service providers from 170 nations are able to buy and sell DID over SIP in 63 countries. DIDX also serves as a media partner for services like The SIP School and global conferences.
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