ALSO NOTED: Ad-supported VoIP goes global; Mitel VoIPs UAE; and much more...

> AdCalls an ad-supported VoIP provider in Aliso Viejo, Calif., said it's extending its service globally through an alliance with Canadian enterprise VoIP firm, Beyond Phone. Press Release

> Mitel, an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada enterprise VoIP platform provider, said it outfitted the American International School in Kuwait with 300 softphones plus supporting gear, via its regional distributor, Fahad Al Bahar Sons Trading Co. W.L.L. Press Release

> Mitel says it also did a similar provisioning for the Bahrain Ministry of Justice. Press Release

>Telepresence developer Telanetix of San Diego has agreed to acquire AccessLine Communications, a Bellevue, Wash. provider of hosted VoIP services to small and mid-sized businesses, for $34.9 million in cash and stock. AccessLine has reportedly raised over $126 million since 1994, from Goldman Sachs, Hutton Venture Partners, Mellon Ventures, Gabriel Venture Partners and others. Press Release

And finally… I pass on from admired San Diego-area RF engineer Robert Gonsett, publisher of the highly informative CGC Communicator, who credits radio legend Red Blanchard, this...

"Give us a sense of humor,
give us the grace to see a joke,
to get some humor out of life,
and pass it on to other folk."