CounterPath has introduced version 3.0 of its Bria softphone.

"Over the past year, Bria's enterprise users made three things clear: They're adding Macs, they're committed to OS X and they need multimedia communications tools that leverage the Mac," says company vice president of product management Todd Carothers. "Bria 3.0 meets that need by delivering an unprecedented combination of user-friendly design and CIO-wish-list features, all at a time when enterprises are more focused than ever on leveraging the power of VoIP to reduce costs and boost their bottom line."

"Bria 3.0 arguably has [more] features than any other softphone present in the industry," writes About.com's Nadeem Unuth. "Among the most impressive ones are HD video, user customization, presence alert and additional troubleshooting tools. One copy costs $50, a price that decreases with quantity bought."

The press release is here.

Truphone has announced a new service called Local Anywhere that gives users access to local voice, data and text rates when traveling overseas.

"The service is made possible by a single 'smart' SIM card that offers local rates in countries where Truphone operates," writes VentureBeat's Matt Bowman.

"The premise is that customers have multiple phone numbers, one for each location to which they travel, enabling incoming and outgoing calls to be charged at local rates with the complexities and routing handled over Truphone's VoIP-based network," writes The Register's Bill Ray.

More here from paidContent ... more here from ZDNet ... and more here from GigaOM.

Clear has announced two new VoIP-enabled WiMax modems.

"Both feature built-in ATA compatibility, which means if you have Clear Voice VoIP you can jack your phones straight in," writes SlipperyBrick's Conner Flynn. "The Gemtek Series G is available in Vegas, and the Motorola CPEi 725 Series M is available in Portland."

Both devices will cost $69.99. "We all hope that Clear will expand the availability of the products outside of their select launch market but we don't know if the two models will be available as an upgrade for current customers," according to SoftSailor.

More here from Electronista ... more here from TFTS ... and more here from Wireless Week.

Image above is from TFTS.

I was one of the first to break the news last summer of magicJack's planned USB femtocell... and this past week, YMax Corp. finally introduced the product.

"Announced this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the device works similarly to the standard MagicJack — except instead of plugging a landline phone in, users can make calls using a GSM cellphone within range of the device — without using any of their mobile plan minutes," writes The Consumerist's Laura Northrup.

"YMax CEO Dan Borislow said that wireless spectrum licenses doesn't extend into homes, so magicJack is legal," writes The Next Reporter's Jay Gomez.

More here from MobileCrunch ... more here from SlashGear ... more here from Frugalista ... more here from PC World ... and more here from Gizmodo.

U.S. Air Force Captain Matt Howard recently married Lanessa Lawrence over Skype, after falling in love online.

"The chaplain, Air Force Capt. Jonathan Runnels - who'd given premarital counseling sessions to Lawrence via computer - noted the unusal circumstances," writes Sig Christenson at mySA.com. "'Nonetheless, it is holy and acceptable before God,' he said."

"So even though they aren't on the same continent and won't meet in person until April, the bride nervously said, 'I do,'" Christenson writes.

Image above is from mySA.com.