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In an effort to keep up with top Voip company Skype, Yahoo announced its much anticipated paid PC-to-phone VOIP services. The new service is called Phone Out and Phone In.

The new Yahoo service offers Free Worldwide PC-to-PC Calls. The new service launches with a new version 7.5 of of the Yahoo Messenger application.

The new Yahoo Messenger 7.5 with voice is still in beta form, so i guess they are working at ironing out some issues to ensure its polished service.

GoogleTalk is now available on Blackberry wireless devices. There is no charge for the download that is available on Blackberry’s website.

RIM had expected that GoogleTalk for their devices would not be ready until springtime, but it looks like its out a little earlier!

With the Google Talk for BlackBerry software, users can access all their Google Talk contacts from their BlackBerry devices. They can determine which contacts are available, unavailable, busy, or offline, as well as carry on several instant messaging conversations at once with their friends.

Google Talk is an instant messaging service that Google introduced last year. The PC version of the service includes VoIP capabilities, although the BlackBerry version does not offer that feature.

Besides Google Talk, RIM is offering a free download of Google Local for Mobile software, which offers directions and maps to local locations and businesses.

BlackBerry customers get IM for free through Enterprise Instant Messaging. Research In Motion will update its BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform this week with corporate instant messaging. It will have enhanced administration capabilities, and developer tools that make it easier for firms to build their own links between BlackBerry handhelds and enterprise applications.

The Enterprise Instant Messaging service allows for threaded chat sessions and provides presence information. It can also link to existing corporate IM systems such as Lotus Sametime, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and Microsoft’s Live Communications Server or Windows Messenger.

This feature requires a runtime applet on each BlackBerry handheld, but this can be pushed out the device along with the client-side user interface once the application is published to the BlackBerry Server, according to RIM.

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TelTel, a Santa Clara-based start-up that hopes to become the SIP-based Skype-type service provider raised $8.8 million in Series A venture capital.

The VoIP software Blue Note Networks of Tewksbury, Massachussets, scored $15 million in series B funding.

Tello has raised $5.5 million.

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