The VoIP industry is about to reach a tipping point. The SmartLink M-ATA is an ultra-miniature analog telephone adapter that the company claims is the world's smallest. While designed for corporate users, the M-ATA threatens to break open the consumer market (Is this an ideal market segment for a start-up?).

The SmartLink M-ATA connects to any standard analog phone or fax machine to a VoIP network broadband.

The M-ATA offers caller ID, call-waiting, call-forwarding and conferencing. It can be configured, monitored and upgraded remotely and the unit has built-in Web management, tech support and continuous software upgrades.

The M-ATA has a port to connect it to an analog phone or fax machine. It also has an R-45 10/100Base-TX full-duplex/auto-sensing Ethernet port for connecting to DSL or cable modem.