The "Take Back the Beep" Campaign that David Pogue started in late July seems to be working. The campaign was a response to the annoying canned carrier messages you receive when you want to leave a voicemail.

Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Insight Communications has selected Comverse’s InSight™ Open Services Environment and next-generation voicemail services.

“Voice Mail to Text is a revolutionary service and we’re proud to be the first provider in Canada to offer it to our customers,” SaskTel President and CEO Robert Watson said. “These new technologies provide customers with incredible new flexibility and convenience when dealing with their voicemail.”

Later this year Comcast will open new web based service called SmartZone that will integrate voicemail, email, address book and calendar all in one.