Month: February 2012

VoIPon Interviews Digium: Asterisk 10, R-Series and its New 8-port Card

Posted by | Feb 2, 2012 | , , , , |

There has been a lot going on at Digium recently, and today we’re speaking with Steve Sokol, Digium’s Marketing Director for Asterisk to learn a little more about these developments. Below is a transcription of the call.      1)  So, we understand Digium has released three new products recently.  Please provide a quick introduction to each product and its use? Yeah, that’s right. We’ve actually been really busy. And I’ll start out by saying that this is just the beginning. We’ve really got just an amazing line up of products that you’ll be seeing hit the market over the next 6 months or so. But I’m going to talk right now about the three that we’ve already released. The first of those is the TE820, which is the 8- port digital telephony interface card and that is capable of going up to 240 concurrent calls on a single card, which is our highest density card, and it’s really only priced a few hundred dollars over  our 4-port model, for an 8-port card. So it’s a pretty good deal. Like the rest of our digital interface line, the TE820 can connect to T1, E1 or J1 circuits. It’s available in PCIe form factor, which has really become kind of the standard for servers over the last few years. And it is available either with or without hardware echo cancellation....

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Video Conferencing Solution Small and Medium Businesses Can Afford Launched by Xorcom

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Multi-point high quality video and voice conferencing capability in open source IP-PBX brings cost-effective functionality to small and medium sized businesses Xorcom, a privately-held manufacturer of business telephony interfaces and appliances, today announced the formal launch of an integrated, multi-point video and voice conferencing solution called the XV Series. The XV Series includes two lines: the XV3000 – a video conferencing platform bundled into a Xorcom high-end IP-PBX; and the XV0500 – a stand-alone video conferencing appliance compatible with any Asterisk-based IP-PBX. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Xorcom’s Asterisk® based IP-PBX telephony appliances, the XV Series makes video conferencing capabilities affordable and accessible to businesses of all sizes.   The Benefits Video Conferencing Brings to Enterprises Due to the enormous growth in smart phone use and the widespread adoption of multimedia applications, video conferencing is quickly becoming the natural choice for communications in the larger enterprises. The main benefits of this type of communication that immediately come to mind include: Cost-effective meetings – cut down travel expenses Improved communication – visual aspects, such as body language and object displays, promote better understanding of concepts Efficient meetings – video is engaging, increasing participants’ attention span Keeping remote workers involved – stay in better touch with tele-workers and road warriors Remote training – update staff on the fly Timely customer support – troubleshoot issues without onsite visits The larger the enterprise,...

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Grandstream Receives Two 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Awards

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BROOKLINE, MA, (January 17, 2012) – Grandstream Networks announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Grandstream’s GXP1400 HD IP Phone and the GXV3500 IP Video Encoder/Decoder/PAS as recipients of the 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. Grandstream’s GXP1400 IP Phone and GXP1405 IP Phone offers cutting edge VoIP telephony features to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with or without an IP PBX, at a revolutionary price-point. Phone users have access to an extensive set of best-in-class audio, visual, security, provisioning, and business features that allow the GXP1400/1405 to create a class of its own in the affordability segment of the IP phone market. The GXP1400/1405 features built-in TLS/SRTP security, secondary SIP server, best-inclass HD audio including an acoustically redesigned HD handset, improved double-talk performance, Acoustical Echo Cancellation on its full-duplex HD speakerphone, easy automated provisioning with TR- 069 or HTTPS, advanced XML customization and more. The GXV3500 is a first-of-its-kind security, surveillance and facility management solution for SMBs that want to preserve their investment in traditional CCTV analog cameras while adding the capability to remotely display live video on a TV, or use the device as a voice/video public announcement system (PAS) over an IP network. The GXV3500 IP Video Encoder+Decoder+PAS is a 3-in-1 combo device that combines advanced single channel H.264 real time video compression or decompression functions at up to D1...

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Grandstream Unveils New HT701 Analog Telephone Adapter

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HT701 Adds Features, Performance & Security Enhancement to Next-Gen ATA at Lower Cost ITEXPO EAST, MIAMI, FL Booth 517 (February 1, 2012) – Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced the release of the HT701 a new 1-port Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA). The HT701 Analog Adapter is designed for single line analog phone users – residential, small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) and telecommuters – needing a compact, inexpensive ATA that converts legacy analog telephones, fax machines, conference telephones and other analog devices to access Internet-based telephone services. ATAs allow businesses and consumers to extend the value of their investment in analog devices while migrating to richer, less costly, and multimedia IP services at their own pace. The HT701 is the newest addition to Grandstream’s HandyTone ATA/IAD series of VoIP access devices that offer a range of SIP standard-based ATAs for mixed VoIP applications. Its feature highlights include: Ultra compact design (.98in H x 2.6in W x 3.38in L) and extremely affordable cost Support 5 REN over up to 1km on 24 AWG line Advanced telephony features including Caller ID for various countries, call waiting, do-no-disturb, 3-way conference, transfer, forward, message waiting, T.38 fax, flexible dial plan, multi-language voice prompt, etc. Comprehensive voice codecs including G.711 with Annex I/II, G.729A/B, G.723.1, iLBC, G.726 Strong security protection of voice/data privacy using TLS/SRTP/HTTPS, secure and automated...

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Digium Introduces World’s First Phones Designed for Asterisk

Posted by | Feb 1, 2012 | , , , |

Simple configuration and game-changing app engine set new bar for IP phones ITEXPO, Booth 901 (Miami)-February 1, 2012-Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, today introduced a new family of high-definition Digium IP phones. They are the first that are engineered to fully leverage the power of Asterisk, the world’s most widely adopted open source communications software, and Switchvox. With Digium technology on both the server and the phone, users will benefit from the best possible performance, unprecedented integration and a uniquely customizable phone system. “Digium’s new phones mark the launch of the next chapter in our history of innovation,” said Danny Windham, president and CEO of Digium. “These are the first phones designed specifically for Asterisk-with the tightest integration possible between the phones and Asterisk. The success of Asterisk began with the transfer of power from the hands of the proprietary phone vendors to the hands of end users and administrators of phone systems. And now we’ve done it again by bringing control to the desk phone. These phones are absolutely the easiest to install, integrate, provision and use with both Asterisk and Switchvox. And best of all, we’ve done all of this at a very competitive price point, providing our customers with the best value in business phone systems.” Asterisk has always been about flexibility, allowing integrators and developers to create highly customized solutions. Likewise, Digium phones include an app...

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