Month: March 2012

Xorcom Support Alert: Elastix Upgrade Scripts Published for Standard and TwinStar Xorcom IP-PBX

Posted by | Mar 15, 2012 | , , , , |

Xorcom now support Elastix 2.2 on our entire range of IP-PBX appliances, we want to help you upgrade Xorcom appliances that are already in the field. We have published complete instructions on the Xorcom Wiki site to assist you in this process. Note: The software upgrade tool was developed by PaloSanto and then modified by Xorcom Ltd. • Instructions for upgrading standard Xorcom IP-PBX servers from Elastix 1.6 to 2.2. • Instructions for upgrading TwinStar systems from Elastix 1.6 to 2.2. Recommendation: As we periodically update these instructions as new information becomes available, so please check back to these Wiki pages prior to installing any Xorcom IP-PBX. You may find that the document instructions have changed (note the document’s version...

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VoIPon interview Mark Spencer @ UC Expo 2012 – Digium VoIP Phones + Future of Asterisk

Posted by | Mar 13, 2012 | , , , , , , |

VoIPon Solutions last week had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Mark Spencer the CTO of Digium and founder of Asterisk. VoIPon’s, Sales Manager Alexis Argent met Mark Spencer at Unified Communications 2012, the pair discussed the new Digium IP Phone range and what’s next for Asterisk. See the video interview below. VoIPon: Hello, My name is Alexis Argent, I’m the sales manager for VoIPon Solutions and we’re here at UC Expo 2012 and I’m joined by Mark Spencer the CTO of Digium and the creator of Asterisk, it’s a pleasure to meet you. How you finding the show? Mark Spencer: Well it’s been pretty good so far. Very interested in seeing all the synergy and of course all the people here for Unified Communications. It’s been a good show from what I’ve seen so far. Alexis: So I understand you have a new range of VoIP Phones out, with them being new, you’ve got some competition that already exists in the market, why should people buy Digium VoIP Phones than perhaps another brand?, Yealink, Snom, Astra, Grandstream, Polycom, Cisco, Panasonic and Gigaset. Mark Spencer: Well as you know with Asterisk, we essentially brought open source to the world of telecommunications starting with the PBX, that is everything that lives in the back office and so the VoIP Phones naturally allow us to extend it to the desktop, so...

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Sangoma NetBorder Transcoding Gateway Beta Release

Posted by | Mar 6, 2012 | , |

Building upon Sangoma’s great success of the D-Series Transcoding boards, Sangoma will unveil next month its full-featured NetBorder Transcoding Gateway. This appliance can be installed anywhere inside your VoIP network and can provide codec transcoding capabilities for up to 13 codecs. This appliance is a fully featured SIP B2BUA to enable communication between two incompatible SIP endpoints. The transcoding gateway will handle all codec negotiations or can be configured to offer particular subsets of codecs during a call setup. We are very pleased to announce the Beta release of the NetBorder Transcoding Gateway this week. Please contact Julien Nephtali at [email protected] if you are interested in participating to the Beta program, we still have a few places...

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Sangoma Vega Series Release 9.0 Needs Beta Testers

Posted by | Mar 6, 2012 | , , |

Sangoma Vega Series firmware version R9.0 introduces session border controller functionality with media transcoding features, allowing for SIP to SIP mediation. This is in addition to existing capabilities to perform TDM to SIP and TDM to TDM calls for redundancy, making the Vega series one the most flexible VoIP gateway platform on the market. We are actively seeking Beta testers. If you are interested, please contact Simon Horton, director of product management for the Vega Series at [email protected]. We expect the Beta release to become available in late March...

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Sangoma W400 GSM Board Update

Posted by | Mar 6, 2012 | , , , |

The new Sangoma W400 GSM boards are now available again for ordering. Our initial production proved to be too small for demand! As a reminder, the Sangoma W400 is a modular 4-port GSM board that is compatible with Asterisk. It supports quad band GSM for worldwide deployments. A unique feature is access to SIM cards from the front bracket for easier management. Typical use cases are for IP-PBXs establishing mobile to mobile calls and to provide bulk SMS. Please see the Four models you can order: Sangoma W400-001E GSM board with 1 GSM Module Sangoma W400-002E GSM board with 2 GSM Modules Sangoma W400-003E GSM board with 3 GSM Modules Sangoma W400-004E GSM board with 4 GSM...

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