Month: November 2012

snom Endpoints Now Interoperable with Kerio Operator IP PBX Phone System

Posted by | Nov 19, 2012 | , |

snom, a leading developer of VoIP Phones and communications solutions, announced today interoperability with Kerio Operator an IP PBX phone system from Kerio Technologies.   snom VoIP endpoints can now be auto provisioned through Kerio Operator, enabling quick and easy installation and no-hassle management directly from the PBX.  The following snom VoIP Phone  models are currently certified for the Kerio Operator solution: the snom 300, snom 320, snom 370, snom 710, snom 720, snom 760, snom 821 and snom 870 desktop phones; the snom M9 cordless DECT handset; the snom Meeting Point conference phone; and the snom PA1 public announcement system. Combining snom endpoints with Kerio Operator gives small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) a complete, end-to-end voice solution. Value Added Resellers (VARs) will appreciate the seamless auto provisioning and quick deployment with Kerio Operator. Kerio Operator customers will gain access to the full range of snom endpoint phones to meet any staff requirement or business requirement. snom produces a dependable lineup of stylish, high performance desktop VoIP phones, including conference and public announcement systems and a cordless DECT handset that offer exception value to SMBs,” said James Gudeli, Vice President of Business Development at Kerio Technologies Inc. “We worked closely with snom to test their endpoints with Kerio Operator, and the validation process went smoothly. VARs will appreciate the seamless auto provisioning of these devices with Kerio Operator, whether building...

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Frost & Sullivan Recognises Yealink for Outstanding Growth in the World Enterprise IP Telephony Endpoint Market

Posted by | Nov 15, 2012 | , |

Based on its recent analysis of the enterprise communications platforms and endpoints market, Frost & Sullivan presents Yealink with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Leadership, which recognizes the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the past three years. Yealink showed a striking CAGR of 83 percent during 2009-2011 in its IP phone shipment, positioning it as one of the top SIP phone providers in the world, as well as a fierce competitor in the overall IP desktop phone market. Growing its SIP phone sales year over year, Yealink has achieved this leadership position due to successfully applying a best-bang-for-the-buck strategy, providing the highest ratio of value to cost, leveraging extensive customer international knowledge, and growing its partner relationships,” said Frost & Sullivan ICT Team Leader and Senior Industry Analyst Alaa Saayed. “The company’s IP devices have gradually gained the reputation of high-quality endpoints that offer compelling functionality at a compelling price point. Among the top five SIP phone brands in the industry and the most popular Chinese brand in the Western world, Yealink offers three product lines: IP video phones, VoIP phones, and USB phones. These devices not only match the top international requirements in terms of quality and features, but are also very competitively priced. Further, the company’s R&D department continuously introduces emerging technologies into the product lines. A Yealink IP endpoint can...

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OpenVox Releases Its First Skype Gateway Solution – Sky2Sip

Posted by | Nov 8, 2012 | , , , |

OpenVox Communication Co., Ltd, a global leading provider of the most advanced open source Asterisk hardware and software products, has announced today to release its first Skype gateway solution – Sky2Sip to the open source telephony community.  Sky2Sip is a SIP protocol based software gateway solution mainly designed for SMB. One Skype account with Sky2Sip can support up to 32 Simultaneous calls. Sky2Sip makes it possible for SIP devices to call out through Skype account and Skype users can also call the Skype account that can be directed to any one of the SIP devices registered in the Sky2Sip. Besides, the flexible dialing mode enables direct dialing and secondary dialing when calling out through Skype. Nowadays, Skype is so popular that there is a huge amount of Skype users around the world. How to enable Skype to be fully used by the SMB has become an urgent need in our open source telephony community.” said Lin Miao, the president of OpenVox,” We are happy today to release the Sky2Sip – a software based gateway. It will make a profound significance for SMB in managing their own calling system and saving the cost of voice calls by connecting the open source IPPBX to Skype VoIP world.” The User Friendly GUI of Sky2Sip will make it so easy to set up their customized unified communication system for SMB. To celebrate this...

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Digium Announces Release of Asterisk 11 Open Source Communications Software

Posted by | Nov 5, 2012 | , , , |

Long Term Support Release Includes Support for WebRTC and  Digium Inc., the Asterisk® Company, unveiled Asterisk 11 at its annual AstriCon users’ conference meeting, a new release that features multiple contributions from the Asterisk developer community. Asterisk 11 includes a number of new features, including support for WebRTC over SIP and native integration with Digium’s line of VoIP telephones. It is also a new Long Term Support (LTS) version of Asterisk, the world’s most widely adopted open source communications engine. As a Long Term Support release, Asterisk 11 is primarily focused on stability, performance and security, with a relatively short list of new features. LTS releases receive four years of support, with an additional year of security maintenance. Under this release plan, Asterisk 11 will be supported through 2016. Significant new features include: WebSockets SIP Transport – WebRTC/RTCWEB brings real-time communications to web browsers. The new WebSockets transport for the Asterisk SIP channel allows browser-based SIP clients to connect with Asterisk and establish media sessions. DTLS-SRTP Support – A secure transport for RTP media streams used by WebRTC and SIP endpoints.  ICE, STUN and TURN Support – A set of related technologies for establishing live media streams between software agents running behind network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. ICE, STUN and TURN have been incorporated into the Asterisk RTP engine as part of the effort to support WebRTC. Motif – A new channel driver...

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Grandstream GXV3615WP_HD Named Gold Winner at 2012 Golden Bridge Business & Innovation Awards

Posted by | Nov 5, 2012 | , , , |

Grandstream GXV3615WP_HD Wireless IP Camera Recognized for Outstanding Innovations in Security Solutions for Small Business/SOHO Grandstream Networks has earned a Gold 2012 Golden Bridge Business & Innovation Award, recognizing the Grandstream GXV3615WP HD Wireless Cube IP Camera for its innovations in providing enterprise security solutions for small business and Small Office Home Office (SOHO) applications. The award was presented at a formal gala at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Targeting residential, SOHO and small to medium-sized business (SMB) customers, the GXV3615WP_HD camera is ideal for indoor IP Surveillance Solutions applications requiring HD video at a highly affordable price. The camera features razor sharp HD720p video encoding/streaming, built-in Wi-Fi, PoE, integrated speaker and microphone and support for Voice-over-IP using the popular SIP standard. The Golden Bridge Business Awards is an annual program that encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, innovations, products and services, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world. More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2012 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners. “It’s an honor to be named a gold winner for innovation by the Golden Bridge awards for this esteemed industry and to share the recognition with other...

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