Author: James Chapman

Digium Announces Keynote Speakers for AstriCon 2013

Posted by | Aug 8, 2013 | , , |

Digium, the Asterisk Company and manufacturers of VoIP Phone products like the D40, D50, D70 and VoIP Gateways like the G100, G200 and G400, have announced the keynote presenters for the AstriCon Open Source User Conference and Exhibition to be held October 8-10, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. Keynote speakers include Philippe Lindheimer, project leader for FreePBX; Olle Johansson, open source contributor and co-founder of AstriCon; Alistair Cunningham, general manager, Integrics; Mark Spencer, chairman and chief technology officer, Digium; and Phil Edholm, founder and president of PKE Consulting and a leading expert in WebRTC. Celebrating the 10th year, AstriCon remains the longest running conference devoted to Asterisk, the most widely used open source communications platform. AstriCon brings together the world’s open source enthusiasts – from code developers and Asterisk integrators, to service providers and enterprise IT professionals – who all share an interest in Asterisk. Lindheimer, Johansson, Cunningham and Spencer will present “Asterisk: Views from the Community Front Line” at 9 a.m. on October 9. In this session, each of the speakers will share reflections on the past, and more importantly, give their thoughts on the future of Asterisk. Edholm, a seasoned industry insider and former enterprise CTO at Nortel, will present his ideas on how WebRTC is expected to shape the communications industry and discuss the implications for the Asterisk community. Edholm’s presentation will take place at 9 a.m. on October 10....

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Yealink Announces Interoperability with APMAX ACS Service

Posted by | Aug 7, 2013 | , , |

Yealink, a global top 5 SIP phone provider, and Innovative Systems, a leading developer and provider of software and hardware for the independent telecommunications industry, announced today that five SIP devices of Yealink ecosystem have now been added to the list that can be automatically configured and managed by the APMAX Automated Configuration Service, ACS.  The award winning Yealink models T22P, T26P, T28P, T32G and T38G are now available for ACS management. The APMAX SIP phone tool handles provisioning, firmware updates and also offers a Web Portal option for subscriber management of SIP key settings.   The Yealink brand joins 10 other manufacturers and over 40 different SIP devices that the ACS service can manage and maintain firmware updates for. As more independent telecoms turn to a managed per seat SIP solution for their customers, it becomes important that we continue to add popular models to our configuration plan on the APMAX” says Mike Murdock, CTO of Embedded Systems at Innovative Systems. Murdock adds, “The addition of Yealink was in response to the service providers requests and we encourage them to continue reaching out to us with brands and models that they want to have managed by our ACS service.”      “The cooperation between Yealink and Innovative Systems is of great significance and vital to the progression of Yealink,” said Stone Lu, Vice President of Yealink, “Our customers and...

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Grandstream Announces New Corporate Headquarters in Boston to Accommodate Rapid Growth and Expansion

Posted by | Aug 2, 2013 | , , |

Grandstream Networks has announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters, from August 1, 2013. The new facility, located at 126 Brookline Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, is nearly three times larger than its previous facility to accommodate plans to increase staffing in sales, marketing and customer support. The new facility will also host a product showcase center to provide our partners and customers with hands-on demonstrations of our SIP-based products for converging voice, video, data and surveillance applications.  Grandstream produce a range of cost effective VoIP equipment including VoIP phones, Analog Adapters, VoIP Gateways, IP cameras and IP PBX like the recently announced UCM6100 series that includes the UCM6102, UCM6104, UCM6108 and UCM6116.  It’s an exciting time as we move to our new expanded location following the marketplace success we’ve achieved worldwide during the past decade,” said David Li, CEO of Grandstream. “As always, we thank our many partners and customers for their consistent support over the years and for helping Grandstream continue to expand and offer high-quality products that improve people’s communications experience with reduced cost. We look forward to a new phase of rapid growth ahead in the next several years.” Since its founding in January 2002, Grandstream Networks has expanded its presence to include 7 office locations worldwide: Dallas, TX, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA, Casablanca, Morocco, Valencia, Venezuela, Shenzhen, China, and Hangzhou, China, and world headquarters in Boston, MA,...

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Digium and Schmooze Com Announce Interoperability Certification

Posted by | Jul 31, 2013 | , , , |

Digium, the Asterisk Company, and Schmooze Com, have announced that Digium’s Switchvox IP PBX has been certified to work with Schmooze Com’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking solution, SIPStation. SIPStation provides telephony services using high-speed Internet, eliminating the need for traditional phone services. This certification confirms that Digium’s Switchvox business phone system and SIPStation work seamlessly together, providing businesses further confidence when selecting their VoIP phone solution.  Digium is the developer and maintainer of Asterisk, the world’s most widely adopted open source communications platform. Digium’s Switchvox is a full-featured unified communications (UC) solution, built on the power of Asterisk and designed for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Switchvox is the industry’s best value with all UC features included at one low price. With fixed mobile convergence, Salesforce.com and SugarCRM integration, queues, IVRs, instant messaging and more, Switchvox is a phone system that will transform how businesses operate, making them more efficient and productive. Businesses are looking for VoIP solutions that are easy to configure, deploy and manage,” said Tony Lewis, CEO of Schmooze Com. “Together, Digium’s feature-rich Switchvox phone system and SIPStation’s Unlimited SIP trunks provide an affordable, high-quality VoIP solution that businesses can rapidly deploy, with unlimited local and long distance calling, and no contracts or fuss.” Businesses that choose Switchvox are now assured of full interoperability when they select SIPStation for their IP network,” said Leslie Conway,...

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Next Stop Paris: 3CX Continues its Global Expansion

Posted by | Jul 29, 2013 | , , |

3CX, developer of the award-winning Windows 3CX  Windows PBX Phone System and mobile device management solution 3CX Mobile Device Manager, today announced the opening of its new office in Paris, France in order to strengthen its market share in one of the world’s largest technology markets. By providing its partners and distributors with sales and technical support in French it plans to empower partners to sell more solutions into the French market. Furthermore, by providing regular training events and launching a local marketing campaign, 3CX aims to double its partner network.  France is a major IT and telecommunications market and as a European company we are in an ideal position to deliver the right solution to this market. France has historically been at the forefront of telecommunications and appreciates the advanced features our Unified Communications solution provides. Our new office significantly increases our presence in the French market as we are able to better support our partners and customers”, said Nick Galea, CEO 3CX. The IP PBX market is highly competitive, with manufacturers such as Xorcom, Digium Switchvox and Zycoo striving to excel with their different solutions.   Share this story with your friends or work colleagues. If you want to stay up to date with our latest products, industry news and offers you can sign up to our monthly newsletters, keep up to date with us on Facebook or follow us on...

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