Author: James Chapman

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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New Polycom VVX 600 Bring Tap-And-Swipe Simplicity of Tablets to Video-Enabled Business Media Phones on the Desktop

Posted by | Oct 29, 2012 | , , |

Polycom,  the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today unveiled a next-generation business media VoIP Phone that delivers the familiar tap-and-swipe usability of smart phones and tablets to the desktop, while offering advanced UC&C features and a new optional video camera that accelerates the speed of business and enables face-to-face collaboration via video conferencing. With the new Polycom VVX 600, workers have a flexible and intuitive phone that integrates seamlessly with popular UC&C productivity applications and Bluetooth headsets for hands-free privacy.  The Polycom VVX 600 joins the Polycom VVX 500 Business Media Phone and Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone in the VVX family. The simple and intuitive experiences people have with their mobile devices are shaping their expectations for the workplace,” said Jim Kruger, Senior Vice President, Solutions Marketing, Polycom. “The Polycom VVX 600 represents a new generation of solutions that merge consumer-like simplicity with enterprise-class reliability, performance and UC&C integration. Now organisations from SMBs to the largest enterprises can put Polycom’s renowned HD voice and video on desktops at a very affordable price.” The Polycom VVX solution includes several new enhancements: Larger multi-touch screen. Featuring a touchscreen interface on a desktop phone, the Polycom VVX 600 incorporates a 4.3-inch LCD screen that is 23 per cent larger than other business media phones for ease of use and greater functionality. Easier and faster access to contacts. The Polycom VVX 600...

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Xorcom Video Conferencing Solution XV3000 Now Shipping

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | , , , |

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 that its integrated, multi-point video and voice conferencing solution called the XV3000 is now shipping. The Xorcom XV3000 is a video conferencing platform bundled into a Xorcom high-end IP-PBX that makes video conferencing capabilities affordable and accessible to businesses of all sizes. The Xorcom XV3000 can be ordered in four models,  Xorcom Video Conferencing  XV3047 , Xorcom Video Conferencing and PBX system – 2 x PRI (T1 or E1) port + HWEC XV3055, Xorcom Video Conferencing and PBX system – 4 x PRI (T1 or E1) port + HWEC XV3056 and  Xorcom Video Conferencing and PBX system – no telephony ports XV3000/NU. 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...

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