Author: James Chapman

SmartNode™ Session Border Controller Delivers Any-to-Any SIP Trunking

Posted by | Feb 22, 2010 | , , , , |

Minor variances between vendor’s SIP implementations can disable enterprise VoIP systems. But by choosing protocol mediation such as that provided by Patton’s new SmartNode Session Border Controller, the SN5200, companies can ensure interoperability among all SIP “flavours” for fast, easy SIP trunking setup. The SmartNode Session Border Controller provides any-to-any protocol mediation for secure connectivity between IP-PBX systems and ITSPs and resolves security and interoperability challenges businesses face when implementing SIP trunking. The SmartNode™ ESBR lowers overall equipment costs by including an advanced IP router, QoS, VoIP-VPN security, least-cost call routing and IP-link redundancy with no added licensing or support fees. “SIP Trunking has entered the mainstream,” said John Wu, VoIP product manager, “contributing major interop issues and serious security holes. SmartNode™ addresses both challenges, building on a history of success with Patton’s interop certification program and secure VoIP VPN technology. What sets the ESBR apart is the absence of hidden costs.” Patton’s SmartNode™ 5200 Enterprise Session Border Router (ESBR) is now available for ordering. SmartNode™ recently claimed the 2009 INTERNET TELEPHONY® Excellence Award—the seventh major award in five years for the product...

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Grandstream Announces Two New IP Dome Cameras

Posted by | Feb 12, 2010 | , |

Grandstream Networks today announced its Grandstream GXV3611_HD (720P high definition) and Grandstream GXV3611_LL (low light) progressive scan CMOS fixed dome IP surveillance cameras. Retail stores, restaurants, campuses, casinos, apartment buildings and business offices looking for a cost-effective, open standard surveillance solution can easily implement these two new indoor cameras for 24×7 security protection of people and assets. With SIP/VoIP support, business owners can also stream all monitoring activity to a mobile or video phone from anywhere in the world, using the GXV3611’s 2-way audio and video streaming capability. Unobtrusive, Attractive Dome Cameras for High Definition or Low Light Conditions features include: Integrated microphone, speaker and smoke detector for maximum and out-of-the-box video + audio + smoke monitoring using industry standard SIP & VoIP technology Motion Detection and Alert Notification Integrated Power–over-Ethernet (802.3af) 24MB pre-/post-event recording buffer Easy installation and management using Grandstream’s web-based graphical user interface Using GSurf, Grandstream’s free video management software, businesses can monitor and control up to 36 cameras simultaneously. PLUS: GXV3611_HD camera includes 2-Mexapixel progressive scan CMOS sensor and advanced lens while delivering multi-rate H.264 real-time video streaming with a maximum resolution of 1,600×900 and at frame rate of up to 25fps. The GXV3601_LL captures and streams high quality real-time video under low light conditions (as low as 0.05Lux) and up to 30fps with full D1 (720×480) or VGA (640×480) resolution. The products will be...

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3CX and Beronet: A Strategic Bundle? VoIPon Interviews Nick Galea, 3CX and Gürsel Kücük, Beronet

Posted by | Feb 11, 2010 | , , , , , , |

3CX and Beronet have recently announced a strategic partnership to provide a complete IP PBX solution. Joining us today is Nick Galea CEO of 3CX and Gürsel Kücük, one of the founders of Beronet. Below is a summary of our call. VoIPon: Nick, last time we spoke, you mentioned you’d like to explain to us a little more about 3CX and how it works with the various VoIP gateways on the market. Why don’t you tell us a little more about your various interoperability partners? [Nick Galea, CEO of 3CX] Yes, so 3CX is an open standard solution. We support SIP standard. So we can work with a broad range of SIP devices, including, of course, various VoIP gateways and also IP phones. This is very important for a customer, because they won’t get tied down to a particular brand. At the same time, we want to of course give an end-to-end user experience and make it easy for a customer to configure 3CX phone with all the different SIP devices. So, what we’ve done is included auto configuration for all the popular VoIP gateways and IP phones that we support, we also have configuration guides, and we also have end to end technical support for supported VoIP gateways, which include Patton Gateways, Beronet Gateways, and of course, Sangoma Gateways & Grandstream Gateways. So we can support various VoIP...

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Redfone Branches Out: An Interview with Mark Warren, President of Redfone Communications

Posted by | Feb 1, 2010 | , , |

Last week at TMCnet’s ITExpo, Redfone Communications providers of next-generation open source telephony solutions to small to enterprise-size businesses and makers of the foneBRIDGE product line, announced that they were integrating TeleSoft’s TsLinkNet IP-PBX VoIP Gateway Solution into their Telecom Offerings. We took the opportunity to interview Mark Warren, the company’s president about their latest offerings and the state of the market. Below is a summary of our call. 1. VoIPon: So in light of this recent announcement, what changes are in store for your product line and what does this mean for your customers? [Mark Warren, President, Redfone] First of all, thanks for inviting us to participate in the podcast, Kathleen. With this announcement, first of all we’re really excited to be a partnering with such a first class organization like Telesoft. These guys are highly talented and experienced veterans in the telephony world. As you probably know, Telesoft’s code has been and continues to be used by all of the major telco gear manufacturers around the world. And we’re excited to finally be bringing their offering to the open source community and others. Specifically, what this product will allow Redfone to do is now offer T1 or E1 to SIP connectivity to any SIP compliant PBX or application. So, we’re getting outside the realm of open source telephony, like Asterisk or FreeSWITCH, or Elastix or Trixbox and...

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TMC Labs Reviews Positron’s V114 PCI Card: Grade A-

Posted by | Jan 28, 2010 | , , , |

Tom Keating recently reviewed Positron’s V-114 Asterisk on a Card and the product fared very well in their assessment. The Highlights Installation: 5 Documentation: 4 Features: 4.5 Overall: A- What is the V-114? – 4 ports of Analog FXO for connecting trunk lines – Asterisk Integrated on the card – 1 port of FXS for connecting a phone or a fax machine Who is the market for this card? Resellers — because it’s 100% SIP based there is no API to learn. Installation: No driver required. It works with Windows, Linux, etc., and simply installs as an Ethernet network adapter into any PCI slot.  You can simply send SIP traffic to the card and it will do SIP to TDM conversion or SIP trunking, making it a simple plug n’ play VoIP gateway. Operational Testing: On an extension to extension test call, the “voice quality was perfect.”  TMC reports. They also tested the two built in conference bridges and each performed well with excellent echo cancellation. Full console access to the Linux Operating System by SSHing into the card, where you can peruse and modify the important Asterisk Config files. Can use a web admin tool to make the changes; however, it is not clear changes need to be saved before they are applied, TMC reports. Conclusion The 256MB of permanent and NAND Flash memory is enough for most...

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