Author: David Frith

Digium Announces Asterisk 14 Open Source Communications Software

Digium Announces Asterisk 14 Open Source Communications Software

Posted by | Sep 28, 2016 | |

Improving Horizontal Scalability and Deployment within Large, Service-based Ecosystems Digium have announced Asterisk 14, the next major release of the world’s most popular open source communications platform, at its annual AstriCon users and developers conference. Asterisk 14 continues the track of previous major releases, such as Asterisk 12 and Asterisk 13, by offering developer- and administrator-focused features and capabilities to simplify the scaling and deployment of Asterisk within large, service-based ecosystems. Asterisk 14 features major improvements to its media API, including remote media playback capabilities and a fully featured media cache. All previous versions of Asterisk required media files to...

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Yealink and SkySwitch announce solution interoperability and evaluation program

Yealink and SkySwitch announce solution interoperability and evaluation program

Posted by | Sep 28, 2016 | |

Yealink and SkySwitch have jointly announced the certification of ten Yealink desktop IP phones with all major features of the SkySwitch WebCentrex platform. The supported Yealink VoIP Phone endpoints, including the business-grade T2  series (T21P, T23G, T27P, T29G) and the ultra-elegant T4 series (T40P, T41P, T42GG, T46G, T48G), greatly expand the certified device options available for SkySwitch Resellers. We are very pleased to see the successful SkySwitch certification,” said Stone Lu, Yealink Vice President. “SkySwitch offers a proven, solid platform, and extending our endpoints to SkySwitch resellers’ users demonstrates our shared goal to consistently support our customers with the best possible...

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Mitel Collaboration Solution named a Lab Innovation Award Winner by Internet Telephony Magazine

Mitel Collaboration Solution named a Lab Innovation Award Winner by Internet Telephony Magazine

Posted by | Sep 26, 2016 | |

Mitel has announced that Internet Telephony Magazine has presented them with a 2016 TMC Labs Innovation Award for MiTeam, the team and social collaboration tool that supports how teams work and interact in the mobile-first workplace. Today’s teamwork environments are littered with communications across disparate applications, including email, chats, texts, phone calls and videoconferences. MiTeam simplifies and centralises conversations, content collaboration and project management by providing a persistent workspace where groups can connect and collaborate. A single window pane, accessible from any device, lets users initiate instant chat sessions or video meetings, share screens, annotate documents and more. MiTeam integrates...

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Grandstream introduce new 2-Port ATA HT812, with Gigabit NAT Router

Grandstream introduce new 2-Port ATA HT812, with Gigabit NAT Router

Posted by | Sep 26, 2016 | |

The HT812 offers 2 FXS ports with integrated Gigabit NAT router and other advanced features packaged in a sleek, compact device Grandstream have announced a new 2-port Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA), the H812. The latest addition to Grandstream’s market-leading HT series of ATAs, the HT812 allows business and residential users to connect 2 analogue phones or fax machines to any VoIP network through its 2 FXS ports. In addition, the HT812 offers 2 color-coded Gigabit network ports with integrated NAT router for easy installation. The HT812 comes equipped in a new award-winning design with market leading VoIP functionalities, advanced security...

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Xorcom officially releases CompletePBX 5.0

Xorcom officially releases CompletePBX 5.0

Posted by | Sep 22, 2016 | |

Xorcom have recently released CompletePBX version 5.0. It is redesigned from the ground up and offers a completely new experience and opportunities. One major difference is being able to use it as a virtual machine, in addition to the hardware PBX line. The VM is compatible with both VMware and MS Hyper-V. Selling software-only phone systems opens up new markets and opportunities. https://xorcom.com/completepbx5-software/ A limited (3 extensions) free VM is available for download via the website for evaluation purposes. In the next few days users will receive a price list for the VM option. Starting next week Xorcom will start shipping hardware PBX...

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