Asterisk VoIP News

This Wednesday, November 26th, the Toronto Asterisk Users Group invites all in the area to join us for a telephony workshop and talk sponsored by Sangoma Inc.[1]Jose Landivar, co-founder of PaloSanto Solutions[2], creators of Elastix, will be running a "getting... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Bandwidth.com has just made an investment in FreePBX, the popular front-end interface to Asterisk-based distros. I discussed this news with Philippe Lindheimer just a couple hours ago. One of the questions I asked was if Bandwidth.com would get "preferred treatment"... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Editor's Note:  We personally use Junction Networks for our SIP termination and we have been satisfied with their service.  I have also chatted with their CEO and he was very knowledgeable and courteous.New Jersey-based Critical Links has chosen VoIP service... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Kalimat Telecom, Iraq's national telecom network launched the first WiMax network in Baghdad. The $500 million project is the national Fixed Wireless Local Loop (WLL) Telephony and Data provider aiming to serve 28 million Iraqi citizens. Barely five percent penetration... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

United States federal regulators today gave Sprint Nextel the green light to spin off and merge its XOHM mobile broadband network with that of Clearwire.  The XOHM brand is expected to remain as the new entity takes shape.  A Clearwire... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Polycom regional sales manager Dan Engel explains that video conferencing solutions enable companies to conduct face-to-face meetings using regular Internet protocol (IP), or public telephone networks, without leaving the office. This decreases the carbon footprint of companies by avoiding the... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Vonage has a new patent. It’s for something called “Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Internet Telephony.” According to the company, “The invention, which was filed for patent in 2003, makes it less likely for customers to encounter dropped calls, incomplete... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Selecting a phone system may be the most important technology decision most small businesses make; choosing the wrong one can spell disaster. One relatively new and increasingly popular option, using a hosted PBX (Private Branch eXchange) solution, offers a number... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Vonage Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive agreements to refinance its convertible debt, a move which will help to secure its future. The financing package consists of a $130.3 million senior secured first lien credit facility, a $72.0 million senior... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Vonage Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive agreements to refinance its convertible debt, a move which will help to secure its future. The financing package consists of a $130.3 million senior secured first lien credit facility, a $72.0 million senior... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Editor's Note:  T-Mobile is giving a pretty weak argument for why we should not have this spectrum for back to the public domain.  I think this is great idea and it has much potential for getting good internet access out... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Last month at AstriCon we announced the upcoming launch of AsteriskNOW 1.5, a new version of Digium’s award winning software appliance that incorporates the FreePBX graphical user interface. Today I’m very pleased to announce that the first beta release of... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

 You may have seen some reports in the media about a security and privacy breach in the software provided by our Chinese partner, TOM Online. I'm writing to let you know where we stand, and what we're doing to resolve... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Polycom APAC has launched a VoIP Field Verified (VFV) Program, which recognises SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) based call providers that have Polycom VoIP phones. The first partner to join the VFV Program in the APAC region is Hong Kong-based Deltapath... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Digium,and Skype, announced the beta version of Skype For Asterisk, which will allow the integration of Skype functionality into Digium's Asterisk software and enable customers to make, receive and transfer Skype calls from within their Asterisk phone systems.... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Digium,and Skype, announced the beta version of Skype For Asterisk, which will allow the integration of Skype functionality into Digium's Asterisk software and enable customers to make, receive and transfer Skype calls from within their Asterisk phone systems.... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Bandwidth.com partnership with Microsoft Response Point empowers small business telephony - Bandwidth.com and Microsoft Corp. have entered into a strategic marketing alliance agreement to enable Response Point customers to take advantage of Bandwidth.com's superior availability and quality. As the second... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Bandwidth.com partnership with Microsoft Response Point empowers small business telephony - Bandwidth.com and Microsoft Corp. have entered into a strategic marketing alliance agreement to enable Response Point customers to take advantage of Bandwidth.com's superior availability and quality. As the second... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

 Every decent sci-fi novel has a videophone. Even Philip K Dick, not a man to mess with gadgets other than robot doctors in suitcases and flapples (flying cars), dropped the occasional vidfone into his stories. Now, of course, everyone has... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/

Cisco Systems Inc said on Friday it plans to buy privately held Jabber Inc, which specializes in instant messaging software, to bolster its own line of Internet-based communications products. The two companies did not disclose financial terms. Denver-based Jabber provides... Dal http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/