Founded in late 2003, Fonality this week is coming out of stealth mode with its PBXtra lineup, touting the system as an affordable IP telephony platform for smaller customers, particularly those with ...

Of Pingtel’s three open source IP PBXs, we tested SIPxchange Enterprise Communication Server, Version 3.7. Pingtel also has the SIPxNano for fewer than 30 users, as well as a free, downloadable ...

Fonality’s PBXtra 3.5 Professional edition appliance is based on CentOS 4.3 and Asterisk 1.2. Fonality sells two other retail versions — Standard and Call Center — and offers a free downloadable open ...

The Tarrytown, N.Y.-based distributor claims the online configurator is the first of its kind and is available to all Westcon Group resellers registered in its CollaborationPoint OpenSource program.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) continues to entrench itself throughout the communications sector, especially in mixed private branch exchange (PBX) implementations. Cracking this market often is ...

In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and ...

An emergency response centre in South Africa has implemented an open source VoIP telephony system to cut the cost of handling calls. Asterisk, an open-source application that provides all the ...

BANGALORE, INDIA – Voice over IP (VOIP) and open source technology hold great promise for cost savings, but also threaten traditional ways of doing business. Rather than shy away from the challenges ...

I read this article "Doubts persist about open source IP telephony" as I was sitting on a conference call using a Polycom phone on our brand new Asterisk system. We deployed last week and I have to ...

Dina Biagio of Spoor & Fisher explores the impact of open-source software on technology development and highlights the tension between collaborative innovation and traditional intellectual property ...

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. It’s a technology that lets you make phone calls using your internet connection instead of a traditional landline. VoIP systems are a great solution for ...