GNU Free Call and WebRTC are both building frameworks that stand to make Skype obsolete. Skype has been in the news a lot lately: Microsoft agreed to buy the company, their network has gone down twice recently, and they're threatening to take unspecified action against developers who try to write free software to make calls on their system.
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People who focus on minor issues are greatly exercized about the purchase of Skype by Microsoft. How will this affect the success of Skype's spyware, they ask? Was it good strategy for one or the other? Did Microsoft pay too much? How does this affect the possible success of this or that other company?
Read more »GNU Free Call: an Open Source Skype Alternative
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GNU Free Call will offer a service that's both secure and usable on all platforms, much the way closed-source Skype is, its developers say.
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ElastixWorld 2010
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PaloSanto Solutions is pleased to announce that the inaugural ElastixWorld 2010 will take place over two days on November 18-19, 2010 in Quito, Ecuador, and you're invited!!
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Open-Xchange, a provider of business-class open source collaboration software, today announced enhancements that give users telephone and fax integrated with e-mail, contacts, calendar and task information. By combining Open-Xchange (hosted and on-premise editions) with Unified Communications and Virtual PBX solutions, businesses can replace their traditional phone lines -- saving on phone bills.
Read more »Yealink announces the complete interoperability test with Elastix
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Elastix , one of the top open source projects in Latin-American with worldwide recognition and Yealink Network Technology CO., Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of IP Voice and Video Phones for broadband networks, announced today the completion of interoperability test between Elastix IP-PBX and Yealink SIP-T2x series full range of HD IP Phones.
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5 open source VoIP softphones to watch
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Open source softphones can be deployed on as many devices as required throughout the enterprise -- without additional licence fees.
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Secure VoIP, GNU SIP Witch, and replacing Skype with free software
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"For the last few years I had been working when time was available on what is called the GNU Telephony Secure Calling Initiative.This initiative was originally started specifically to make passive voice communication intercept a thing of the past using free software and public standards, and came out of ideas from and the work of the New York City civil liberties community and New York Fair Use in
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Secure VoIP, GNU SIP Witch, and replacing Skype with free software
For the last few years I had been working on what is called the GNU Telephony Secure Calling initiative (http://www.gnutelephony.org/index.php/Secure_Call).
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Trixbox CE- Securing Your trixbox Server
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Even though a trixbox system is a phone system, it is still a basic computer system like any other. One of the problems that we face is that extensions and VoIP service providers typically come into the system over the open Internet; this means that certain aspects of our system are wide open to the outside world.
Read more »Install, Configure and Maintain a VoIP-Based Telephony System with New Book
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Packt is pleased to announce a new book that helps design and develop VoIP telephony platforms and services through the Asterisk platform. Written by Open Source expert, Kerry Garrison, trixbox CE 2.6 guides users with clear instructions and screenshots to create a complete and cost effective VoIP based telephony system.
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Elastix 1.5 release
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Elastix version 1.5 is now available for download in its 32-bit and 64-bit ISO versions. This release took a bit longer than normal because it has some major improvements. We now use DAHDI instead of Zaptel which brings better support for telephony drivers, newer kernel, among others
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Asterisk Call Notification over XMPP
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Recently I was asked how I get notification messages when a call is made to my VoIP number and extension. It’s only a few lines of configuration, but worth noting down for future reference. This all applies to Asterisk 1.4, on Debian Lenny
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Asterisk Open Source PBX
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With the high prices of many of the newer PBX systems on the market, an Open Source alternative may be the right fit for you and your budget. Especially if it can deliver as many feature rich applications as Asterisk is capable of doing.
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VOIP & Asterisk Meetup, Hyderabad, 26 October 2008
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Giovanni Maruzzelli, Developer of the www.celliax.org project will be delivering a Presentation on chan_celliax, chan_skypiax and how to add GSM and Skype channels to Asterisk on Sunday 26th October 2008
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