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Abstracting telephony: software servers for Linux mobile phones

12/16/2006  III
Relevance: 8.58
This whitepaper discusses telephony server middleware that aims to de-couple cellular modem functionality from mobile phone operating systems. It was written by Blane E. Rockafellow, who co-founded TapRoot Systems, a telephony server specialist that has partnered with Microsoft, MontaVista, Trolltech (story), and Symbian.
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The evolving role of hardware as a key enabler of open source telephony in the business market

09/12/2006  III
Relevance: 8.27
This whitepaper examines the market potential for hardware add-in cards that interface open telephony systems with the PSTN (public switched telephone network). It also looks at the trends driving businesses to adopt IP telephony systems, and at various popular open source PBXs and other tools.
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Open Source VoIP on Campus, Part 1

09/02/2007  IIIII
Relevance: 7.81
Is open, session initiation protocol (SIP)-based telephony achievable for the enterprise? Lately, I am being told by industry consultants, as well as the majority of trade press articles and vendor presentations, that it isn't -- that secure and feature-rich IP (Internet Protocol) telephony can be achieved only through the proprietary extensions of the established telephony vendors, at least for now. However, communications professionals at several major universities are collaborating to develop these systems, based on open source and open standards, for production use in their own enterprises. Their progress is encouraging.
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Open source telecoms partnership in KZN

07/27/2007  III
Relevance: 7.59
Linux company DcData and telephony solutions providers BizCall have entered a strategic partnership in order to provide IP Telephony and VOIP services to the Kwazulu Natal market, forming BizCall KZN.
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Telecom industry dials into open source potential

10/17/2006  III
Relevance: 7.17
Open source software is playing a growing role in telephony, and getting the attention of major equipment suppliers, but there is still an element of “buyer beware” in the use of open-source telephony technologies. Those were the key messages from a panel on the subject at the inaugural Voice 2.0 conference here Monday.
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Have you been‘Skyped' yet?

03/25/2007  II
Relevance: 6.90
Don't you wish you could talk, listen, watch in other words, interact with anyone, anywhere in the world, and not have to worry about cost? Step into the world of internet telephony software, that allows you to make telephone calls to other computers at minimum or no cost. One of the most famous and easy-to-use software is Skype, which offers Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony that integrates smoothly into your computer.
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Comparing Asterisk and OpenSER

06/11/2008  II
Relevance: 6.73
Voice Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephony refers to the technology used for making telephone calls over the Internet. The two major technologies used to implement VoIP telephony are Asterisk and OpenSER. This article by Flavio E. Goncalves compares Asterisk and OpenSER topic by topic and shows the differences between them.
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Open source telephony gives customers control, consultant says

12/18/2007  I
Relevance: 6.56
Thomas Howe is a telecommunications developer and consultant who is passionate about the role of open source software in the telephony industry. He calls open source the"next generation" of telecommunications, and works with large enterprise companies to help them design phone systems that fully integrate with their business flow."Only open source can do that," Howe says.
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Digium Reinvents AsteriskNOW

10/30/2008  III
Relevance: 6.40
When Asterisk sponsor Digium, Inc. released AsteriskNOW, early in January 2007, the stated aim was to provide an open-source telephony"appliance." Not appliance as in hardware/software combo, but appliance as in'all the software you need to get a complete telephony application up and running'â€' even if you don't know a lot about Linux administration. AsteriskNOW contained all necessary Linux components"built in" (and nothing that was not needed) and came with AsteriskGUI, a simple graphical admin module. The lean, mean offering has been very successful by any standard.
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A Complete Wrap-up of AstriCon 2006

11/07/2006  IIIIII
Relevance: 6.36
Asterisk, the leading open source telephony platform, is flourishing and AstriCon – the annual Asterisk conference and exhibition – has become the place to learn about it. Developers, resellers, IT managers and contact center managers grabbed their ten gallon hats and headed to Dallas to learn or to showcase their own Asterisk innovations. There were sessions for all levels, novice to expert, and intimate networking opportunities to meet a literal “who’s who” of open source telephony.
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