Alameda, CA: August 20, 2008. MetaSwitch, a leading solutions and application provider, today announced that EMBARQ® has selected the MetaSwitch softswitch, media gateway and MetaSphere application suite to form the core of its new EMBARQ Smart IP EnterpriseSM solution. The integrated business solution, hosted in EMBARQ’s core network, delivers an advanced suite of communication services to business customers.
“After evaluating the leading VoIP application server vendors, we selected MetaSwitch because it offers a rich set of advanced services built on a carrier-class softswitch platform, all supported by an extremely responsive team,” said Susan Sarna, vice president of marketing and product management for EMBARQ Business. “MetaSwitch’s solutions enable EMBARQ to deliver innovative applications designed to help business customers improve employee productivity and enhance customer service.”
EMBARQ Smart IP EnterpriseSM will provide business customers with a bundled package of dedicated Internet access, local and long distance voice services and IP-enabled call features. The MetaSphere application suite enables click-to-dial with Microsoft Outlook integration and advanced voicemail features, all managed via the MetaSphere CommPortal user interface. MetaSwitch is also providing enhanced IP-enabled features, including rules-based call forwarding, Auto Attendant and Music On Hold. Features like SimRing, sequential ring and remote click-to-dial will enable EMBARQ’s business users to improve customer service by integrating remote workers in virtually any location. In addition to the MetaSwitch softswitch, media gateway and MetaSphere application suite, EMBARQ has chosen MetaSwitch’s SIP Provisioning Server to help ease the deployment of its SIP phones.
“Businesses are constantly looking to increase productivity without sacrificing customer service, as well as finding new ways to reduce costs,” said Graeme MacArthur, chief executive officer, MetaSwitch. “MetaSwitch’s solutions enable EMBARQ’s business customers to provide advanced services to their employees without the expense of purchasing and maintaining an on-site communications system.”
The service is currently being introduced across the EMBARQ network. The flexibility of the MetaSwitch solution will allow EMBARQ to introduce a host of new services to its business customers.
Metaswitch is here and EMBARQ could be found here.
Tags: VoIP business, voip news, EMBARQ Smart IP Enterprise, MetaSwitch softswitch, MetaSphere, SIP Provisioning Server, Snapvoip
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EMBARQ Selects The MetaSwitch For EMBARQ Smart IP Enterprise
August 25th, 2008
I think you better learn if you did not know before. Government could alway listen to your conversations if it wanted, legally, with a warrant.
But with FISA, which President Bush signed (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Amendments Act of 2008 into law, it does not need warrants. John Edwards of VoIP News has done a better job of describing the procedures that the government may use for the surveillance and collection of “foreign intelligence information” between “foreign powers” and “agents of foreign powers.” Read and educate yourself.
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Do You Know WHat FISA Is?
August 15th, 2008
Some clever people at Google Mobile have ported, actually built an iPhone interface to Google Translate. The difference is that it is optimized for speed and it holds on to the translations that you have done already and give back to you if you request the same later.
The data transfer cost if you are wondering about (if you do, go get an unlimited data plan, it is much cheaper!) is averaging around 300 translations per 1MB download of data.
So if you are interested point your iPhone or iPOD touch browser at translate.google.com.
Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Translate now for iPhone
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Google Translate On Your iPhone
August 12th, 2008
Oslo-based GIPS Corporation announced the release of VoIP stack for iPhone platform based on their GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile. The software stack will allow developers to integrate voice over IP elements into iPhone applications.
“The iPhone is a very interesting platform, and we’re excited about the enterprise uses as well as the more obvious gaming and instant messaging possibilities for VoiceEngine Mobile on iPhone,” Dovid Coplon, director of product management, said. “It works well with our strategy, which is to leave our programs open for any application customers see fit.”
Following is the Official Press Release;
San Francisco — August 11, 2008 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, announced today that GIPS is enabling voice over IP (VoIP) for Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Using GIPS VoiceEngine™ Mobile, iPhone application developers can quickly integrate quality, real-time VoIP applications, which makes it easier for consumers to enjoy their favorite iPhone games, applications and social networking experiences.
“The popularity of the iPhone, along with the emergence of various applications and faster connectivity, makes it an ideal platform for developing applications that incorporate quality real-time VoIP, giving consumers real-world communication experiences like in-game, multi-person chat,” said Emerick Woods, GIPS’ Chief Executive Officer.
Woods continued, “We are excited to enable the iPhone with VoIP capabilities and lead the mobile communications market with our voice processing technology. With GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile, we are providing the capabilities that turn voice into IP packets so they can be transmitted via Wi-Fi, making it easier for applications developers to come to market quickly with integrated VoIP applications. GIPS technology is second-to-none, and we’re excited to introduce our award-winning VoiceEngine to the increasingly popular iPhone application development community.”
Inventors of the popular IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) iLBC codec standard, a narrowband speech algorithm designed to optimize calls made over the Internet, GIPS pioneered VoIP technology for many of the leading Internet service providers, application developers and hardware manufacturers worldwide. iLBC is currently part of the iPhone.
GIPS is recognized for its media processing expertise for IP communications and continues to innovate by enabling iPhone application developers to accelerate their time-to-market with applications that include the best voice experience possible.
A highly competitive and exploding market, a recent Strategy Analytics forecast reports that 297 million mobile phones were shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2008, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year. According to Apple the demand for the new 3G iPhone has been enormous: it sold more than one million during the weekend the phone launched, in mid-July.
GIPS VoiceEngines have been downloaded more than any other voice engine worldwide, enabling consumers and businesses to enjoy high-quality IP-based communications, even under adverse network conditions.
For more information visit www.gipscorp.com/ve
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August 11th, 2008
I have seen Digium being placed in the coveted ‘Magic Quadrant’ for Corporate Telephony for last two years. It is envigorating to see that Gartner has again placed Digium in the Quadrant but with a big difference.
Digium due to its contribution to Open Source (read Asterisk) and to enterprise, corporate and SMB telephony solutions has been moved from the Niche player quadrant to the Visionary quadrant in Gartner’s analysis. We all should be proud to see our favorite Digium has placed itself next to Microsoft in the Visionary category.
Congratulations! Digium!
You can leave a congratulatory comment on the Digium Blog! RavenII has left one already for our team.
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Gartner Places Digium In Magic Quadrant Again And Moves Digium To Visionary Quadrant.
August 11th, 2008
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