Tag Archives | SIP

Bria iPad Edition: Putting an IP Phone on the iPad

By on June 10, 2011

CounterPath has long been known for its SIP softphone clients, Xlite and Bria. Xlite is a free PC-based softphone client which provides basic voice calling and instant messaging features. Bria is their full-feature business grade offering which: Provides access to an IP-based telephone system or service from a PC (Windows, Mac and Linux), iPhone or [...]

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Skype for SIP: First Anniversary and The Partner Ecosystem Expands

By on March 23, 2010

Since the initial announcement of Skype for SIP a year ago today, with the goal of integrating some elements of Skype’s infrastructure into legacy PBX systems that support SIP, Skype has been expanding its partner base as well as incorporating its deployment into the Skype for Business program. To repeat: the purpose and goals of [...]

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FREETALK Connect: Liberating Small Business from the Telco Oligopoly

FREETALK Connect: Liberating Small Business from the Telco Oligopoly

By on January 20, 2010

Pardon my exuberance but I am about to write about a product that I have been beta testing for the past few months. Seven months ago I knew very little about small business PBX’s other than to know they had big $$$ signs associated with their operation. Back in 1992 my employer of the day [...]

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Business Long Distance: Death By a Million PBX’s, Part II

Business Long Distance: Death By a Million PBX’s, Part II

By on December 3, 2009

Skype launches an Open Beta phase for its Skype for SIP service. Over 10,000 businesses worldwide have lined up to join the program. Over the past eight months, Skype has been running a closed Skype for SIP beta program. A couple of PBX vendor agreements have been signed while Skype personnel have been having discussions [...]

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Skype for SIP: Getting Legitimization, Endorsement and Traction

Skype for SIP: Getting Legitimization, Endorsement and Traction

By on September 23, 2009

Over the past two weeks we have started to see signs of a transition period for Skype’s developer support activities. Yes, Skype Extras is dead; however the current Skype API’s remain supported. Jonathan Christensen gave Michael Arrington at TechCrunch some hints of forthcoming developer support activity.  Skype for Asterisk was launched three weeks ago. All [...]

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New GIPS Customer Exemplifies The Voice Engine Market Opportunity

By on April 18, 2009

As the supplier of a key element in delivering voice-enabled solutions, Global IP Solutions’ activities provide a window into the world of voice- and video-enabled applications and IP-based communications beyond the Skype ecosystem. The GIPS Voice Engine contains API’s that allow a service provider or application publisher to readily incorporate robust, reliable, high quality voice [...]

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Skype for SIP vs Skype for Asterisk: IfByPhone’s Irv Shapiro Nails It!

By on March 30, 2009

Following a link from Dan York’s update to his post outlining technical details of Skype for SIP, I found a link to this post from IfByPhone’s Irv Shapiro: Why Skype for Asterisk is more important than Skype for SIP. First, Irv has done perhaps the best articulation yet differentiating Skype for Asterisk from Skype for [...]

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Business Long Distance: Death by 1,000,000 PBX’s

Business Long Distance: Death by 1,000,000 PBX’s

By on March 23, 2009

Skype announces launch of a beta version of Skype for SIP, connecting IP-PBX’s to the Skype cloud. Dan York, while a keen supporter of Skype, has been campaigning for a Skype to SIP interconnect on his Disruptive Telephony blog. In a post last fall, “Skype and SIP – the two sides of the issue raised [...]

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Skype at eComm 2009: Royalty Free Licensing of SILK Codec

By on March 3, 2009

With the launch of Skype for Windows 4.0, Skype delivered its first client incorporating Skype’s new superwideband SILK codec providing a new user experience in voice calling. For example, Alec Saunders in “Skype 4.0 audio: smooth as SILK”: Perhaps the biggest improvement, though, is audio quality.  We all thought that Skype audio was great, right?  [...]

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Skype Everywhere: Nokia and Skype Announce Ongoing Partnership

By on February 17, 2009

With the evolution of smartphones incorporating both WiFi and 3G wireless support, we are also seeing the application of Voice over IP technology as providing at least one leg of a wireless call. iSkoot was a pioneering example, with both their support of a wide range of wireless phones, including Nokia, Android and BlackBerry (full [...]

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