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NEWS

• 2012-02-08 - Interactive Dialplanner 1.0 The open source of GUI dialplan development tool released
• 2012-02-07 - SIPsocial.net announced SIPsocial software's interoperability with serveral SIP softphones. SIPsocial is a free SIP registrar and outbound proxy server.
• 2012-02-07 - FAS service releases Linux based version of its fake answer supervision server.
• 2012-02-06 - JeraSoft partners with Appcore to offer VoIP Carrier Suite in the cloud.
• 2012-02-06 - The Voip-Info.org job board now takes job postings from anywhere in the world - jobs.voip-info.org
• 2012-02-06 - Dialplate Receptionist Console Dialplate releases the free version of DRC receptionist softphone.
• 2012-02-02 - HyperCube reaches 216 Million Mobile numbers directly HyperCubes' new expansion effort dramatically increases it US Direct Mobile reach.
• 2012-02-02 - VoIPon - VoIPon interview Digium on Asterisk 10, R-Series and its New 8-port Card.
• 2012-02-02 - Techday Asia 2012 - The Asterisk Business Conference is proud to Announce its Keynote Speaker Mr. Jan Sysmans, Senior Product Director at SugarCRM talking about Open Source in Enterprises
• 2012-02-01 - QueueMetrics 12.01 released - new major version of QueueMetrics is out

News Resources

• Software Releases - Check here for recent VoIP-related software releases.
• VoIP Services - Check here for news on Voip Services.
• VOIP Event Calendar - Check here for news on VOIP Events, Trade shows, Training and Conferences
• Older News - Check out older news articles here

Getting Started

• What is VOIP? The very basics.
• Free VOIP Publications: Magazines and Newsletters free to qualified subscribers about VOIP related products
• Training: Seminars, tutorials, on-line classes. Check here for recent.
• VOIP Consultants: Finding help.
• VOIP Service Providers - VOIP service providers.
• VOIP Server Monitoring - VOIP server monitoring providers.
• DID Service Providers - DID VOIP call origination service providers.
• VoIP Practical Guide - VoIP Resources for Your Home and Business
• How to start a VOIP Business - Guides and Resources to Start your own ITSP

Connecting Phones to VOIP - VoIP to PSTN, PSTN to VoIP

• IP Phones: VoIP phones both hardware and software
• Analog Telephone Adapters: VoIP analog telephone adapters ATA - see Cheapest ATAs and Service
  • See also VOIP Routers
  • See also Asterisk hardware home analog: includes some comparison of external ATA and PCI card
• Digital Telephone Adapters: VoIP Digital/TDM telephone adapters
• Dial Pulse to Touchtone DTMF Converters - connect that old rotary phone to DTMF VOIP equipment
• VOIP Paging and Intercom
• VOIP Payphones
• VOIP and TTY VOIP and hearing impaired TTY terminals
• VOIP Paging Equipment - paging with VOIP
• Hosted VoIP
• Free VoIP Networks - list of Free VoIP Providers
• Mobile VoIP
• Wireless VOIP: Cut the wires! Roam free with wireless VOIP
• SIP Trunking
• IPTV

Connecting VOIP to the PSTN and Cellular Networks

• Cheapest ATAs and Service - For Calling PSTN Numbers, or receiving phone calls from PSTN Numbers
• ENUM - Translating E164 numbers to VoIP addresses
• Failover Switches - Automated or Manual Switch PSTN Interfaces on failure for redundancy
• FXS-FXO Converters - Convert an FXS interface to an FXO interface
• PSTN Gateways - VOIP to PSTN gateways (also known as: Media Gateways)
• Routing calls using a free international calling service - How to use two-step dialing to save on costs.
• VOIP GSM Gateways - VOIP to GSM gateways

VoIP PBX and Servers

Popular choices - please do not alter this list, add new entries here

• Asterisk: Open Source PBX & Asterisk Appliances
• Free VoIP Networks - list of Free VoIP Providers
• CallWeaver: Vendor independent, cross-platform open source IP-PBX, originally derived from Asterisk.
• FreeSWITCH: Open source cross platform (*nix, Win, OSX) multiprotocol (SIP, IAX, Googletalk, Jabber, XMPP, WOOMERA/H.323, PRI/T1/E1) softswitch.
• Kamailio: Flexible and powerful open source GPL SIP ( RFC3261 ) server with integrated TLS (former OpenSer)
• Sip Express Router: High-performance, configurable, free SIP ( RFC3261 )
• sipXecs: SIPfoundry's sipXecs Project - The SIP PBX for Linux (L-GPL) - Utilizes FreeSwitch, OpenFire and OpenACD
• Yate - open source softswitch/PBX, with E1/T1, ISDN, SS7, RBS, analogics, IAX, H.323, SIP, MGCP, Jingle (GoogleTalk), for Windows, Linux and BSD's
• More: VOIP PBX and Servers, VoIP Hardware, Call Center Software

Voip Protocols

• IP Protocols COPS, ENUM, H.323, IAX, IMS, LTP, Megaco, MGCP, PINT, RTP, SCCP, SCTP, SDP, SIMPLE, SIP, STUN, T.37, T.38, TRIP, TURN
• ITU protocols SS7, ISUP
• OSP, PacketCable MRCP
• Encryption Protocols ZRTP

Markup

• Basic call routing and rules for UA's or VOIP servers CPL
• IVR Presentation and dialog management: VoiceXML, CallXML
• Call control / conferencing / call routing: CCXML
• IVR / Speech recognition definition: SRGS
• IVR / Speech synthesis definition: SSML
• IVR / prompting / recording / conferencing / DTMF / Voice: CallXML

Traditional Telephone Network

• Analog Telephone Information
• PBX features
• PSTN Interface Hardware
• RESPORG: Toll Free 800 Number Programming
• Telecom Dictionary
• Telco Engineering Information
• Telephone History

Related Topics to Business and VoIP

• Cloud Computing
• Hosted Collaboration
• Hosted Virtual Desktop
• Web Conferencing
• Web Hosting

VOIP Events and Conferences

• Training and Conferences - Check here for upcoming & recent Training and Conferences
• VOIP Event Calendar — List of upcoming VOIP related events, Conferences, Trade Shows, Training, etc.

Business Services

• Credit Card Merchant Services

Resources

• Twitter VoipUser Directory: Twitter VoipUser Directory
• VOIP Websites: Other VOIP websites on the Internet

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