PBX & Softphones Blog - Page 6

Overview SFLphone is a SIP/IAX2 compatible softphone for Linux. The SFLphone project’s goal is to create a robust enterprise-class desktop phone. While it can serve home users very well, it is designed with a hundred-calls-a-day receptionist in mind….

Packet8 is now 8×8 Offers voice and video SIP-based services. Local Number Portability support? – yes, but a bit tentative. Packet 8 recently replaced their DTA310 with a newer model BPA410 that supports two lines. The BPA410 is…

IP PBX architecture There are three different types of IP PBX architectures: IP, hybrid IP, and Legacy Time Division Multipler (TDM) IP An IP architecture does all of its switching in the IP world which means no transcoding…

A list of features a PBX might support: Account Code: Account code for dialing calls Alternate Number Ring: Assign a different number to same line that rings with a different cadence Attendant: Main Operator extension Autodialer: Support multiple…

Call Pickup the ability to pull a ringing call to the phone you are currently on. There are two main types:- Group call pickup, this allows you to collect a call from any ringing phone that is in…

PBX Do Not Disturb or DND functionality is the ability of a phone or client to ignore any incoming calls. This can be implemented in several ways. Ringer Off or Ringer Mute. The call rings as normal but…

Calling ID Calling ID represents the digits passed from the carrier (or PABX) to the end user device (or between PABXs) that identify who the caller is. Otherwise known as: ANI (Automatic Number Identification). Note that ANI is…

Follow Me Follow me is call forwarding but from the destination extension. E.g. your extension is 100, you go to work at a colleagues desk and remember that you forgot to forward your phone, you can pick up…

Call Transfer is used to transfer a call in progress to some other destination. There are two types of call transfer: Supervised call transfer – Where the call is placed on hold, a call is placed to another…

Call Forwarding is a feature used to route calls to some other destination, optionally based upon some reason. Call Forward Unconditional call forward to some other extension, whereby calls are sent to the other extension regardless. Call forward…

http://www.linphone.org/ (French) Linphone is an open source (or free software) SIP Softphone, with support for several codecs. It runs using a gtk interface linux and windows. Besides the graphical interface, some command line interfaces are available, called linphonec…