Asterisk 17.0.0 is Now Available!

November 6, 2019 by Ying-Hui Chen

Asterisk, a free and open source framework for building communications applications, recently released Asterisk 17.0.0 during AstriCon 2019!

What has been updated in Asterisk 17.0.0?

This version includes several fixes reported by the community. Asterisk 17.0.0 also adds new features and functionality including:

AttendedTransfer – queue up attended transfer to the given extension
BlindTransfer – redirect all channels currently bridged to the caller channel to the specified destination
ConfBridge – Add “average_all”, “highest_all”, and “lowest_all” values for the remb_behavior option
Dial – Add RINGTIME and RINGTIME_MS variables
RTP/ICE – indicate that you’d like an ice-host-candidate’s local address to be published as well as the mapped address.
ReadExten – add “p” option to stop reading extension when you press “#”
DUNDi – now supports IPv4/IPv6 dual binding
MWI – allows subscriptions to voicemail boxes using “presence” events

Have you tried Asterisk 17.0.0? What’s your experience? Share with us!