ClueCon Telephony Developer Conference

April 24, 2009 by Garrett Smith

Are you an open source Telephony developer?

Maybe you’re aspiring to be one. Or perhaps you’re just a marketing or business professional that is intrigued by the possibilities presented by open source Telephony.

Regardless of who you are or your level of involvement with open source Telephony, you can take your knowledge to the next level by attending this years ClueCon Telephony Developers Conference!

What is ClueCon? ClueCon Telephony Developer Conference

Never heard of ClueCon? Well you’ll be kicking yourself for not learning about ClueCon sooner once you find out that ClueCon is an annual 3-Day Telephony User and Developer Conference bringing together the entire spectrum of Telephony from TDM circuits to VoIP and everything in between.

ClueCon presentations and sessions cover the following open source telephony platforms:

FreeSWITCH
Asterisk
Callweaver
OpenSIPS/Kamailio
Bayonne and Yate

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Win one of three new IAX phones!

April 22, 2009 by Garrett Smith

A few days ago Insider Cory Andrews leaked information about a new VoIP phone that landed at VoIP Supply which supports the IAX2 protocol. For quite some time Asterisk lovers and open source nuts have been clamoring for a quality IAX compatible VoIP phone.

Well, today we’re proud to unveil the new Citel C4110 and announce a contest that could land you one of these bad boys for FREE (before anyone else) and a custom IAX GIAX (Eeks Geeks) T-Shirt!

Before we get to the contest, let’s look at the C4110.

The Citel C4110 is a stylish business class VoIP phone with two line appearances, dual Ethernet ports, Power over Ethernet, SIP and IAX2 protocol support. The C4110 can also be configured via a web gui or auto-provisioned using TFTP.

All of this for only $99 USD! (Plug: We are now accepting pre-orders. Supply is limited.)

And let’s not forget the IAX GIAX (Eeks Geeks) T-Shirt:

With that out of the way, it’s on to the contest.

The theme of this IAX phone contest is, “Why do you use IAX protocol?”

In order to enter the contest, you must do one of two things (or both if you want two chances):

Leave a comment below about why and or how you use IAX protocol in your VoIP deployment(s).
Write an article on your website, post on your blog, tweet on your Twitter or post a note on your Facebook about the differences between IAX and SIP with a link back to this contest.

This contest will run until Monday, April 27th at 5pm EST. At that time, the Insiders will meet and pick three winners (probably from a hat).

So if you’re interested in getting your hands on an FREE Citel 4110 before others can even buy it and your custom IAX GIAX T-Shirt spend 5 minutes of your time leaving a comment below about why and how you use IAX protocol or use your own site to let the world know about the differences between IAX and SIP!

5 Ways to Minimize the "Hassle" of Switching to VoIP

April 20, 2009 by Garrett Smith

Earlier today Doug Mohney wrote a piece at FierceVoIP about the resistance to migration many cable providers are facing from business customers. In the word’s of one cable company exec, “Nobody wakes up and says, ‘Today I’m going to change all the phones in my business.”

While this may be true, switching to VoIP isn’t a hassle.

At least it doesn’t have to be, since here are a number of things that businesses (and those serving them) can do to minimize the hassle of switching to VoIP.
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Follow the VoIP Insiders on Twitter

April 17, 2009 by Garrett Smith

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year you’ve heard of Twitter.

If you’re one of the unfortunate few who happen to live under a rock Twitter is a great way to waste time micro-blogging platform that allows people to have conversations. You really should check it out if you haven’t already.

Anyways, if you’re on Twitter you should consider following us. Right now we’ve got three very active Insiders accounts:

@voipsupply – This Twitter account features VoIP news, resources and advice from the team at VoIP Supply. It also showcases the occasional deal or two…

@coryandrews – This is the Twitter account for resident VoIP product nut Cory Andrews. Cory Tweets about a large variety of subjects in the technology space.

@garrettsmith – This is my Twitter account. You’ll find more VoIP related information and advice, along with occassional quips on business and marketing.

We love connecting with readers, customers, vendors and those within the VoIP industry, so if you’re on Twitter consider following us!

Labs: Setting Up the Polycom VVX 1500 with Switchvox

by Garrett Smith

Earlier this week we unboxed the new Polycom VVX 1500 Video Phone and promised to share some details of our experience in integrating the VVX 1500 with Switchvox SMB 4.0, the IP PBX that we currently run in production at VoIPSupply.com.

Getting the voice side of things up and running was easy, but we quickly ran into a few issues while trying to make video calls. The Polycom VVX 1500 is currently not supported on the Switchvox platform by Digium/Switchvox or Polycom. There are known issues with the VVX 1500 on Switchvox and both Digium/Switchvox and Polycom are working toward being able to fully support the product.

Being impatient types, we rolled up our sleeves to see if we could come up with a workaround. Shame to have the VVX sitting on my desk and not being able to utilize video calling. Big thanks to our head product engineer and VoIPSupply Labs mad-scientist-in-residence Chris Heinrich for coming up with the following solution. (more…)

Leaked: New MultiLine IP Phone with IAX2 Support

April 16, 2009 by Garrett Smith

Disclosure: I should not be publishing this information and the accompanying spy photos. There’s a good chance I may lose my job over this, but I think a lot of our readers may find it interesting and therefore I am sharing it with you here on VoIP Insider.
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One Slick Conference Phone

by Garrett Smith

The folks over at Kicker Studio think conference phones suck.

As such, they decided to go about designing a very slick touchscreen conference phone. Now the folks over at Kicker didn’t just fire-up Photoshop – they went to great lengths to flesh out the hardware and user interface design.

What they came up with is something that you might just be able to buy some day.

Kicker’s touchscreen conference phone combines the humanity of in-person meetings with the convenience of efficient technology. Features include:

Synchronizes with calendars and contacts for one-tap dialing
Quickly see who’s talking on a call and who wants to speak
“Hand Raising” to indicate a desire to speak
“Poking” to nudge other callers
Recording and marking of calls
Multi-line dialing
Adjusting individual lines for the best overall conference call quality
Comes in four different colors (silver, red, orange, and green)

Who said VoIP hardware was boring?

Update on Polycom VVX 1500

April 15, 2009 by Garrett Smith

Earlier today I wrote a brief piece on the Polycom VVX 1500.

After a smooth and easy setup on the voice side of things, we could not get the video component working. The VVX 1500 performs fine as a SIP endpoint for voice, and the HDVoice audio quality is buttery, as advertised. We could not negotiate video streaming between the two VVX 1500’s we had registered as extension off our Switchvox 4.0 plant however. I contacted Switchvox and quickly learned that the Polycom VVX 1500 is not currently supported on Switchvox 4.0, and that the problems with video negotiation are a known issue that they are working on with Polycom. There is currently no ETA on a fix.

I felt like a kid on Xmas morning opening up a super cool toy, only to find that it takes a non standard battery that they don’t sell in stores where you live. That being said, we are going to test point to point video calls and voice/video calls on Trixbox and Elastix later in the week and I’ll let you know how that goes.

I guess for me it’s back to my beloved Cisco SPA525G….hopefully Polycom and Switchvox are able to complete interop on the video side of things soon.

Unboxing the Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone

by Garrett Smith

I was pleased to arrive at the office this morning to find a pair of Polycom VVX 1500 IP Videophones waiting for me. According to Polycom’s marketing folks, the VVX 1500 is the first business media phone that combines advanced telephony, one-touch video, and integrated business applications into a seamless, lifelike experience.

The Polycom VVX 1500 combines DNA from Polycom’s very successful SoundPoint series IP Telephones with technology from their industry leading Telepresence and Video products. The result is some serious eye candy.

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Linksys IP Phone Overview

April 14, 2009 by Garrett Smith

The Linksys IP phone line (SPA series) has been around for a few years now.

For some of you, these IP phones might be old news. But for many just getting into VoIP a good overview of the Linksys IP phone line is a great way to familiarize themselves with these phones.

So in the interest of introducing and educating some of the folks who are newer to VoIP on the Linksys IP phone line, I put together this straight forward overview of each phone.
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ClueCon Telephony Developer Conference

Win one of three new IAX phones!

Before we get to the contest, let’s look at the C4110.

With that out of the way, it’s on to the contest.

5 Ways to Minimize the "Hassle" of Switching to VoIP

Follow the VoIP Insiders on Twitter

Labs: Setting Up the Polycom VVX 1500 with Switchvox

Leaked: New MultiLine IP Phone with IAX2 Support

One Slick Conference Phone

Update on Polycom VVX 1500

Unboxing the Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone

Linksys IP Phone Overview

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