Showing posts with label asterisk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asterisk. Show all posts

31 March 2009

Do Open Source Companies *Really* Support Free Software?

Asterisk, a PBX, telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit, is one of open source best-kept secrets. As with many open source projects, there is a company has been set up to provide support, Digium. Here's its latest press release....

On Open Enterprise blog.

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08 September 2008

Credativ Picks up the (Open Source) Phone

I mentioned last week how popular the open source telephony system Asterisk was. Unsurprisingly, I'm not the only one to have noticed this, and that the whole sector is booming....

On Open Enterprise blog.

05 September 2008

Asterisk Discovers Again Why Open Source is a Star

Call me parochial, but until a few minutes ago, I'd never heard of MFC/R2, and certainly had no inkling it might be important. Apparently:

MFC/R2 is a telephony signaling protocol, which dates back over 50 years. Its full name is the Multifrequency Compelled R2 Signaling System. It was originally used to provide register to register (i.e. switch to switch) signaling over analogue copper pair wiring at a higher speed than had been possible with pulse dialing....

On Open Enterprise blog.