Digium to Release Its Own Brand of Asterisk-Friendly VoIP Phones

Digium D70 IP Phone

Digium, Inc., has announced a trio of IP phones designed to interface directly with the company's highly successful Asterisk open-source PBX and its graphical Switchvox PBX front-end. The phones, each capable of high-quality "HD voice" using the G.722 wideband speech codec, will provide virtual plug-and-play connectivity to Asterisk and Switchvox installations, automating typically tricky device provisioning. The models include a $130 2-line entry level phone (D40), a mid-level $180 … [Read more...]

SIPSorcery Magic Rescues Voxalot’s Stranded Users

SIPSorcery

Aaron Clauson thinks his SIPSorcery is the natural landing place for Voxalot users who will be left with no service when the VoIP service aggregator shuts down at the end of the year. So he's made it very simple for Voxalot users to make the switch. Through the end of the year, Voxalot users are able to automatically import their settings into SIPSorcery and try out the service free for a week. After that, the user can convert to a SIPSorcery "Premium" account for $35. Like Voxalot, … [Read more...]

OBi VoIP Devices to Master Small Business Phone Systems at Very Low Cost

OBiPlus is coming soon

Obihai Technology, makers of the popular OBi line of VoIP telephone adaptors, will soon offer a managed service that extends the capabilities of a low-cost OBi100 or OBi110 analog telephone adaptor to provide powerful office phone system functionality to small businesses. The service, called OBiPlus, has entered the "latter stages of beta testing", according to the company's web site. Obihai is currently seeking a limited number of small business users to beta test the service using … [Read more...]

Cisco Killer OBi110 Puts Google Voice on Any Phone

Obihai Technology's poerful OBi110

It's been a long six-year run, but the Cisco SPA3102's reign as the most powerful consumer VoIP adaptor is over. A new device, the OBi110 by Obihai Technology, selling for less than $50, has stepped in to invigorate the sleepy consumer VoIP hardware space. The device offers virtually all the features that have made the SPA3102 the chosen adaptor among VoIP do-it-yourselfers, and sports a slew of enticing new powers. These include: The ability to make US/Canada calls and receive calls … [Read more...]