High-Availability/Failover Asterisk clusters

If you use PRIs and are looking to create a reliable, fault tolerant, highly available system with Asterisk, the foneBRIDGE by Redfone is a solution worth looking into. The foneBRIDGE provides quick, reliable and robust T1/E1 fail-over allowing IT Managers and System Integrators to implement Asterisk in the most demanding of environments where downtime simply can not be...

Sangoma NetBorder Express VoIP Gateway

Last month, Sangoma launched the the NetBorder Express VoIP Gateway product line. NetBorder Express is a SIP to TDM Gateway on a card. It is a full-fledged VoIP Gateway to connect Legacy Networks to SIP and VoIP Networks. NetBorder Express is a “ready to go” solution—much like an external gateway, but it also provides the flexibility of building your own gateway. It...

Comparison between Astribank and PCI Cards

Asterisk Channel Banks are often overlooked when considering a solution for adding telephony interfaces to an open source telephony deployment. Astribank is a good example of a Channel Bank designed specifically for Asterisk. The Astribank offers an interesting alternative to PCI cards. Below is a comparison put together by Xorcom, the company behind the...

Elastix ELX-3000 Appliance

CI Gear is pleased to announce that the Elastix ELX-3000 Appliance is now available. The ELX-3000 is a scalable Elastix appliance that will now join its smaller sibling, the ELX-025 to provide broader market appeal. The ELX-3000 line has been produced by taking into consideration the different needs of a wide range of companies. It can cover needs that range from a few...

OpenVox Telephony Cards

CI Gear is pleased to announce it is now an Authorized Distributor for OpenVox telephony hardware. OpenVox designs and manufactures a wide range of affordable analog and digital telephony cards that are fully compatible with leading open source telephony projects including Asterisk®, trixbox®, Elastix®, PBX in a Flash, AskoziaPBX®, Voyage-Linux. Product Lines A400 4-Port...