CI Gear Tech Blog: VoIP, UC, Response Point, Asterisk

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 offers easy integration into your own application for installation, configuration and management, plus it can be installed in the same computer server.

Empowered by Sangoma’s NetBorder Express Software, NetBorder Express TDM to SIP Gateway Cards include G.168 Telco-Grade Echo Cancellation with 128 ms echo tails without call capacity reduction to provide optimum operating conditions for applications, such as Speech Recognition IVRs and International Toll Bypass. NetBorder Express cards also feature Sangoma’s award-winning field upgradeable crashproof firmware design.

NetBorder Express communicates with applications such as IP-PBXs, Speech Enabled IVRs, Conferencing Servers, Contact Center or Trunking Gateways directly with the ubiquitous SIP control protocol to reduce deployment time, complexity and cost for next generation network application deployments.

Available in one to eight ports of T1/E1, NetBorder Express Gateway Cards are an excellent value for installations ranging anywhere from 24 to 240 simultaneous calls. For larger systems, several gateway cards can be combined in the same server to support up to 960 simultaneous calls. (Analog and ISDN BRI Gateway cards are coming soon.)

Platforms
For now, this solution is for Windows only. Compatibility testing is currently being finalized with a number of industry-leading Windows-based IP PBX application developers. Watch for the news as it is released for compatibility.

A port to Linux is also being worked on so that it will also be Asterisk and other linux application compatible for those of you who are most comfortable in that market, but an ETA for this project has not been finalized.

Check out the NetBorder Express products page.

Tags: 3CX, BRI, E1, FXO, FXS, Gateway, PBX, pbxnsip, PCI, PCIx, Phone System, PRI, Sangoma, T1, Windows

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 extensions up to 400 extensions. As a result, the line ELX-3000 is a good platform to grow with.

Elastix is an appliance software that integrates the best tools available for Asterisk-based PBXs into a single, easy-to-use interface. It also adds its own set of utilities and allows for the creation of third party modules to make it the best software package available for open source telephony.

The goals of Elastix are reliability, modularity and ease-of-use. These characteristics added to the strong reporting capabilities make it the best choice for implementing an Asterisk-based PBX.

For more information and pricing, visit the Elastix page at CI Gear.

Tags: Appliance, Asterisk, BRI, E1, Elastix, ELX-025, ELX-3000, FXO, FXS, OpenVox, PBX, Phone System, PRI, Sangoma, T1, Trixbox

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 Analog Telephony Cards

A800 8-Port Analog Telephony Cards

A1200 12-Port Analog Telephony Cards

B-Series Digital BRI Cards

D-Series Digital T1/E1/J1 PRI Cards

Satisfaction Guarantee

OpenVox hardware products enjoy a 3-month “no questions asked” return policy! OpenVox hardware products are warranted for replacement for 5 years from the invoice date after being confirmed with quality defect.

Projects

OpenVox Sponsors the following projects:
AskoziaPBX	Elastix	Freeiris	ISDN4BSD
PBX in a Flash	trixbox	Voyage-Linux

For more information on OpenVox products, please visit the CI Gear store at http://www.cigear.com/

Tags: Asterisk, BRI, Digium, E1, EC, Elastix, FXO, FXS, J1, OpenVox, PBX in a Flash, PCI, PCIe, PCIx, PRI, Sangoma, T1, telephony card, Trixbox