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Qualcomm VoIP Chip Could Signal the End of Metered Cell Calls

Voxilla Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:52:23 +0000

Engadget and others today picked up on an acronym and initialism-laden press release from chip-maker Qualcomm about the “first successful VoIP-over-LTE to WCDMA handoff.” Qualcomm’s marketing folks may not have put it in an easy-to-understand fashion, but they believe this is an important breakthrough. They are right. The problem is that nobody — not even [...]

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

Voxilla Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:09:32 +0000

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 [...]

The Voxies: The Best in VoIP in 2011

Voxilla Staff — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:52:26 +0000

It seems hard to believe that only a couple of years ago, some industry insiders were debating whether VoIP was dead. In some ways, the pessimists had a point: There hadn't been anything exciting introduced to IP calling for a long while. Sure, there were new ways to make VoIP calls using the iPhone and other mobile devices. But for the most part, VoIP in 2010 was pretty much what it had been in 2004. The industry came back to life in a big way in 2011. Newly introduced hardware set lofty new standards in analog telephone devices and IP phones. Talented engineers broke free of the restrictive reigns imposed by industry giants, forming smaller companies eager to generate rapid innovation. Others have returned to the companies they founded to resuscitate them. New and updated software and services helped speed innovation along. It's been a good year for VoIP, and there's much to celebrate. So Voxilla has introduced its first ever Voxie awards to recognize the products and people who disrupt moribund industries by building better, more accessible, technology. If, in a small way, our recognition fosters future innovation, we will have met our goal. So here are the Voxies, celebrating the best in VoIP in 2011:

A Peek at Upcoming OBi Residential and Business VoIP Adaptor Hints at Powerful Features

Voxilla Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:38:22 +0000

If you visit Obihai Technology’s website (http://obihai.com) and have a quick eye, you’ll catch a glimpse of the company’s next hardware release. And if you think the OBi110 and OBi100 analog telephone adaptors are helping to redefine the consumer VoIP space, then you will not be disappointed by the OBi202. According to one of four [...]

Google Voice Continues Free US-Canada VoIP Calling Through 2012

Voxilla Staff — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:26:16 +0000

Google will continue to offer free US and Canada calls through its Google Voice service through 2012, according to a message that appears when a new user signs up for the service. Google had promised to offer US-based user free calls through the end of 2011. The company usually announces its free offers using one [...]

SIPSorcery Magic Rescues Voxalot’s Stranded Users

Voxilla Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:37:09 +0000

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 [...]

Black Friday Arrives Early for Obihai’s VoIP Adaptors

Voxilla Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:45:07 +0000

Obihai Technology is offering its OBi100 VoIP adaptor at very attractive prices through Amazon.com, and it’s slightly more powerful brother, the OBi110 VoIP adaptor, at an unreal bargain to those willing to embark on a scavenger hunt at a Fry’s electronics superstore. First, the easy one: From midnight Nov. 18 through 11:59 pm Nov. 20, [...]

Discouraged by Voxalot’s Planned Shutdown? PBXes Can Help

Voxilla Staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:54:08 +0000

The announced shutdown at year’s end of the popular Voxalot SIP account aggregation service due to “rising costs of operation” has left many VoIP enthusiasts searching for an alternative. Though finding a direct replacement for the easy-to-use Voxalot is difficult, one service, PBXes.com, comes very close. Both Voxalot and PBXes.com allow advanced VoIP users to [...]

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

Voxilla Staff — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:34:39 +0000

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 [...]

Get the OBi110 at a 15% Discount

Voxilla Staff — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:39:04 +0000

Amazon will be offering the powerful OBi110 telephone device for $42.49 for one hour on Thursday, August 18, according to a source at Obihai Technology. The device, which regularly sells for $49.99, will feature a 15 percent discount as an Amazon Lightning deal between 11am and 12pm PST on Thursday. The direct link to Amazon’s [...]