Source: www.voip-news.com

The National Security Agency (NSA) has awarded a $2.8 million contract to add a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) feature to Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone. The feature allows users to use the vIPer Phone to connect to the traditional telephone network using a secure network.

“The idea behind PSTN Connect is to provide users with a flexibility they don’t have today. For example, the vIPer Universal Secure Phone will appeal to those whose installations currently use the PSTN network, but who plan to migrate to voice over IP; users who currently have voice over IP networks; and others who plan to stay with traditional PSTN,” said John Cole, vice president of Information Assurance for General Dynamics C4 Systems. “It’s about protecting our customers’ investments by providing a product that will accommodate evolving communications technologies.”

The Sectéra vIPer Phone was released in 2006 and is the only VoIP phone approved by the NSA for top secret information.

Source: www.voip-news.com

There’s a new mobile VoIP service available from MediaRing. Read about it on The VoIP Weblog.

Backtrack 3 is out and there are some new VoIP security tools. SIPvicious tells you about what’s out there and where to find it. Read it here.

If you are using the VoxSwap social network, you now have two new features: video and Skype. Read about it on the VoIP News of the UK.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Mediacom has renewed its contract with Ceon for 3 more years, which extends the agreement to 2010. Ceon began providing service to Mediacom in 2005. Mediacom uses Ceon’s Intelligent Order Manager for its residential  VoIP and high-speed data services.

“As we continue to grow our bundled broadband and VoIP services, we are relying on Ceon to provide the backbone of our service fulfillment architecture,” says Peter Brown, Senior Director of IP Development, Mediacom. “Ceon’s service fulfillment solution enables us be more responsive to customers and allows us to scale our services more efficiently.”

Ceon IOM’s flexible, customizable software can handle advanced order handling and workflow capabilities for VoIP and other IP-based services.

“Mediacom’s contract renewal is a significant vote of confidence for Ceon,” says Peter Burke, CEO of Ceon. “It reinforces our position as a leading provider of operations support systems solutions in the MSO marketplace. We look forward to providing additional value-rich, high-performing solutions and further strengthening our partnership with Mediacom as it continues to rolls out advanced IP-based services to its subscriber base.”

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

I’m not so sure that using Fring is a good idea if you want any kind of privacy. While Fring’s privacy settings on the handset require enable you to switch the fringME! location feature on or off this whole idea of tracing someone’s movements is getting a little extreme. Since a lot of people pass phones around o show off their "toys" one moment you may be where you want to be, but don’t want anyone to know, and the next you will be tracked unknowingly when someone "configures" your phone.

In the end I wish these "tracking" technologies were like the 10 second beep when a call is being recorded. Let the user know its working when it starts and then every few minutes. You’d be amazed what something like that will stop.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.com

Some time back, in January, Ravenii pointed me to PJSIP, a free and Open Source SIP stack for Presence, IM and multimedia communication.
Since then the application /library has come a long way. Now the Version 0.7.0 is out. The PJSIP now has ICE and Symbian port and the usual. There are two versions and the following table explains the differences.
What ever the way you plan to go about testing, using the PJSIP, the best place to start is at Getting started document page. It is well written for the purpose and not boringly long.
There is also a mailing list, TRAC development site and….. the blog, where I picked up the info.

What version 0.7.0 brings!

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

While thanking all the people who helped by downloading and running FreePBX 2.2.0B2, by sending in bug reports, Rob Thomas has released the next version of the FreePBX’s beta release, FreePBX 2.2.0B3.
He has stated that it is in the stage of release material but that he chickened out at last minute. I don’t think so, Rob is a very good developer and he wants assurance. Unlike "release now and fix later" type folks.
I have tried the FreePBX 2.2.0B2 and I am very happy with it. Did I find any bugs? Yes, but before I could report it at his TRAC site, someone has beat me to it!. I guess I am a slow tester or Rob has many followers that do due diligences.
I will upgrade one of my TrixBox, a brand new tiny little box, after the holidays. Too many of my friends have kids! Uncle Ravenii has to help them with choosing right gifts for the up coming holidays, and make their parents some what unhappy! So I an evaluating gifts with four kids now, while parents go and do the actual shopping.
Good luck Rob, I am waiting for official release, so that I can slap FreePBX on some of my clients that still running the old version. Of course after testing on my boxen.

Links;
Rob’s release article.
FreePBX TRAC site.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

While thanking all the people who helped by downloading and running FreePBX 2.2.0B2, by sending in bug reports, Rob Thomas has released the next version of the FreePBX’s beta release, FreePBX 2.2.0B3.
He has stated that it is in the stage of release material but that he chickened out at last minute. I don’t think so, Rob is a very good developer and he wants assurance. Unlike "release now and fix later" type folks.
I have tried the FreePBX 2.2.0B2 and I am very happy with it. Did I find any bugs? Yes, but before I could report it at his TRAC site, someone has beat me to it!. I guess I am a slow tester or Rob has many followers that do due diligences.
I will upgrade one of my TrixBox, a brand new tiny little box, after the holidays. Too many of my friends have kids! Uncle Ravenii has to help them with choosing right gifts for the up coming holidays, and make their parents some what unhappy! So I an evaluating gifts with four kids now, while parents go and do the actual shopping.
Good luck Rob, I am waiting for official release, so that I can slap FreePBX on some of my clients that still running the old version. Of course after testing on my boxen.

Links;
Rob’s release article.
FreePBX TRAC site.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

While thanking all the people who helped by downloading and running FreePBX 2.2.0B2, by sending in bug reports, Rob Thomas has released the next version of the FreePBX’s beta release, FreePBX 2.2.0B3.
He has stated that it is in the stage of release material but that he chickened out at last minute. I don’t think so, Rob is a very good developer and he wants assurance. Unlike "release now and fix later" type folks.
I have tried the FreePBX 2.2.0B2 and I am very happy with it. Did I find any bugs? Yes, but before I could report it at his TRAC site, someone has beat me to it!. I guess I am a slow tester or Rob has many followers that do due diligences.
I will upgrade one of my TrixBox, a brand new tiny little box, after the holidays. Too many of my friends have kids! Uncle Ravenii has to help them with choosing right gifts for the up coming holidays, and make their parents some what unhappy! So I an evaluating gifts with four kids now, while parents go and do the actual shopping.
Good luck Rob, I am waiting for official release, so that I can slap FreePBX on some of my clients that still running the old version. Of course after testing on my boxen.

Links;
Rob’s release article.
FreePBX TRAC site.