SIP Desktop

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The “Web-Enabled” PBX?

I think I may have seen the future of the PBX recently….and it looks to radically shake up the status quo. I’ve always found it amusing that the first IP PBX manufacturers boasted about putting voice on an IP network. That seemed to be a big “feature” at the time. However, in and of itself, it really didn’t deliver much value to the buyer. In fact, it brought an unknown onto the...

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Fixed Mobile Convergence - My Smartphone Is My Office Phone?

FMC or Fixed Mobile Convergence is a concept ready to bloom. The ultimate goal of FMC is to optimize transmission of all data, voice and video communications to end users and their applications using a single device that operates on both wired and wireless networks. The challenge is to make sure connections are not dropped between access points and that services can be uniformly delivered and billed for any access technology. FMC needs to support the integration of Bluetooth, 3G...

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Bria For Outlook – A Home Run Product

Last week I received a notice from Counterpath announcing their new Bria For Microsoft Outlook product. I was intrigued by this line from their press release, “Bria For Microsoft Outlook is a plug-in that adds an enterprise-grade softphone to a user’s Outlook application, enabling them to make and receive phone calls and use phone features directly from their contact list, emails and Outlook desktop.” I don’t know about you but I’ve been...

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