By Bo Gowan
17 June 2008
5:22 pm EDT
Tony Rybczynski debates Asterisk vs. xipXecs
Here on Buzzboard, I recently talked about the introduction of Nortel’s new SCS 500, a unified communications platform for SMBs. The “wow” part of the product is the fact that it is open-source, built on sipXecs (from SIPfoundry).
For some, the question that comes up is why Nortel chose to build the SCS 500 on sipXecs, and not Asterisk – since Asterisk seems to have much more visibility and momentum in the open-source space today.
Nortel enterprise guru Tony Rybczynski recently addressed this exact topic over on his blog on TMCnet, with a detailed list of reasons why SIPfoundry’s sipXecs is better …
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By Sami Asiri
17 June 2008
3:12 pm EDT
On the heels of last week’s Verizon announcement comes news of two more carrier Ethernet customer wins — one with Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, the other with Golden West Telecommunications; both independent carriers.
Pandhandle will proceed with a significant deployment of Nortel’s Carrier Ethernet solutions to support its newest, residential, triple play offerings that include HD IPTV.
Golden West, on the other hand, recently deployed our Carrier Ethernet solutions to support high-bandwidth, 10/100 Mb/s for Ethernet Virtual Private Network (E-VPN) services. These services are already up and running in key Golden West communities throughout South Dakota.
Ray Mota, chief strategist with Synergy Research Group, explains in the news release that “because of their ability to adapt easily …
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