Digium Upends IP Telephony Space with Release of Switchvox Free Edition
Zero-cost IP telephony solution targeted at mainstream business
BOSTON (Fall VON and Digium|Asterisk World) — October 31, 2007 — One month after its acquisition of Switchvox, a leading provider of IP PBX phone systems for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, announced the immediate availability of Switchvox Free Edition. The new product includes the telephony features of the widely used Switchvox SOHO edition and can be downloaded and installed in minutes on existing hardware. The release underscores Digium’s commitment to delivering full-featured telephony systems at low price points to allow organizations around the world to benefit from the Asterisk open source movement and flexibility of voice over IP (VoIP).
Switchvox products are based on Asterisk®, the open source telephony software created and owned by Digium. Switchvox Free Edition includes tools such as an interactive voice response (IVR) editor that allows system administrators to create auto attendants and menus. It also includes features such as voicemail to email, find me/follow me, unlimited calling queues (automatic call distribution, or ACD) and advanced reports on system use.
Switchvox Free Edition supports Digium’s line of analog cards. Users can install Switchvox Free Edition on existing hardware or use Switchvox-certified hardware. For details on hardware support, see www.switchvox.com/certified_hardware.
“Asterisk is the most widely deployed open source telephony platform, and by introducing Switchvox Free Edition, Digium has the opportunity to introduce the technology to a broader and more mainstream customer base,” said Tristan Degenhardt, Switchvox product line director at Digium. “We anticipate thousands of downloads in the coming weeks by companies interested in a better way to communicate with their customers. The smallest businesses will find Switchvox Free Edition to be an excellent way to get started with a full-featured phone system and be positioned to easily transition to more advanced Switchvox systems as their needs change and grow.”
Switchvox Free Edition is on display this week at Fall VON 2007 and Digium|Asterisk World at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The product may be downloaded from www.switchvox.com
About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has grown to become the open source alternative to the traditional communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less than proprietary voice communication platforms. Digium makes Asterisk available to the open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and uses business-class Asterisk to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line also includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. This year alone, more than 12 billion new minutes of calls will be made using Asterisk. More information is available at www.digium.com.
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Contacts
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
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Dawn Sullivan, (781) 684-0770
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