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YeaStar's    XSkype : Bring Skype into your PBX :

"What is XSkype?
XSkype is a business class Skype gateway with 16 ports. Bringing skype into SMBs existing PBX, XSkype allows them to make and receive calls of Skype and PSTN over the same office phone in the comfortable way that they have got used to.
 
Saving the outstanding features of Skype flexibly and extending all the activities from PC to the extensions of the whole business, XSkype enables SMBs to enjoy the domestic and international calls freely and cheaply in crystal clear voice.
 
Using XSkype, SMBs can take full advantage of the largest free VoIP in the world to communicate and collaborate with clients and partners easily, efficiently and economically.
Functions:

1. Place SkypeOut calls from your existing office phone.
2. Connect multiple branches easily and freely
3. Receive calls from website
4. Receive SkypeIn Calls over your existing office phone.

Skypepbx is providing Skype Certified PBX Gateway for Business:

VoSKY Exchange – Worlds 1st Skype Certified PBX Gateway for Business
The VoSKY Exchange PBX Gateway for Skype makes it easy and cost-effective for SMBs to connect to Skype. With the VoSKY Exchange, SMBs no longer have to forklift their current phone systems to take advantage of the benefits of VoIP. The VoSKY Exchange seamlessly integrates with any existing PBX or KTS phone systems to allow SMBs to utilize their existing office phones to access the global Skype VoIP network for efficient and effective communication and collaboration with employees, customers and partners.
Key Drivers for VoSKY Exchange Adoption by Businesses

• Interconnecting offices across town, across the country and around the world without any long distance cost.
• Cost savings on outbound long distance and international calls
• Keeping in touch while on the road for business
• Enhanced collaboration with co-workers and partners

Asterisk on Apple TV

Here is step by step tutorial of hoe to install Asterisk on Apple TV.

It includes:
Preparing Your Apple TV
Preparing Your Mac
Building Asterisk
Building The GUI
Moving To Apple TV
Configuring The Manager and GUI
Starting Asterisk

Also an article on how to install Linux on Apple TV.

Sipcat VoIP PBX Phone Systems

Sipcat is a software IP telephony system that helps businesses increase productivity and reduce telecommunication costs. Our flexible solutions allow you to run your own IP Telephony PBX in a matter of minutes.

Features :

Voicemail system
Conference rooms
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Call queues
Intelligent routing
Integrated fax server
Music on hold
Call forwarding, call waiting and call parking.

Find out more on SIPCAT 

TOP Free PBXs

Asterisk
http://www.asterisk.org
Asterisk® is a complete IP PBX in software. It runs on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Sun Solaris and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX including many advanced features that are often associated with high end (and high cost) proprietary PBXs. Asterisk® supports Voice over IP in many protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware.

Free PBX
http://www.freepbx.org
FreePBX is a Standardised Implementation of Asterisk that gives you a GUI to manage your system. If you’ve looked into Asterisk, you’d know that it doesn’t come with any ‘built in’ programming. You can’t plug a phone into it and make it work without editing configuration files, writing dialplans, and various messing about. FreePBX simplifies this by giving you a pre-written set of dialplans that allow you to have a fully functional PBX pretty much straight away.

TrixBox
http://www.trixbox.org/
trixbox is a telephony application platform based on Asterisk™ Open Source PBX Software. The trixbox application platform makes it fast and simple to install and configure your business-class telephony system. With unlimited extensions, voicemail-to-email, music on hold, call parking, analog lines or high density T1/E1 circuits and many other features, trixbox provides all the functionality your business needs. trixbox brings big business PBX features to small and medium-sized businesses.

SipX - Free IP PBX
http://www.sipfoundry.org/sipXpbx/
sipX is the leading open source IP PBX in terms of scalability, robustness and ease of use. The sipX IP PBX has been successfully deployed in a lot of places. The largest known installation serves more than 5,000 users connected to one redundant (HA) system. Small installations go all the way down to a few users served by very low cost hardware.

Syringa Communications introduces IP- PBX system  Voxsy :

Voxsy is an IP-PBX (internet protocol private branch exchange) is basically an exchange and extension manager for calls based on internet protocol. The essential advantage it offers the small to medium sized business is the ability to use features and functionality that have only been affordable or available to large businesses up to now. To run VoxSy system you need a standard server box running at your location, and Voxsy software to run the phone and PBX services.

Voxsy 's basicfeatures are :

Automated attendant, Call menus, Managing extensions, Voicemail and voice mailboxes, Call forwarding, Call hold, Branch office support, Web-based management and administration.Find more on Voxsy.

New version of Pika Connect for Skype

It allows Asterisk-based applications to use Skype to make and receive calls, provides access to the calling Skype ID profile information (caller ID), and has touch tone (DTMF) detection capabilities. Skype clients running on Windows based PCs are connected to the channel driver via PIKA’s AllOnHost™ (host-based) voice processing technology. Skype clients can be distributed across an unlimited number of Windows PCs to achieve the density requirements the voice application may require.
Find more on PIKA Connect .

ToP 15 VoIP Providers :15 Key VoIP Players

CRN Tech has compiled a list of the “15 Key VoIP Players “, this is a good refrernce for VoIP Users , These top voip provider companies are :

3Com : IP-PBX systems and phones for businesses of all sizes..

8×8 Inc : The hosted VoIP provider offers packages that cater to small and midsize businesses.

Allworx: Allworx is a manufacturer of hybrid PBX systems for the SMB sector that offer analog key system features with the added functionality of VoIP.

Avaya: Avaya offers a complete line of IP telephony hardware and software solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Cisco Systems : Cisco offers a wide range of IP telephony products to build converged networks for organizations of all sizes. The products support a wide range of SIP capabilities.

Covad Communications: Covad’s hosted VoIP packages support businesses ranging in size from 1 to 250 employees.

Digium : Digium distributes Asterisk Now, an open-source PBX application, offering a free version and Business Version that includes support. It also makes telephony interface cards.

Fonality: Fonality is a provider of IP-PBX telephone systems for small and midsize businesses.

Junction Networks : Junction Networks offers various hosted services for IP telephony for businesses with and without a PBX.

Linksys: The networking vendor offers Linksys One converged network products and a Linksys Voice System PBX that supports up to 16 IP phones, along with a range of IP phones.

M5 Networks : M5 offers hosted VoIP services for businesses based in both New York and Chicago as well as branch offices all across the U.S.

Nortel Networks: Nortel offers a broad line of IP telephony hardware and software solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Pingtel: Pingtel offers enterprise-grade SIP PBXes, SIP call manager and router, and SIP softphone based on open-source software.

ShoreTel: ShoreTel is a worldwide provider of IP telephony solutions including phones, switches and software designed for easy deployment..

Vonage : Small Business Premium Unlimited Plan includes unlimited local and long-distance calls to the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and select European countries.

TrixBox is very good PBX system and many people are using this  system.

Here is a nice tutorial for TrixBox PBX :

TRIXBOX without Tears 

Vertical Communications provides an all-in-one IP voice and data communications solution for your small business :

it integrates voice, data and wireless networking in one compact, affordable wireless device that supports SIP trunking for dramatically reduced communications costs. Setup is fast and easy. One Xcelerator IP gateway can support up to 24 Vertical IP2007 IP endpoints plus additional office devices.

Find out more on  Xcelerator IP