VoIP & Gadgets Blog

With NCG Exchange, wireline operators can immediately provide their enterprise, SMB and SOHO customers with mobile VoIP and messaging services that are delivered over-the-top (OTT) of mobile networks, regardless of which carrier the customer uses.

Hosted and provisioned by CounterPath, NCG Exchange services work with any mobile handset – including smartphones and feature phones – without the requirement to install any software on the mobile handset. To further enhance the NCG Exchange service, operators can choose to deploy CounterPath’s Bria iPhone Edition or Bria Android Edition softphones, giving their customers the additional options of communicating over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G IP alongside the standard mobile voice and SMS channels. Operators can also leverage CounterPath’s Bria desktop/laptop PC or Mac softphones, allowing their customers to use their communications services seamlessly across both desktop softphones and mobile phones.

According to Counterpath, "NCG Exchange’s highly flexible, network- and device-agnostic architecture means a wireline operator’s customers now can put a single phone number on their business cards with the confidence that they can always communicate with a single number by voice, IM and SMS – an ability that goes beyond rudimentary find-me/follow-me services. Continue Reading...

Skype for Asterisk will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011.

Skype for Asterisk was developed by Digium in cooperation with Skype. It includes proprietary software from Skype that allows Asterisk to join the Skype network as a native client. Skype has decided not to renew the agreement that permits us to package this proprietary software. Therefore Skype for Asterisk sales and activations will cease on July 26, 2011.

This change should not affect any existing users of Skype for Asterisk. Representatives of Skype have assured us that they will continue to support and maintain the Skype for Asterisk software for a period of two years thereafter, as specified in the agreement with Digium.

Stop organizing your emails into FOLDERS right now! Yes, I'm talking to you neurotic-email-folder-organizing-bastards! You've been doing it all wrong!

According to Gizmodo, "A recent study from IBM research confirms a belief I've maintained for years. Instead of organizing your inbox, it's more efficient (not to mention EASIER), to leave your email in a state of chaos, and just use search to find what you need." The study reads in part, "We carried out a field study of 345 long-term users who conducted over 85,000 refinding actions. Our data support opportunistic access. People who create complex folders indeed rely on these for retrieval, but these preparatory behaviors are inefficient and do not improve retrieval success. In contrast, both search and threading promote more effective finding."

Yeah, that's right you OCD, anally-retentive, must keep Inbox email count at 0 by dragging emails into folders - you are less efficient. All that organizing time is for naught. Continue Reading...

Tomorrow, CounterPath Corporation will announce their ITSP Partner Program for mobile softphones. Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs) will now be able to certify their service with CounterPath's Bria iPhone Edition Softphone and an added benefit is simplified provisioning for customers. (i.e. auto-provisioning)

The launch of CounterPath's online certification program for ITSPs will enable ITSPs to certify their service with CounterPath's mobile softphone, Bria iPhone Edition, as well as provide a pre-provisioned service option within the softphone client.

Simply by participating in the ITSP Partner Program, ITSPs can provide their customers with a softphone option that is easy to activate and use.

“Joining CounterPath's ITSP Partner Program and certifying our OnSIP Hosted PBX service with Bria iPhone Edition was an obvious choice for us," said Robert Wolpov, President and Founder of Junction Networks. "OnSIP was specifically designed to provide small and medium-size businesses with access to enterprise-grade PBX systems. Continue Reading...

Nothing is better than a chocolatey Mickey Bar while strolling through a Disney World park on a hot day. So I go to buy one and see this ridiculous disclaimer: "Caution is advised. Items are hard frozen". Obviously, Disney is concerned someone might chomp into one of these ice cream items and chip a tooth resulting in a lawsuit. Really? Has it come to this? We have to put warnings for hard ice cream? Damned if something is too hot (see McDonald's infamous coffee lawsuit) and damned if something is too cold. Hence reason #9376 why we hate lawyers. See pic below I took at EPCOT:

Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters .

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has been involved in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another source said Facebook had reached out to the Luxembourg-based company about forming a joint venture.

Google has also held early talks for a joint venture with Skype, the second source said.

A Skype deal could be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion, the first source said.

• 2543532  Credential prompts occur when you sign in to Lync 2010 by using the Lync Online service
• 2543531  Lync 2010 does not authenticate after you resume the computer from hibernation

• 2517766  A warning message is cut off in a localized version of Lync 2010
• 2517757  The “Start Recording” command is still available after you transfer audio to a PSTN telephone during a conference call in Lync 2010
• 2517754  The Outlook.exe process is still running after you close Outlook on a computer that has Lync 2010 installed and that is running Windows Vista
• 2517747  The Lync 2010 Recording Player window displays incorrect localized language in Lync 2010
• 2517739  A short audio delay occurs after a RGS agent accepts a call in a Lync Server 2010 environment
• 2517736  You take over a presentation when you double-click the “Return to Presenter’s View” button in Lync 2010
• 2517735  "Your online meeting invitation needs to be updated due to changed server policies." message on a computer that has Lync 2010 installed
• 2517721  Lync 2010 cannot publish the "Presence" calendar data of a user
• 2517691  A user cannot retrieve a parked call from a paired Lync 2010 client when the orbit number contains "#" or "*"
• 2517673  Texts in an office application are cut off or the office application does not respond when you copy the texts from a Lync 2010 instant message input window
• 2503538  Lync 2010 prompts you for credentials when it is retrieving availability data through Exchange Web Services
• 2500416  The AVModalityPropertyChanged event is not triggered in Lync 2010 SDK
• 2499613  A Lync 2010 client crashes with an access violation when you click the "A" icon of an emoticon in a conversation
• 2498410  A user name is still in Lync 2010 after you remove the user account in AD
• 2497779  "Connection is not established" error message in a Lync 2010 client when an attendee is disconnected from an application-sharing session in a large conference
• 2464823  The Lync 2010 client crashes during a conference video call that includes ACP users
• 2464810  A credential dialog box appears or an error message is received when you log on to Lync Online
• 2464811  The icon of the speakerphone in Lync 2010 is not generic
• 2464817  You have to press the TAB key two times to select the “Save my password” check box after you type your password in the Lync 2010 logon screen
• 2464828  The “Learn More” link does not indicate as a selection when you press the TAB key to select it in the “Edit Location” dialog box in Lync 2010
• 2464840  You are directed to the MSN website when you try to download software that is required to log on to Lync online by using Lync 2010
• 2464841  Lync 2010 does not populate your location information automatically
• 2464842  “Cannot sign in to Lync because this sign-in address was not found” error message during the Lync 2010 logon process when the default user is Lync-disabled
• 2464845  A Silverlight application for Lync 2010 does not start from a URL address that does not contain the page name
• 2464850  The conference disclaimer is missing from the “Disclaimer” window when you try to join a Lync 2010 conference by using an Office Communicator Object Model
• 2464872  Certain text in an invitation email message for an online meeting are displayed incorrectly when you create the invitation email message by using a Hindi or a Kazakh version of Lync 2010
• 2464873  Your audio and video is enabled automatically when you click “Retry” to rejoin a Lync 2010 Audio/Video conference
• 2464874  A Lync Online disabled user is not handled correctly during the logon process in Lync 2010
• 2483227  Your Live Meeting Service presenter password is included in the INVITE message when you start a meeting by using Live Meeting Service in Lync 2010