OctWare Adds Carrier-Grade Voice Quality to Asterisk Phone Systems.- SoftEcho Allows Asterisk Installers to Upgrade Echo Cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. - MONTREAL -- OctWare, the echo experts, today announced the availability of SoftEcho a new per channel upgrade option for Asterisk([R])-based IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. systems. SoftEcho is a simple to integrate Line Echo Cancellation (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) application for Asterisk systems. A download is all that is needed to enhance Asterisk with industry leading sound quality. OctWare will provide its best-of-breed per channel solution at the same cost as inferior add-ons pushed by Asterisk PBX Open source PBX software that runs under Linux and other Unix variants on a variety of hardware, including x86, PowerPC, POWER and Xscale. Supporting traditional telephony (TDM) as well as voice over IP (VoIP), Asterisk is written in C and uses the Unix standard POSIX programming vendors. "Echo problems in Asterisk are well-known and many IP PBX makers up-sell echo cancellation solutions," said Fabio Gambacorta, vice president of sales and marketing at OctWare. "Unfortunately, the echo cancellers offered by these manufacturers are based on the lowest cost, resulting in inferior quality. Integrators, consultants and resellers can now offer the industry leading echo cancellation solution and eliminate support calls from customers complaining about unsatisfactory voice quality." OctWare has created its own transparent algorithm that works better than off-the-shelf echo cancellation solutions. This algorithm has been thoroughly tested and improved through years of testing in large-scale carrier deployments worldwide through Octasic, OctWare's parent company. That carrier grade quality, already obtainable with interface cards by Digium, Sangoma sangoma Noun S African a witch doctor [Nguni (language group of southern Africa) isangoma a diviner] Noun 1. sangoma - a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder , and other vendors, that include Octasic's OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there 6100 echo cancellation device, is now available in software form for small to midsized businesses using an Asterisk PBX. SoftEcho's algorithm is auto-tuning meaning that no adjustments are necessary. SoftEcho learns its environment and quickly adapts to it. Its long, well-covered echo path tail ensures carrier proven quality on any calls in trunk side use. SoftEcho handles double-talk and background noise better than the generic echo cancellation solutions currently integrated into popular Asterisk PBX systems. OctWare's SoftEcho for Asterisk based IP PBX includes performance and voice quality statistics. Downloads are available for $10 per channel through distributors worldwide, as listed on www.octware.net/sales. About OctWare OctWare is the software subsidiary of Montreal-based Octasic Inc., a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. that supplies voice quality to leading worldwide carriers. OctWare designs, markets, and supports software solutions for VoIP end-user communication equipment. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SoftEcho, is optimized for softphones, Asterisk IP PBXs, IP & speaker phones, hand-held devices, and internet access See how to access the Internet. devices. OctWare's echo cancellation solutions enable manufacturers to deliver industry-leading sound quality. For additional information on OctWare, visit www.octware.net. OctWare, Octasic, the Octasic logo, and the OctWare logo are trademarks of Octasic. [R] Asterisk is a registered trademark of Digium, Inc. |
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