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Skype For Asterisk
Skype For Asterisk is an add-on channel driver for Asterisk based systems. Adding Skype for Asterisk to any Asterisk server enables complete access to the Skype network, including low cost PSTN access and free calling to over 440+ million Skype users.
Highlights
- Free calling to more than 400 million Skype registered users
- Add Skype to your call routing tables to optimize global calling costs
- Add a click-to-call button to your website or email so customers can quickly contact you
Description
Skype for Asterisk integrates with the Skype community. There is no secondary piece of hardware to manage as Skype for Asterisk will run directly from an Asterisk-based PBX.
- Make Skype-to-Skype calls.
- Receive calls with online numbers (SkypeIn).
- Make world-wide PSTN calls to landline and mobile phones (SkypeOut). **Please note: Skype for Business subscription prices do not apply
- Make and receive multiple concurrent Skype calls from the same Skype account.
- DTMF support for incoming and outgoing calls.
- Read Skype profile fields from incoming calls.
- Set and retrieve online status.
- Set privacy settings.
- Allows customers to call via a local online number.
- Perfect for the remote employee as the office is one click away with free calling.
- Communicate securely with free, high quality, encrypted Asterisk-to-Asterisk calls using Skype
- Handle incoming Skype calls using Asterisk applications such as voicemail, ACD, MeetMe conferencing, etc.
- Simultaneous access from both Asterisk and the Skype desktop client.
- Trunk calls between Asterisk servers over Skype.
- Supports G.711 and G.729 (included) codecs.
Q: What versions of Asterisk are compatible with Skype For Asterisk?
A: Asterisk 1.4, 1.6.0 and 1.6.1
Q: Does Skype For Asterisk provide the same capabilities when used with Asterisk 1.4, 1.6.0 and 1.6.1?
A: Yes
Q: What defines a concurrent call of Skype For Asterisk?
A: A single call on the Skype network which uses one licensed version of Skype for Asterisk
– One Skype account can make multiple calls to different users or phone numbers. Each call uses a license.
– Multiple calls between two users is not currently supported and will be added at a later date
Q: How many users can share a concurrent call?
A: Each user making a call will use a channel. For calls from one user to another user managed on the same Asterisk server, 2 concurrent calls will be used.
Q: Can I use Skype For Asterisk on Switchvox systems?
A: Not at this time but is planned in a future Switchvox release
Q: Can I use Skype For Asterisk with AsteriskNOW and Asterisk Business Edition?
A: Yes
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Reviewer: line5
2 months ago
Easy to install, works great - just two little disadvantages: a) for outgoing calls, the CallerID of the asterisk is not shown b) if you use an "availability"-button on the website, it shows "offline" after some time
Support Details
Digium offers a variety of support offerings to assist you in configuring, installing and maintaining your telephony solutions.
Support Contact Information
website: www.support.digium.com
Digium, Inc
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 become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium offers Asterisk software free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company's product line includes a wide range of hardware and software to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey VoIP systems or to design their own custom telephony solutions. Used in combination with Digium's telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium's offerings include VoIP, conferencing, voicemail, legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, media servers and gateways, and application servers and gateways.
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