Asterisk VOIP Tips

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Everything seems to be going mobile these days – and why not? With the fast pace of life that most of us are living, it is just right to have the proper tools to continue with our daily tasks wherever we may be. I was just thinking about the people I see on my way to work everyday. Every where I look, I see people fiddling with their mobile phones, their PDAs, their notebooks, etc. Our society has indeed become a mobile one – so what does this have to do with VOIP?

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I love Apple – what can I say? I know some of you may not agree with me but here’s a piece of news worth sharing. For all those iPhone fans out there, Asterisk Voicemail for the iPhone is coming out very soon. I ran across a developer’s announcement about his project on ChrisCarey.com. This is what he has to tell you:

Asterisk Voicemail for iPhone allows you to check your voicemail messages on your house or business line from your iPhone. You can think of it as “Visual Voicemail”, but for your Asterisk PBX numbers instead of your AT&T cell number. The technology behind it is Asterisk (The Open-Source PBX), with iUI, Joe Hewitt’s UI interface for iPhone. This software can be installed on any Asterisk server (though you will want to use one that is available via the Internet) and will allow you to check messages in multiple folders, listen to messages, delete messages, move messages, and change voicemail settings - all from your iPhone.

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SpinVox, the pioneer and leader in Voice-to-Screen messaging, just announced that it has made a deal with Skype to offer its voicemail-to-text service for the VOIP software. Initially, the service will be available in English, Spanish, German and French.

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Last Tuesday, May 22, T-Mobile launched its newest gadget, The Wing. Like the iPhone, which is scheduled to ship in about a month, the Wing is a Wi-Fi equipped combined PDA and mobile phone. It was developed by Taiwan’s High Tech Computer Corp. exclusively for T-Mobile.

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Heard from the grapevine that Jajah has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent, recently.  The deal is part of  a USD20 million investment, in partnership with Intel Capital and T-Online Venture Fund, the venture capital unit of Deutsche Telekom.                             

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Here’s another player offering a downloadable mobile VoIP-enabling software application. EQO Communications (pronounced “echo”), a provider of mobile Internet phone services, announced its new EQO Mobile version. EQO was originally designed to add Skype functionality to mobile phones, however EQO is now offering their own mobile VoIP solution with EQO Out “credits” for PSTN termination. The new version, which still runs on Java compatible phones, will let users make international and long distance calls as well as send and receive IM and text messages on their mobile phones at local calling and messaging rates.

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Yes, we know that with the advent of the internet, privacy has become almost obsolete. But if you’re one of those who still believe that there’s some way to keep your landline, cell or VOIP phone numbers accessible only to people who actually know you, there might be some hope yet. Yes, Virginia, there are technologies that can anonymize your phone number or at least make it tougher for callers to reach you. VoIP News lists several ways how. Here’s a summary:

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It’s great to get cheap or even free calls through VoIP. But it’s even better if you can route calls to and from your mobile phone. This way you can go around those costly long-distance and international rates when calling from your mobile.

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