Comments on: Reintroducing SIP: Free Calling for All http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kobaljov http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-101182 Kobaljov Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:17:33 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-101182 #5: the Gizmo (Project) are SIP based too, and can be used for audio conference (max 10 people recommended, "Using this system of putting everyone on mute, we have had successfull conference calls with as many as 28 people in 11 countries.") another convinient possibility: your IM account name can be the same too (SIP, e-mail, IM). It's makes more easy to implementing the ENUM project. #5: the Gizmo (Project) are SIP based too, and can be used for audio conference (max 10 people recommended, “Using this system of putting everyone on mute, we have had successfull conference calls with as many as 28 people in 11 countries.”)

another convinient possibility: your IM account name can be the same too (SIP, e-mail, IM). It’s makes more easy to implementing the ENUM project.

]]> By: jaimin http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-63922 jaimin Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:24:51 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-63922 it is good it is good

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]]> By: Dennis http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-37394 Dennis Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:20:25 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-37394 DAMAKA LAUNCHES SIP P2P BASED OPERATOR AND SERVICE PROVIDER VERSION OF ITS PERSONAL SOFTSWITCH Press Release Source: damaka damaka Launches Operator and Service Provider Version of Its Peer-to-Peer Personal Softswitch(TM) Monday June 12, 9:00 am ET RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2006--damaka, a leading provider of real time peer-to-peer multimedia collaboration and communication software solutions, announced the release of "damaka powered" Partner Operator version of it's Personal Softswitch(TM) that enables Operators and Service providers to offer unique high value, easy to use voice, video and data services to their customers with the highest flexibility and lowest cost of ownership compared to any solution available today. ADVERTISEMENT "damaka now empowers Operators, VoIP Providers and ISPs with branded solution to leapfrog their competition by providing next generation services with secure, high quality Video and Voice (PC-to-PSTN/Mobile and PC-to-PC) communication," said Siva Ravikumar, Founder and CEO of damaka. "damaka's cutting-edge peer-to-peer technology based on SIP standards allows our customers to take advantage of its service enabling and highly scalable solution to increase revenue and reduce cost significantly." damaka has announced their Operator launch with Mortel Telecom (www.mortel.com), a next generation Turkey based VoIP Provider focusing on Turkey and International markets. Mortel has implemented the complete "damaka powered" solution to deliver creative peer-to-peer services. damaka is currently working with numerous other operators and VoIP providers to enable them to launch their own peer-to-peer networks and be in the forefront of offering tailored communication and collaboration solutions to their customers. "We require our partners' solutions to seamlessly integrate into our infrastructure so that we can maximize our capabilities, quickly deliver superior quality, and offer advanced services that touch people's lives every day. damaka's technology is changing the way we deliver services," said Vahit Aykut, CEO of Mortel. "The secure peer-to-peer model helps Mortel to scale with the most cost effective infrastructure possible today and this is a key element to our overall growth plan." damaka has also recently developed and released the best-in-class peer-to-peer video (H.263/H.264) as the cornerstone of its video offering. For information on how to have your own peer-to-peer "damaka powered" network contact: bizdev@damaka.net About damaka, Inc. damaka (www.damaka.com) is a technology pioneer in distributed softswitching for multimedia communication and collaboration services. damaka offers its state-of-the-art software solutions to Operators, Enterprises and Consumers. damaka platform is based on industry standards and uses patent pending technology, which provides a very secure peer-to-peer environment for Internet users worldwide. Contact: damaka, Richardson Sylvia, 972-979-6464 sylvia@damaka.net www.damaka.com DAMAKA LAUNCHES SIP P2P BASED OPERATOR AND SERVICE PROVIDER VERSION OF ITS PERSONAL SOFTSWITCH

Press Release Source: damaka

damaka Launches Operator and Service Provider Version of Its Peer-to-Peer Personal Softswitch(TM)
Monday June 12, 9:00 am ET

RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 12, 2006–damaka, a leading provider of real time peer-to-peer multimedia collaboration and communication software solutions, announced the release of “damaka powered” Partner Operator version of it’s Personal Softswitch(TM) that enables Operators and Service providers to offer unique high value, easy to use voice, video and data services to their customers with the highest flexibility and lowest cost of ownership compared to any solution available today.

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“damaka now empowers Operators, VoIP Providers and ISPs with branded solution to leapfrog their competition by providing next generation services with secure, high quality Video and Voice (PC-to-PSTN/Mobile and PC-to-PC) communication,” said Siva Ravikumar, Founder and CEO of damaka. “damaka’s cutting-edge peer-to-peer technology based on SIP standards allows our customers to take advantage of its service enabling and highly scalable solution to increase revenue and reduce cost significantly.”

damaka has announced their Operator launch with Mortel Telecom (www.mortel.com), a next generation Turkey based VoIP Provider focusing on Turkey and International markets. Mortel has implemented the complete “damaka powered” solution to deliver creative peer-to-peer services. damaka is currently working with numerous other operators and VoIP providers to enable them to launch their own peer-to-peer networks and be in the forefront of offering tailored communication and collaboration solutions to their customers.

“We require our partners’ solutions to seamlessly integrate into our infrastructure so that we can maximize our capabilities, quickly deliver superior quality, and offer advanced services that touch people’s lives every day. damaka’s technology is changing the way we deliver services,” said Vahit Aykut, CEO of Mortel. “The secure peer-to-peer model helps Mortel to scale with the most cost effective infrastructure possible today and this is a key element to our overall growth plan.”

damaka has also recently developed and released the best-in-class peer-to-peer video (H.263/H.264) as the cornerstone of its video offering.

For information on how to have your own peer-to-peer “damaka powered” network contact: bizdev@damaka.net

About damaka, Inc.

damaka (www.damaka.com) is a technology pioneer in distributed softswitching for multimedia communication and collaboration services. damaka offers its state-of-the-art software solutions to Operators, Enterprises and Consumers. damaka platform is based on industry standards and uses patent pending technology, which provides a very secure peer-to-peer environment for Internet users worldwide.

Contact:

damaka, Richardson
Sylvia, 972-979-6464
sylvia@damaka.net
http://www.damaka.com

]]> By: Lenard http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-22228 Lenard Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:44:27 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-22228 What an excellent bit of info. What an excellent bit of info.

]]> By: JD http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-21266 JD Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:11:12 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-21266 sound quality does surpass that of traditional telephony. really impressive. Speakerphone endpoints need to support the bandwidth as well - recommending the Duet usb speakerphone from experience. peace, JD sound quality does surpass that of traditional telephony. really impressive. Speakerphone endpoints need to support the bandwidth as well - recommending the Duet usb speakerphone from experience.

peace, JD

]]> By: jackie http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-20832 jackie Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:26:20 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-20832 Chris, You are right about <a href="http://www.damaka.com" rel="nofollow">damaka</a> coming a long way. They have a lot of pretty cool features lacking in other similar products. I called my friends in Austria and Germany. The call quality was excellent. I recording our conversations and sent the gossip over to other friends ;-) Another very useful feature is the ability to search text conversations... I am always searching my personal email and Outlook at work... know way you can remember everything!!! Video was cool but I wish I could make the window size bigger... damaka gives free voicemail and that's great... but hey why limit it to 1 minute??? Don't they know girls need more than 1 minute for a voicemail... c'mon now!!! I love the little audibles (<a href="http://www.damaka.com/dumdums.htm" rel="nofollow">dum-dums</a>). Specially SHUT-UP I use it all the time with my boy friend... only wish they had it in a female voice.... also would be nice to record my own dum-dums and use them in conversations. Definitely recommend damaka to you'll... download <a href="http://www.damaka.com" rel="nofollow">damaka</a> from http://www.damaka.com peace... jackie Chris,

You are right about damaka coming a long way. They have a lot of pretty cool features lacking in other similar products. I called my friends in Austria and Germany. The call quality was excellent. I recording our conversations and sent the gossip over to other friends ;-) Another very useful feature is the ability to search text conversations… I am always searching my personal email and Outlook at work… know way you can remember everything!!!

Video was cool but I wish I could make the window size bigger… damaka gives free voicemail and that’s great… but hey why limit it to 1 minute??? Don’t they know girls need more than 1 minute for a voicemail… c’mon now!!!

I love the little audibles (dum-dums). Specially SHUT-UP
I use it all the time with my boy friend… only wish they had it in a female voice…. also would be nice to record my own dum-dums and use them in conversations.

Definitely recommend damaka to you’ll… download damaka from http://www.damaka.com

peace… jackie

]]> By: The Apple Blog » Live MacWorld San Francisco 2006 Keynote Coverage Right Here http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-20084 The Apple Blog » Live MacWorld San Francisco 2006 Keynote Coverage Right Here Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:50:05 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-20084 [...] k through to us, on top of text updates. Around 8:55am, if you’re a SIP user, you might try placing a call to sip:hollandct@earthlink. [...] [...] k through to us, on top of text updates. Around 8:55am, if you’re a SIP user, you might try placing a call to sip:hollandct@earthlink. [...]

]]> By: Chris Holland http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-19953 Chris Holland Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:17:31 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-19953 eh sounds very cool. Actually you can conferencing with SJPhone. But SJPhone wasn't built for the non-tech savvy. It does work extremely well though :) Thanks for the tip Dennis. I thought i'd plugged Damaka in another post already, but it looks like they've come a long way. Good stuff. eh sounds very cool. Actually you can conferencing with SJPhone. But SJPhone wasn’t built for the non-tech savvy. It does work extremely well though :) Thanks for the tip Dennis. I thought i’d plugged Damaka in another post already, but it looks like they’ve come a long way. Good stuff.

]]> By: Dennis http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-19951 Dennis Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:25:06 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-19951 Check out this coool SIP based collobaration product from Damaka (www.damaka.com). They recently released SIP based Peer to Peer Video and Custom Picture last week. Damaka (www.damaka.com) does Audio calls, Audio CONFERENCE (nobody in the industry does conference), Instant Message, SMS, Video Calls, Voice Mail, Custom Pictures, and Encrypted Signaling and Media and they do all this truly Peer to Peer (P2P) without any need of any servers in the middle to store your voice mails or pictures. Check it out. www.damaka.com Check out this coool SIP based collobaration product from Damaka (www.damaka.com). They recently released SIP based Peer to Peer Video and Custom Picture last week.

Damaka (www.damaka.com) does Audio calls, Audio CONFERENCE (nobody in the industry does conference), Instant Message, SMS, Video Calls, Voice Mail, Custom Pictures, and Encrypted Signaling and Media and they do all this truly Peer to Peer (P2P) without any need of any servers in the middle to store your voice mails or pictures.

Check it out. http://www.damaka.com

]]> By: Copprhead http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-18166 Copprhead Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:59:39 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-18166 Nice intro! SIP is also very useful for peer-to-peer (or client-server) applications in a mobile setting, making it possible to easily establish connections between two devices. The Siemens IMS/SIP Developer Programs offers free tools for multiple platforms for SIP application development. <a href="http://www.siemens.com/developer" title="Siemens Developer Program" rel="nofollow"> Nice intro! SIP is also very useful for peer-to-peer (or client-server) applications in a mobile setting, making it possible to easily establish connections between two devices. The Siemens IMS/SIP Developer Programs offers free tools for multiple platforms for SIP application development.

]]> By: Dennis http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-17283 Dennis Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:50:08 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-17283 Have you heard of a company called Damaka (www.damaka.com). The are in the SIP P2P space and they have an application that lets you do instant message, chat, voice calls, audio conference up to four users, personalized voice mail, send SMS all from a laptop. Have you guys heard of this company and does anyone know about their product. I went to their site www.damaka.com because a friend of mine recommended it but I don't know much about the company. Has anyone heard about Damaka or their product? Have you heard of a company called Damaka (www.damaka.com).

The are in the SIP P2P space and they have an application that lets you do instant message, chat, voice calls, audio conference up to four users, personalized voice mail, send SMS all from a laptop.

Have you guys heard of this company and does anyone know about their product.

I went to their site http://www.damaka.com because a friend of mine recommended it but I don’t know much about the company.

Has anyone heard about Damaka or their product?

]]> By: The Apple Blog » New Gizmo Project Beta: Encrypted Calls! http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-15355 The Apple Blog » New Gizmo Project Beta: Encrypted Calls! Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:57:39 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-15355 [...] :username@provider.com) More background on SIP and the Gizmo Project: A layman’s introduction to SIP Interoperability Gizmo is coo [...] [...] :username@provider.com) More background on SIP and the Gizmo Project: A layman’s introduction to SIP Interoperability Gizmo is coo [...]

]]> By: Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-10493 Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:12:19 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-10493 [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...] [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...]

]]> By: Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-10491 Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:11:41 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-10491 [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...] [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...]

]]> By: Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-10490 Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:11:21 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-10490 [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...] [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...]

]]> By: Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-10488 Keebler/Blog » Blog Archive » Gizmo – A free phone for your computer Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:10:44 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-10488 [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...] [...] ight into a closed protocol, a closed ecosystem solely controlled by one organization, the SIP protocol is open. Free open-source proxy/server implementation [...]

]]> By: The Apple Blog » Flexibility, Interoperability in Communications http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-10444 The Apple Blog » Flexibility, Interoperability in Communications Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:14:00 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-10444 [...] Holland A few posts back, I gave a layman’s overview of SIP, attempting to convey how important [...] [...] Holland A few posts back, I gave a layman’s overview of SIP, attempting to convey how important [...]

]]> By: The Apple Blog » Live WWDC Keynote Preparations http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-9066 The Apple Blog » Live WWDC Keynote Preparations Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:13:02 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-9066 [...] 217;re able to stream out some live audio, it will likely happen over SIP. You’ll want to read-up on SIP and SIP-powered audio conferencing [...] [...] 217;re able to stream out some live audio, it will likely happen over SIP. You’ll want to read-up on SIP and SIP-powered audio conferencing [...]

]]> By: Chris Holland http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-9060 Chris Holland Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:27:59 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-9060 eh you're welcome, also one thing i prolly should mention in the main article is that sound quality will in most cases far surpass that of what you hear on the phone. It often depends on the SIP software you're using and which codecs you've configured, but yeah it' really nice. You'll never want to go back to phones. I'm starting to tell people: don't *ever* phone me again. SIP me! heh. eh you’re welcome, also one thing i prolly should mention in the main article is that sound quality will in most cases far surpass that of what you hear on the phone. It often depends on the SIP software you’re using and which codecs you’ve configured, but yeah it’ really nice. You’ll never want to go back to phones. I’m starting to tell people: don’t *ever* phone me again. SIP me! heh.

]]> By: Nick Santilli http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-calling-for-all/#comment-9057 Nick Santilli Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/03/reintroducing-sip-free-caling-for-all/#comment-9057 Chris - this is awesome. Thanks for pointing this out to us. A new fun toy to play with. But lets get everyone using it so it's more than a toy, and actually becomes useful!! For free, why the heck not?? nice write up. Chris - this is awesome. Thanks for pointing this out to us. A new fun toy to play with. But lets get everyone using it so it’s more than a toy, and actually becomes useful!! For free, why the heck not??

nice write up.

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