Digium will ship in Q2, 2005, a commercial Linux PBX (private branch exchange) software package based entirely on the open source Asterisk PBX. Asterisk Business Edition will support voice and data transport over TDM, switched, and Ethernet architectures, and has undergone extensive stress-testing, the company says.

Digium maintains the open source Asterisk PBX software package, which achieved its first major release number last September. The company also sells telephony hardware, including T1/E1/PRI cards, servers, VoIP (voice-over-IP) phones, and TDM devices.

According to Digium, the new commercial version of Asterisk is derived entirely from the open source version, with no additional features added. However, the commercial version has been thoroughly tested, the company says, using a test bed system capable of simulating “hundreds of thousands of calls in various real-world combinations and configurations.” As a result of testing, a number of potentially unstable features were removed, along with obscure and incomplete features, the company says.

Availability

Asterisk will be available from Asterisk resellers and distributors in Q2, 2005. It comes with installation and troubleshooting support, a manual and quick-start guide, and a 90-day limited warranty. Kernel driver source code is included, but Asterisk applications are binary-only.

 
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