This extremely compact Linux-based IP PBX from Snom Technology accommodates as many as 50 users in a small- to medium-sized enterprise, providing both a SIP proxy and media server with a full PBX feature set, plus voice messaging, conferencing and other applications. Measuring just 9 x 8 x 4 cm, it's named the VoIP Box and will debut at the Spring VON conference in San Jose, California, which runs from March 7 through 10.

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Snom stresses this PBX's “complete” compliance with 4S SIP standards (4S stands for Scalable SIP-based Software Solutions for your Business), enabling “integration with peripherals, components and applications from numerous VoIP providers.” And “like all our products,” said Snom founder and CEO, Dr. Christian Stredicke, “it's based on a Linux core.”

The VoIP Box's 4S proxy provides for the management of user and registration data, while its 4S media server handles voicemail, auto-attendant, conferencing and other media processing applications. According to Snom, “All features of a modern telecommunications system are present and can be extended as desired.”

Ease of use and flexibility are built-in features of this compact IP PBX. “You can unplug a working 4S IP PBX and all its phones, move them to a new office and LAN, enter a few requisite network parameters via the 4S web-based management console, and begin making and taking calls in under two minutes!” according to Snom.

The VoIP Box will also be demonstrated at CeBIT 2005 in Hanover, Germany, on March 10 through 16.

 
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