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2005 November Newsletter

The SIP Informer ~ November 2005
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Contents:

  • New Sponsors! Touchstone Technologies and Jabber, Inc. 
  • Join our Super League team of sponsors!
  • SIP Testing and measurement links and resources
  • New resources added to The SIP Center
  • New products sections - 2.5G & 3G Mobile Solutions & SIP Application Services
  • Solinet Inc., changes name to Valid8.com
  • New titles added to The SIP Center Bookstore - VoIP Telephony with Asterisk and VoIP Security
  • Fixed Mobile Convergence Congress 2006

Regular Features:

  • New SIP products and services
  • New and popular titles in The SIP Center Bookstore
  • Events diary
  • SIP Center Principal sponsors
  • Sponsorship information
  • Safe and permanent unsubscribe at the bottom of this e-mail
Wise words

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
-- Chinese proverb

New Sponsors! Touchstone Technologies and Jabber, Inc.

We are very pleased to welcome Touchstone Technologies as a Principal Sponsor and Jabber, Inc. as an Associate Sponsor to The SIP Center team...

TOUCHSTONE TECHNOLOGIES
www.touchstone-inc.com

Touchstone Technologies has been defining excellence in communications testing and measurement since 1989. As
one of the industry's pioneers, we continue to innovate rather than follow; providing essential IETF and ITU-T standards-based voice, video, and data verification solutions and services for quantifying, qualifying, and monitoring communications networks. We specialize in providing solutions that deliver an unrivaled combination of power, portability, flexibility, scalability, stability, and affordability. Perfect for every aspect of the VoIP Verification lifecycle from pre-deployment quantification to post-deployment monitoring, maintenance, reporting, and diagnostics. At Touchstone, we deliver a unique combination state-of-the-art testing technologies and friendly, responsive, personalized service. SIP Showcase page >>>


SIP Center Associate SponsorWhat makes Jabber, Inc.’s Jabber XCP server the presence and messaging solution of choice? Scalability. Extensibility. Interoperability. The Jabber XCP server is a carrier-grade solution that supports XMPP, SIP/SIMPLE, and IMPS protocols. Enabling a unique convergence of fixed and mobile networks, the Jabber XCP server delivers desktop and wireless instant messaging, presence-based multimedia, and application integration for the most sophisticated systems. Over seven million users in hundreds of organizations worldwide count on it to support their messaging and presence applications. Find out more at www.jabber.com.

Join our Super League team of sponsors!

Sponsorship of The SIP Center represents great value for a small amount of your online marketing budget. There are more than 45,000 SIP focused visitors to the site every month and a highly targeted opt-in mailing list of 17,000+ subscribers.

3Com - ACE*COMM - Aculab - AG Projects - Antepo - Avaya - Borderware Technologies - Brooktrout Technology - CommuniGate Systems - Convedia - Data Connection - Ericsson - GL Communications - Hotsip - Hewlett Packard - Interactive Intelligence - Lucent Technologies - Mitel Networks - Motorola - Navtel Communications - Netrake - Newport Networks - NMS Communications - Nortel - Quintum Technologies - RADVISION - Sayson Technologies - Siemens - Sun Microsystems - Thinkengine Networks - Touchstone Technologies - Ubiquity Software - Ulticom

Further information here >>>

Sponsorship Information and Application Pack here >>>

SIP Testing and measurement links and resources

Just a few links that may be helpful to you. There are plenty more available in our developers resources section.

Improving Quality in IAD and IP Phone Testing (PDF)

draft-ietf-sipping-torture-tests

Sipp - a performance testing tool for the SIP protocol

The SIP Center TestMessenger allows users to send test messages from text files over UDP to SIP implementations.

VOIPSA's mission is to promote the current state of VoIP security research, VoIP security education and awareness, and free VoIP testing methodologies and tools.

SIPit and SIMPLEt testing events

Many more links and resources available here >>>

Testing and Measurement products and services >>>

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BorderWare Technologies - SIP Center Principal SponsorVoicemail spam... Call eavesdropping... Call impersonation... regulatory compliance... The list goes on. BorderWare’s SIPassure SIP Firewall mitigates application layer threats and enables secure IP telephony. Concerned about interoperability? Don’t be. SIPassure works with the most popular SIP based applications on the market today such as Cisco Call Manager and Microsoft Live Meeting. Visit our web site to learn more!

New resources added to The SIP Center

Sofia-SIP Library
Sofia-SIP is an open-source SIP User-Agent library, compliant with the IETF RFC3261 specification. It can be used as a building block for SIP client software for uses such as VoIP, IM, and many other real-time and person-to-person communication services. The primary target platform for Sofia-SIP is GNU/Linux. Sofia-SIP is based on a SIP stack developed at the Nokia Research Center.

Finding voice codecs for free software

Voice over IP (VoIP) - VoIP resource page

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Ubiquity Software Corporation plc - SIP Center Principal SponsorSIP Applications
Ubiquity's SIP Application Server (SIP A/S) provides a powerful tool for rapidly creating applications. Service providers can build these applications themselves using the Software Development Kit (SDK), they can work with Ubiquity's Professional Services Organization to create customized applications, or they can purchase applications from Ubiquity's developer partners. Click below for some of the many applications that can be built on Ubiquity's SIP Application Server. Check back often to see the latest additions to this rapidly growing list of Ubiquity-powered mobile, VoIP, and fixed mobile convergence applications. Further information >>>

New products sections - 2.5G & 3G Mobile Solutions & SIP Application Services

The SIP Center products and services directory is a HUGE resource of more than a thousand companies developing SIP technology. We have added these new categories and anyone can list a product there. Check if your company is listed in the worlds biggest directory of SIP products and services today!

2.5G & 3G Mobile Solutions

SIP Application Services

SIP Products and Services Directory

New and updated products and services

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Solinet Inc., changes name to Valid8.com

Founded in September 2002 and located in Woburn, Massachusetts, SOLINET, Inc., was created to develop customized solutions for the needs of the global market, focusing primarily on VoIP. Only our name has changed.
Valid8.com is a software and hardware development company specializing in ready-to-run solutions for telecommunications signaling and test requirements.
Please, check out our new website at www.valid8.com or call for information at 800-293-0823.

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SIP Center Principal Sponsors:

Newport Networks
NMS Communications
Nortel Networks
Quintum Technologies
RADVISION
Sayson Technologies

Siemens
Sun Microsystems
Thinkengine Networks
Touchstone Technologies - NEW
Ubiquity Software
Ulticom
3com
ACE*COMM
Aculab
AG Projects
Antepo
Avaya
BorderWare Technologies - NEW
Brooktrout Technology
CommuniGate Systems - NEW
Convedia
Data Connection
Ericsson
GL Communications
Hotsip
Hewlett Packard
Interactive Intelligence
Lucent
Mitel Networks

Motorola

Navtel Communications
Netrake

Sponsorship opportunities



Events Diary

NOVEMBER 2005

Oxford International’s WiMAX Conference
3 – 4 November, Nice, France.

Wireless VoIP Congress
8-9 November 2005, Brussels.

IMS/MMD
November 7 - 10, Dallas, USA

Wireless VoIP Congress
November 8-9, Brussels.

VoIP Business Strategies Forum
November 9-11, Germany.

VoIP Mexico
November 11 2005, Mexico City

Fixed-Mobile Convergence
14th - 16th November, London.

VoIP World Congress
November 14-17, Lisbon.

3G World Congress & Exhibition 2005
November 14 - 18, 2005.
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Next-Gen USA 2005
November 16-17, Atlanta.

TeleTV Summit 2005 - See Real Media Convergence In Action!
November 16-18, Amsterdam.

ENUM - Enabling network convergence to reduce operating costs and offer new services
November 22-23, Germany.

MVNOs Business and Partnering Strategies
November 28 - December 1, Cannes, France.

DECEMBER 2005

IP PBX – Capturing the Enterprise VoIP Market
6-7 December 2005, Brussels.

JANUARY 2006

VoIP Mexico
January 19, 2006 Monterrey

Evaluating the Critical Role of Softswitches and Media Gateways In the Migration to All IP Networks
January 25 - 26, London

Fixed Mobile Convergence
January 26 - 27, 2006, London.

Interconnection 2006
January 30 - February 2 2006, Vienna

FEBRUARY 2006

IMS Forum event
February 20-21, 2006, Dallas, TX

International SIP 2006
21-24 February 2006, Paris, France.

WiMAX Summit 2006
21-24 February 2006, Paris, France.

MARCH 2006

VoIP Mexico
March 10, 2006 Guadalajara

Spring VON 2006
March 14-17, San Jose.


New titles added to The SIP Center Bookstore


Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security (Paperback)

NEW: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security (Paperback)
Voice Over Internet Protocol Security has been designed to help the reader fully understand, prepare for and mediate current security and QoS risks in todays complex and ever changing converged network environment and it will help you secure your VoIP network whether you are at the planning, implementation, or post-implementation phase of your VoIP infrastructure. Order from Amazon.com >>>

VoIP Telephony with Asterisk

 NEW: VoIP Telephony with Asterisk (Paperback)
VoIP Telephony with Asterisk is the best-selling introduction to the leading open source PBX software. You'll learn how to provision telephony, install and compile Linux and Asterisk, and configure an Asterisk dial plan for both analog and SIP telephones. The book's 300 pages cover Cisco and snom telephones, Digium boards, faxing, voicemail, basic IVR and a variety of related topics.
Order from Amazon.com >>>


Fixed Mobile Convergence Congress 2006

The World’s Leading FMC Meeting Place
25 - 27 January 2006 - London.

The FMC Congress is part of FMC Week – which will include the FMCA Plenary meeting and the FMC Congress and Expo. A unique opportunity to meet and network with up to 200 key senior level decision makers in the FMC industry, all in the same week under one roof.

Day 1 – FMC Technology Assessment Forum & Expo – assess the viability and relevance of all available FMC technologies and determine at which stage of the strategy they should be implemented.

Days 2 & 3 – FMC Conference & Expo – examine the business case for convergence and hear the latest case studies of service launches in the consumer and enterprise markets.

Further information and registration >>>

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