Here's an interesting teaser for you Skype aficionados. Later this month, the new release of FreeSWITCH, the first open source softswitch, will enable carriers and enterprise to integrate Skype into ...

Mobile telecommunications operators are increasingly deploying new 'softswitch' technology to transform their traditional networks to internet-based platforms. The move shortens the time needed for ...

Alcatel (Plano, TX — 972-519-3000, www.alcatel.com): The 5424 Softswitch provides Internet dialup traffic offload applications and VoIP H.323 applications for CLECs. The 1000 Softswitch focuses on ...

Almost four years ago, when we attended the SuperComm telecommunications trade show, it seemed like every other booth was touting their softswitch. By our count, at least 165 suppliers were then ...

It'll be interesting to see if the biggest advances in softswitch technology will be demonstrated at this month's Embedded Systems Conference or next month's Supercomm show. No matter how the logic is ...

For all of our readers who have read this newsletter faithfully over the last decade, we hope you can enjoy the next few editions as a trip down memory lane. And for those who are telecom neophytes, ...

As service providers move toward offering voice, video and data services on single packet-based networks, they will come to rely on softswitches to handle voice calls. These server-based devices ...

This new malware that we have discovered and named CDRThief is designed to target a very specific VoIP platform, used by two China-produced softswitches (software switches): Linknat VOS2009 and ...