There are a few UMA-based solutions floating around for automatically transferring PBX lines to phones when employees are in the office, but Japan's SoftBank is taking a more direct approach by cutting WiFi out of the equation with its new White Office service launching in March. All of the key functions of a PBX -- transfer, hold, and so on -- will be supported, and unlike UMA, mobiles can b...

Application vulnerability specialist, Fortify Software, has warned companies using VoIP private branch exchange (PBX) software that they are vulnerable to hacker attacks. The complex program code used in Internet telephony software makes it an easy target for hackers, said Fortify. Fortify’s warning comes days after the FBI told users of Asterisk VOIP PBX software to upgrade to

3CX, a developer of telecommunications software, has released version 7.0 of 3CX Phone System for Windows. In line with 3CX’s focus on delivering an easy to manage and use software-based IP PBX, the latest version offers a more user-friendly Management Console and User Interface. It allows users to configure their own extensions with advanced call handling

The mobile network operators have been quietly enhancing their cellular voice plans to make using their wireless networks for intra-company calls more economically appealing. For a couple of years, the big U.S. operators have offered calling plans that integrate, to a degree, your cellular phone with your PBX feature set and on-net campus calling price plan. Now, those options are becoming more nu...

Analysis: New products from vendors like Agito Networks and DiVitas Networks are making it easier for businesses to save money and ease concerns about their mobile platforms. - Products delivering fixed mobile convergence let enterprise administrators fully integrate mobile phones with the PBX, extending the reach and power of the companies telephony infrastructure to mobile users both in the offi...

The Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router lets Windows Mobile- or Symbian-based smart phones integrate directly with the corporate PBX, allowing users to have a single telephone profile no matter where they are or what type of network they are connected to. - ...

Agito's RoamAnywhere Mobility offering includes top-notch Wi-Fi fingerprinting technology, enabling mobile phone users to easily move about while saving businesses money on mobile minutes. The new Agito technology also offers high availability and additional security features. - The Agito RoamAnywhere Mobility solution does an excellent job of wedding a users mobile phone to the corporate PBX...

Perhaps I am getting a bit too cynical for my own good. To me, it just seems obvious that Junction Networks OnSIP hosted PBX solution can connect up with Fring, a mobile VoIP/IM client that supports many phones, including the Apple iPhone and my beloved Nokia S60 handsets. You might, therefore, wonder why it’s worthy

Users of Junction's hosted PBX service can now make, receive extension calls on their mobile phones.

Agito Networks, Inc. today announced that the latest release of its enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) solution is compliant with key IP PBX solutions from Avaya