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Skype for SIP, it’s about time!

By Erik Lagerway | March 23, 2009 | aastra, communications, d-link, Erik Lagerway, IM & Presence with SIMPLE and XCAP, Media Engines, microsoft, mobile sip, Open Source, P2P SIP, P2P VoIP, phone services, Recording, response point, response point, SIP phone software, SIP Standards, Skype, Small Medium Business in Canada, small office phone systems, syspine, voip, VoIP for the Masses, Xten - Latest and Greatest | 4 Comments

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Back in 2004 I wrote a post relating to the VON Canada Panel I sat on with Niklas Zennstrom. It was an interesting debate on open standards (SIP in this case) and closed networks, specifically Skype. I was quite vocal about how silly I thought Skype was not to include SIP, a few of you picked up on that ;)

It looks like something good came of the eBay purchase as we now see a Skype pushing towards open standards, good stuff!

On a similar note, I heard a rumour that it’s likely Jason Fischl the current CTO at Counterpath (Xten) will be going over to work with Jonathan Christensen (General Manager – Media Platform) at Skype. Jason was an early advocate of SIP in the IETF and works with some of the best minds on the subject: Cullen Jennings, Robert Sparks, Alan Duric come to mind.

This could get interesting.

I will do some testing with SkypeforSIP & Response Point and post the results along with my comments on what this new offer from Skype might mean for Response Point.

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GIPS faces some stiff competition

By Erik Lagerway | July 13, 2005 | Media Engines | Comments Off

Global IP Sound or GIPS have been doing quite well recently with wins including a deal with Microsoft. It would be interesting to know what the MS deal looks like. I have heard via another company who have licensed GIPS technology that their revenue model doesn’t seem as though it will be able to sustain itself and includes unlimited pricing for as low as 50k.

Other sources I have spoken to also say that GIPS will soon be facing some pretty serious competition in the Voice media dept. Considering the source is someone I have a great deal of respect for I am inclined to believe him.

Choice is a good thing, which is what current and prospective GIPS customers will soon have.

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