Worldwide Interoperability on VoIP using IPv6
March 08 2007 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Asterisk(R) over IPv6 brings seamless and ubiquitous VoIP
LUXEMBOURG, MIAMI, QUEBEC CITY, VANCOUVER, March 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The IPv6 Forum, along with Viagenie,
Stealth Communications and CounterPath Solutions, today announced
that a series of successful VoIP calls over IPv6 has been carried
out, marking an important advancement in worldwide interoperability
among VoIP technologies using IPv6. The VoIP calls, connecting
Viagenie in Canada and Consulintel in Spain, were conducted using
the CounterPath eyeBeam(TM) softphone through the IPv6 version of
Asterisk(R), ported by Viagenie, a consulting and R&D firm in
advanced IP networking. The Asterisk-IPv6 server was located on
Stealth Communications' Voice Peering Fabric (VPF) network.
Asterisk is the most popular and extensible open source telephone
system in the world, offering flexibility, functionality and
features not available in advanced, high-end (high-cost)
proprietary business systems. Asterisk is a complete IP PBX
(private branch exchange) for businesses, and can be downloaded for
free. "Asterisk-IPv6 shows the power of VoIPv6 by avoiding all
issues regarding NAT traversal when using IPv4. The presence of NAT
for VoIPv4 results in users issues, such as non-connecting calls,
one-way audio, non-working DTMF. Asterisk-IPv6 solves all these
issues and also brings, together with IPv6, true IP mobility,
security and autoconfiguration of VoIPv6 phones," states Marc
Blanchet, President of Viagenie. "The IPv6 Forum and its IPv6 Ready
Program are adding SIP into its test suite to promote SIP and IPv6
interoperability worldwide. This is another major milestone in
demonstrating true end to end services," stresses Latif Ladid, IPv6
Forum President. "EyeBeam implements the ICE standard from the
IETF, providing a migration path from IPv4 to IPv6 networks. This
series of calls demonstrates a successful test of IPv6 in a real
network and represents an important step toward the widespread
deployment of IPv6 technology," said Jason Fischl, CTO of
CounterPath. "The Voice Peering Fabric ENUM Registry and SRV
Registry are fully IPv6 enabled. These registries map telephone
numbers to Internet addresses, enabling companies globally to route
VoIP phone calls among one another in a peer-to-peer fashion
without touching the public telephony networks," said Shrihari
Pandit, President & CEO of Stealth Communications. VPF is a
distributed Ethernet network that functions as an exchange or
meet-point for organizations around the world, carrying over
one-hundred billion minutes annually. About the IPv6 Forum
-------------------- The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of
leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education
Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to
promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a
quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide
equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the
IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the
deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum
and staged in various locations around the world to provide
industry and market with the best available information on this
rapidly advancing technology. http://www.ipv6forum.com/ About
Viagenie -------------- Viagenie is a consulting and research and
development firm in advanced IP networking, with more than 10 years
of experience in IPv6. Viagenie staff co-founded IPv6Forum and has
been active in standards (IETF) and deployments (Japan, US, Canada,
Europe) of IPv6 and VoIP. http://www.viagenie.ca/. Asterisk-IPv6
project web site: http://www.asteriskv6.org/ About Stealth
Communications ---------------------------- Stealth Communications
celebrates more than a decade in the telecom industry with its
successful lines of services based on Ethernet and IP technology.
With a positive attitude towards improving telecommunications and
endless innovation benefiting communities, Stealth has earned a
great reputation in the industry by providing quality services and
customer satisfaction. Stealth works closely with its customers and
partners who are in the telecom, financial, realty, educational and
government sector. For more information on Stealth, visit:
http://www.stealth.net/. About CounterPath -----------------
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: CTPS), is a developer of
award-winning, carrier-grade VoIP and Video over IP SIP softphones
for telecom and Internet telephony service providers, cable
operators, IP-PBX manufacturers and infrastructure manufacturers.
CounterPath's SIP softphones and softphone SDKs (Software
Development Kits), which provide VoIP, Video over IP, IM (Instant
Messaging) and Presence functionality and can be preconfigured to
our customer's VoIP service, are predominantly licensed on a per
seat or per subscriber basis, either co-branded or private labeled.
CounterPath's technology is deployed by over 235 customers in more
than 50 countries. Additional information about CounterPath and
CounterPath's products and services is available at
http://www.counterpath.com/. Asterisk and the Asterisk logo are
trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of
their respected owners. CONTACT: IPv6 Forum, Latif Ladid, (+352) 30
71 35 (Luxembourg), ; Viagenie, Marc Blanchet, (418) 656-9254, ;
Stealth Communications, Shrihari Pandit, (212) 232-2020, ;
CounterPath Solutions, Rob Brown, (604) 320-3344 x.120, DATASOURCE:
CounterPath Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: IPv6 Forum, Latif Ladid,
(+352) 30 71 35 (Luxembourg), ; Viagenie, Marc Blanchet, (418)
656-9254, ; Stealth Communications, Shrihari Pandit, (212)
232-2020, ; CounterPath Solutions, Rob Brown, (604) 320-3344 x.120,
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