Asterisk Enhances Phone Systems Based on Open Source and Commercial Asterisk

Digium, the Asterisk (News - Alert) Company, announced today its Fax For Asterisk, a complete, cost-effective platform for any fax solution. According to a statement released by the company, the new Fax For Asterisk provides Asterisk users and integrators a suite of user-friendly applications and a licensed version of the industry-leading fax modem software from Commetrex (News - Alert).

 

To meet the demanding requirements of business users, Fax For Asterisk provides reliable faxing across the Internet and public switched telephone network (PSTN), the statement said.

 

The software is available free of charge and Diguim claims that it has been downloaded millions of times for use by individual developers and systems integrators creating custom telephony solutions for businesses. For those who are interested in an upgraded version, Asterisk is also available as the professional-grade and commercially supported Asterisk Business Edition.

 

“Asterisk users, developers and integrators now have a toolkit allowing them to integrate fax with their phone systems,” said Bill Miller (News - Alert), vice president of product management at Digium. “With Fax For Asterisk, Digium offers a reliable and fully supported fax solution.”

 

Fax For Asterisk interoperates with standards-compliant fax machines connected to Asterisk 1.4 and 1.6 on x86 Linux systems. It provides low-speed PSTN faxing via DAHDI-compatible telephony interface cards as well as VoIP faxing to T.38-compatible SIP end points and service providers. Fax For Asterisk operates at speeds up to 14.4kbps and supports V.17, V.27 and V.29 fax modems.

 

To download Fax For Asterisk visit the Digium (News - Alert) Webstore. Multi-session licenses are available for a one-time fee of $38.50 per channel. Fax capabilities for Digium’s Switchvox IP PBX (News - Alert) were announced in February of this year company officials stated and are based on this solution.