Monday, April 9, 2007

Open Source Telephony Becoming More Compelling

Open Source Telephony Becoming More Compelling

By Greg Royal, 04/09/2007

One of the most interesting transformations in the telecommunications industry is the transformation of business models, specifically in this case, the Asterisk PBX. The fascination is in applying the Linux Open Source Model, give away the product and sell the services, to your telephone system.

Read more from this post on the pros and cons of open source telephony / networking, and hints on where the market could be headed - Network World

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Open-source mobile phones could unleash sales

Open-source mobile phones could unleash sales

ARNAT LEEMAKDEJ, Apr 4, 2007

The Chinese government joined with a large cellular phone manufacturer, First International Computing (FIC) to create the first phone that runs an open-source operating system called OpenMoko.

Their phone comes with a touch screen, micro SD flash card slot, Bluetooth, GPRS, and GPS, and can run Windows Mobile as an alternative OS.

Called Neo1973 in recognition of the year the cell phone was invented, the prototype is now ready to ship to developers and the public release has been set for Sept 2007.

Read the full news story from here @ Bangkok Post

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