“Franklin Telecom…announced today the availability of a T1
line interface card with an Open Source Linux driver. The
card, dubbed the ICT1, provides the growing Linux community with a
telephone line interface board designed exclusively for use with
the Linux operating system. The ICT1 card supports Multi-Vendor
Integration Protocol (MVIP) and can be used in hardware supporting
a wide variety of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications,
including Internet PBX, Data Voice Gateways, fax servers, terminal
servers, channel banks and more.”
“According to Franklin CEO Frank Peters, “While much excitement
has been engendered recently over Linux IPO’s-like Red Hat,
Inc….and VA Linux…-it’s interesting to note that all of our
VoIP products, including our award-winning Tempest System and the
forthcoming Breeze and Typhoon lines have been Linux based from
their inception. We haven’t needed to add Linux compatibility-it
was designed in from the beginning. This is very gratifying when
you see the renewed interest in Linux by companies like
Corel…Caldera…and SuSE, in Germany.” The ICT1 is available for
immediate shipment in CSU and DSX versions to system developers and
integrators.”