Open Source VoIP Guide Part 2: Who Uses It? | Linux Today

Open Source VoIP Guide Part 2: Who Uses It?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 6, 2007

“The Asterisk open source VoIP platform is making ‘pretty
substantial headway’ in the business market place, says creator
Mark Spencer.

“In Australia, the Adairs retail chain has deployed Asterisk
throughout its seventy stores while ‘a large Australian airline’
uses Asterisk to provide its real time flight information service.
The Brisbane-based American Express help desk also runs on
Asterisk. Many of the world’s largest Asterisk rollouts are in
universities and, in Australia, the University of Queensland and
Charles Sturt University have deployed Asterisk for students and
staff…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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