Asterisk VoIP News has a great article detailing how Asterisk is taking over the enterprise.
From the article:

“Some of the most compelling data that we collected was simply around the wide variety of applications that Asterisk is now being used to address,” said Terry Atwood, vice president of sales, marketing and customer care at PIKA. “Of […]

Just over a month ago Packet8 issued a press release stating that it had signed an agreement with a service provider that will soon exit the VoIP market. This agreement calls for the exclusive recommendation of Packet8 as the replacement VoIP service for its soon-to-be-orphaned subscribers.
Today I am now seeing reports that NetZero intends to […]

One month after Digium acquired SwitchVox, Digium announces the immediate availability of a free version of SwitchVox.
From the Press Release:
The new product includes the telephony features of the widely used Switchvox SOHO edition and can be downloaded and installed in minutes on existing hardware. The release underscores Digium’s commitment to delivering full-featured telephony systems at […]

Initially I was not going to say anything about this, as doing so tends to do nothing more than to stir the horrnets nest. However, I am sick and tired of people bashing my company for no particular reason. For the record I am posting this on my own personal site and it does […]

After some quick work by Matthew Gamble, Asterisk now compiles, runs and handles calls without issue on Apple’s iPhone. I am not exactly sure how useful Asterisk running on the iPhone may be, but the fact that it runs is totally cool in my book.
Now only if Asterisk could integrate with the GSM radio to […]

Sipera VIPER Lab has disclosed multiple threat advisories for users of VoIP services and equipment from Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream.
From the Press Release:

Sipera VIPER Lab determined the Vonage VoIP Motorola Phone Adapter (VT 2142-VD) and Vonage service implementations leave users vulnerable to a form of VoIP identity theft, allowing hackers to take over a user’s […]

Digium has unveiled their new corporate headquarters in Huntzville, AL. Digium recently moved into their new facility. Now they are ready to show off the start of the new ‘Digium Campus Huntsville’.
From the press release:
The Digium ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. with Chamber of Commerce Officer Evan Quinlivan […]

On Oct. 19, 2007, AT&T filed a lawsuit against VoIP provider Vonage seeking damages for alleged patent infringement. How much more can Vonage take?
The patent that AT&T is alleging infringement is another very generic technology patent.
From U.S. Patent 6,487,200:

A packet telephone system which employs a packet network that provides virtual circuits. The packet telephone system […]

Today is a very sad day. Word has it that Digium has awarded an innovation award to DIDx, a company that has scammed VoIP providers into thinking their telephone numbers are being utilized by an end-user, where in reality Mr. Allahwala is reselling those services without bothering to inform the provider(s) of the actual usage […]

Russel Bryant has posted the Asterisk 1.6 Release Management Proposal to the Asterisk Developers mailing list.
From the announcement:

In short, as long as there are no significant disagreements, I plan to create an Asterisk 1.6.0-beta1 snapshot next week. I will continue to make beta tarballs until we are comfortable moving to release candidate status. […]