Michael Iedema (michael@askozia.com)

Outline
! who am I?
! what is IKT?
! what is AskoziaPBX?
! should you care?
! what is yet to come?
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IKT
! Voice / Media over
IP
! OSS Integration
! NGN / IMS /
TISPAN
! QoS Mechanisms
! Protocol
Conformity Tests
! IPv6
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Background
! Asterisk’s flexibility creates complexity for
normal users
! will everyone eventually need a PBX?
... a glorified answering machine?
... a “phone router”?
! IKT formally sponsors initial development
! first public beta released on June 1, 2007
after 6 months of development
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Philosophy
! hybrid PBX
! logical defaults
! common terminology
! nothing less or more than the necessities
! “phone router”
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Current State
! Asterisk 1.4 “appliance” distribution
! SIP, IAX, ISDN and Analog phone and
provider accounts
! conferencing, transfers, voicemail via e-
mail
! <15MB firmware images
... 6 hardware specific and a “generic-pc” image
! multilingual audio prompts
... de, dk, en-us, en-gb, es, fr-fr, fr-ca, it, jp, nl,
ru, sw
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More than a GUI
! entire system configurable via WebGUI
... network, wireless, isdn and analog interfaces
... firmware upgrades, smtp client, ntp,
localization...
! configuration stored as a single xml file
... simplified backup / restore / provisioning
! simple package system to add
functionality to existing firmware
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<sip>
! <phone>
! ! <extension>200</extension>
! ! <callerid>Michael Iedema (office)</callerid>
! ! <secret>supersecret</secret>
! ! <provider>SIP-PROVIDER-11618267424832</provider>
! ! <codec>ulaw</codec>
! ! <uniqid>SIP-PHONE-4093618224832</uniqid>
! </phone>
! <provider>
! ! <name>test provider</name>
! ! <readbacknumber>12345</readbacknumber>
! ! <username>myuser</username>
! ! <secret>somesecret</secret>
! ! <host>testprovider.com</host>
! ! <dialpattern>X!</dialpattern>
! ! <calleridsource>phones</calleridsource>
! ! <incomingextensionmap>
! ! ! <destinationid>SIP-PHONE-4093618224832</destinationid>
! ! </incomingextensionmap>
! ! <codec>ulaw</codec>
! ! <uniqid>SIP-PROVIDER-11618267424832</uniqid>
! </provider>
</sip>

Project Stats
! roughly 21,000 lines of code (Cocomo ~
$200,000 USD)
! more than 60,000 downloads
! ... and 700,000 page visits
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Project Stats
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...Shoulders of Giants
! Open Source is fantastic!
! impossible to develop such a complex
system with so few resources
... simplifying usage of an existing group of
packages
! tech savvy testers
... feature ideas
... cultural / regional input
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...Shoulders of Giants
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Cooperation
! appliance hardware manufacturers
! system integrators
! developers
! current sponsors:
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AskoziaPBX Based Appliances, e.g.
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AskoziaPBX Based Appliances, e.g.
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Customization Services e.g.
! Branding
! Pre-Configuration
! Locking to Hardware
or Service Provider
! ...
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Future Directions
! porting to Linux for expanded architecture
support
! proper api, package development platform for
third parties
! automatic secure interconnection of systems
! a truly plug-and-play “phone router”
! stripped-down gateway platform
! user portal
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Questions
! ???
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