OpenVoice, which designs, delivers and implements telecoms solutions by way of open source platforms, was launched officially in Johannesburg last night.
The company`s focus is open source application Asterisk, a converged telecommunications platform that allows different types of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony hardware, middleware and software to interface with each other consistently.
"The market is certainly ready to take advantage of a host of telecommunications solutions, from a basic PBX setup to the more advanced VOIP (voice over IP) solutions now available," says OpenVoice director Clayton Hayward.
"VOIP is poised to join the World Wide Web and e-mail as the third ubiquitous and critical Internet application to date and the next decade will prove this."
Hayward predicts that by the start of the next decade, analogue telephony will have become rare in the developed world.
He says the use of an open platform gives companies a flexible, low-cost alternative that can easily be upgraded.
Asterisk supports both VOIP and legacy public switch telephone network connectivity.
Director Justin Colyn says OpenVoice is finalising a black economic empowerment deal, and "we are very excited about the partner we have on board".
Hayward says the company recently won a significant deal to implement Asterisk at a call centre in Cape Town. He adds that the project took only five weeks.
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