Cuts freak people out. No matter how well-planned, if you’re going to migrate service from Thing A to Thing B, there’s going to be an awful moment in the middle where you’re not sure if it worked. And sometimes it didn’t work, and then you have a race against time to fix it, or cut… Continue Reading
Partnership with TelcoBridges
As announced on TelcoBridges blog, we have signed on to be a TelcoBridges Alliance Partner. I’ve previously shared how pleased I was by the announcement that Metaswitch and TelcoBridges have entered into an interoperability agreement, and it’s that agreement that has led to this partnership. Metaswitch has always been primarily a software company, and in… Continue Reading
In praise of local service providers
It’s a new year, and with this new date on the calendar it’s a natural time for reflection. I took last week off work, and spent most of the time with my family, taking hikes and watching movies. (By the way, Netflix’s collection of Christmas movies is astonishing to someone who doesn’t watch Hallmark –… Continue Reading
Horses, mouse-droppings and resilient networks
I was recently browsing rural accommodation options for a future vacation, and came across a ranch in the mountains in a good location. That’s a good start, so I started looking at reviews for this place. The average rating was 4 stars (out of 5), which is pretty good, but I also noticed quite a… Continue Reading
Sending location automatically for 911 calls – January 2022 deadline
If you sell UCaaS / Hosted PBX services there’s an important deadline coming up in about 6 weeks. By January 6, 2022 all 911 calls (including those from software-based SIP clients), need to have accurate location information – even if someone picks up their laptop, walks to Starbucks, then dials 911 on their laptop’s software… Continue Reading
Metaswitch partners with TelcoBridges for media gateways. And all the people rejoiced.
On November 3 TelcoBridges and Metaswitch announced a new partnership. “We are delighted to be certifying TelcoBridges to provide another media gateway option with proven interoperation with the Metaswitch Call Feature Server product family and integrated with the always-on diagnostic capability provided by our MetaView Service Assurance Server.” Joe Weeden, VP of Voice Core infrastructure at… Continue Reading