Polycom today announced the upcoming availability of the Polycom SoundPoint IP 5000, a new entry level SIP conference phone designed to sit alongside it’s bigger relatives, the IP 6000 and IP 7000. The new IP 5000 comes with many of the features found in the larger models, including HD Voice, but has a smaller microphone [...]

It’s one of the most frustrating and complex problems that you’ll ever face deploying IP PBXs such as Asterisk, FreeSWITCH and 3CX when interconnecting with analog telephone (PSTN) lines – ECHO! The usual first reaction is to add some hardware echo cancellation and hope for the best, but it usually is not the best solution. [...]