T38Fax Blog

Cisco has released the next generation replacement of the venerable SPA112 ATA, one of the company's most widely deployed ATAs which was declared EOL (End of Life) in the summer of 2020. These new ATAs are part of Cisco’s line of best-in-class small business voice gateways and ATAs, designed to support office or residential communication needs. The underlying technology has a strong pedigree in the SIP industry, having started out in the early days as Sipura Technology, which was wisely acquired by Cisco and branded as Linksys, then eventually promoted to the official Cisco brand.

The ATA191-MPP and ATA 192-MPP bring analog devices to the IP world by

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed interoperability testing with FreeSWITCH, a powerful open source telephony platform capable of routing and connecting various communication protocols such as audio, video or text. FreeSWITCH was designed by several former developers of the popular Asterisk open source PBX and was created to address the drawbacks of proprietary solutions with a focus on key design goals such as stability and scalability.

Today, FreeSWITCH is used by thousands of businesses from all corners of the globe in a range of industries, including carriers, communication startups and enterprise businesses. At its core, 

We’re excited to announce that we've successfully completed interoperability testing with FusionPBX, a popular web front-end to FreeSWITCH, the legendary cross-platform scalable (and free) multi-protocol softswitch. 

In simple terms, FusionPBX is to FreeSwitch as FreePBX is to Asterisk - in other words it’s FreeSWITCH for mere mortals. FreeSWITCH is a powerful and scalable voice switch used by many of the world’s leading telecommunications service providers and a large percentage of businesses worldwide, but it has a pretty steep learning curve and can take weeks, if not months to master. 

FusionPBX adds extra functionality to the FreeSwitch platform while making it easy to administer via an attractive

Do you manufacture or represent a product such as a VoIP gateway, ATA, fax server or other such device that supports T.38 Fax Over IP (FoIP)? Do you frequently hear from customers having trouble getting T.38 to work reliably in their environment? If so, do you wish you could recommend a SIP trunk provider who specializes in T.38 and offers carrier-grade T.38 termination and origination to pair with your equipment? Well I have great news for you, ... we do that.

Believe it or not, we sell SIP trunks whose only purpose in life is to offer reliable fax transmission! We use our own T.38 technology, backed by a team of fax industry veterans to deliver a truly carrier-grade level of service that rivals the PSTN. We also have a team of engineers that work hard testing T.38-enabled equipment to make sure it works seamlessly with our Power-T.38 service.

Once a device is interop certified, we post a knowledge base 

article on our support site and publicize it on our 

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed interoperability testing with another line of Grandstream's products, its UCM series IP PBXs. Grandstream Networks, Inc. has offered SIP Unified Communications solutions since 2002, and its products have been recognized for their quality, reliability, and innovation. Specifically, the Grandstream IP PBXs allow businesses to unify multiple communication technologies, such as voice, video calling, video conferencing, video surveillance, data tools, mobility options and facility access management onto one common network that can be managed and/or accessed remotely.

Grandstream's UCM series IP PBXs include a suite of devices that can anchor a business's communications network solution and support from 500 to 2000 users. The Grandstream UCM6100 series and UCM6200 series IP PBXs are similar, but the UCM6200 series can support more users (up to 800) and more concurrent calls (up to 100), The Grandstream UCM6510 IP PBX supports E1, T1, and J1 networks and offers scalability by supporting up to 2000 users. These secure and reliable devices deliver unified communications features without any licensing fees, costs-per-feature, or recurring fees.

Like other Grandstream products, the IP PBXs include extensive support for T.38. That means they can connect directly to our fax-optimized SIP trunks using our Power-T.38 service. Or these products can talk to us through

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed interoperability testing with Grandstream’s HT800 series ATAs. Grandstream Networks, Inc. has offered SIP Unified Communications solutions since 2002, and its products have been recognized for their quality, reliability, and innovation. The HT series of ATAs delivers powerful VoIP technology and routing capabilities to home and office environments, and allows users to successfully connect their analog devices to a manageable, robust network. Built using Grandstream’s market-leading SIP ATA/gateway technology, with millions of units successfully deployed worldwide, these powerful ATAs feature exceptional voice quality in various applications and environments.

The HT800 series of ATAs includes 4 different models, giving customers the flexibility to choose the right device

Do you remember the good old days, when things were simple? In the early days of fax, you used physical fax boards and servers, connected to real, tangible ISDN PRI T1 lines. Traditional phone lines were circuit-switched, which is a fancy way of saying they were optimized to deliver perfect audio every time, independent of conditions. Faxing was error free. The physical hardware worked well.

Then came progress. And three things happened to disrupt the status quo:

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed interoperability testing with AudioCodes’ MediaPack 1xx series of analog media gateways. AudioCodes designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP), converged VoIP and Data networking products and communications applications for Service providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader focused on converged VoIP and data communications and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Cable, and Enterprise networks.

AudioCodes’ MediaPack 1xx series gateways are cost-effective, stand-alone VoIP gateways that provide superior voice technology for connecting legacy telephones, fax machines, and PBX systems with IT telephony networks and IP-based PBX systems. These gateways have up to 24 analog ports, provide superior voice technology, and offer a rich set of advanced telephony features. They are also T.38 fax compliant, which makes them a great fit 

Guest author, Natalie DeCario, is the Marketing Manager at VoIP Innovations, a wholesale VoIP provider that specializes in providing Origination, Termination, E911, Hosted Billing, Fraud Detection, and an End User Portal.

Some will argue that the key to an ITSP’s (Internet Telephony Service Provider) success is to add the combination of choice, automation, and control to their business strategy. This is especially important when trying to reduce the time it takes to keep up with the clerical, yet necessary tasks such as billing customers, porting DIDs, and originating and terminating DIDs. While these tasks keep an ITSP afloat, they are also causing owners to slow down their operations and over clutter their agenda with tactical efforts that take away from strategy and bottom line.

Fortunately, VoIP Innovations has created a platform that allows ITSPs to use technology to receive the choice, 

Guest author, Mike Coffee, is the President and CEO of NetGen Communications (NetGen), a spin-off of Commetrex Corporation. NetGen produced the SmartATA® through their partnership with New Rock Technologies.

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