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News Release from: Pika Technologies | Subject: Pika Connect for Asterisk
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 January 2007

Software makes the most of DSP-based
gateway

Software allows Asterisk users to take advantage of the DSP-quality software-based echo cancellation offered by Pika's PrimeNet T1/E1 Gateway board and Pika Connect for Asterisk software.

Pika Technologies has released a new version of its Pika Connect for Asterisk software package Among the improvements and new features it contains, this release allows Asterisk users to take advantage of the DSP-quality software-based echo cancellation offered by Pika's PrimeNet T1/E1 Gateway board and Pika Connect for Asterisk software

With 20 years experience in the board market, PIKA has evolved many of its TDM interface cards to fully integrate into the Asterisk open source PBX platform to provide the most reliable choice for Asterisk applications.

The PrimeNet T1/E1 Gateway board was first released to the market in the spring of 2006.

Providing support for up to four T1/E1 spans, this 5.3in PCI card was specially designed and optimised to work with Pika's patent-pending AllOnHost media processing software technology.

The number of spans the board supports is field upgradeable; if a single span board is initially purchased, it can be expanded to a dual, triple or quad with the simple purchase of a software licence.

Installation is as simple as downloading and installing the Pika channel driver for Asterisk with the AllOnHost media processing software and plugging in the board.

A PCIe version of this card, offering the same features and benefits, will be available later this year.

Pika Connect for Asterisk is a channel driver distributed under the Gnu Public Licence.

Pika's prior version provided Asterisk interoperability with its high-density, four- to 24-port analogue boards and low density, one- to four-port analogue boards, as well as with Skype.

This new version adds interoperability with Pika's new T1/E1 Digital Gateway board, thus offering a full line of network connectivity options to Asterisk developers and end users around the world.

"The Asterisk development community continues to benefit from advanced features like reliable fax and DSP-quality echo cancellation in both analogue and digital applications, made possible by PIKA's advanced media processing technology", said Terry Atwood, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Care at Pika.

"Finally, the Asterisk community has a cost-effective answer when customers and users demand traditionally high levels of voice and fax quality and reliability".

Pika has also opened a new e-commerce web store, which is available through the company's main site.

The store gives Asterisk developers and end users a fast, easy method to procure the hardware they require.

Pika's analogue and digital boards for Asterisk are available through the store.

Pika Connect for Skype, an Asterisk plug-in that allows incoming Skype calls to be handled by an Asterisk system in the same manner as calls received from the traditional telephone network, is also available.

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