Skype / Digium Partnership Announced

Just this morning at the AstriCon 2008 event, Skype and Digium announced a collaboration partnership and the beta version of Skype For Asterisk. This partnership will allow “the integration of Skype functionality into Digium’s Asterisk software and enable customers to make, receive and transfer Skype calls from within their Asterisk phone systems.” This very exciting feature development will significantly benefit both platforms, allowing business users to “make, receive and transfer Skype calls from within Asterisk phone systems, using existing hardware.” In addition, this collaboration will allow users to “save money on inbound calling solutions such as free click-to-call from a website, as well as receive inbound calling from the PSTN through Skype’s online numbers.” For more on this exciting late-breaking story, please visit the Digium press release, “Digium and Skype Collaborate to Bring Skype to Business Phone Systems.” In the next few weeks, I hope to discuss this new functionality and partnership with Digium and Skype. Stay tuned!