Industry News

Since we opened our doors in 2004, OnSIP's engineers and VoIP experts have longed for a 100% VoIP cellular network. So we were intrigued to hear that a company named FreedomPop may become the first-ever all-IP mobile operator. FreedomPop's service sounds like a great idea, but we sat down with our Senior Software Engineer Eric Tamme to get his critical opinion on what the advantages and limitations of such a network are today.

For a long time now, office receptionists and call center managers have relied on phone sidecars and flashing buttons to get a bird’s eye view of which co-workers were on a call. The phone’s flashing lights, Busy Lamp Field, seems a simple enough feature. However, it’s not so simple in a world today as businesses increasingly need geographic flexibility, the ability to connect multiple offices, remote workers, and traveling employees with smart phones.

Today, businesses require phone systems that are just as complex as they are. But the fundamental need of being able to see when a co-worker is on a call has never changed. That’s why OnSIP has innovated its own Busy Lamp Field (BLF) support. It’s a technology that gives you an accurate snapshot of your phone system, regardless of where your co-workers are located or what phones they’re using.

Telephony Geeks, Patent Enthusiasts, History Buffs, and General Appreciators of All Things Cool: I may have just made your Friday night plans.

Did you know the man who patented the speakerphone, direct dialing, voice-activated calling, call forwarding, and conference calling, and 34 more telecom-related inventions was never paid royalties and turned mobster, wanted by FBI? The story of Walter L. Shaw, Genius on Hold, was released March 1st and opens in theaters tonight.

Java 7 has recently made the news for security concerns highlighted by the Department of Homeland Security this past Wednesday. Oracle, owners of Java, quickly responded by releasing a Java 7 update yesterday, Sunday, January 13, 2013. Because we use Java in our web application my.OnSIP, we would like to briefly explain what this all means and how it affects you.

What's Java and Which OnSIP Applications Use It?

As you may know, Java is a cross-platform programming language and computing platform that was first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995 and is now provided by Oracle. It's often used in web applications to give the applications more native capability than the browser will allow. A similar and competing alternative is Adobe's Flash.