Conferencing Solutions

Asterisk 15 is out with a new set of enhanced features that portend well for the future of communication. There are noticeable gains in conferencing that set trends in this segment for 2019 and beyond. Multi participant audio-video conferencing gets better The previous version had a single pipe that had to accommodate various frames. This presented performance bottlenecks. The latest version includes streaming and capability to handle multiple in and out audio and video streams. Conference calls become smoother and, as a result lead to widespread adoption, especially video conferencing. Better WebRTC integration WebRTC has gained a name for video and audio chats and conferencing. Now Asterisk includes options that can be configured for WebRTC. Bundle support is also included to allow multiple media streams to utilize the same transport mechanism. In plain words this results in a much improved transformation in audio-video conferencing with the WebRTC layer. D...

It is a quiet revolution in the communication field that has been gaining traction ever since it arrived on the scene about five years ago. The world needs to thank primarily Google and backers like Cisco, Microsoft and Ericsson. That revolution is WebRTC. The traditional method of video conferencing is expensive, resource intensive and prone to issues. One had to put in place dedicated hardware backed by software and then trust internet bandwidth speeds to be maintained to enable jitter-free video. It was a usual practice to create a separate video conferencing room with all associated hardware to enable a video conference. Enterprises also had to pay for software and its maintenance. All these are rendered obsolete since the arrival of WebRTC. WebRTC is blossoming at the right time when enterprises worldwide are laying greater emphasis on video conferencing solutions as a vital tool. It works for departmental collaboration, for collaboration between emplo...