CableLabs developing SIP trunking specs for business voice

Cable companies offer a number of residential VoIP services, but to land large business accounts they need more advanced technology. While some cable companies are offering their residential-style VoIP services to small businesses, most are looking forward to the day when SIP Trunking will allow them to really handle the load most big businesses require. Enter CableLabs. They are working on a SIP Trunking extension to the PacketCable 2.0 to allow MSOs to interoperate with PBXs and land bigger business customers.

CableLabs' SIP Enterprise Connect, being developed in conjunction with SIP Forum and the Internet Engineering Task Force, will eventually be published as a PacketCable 2.0 extension. The extension will be aimed at creating an industry-wide spec for interconnecting IP-PBXs and MSOs dictating how softswitches, PBX gear, telephony application servers, session border controllers, and gateway devices will all work together.

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