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Title: EARTHLINK'S FLING WITH VLING COULD VALIDATE OPEN SOURCE

Author: McElligott, Tim Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Telephony, v246 n16 p14(2) Publication Date: Sep 5, 2005
  ISSN: 0040-2656
URL of Publication: http://www.internettelephony.com

Pingtel's SIPxua and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) are highlighted in a discussion of Earthlink's Vling, which is a free downloadable soft client for a potential voice-enabled messaging service. Vling is available on a trial basis. The implementation of the foundational signaling stack is based on Pingtel technology, which adopted an open source business model over a year ago. Pingtel's SIP is the best choice for EarthLink, but to the open source community, the implementation of the Pingtel SIPxua user agent was an ideal example of how an open source business model works. EarthLink has a contract with Pingtel, but continues to evaluate the Vling client, of which Pingtel's SIPxua product is part. Tom Hsieh, director of voice product development and engineering at EarthLink, says response to the trial has been good, and Earthlink now has more information on how people will use Vling. EarthLink has said it licensed software from Pingtel, and Pingtel says the software is free, but a contract is in place for support and maintenance. A spokesman for SipFoundry says there is currently a market trend evolving that will have a substantial effect on the market for acceleration and adoption of standards-based solutions.

Companies:
EarthLink Inc Pingtel Corp

Products:
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) SIPxua
Vling

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