VoFi (VoIP over WiFi) - Integration of edgeBOX and NextHop’s WiFi Software

Critical Links will integrate NextHop’s wireless LAN controller software into their VoIP gateway software, to deliver a single turnkey VoFi (Voice over WiFi). This integration will provide integrated, production-ready software, reduce time-to-market and decrease development risk.

The Critical Links’s edgeBOX software platform is an all-in-one, remotely manageable networking device that incorporates the latest in-demand technologies such as VoIP, IP-PBX, VPNs, security and QoS. It also provides network access control, has an integrated router and ADSL modem, and can be used as a web server, email server and storage device.

Peter Tyndale, Critical Links, said:

…Setting up a network requires increasingly complex configuration for VoIP-over-WiFi with access point roaming for wireless handsets being a big issue. NextHop's innovative wireless controller software offers quick deployment of wireless LAN infrastructure coupled with scalable, reliable coverage for VoFi voice clients…

Critical Links:
Critical Links is an international networking software company and provider of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or business gateway targeted at SMBs and Enterprise Branch Offices. edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMBs.

PG Menon, NextHop, said:

There is a growing demand in the enterprise and carrier market for simple, out-of-the box yet reliable solutions to support VoFi clients. We believe we are unique in providing the necessary simplicity, reliability and scalability required to support large numbers of roaming VoFi clients…

Next Hop Technologies:
NextHop Technologies is a developer of networking software for the wired and wireless communications. NextHop’s GateD legacy provides complete set of production-ready networking protocols.

The integration of edgeBOX  and NextHop's WiFi software creates a comprehensive, easy-to-mange business gateway solution for enterprise and carrier markets.

update May 13 2007

Critical Links will be launching the edgeBOX 4.3 solution at Sviaz/Expocomm Moscow

Peter Tyndale, VP for Business Development at Critical Links:

EdgeBOX allows Critical Links' partners to deploy a wide range of value-added services today, while retaining the capability to deliver tomorrow's applications and services using the very same platform..

They need security and the capability to run advanced applications, just like larger installations. edgeBOX is an innovative and cost-effective "Office in a Box" networking device providing complete converged voice and data network services which can easily be remotely managed by a service provider or at the corporate data centre…

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Source: Critical Links