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I first wrote about  Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams on this blog in September 2018 when I described it as Microsoft’s telecoms coming of age. I subsequently organised a Teams workshop on the subject in London which was really well attended by ITSPs from the UK and Europe with standing room only at the back.Read more

Using Netaxis Session Routing Engine for a STIR/SHAKEN implementation Robocalls are a major issue in the United States of America. In 2018 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received 232,000 complaints concerning them. The issue has manifested itself with almost 15,000 victims suffering $72 million of known IRS fraud since 2013. The real number is likelyRead more

The makings of a specialist VoIP company I joined Netaxis just over three years ago. I was employee number 26 as I recall. Something like that anyway. Well now we are over 50 people. It isn’t quite the case that I can’t remember everyone’s name yet although living and working in the UK and notRead more

The Netaxis Solution for Number Portability Automation Number Porting automation is one of our specialisms at Netaxis Solutions. Our API Orchestrator (APIO) modules enable a number of use cases. The best known (see numerous APIO blogs) is the role APIO has in mediating Cisco BroadWorks provisioning in the Telco IT landscape and the portals itRead more

Build a workflow using APIO as a replacement for Loki provisioning portal in Cisco BroadWorks UC It’s been a busy time at Netaxis. Very busy with lovely customers wanting our help with their Cisco BroadWorks Unified Communications projects. BroadWorks is the swiss army knife of UC platforms: extremely powerful yet complex to operate and integrate.Read more

I thought it would be worth thinking about the situation we are all in right now. Most folk are working from home, some with better conditions than others. If you are stuck in an apartment with no garden and a couple of small kids to entertain it is going to be a lot harder thanRead more

VoIP Call Simulation improvements with new software release Sigma is our VoIP call simulator product which includes a capability of building scenarios for conformance testing. Sigma VoIP call simulator also embeds the SIP P high volume traffic generator with a control wraparound to make it of more use in situations that demand more functionality andRead more

APIO for Broadworks – integration made easy  How does APIO relate to Cisco Broadworks APIO is a mediation layer between network elements such as the Cisco Broadworks platform and Northbound resources that include a customer self care portal, provisioning tools and general integration with IT systems. APIO is used as a replacement for Cisco’s nowRead more

Netaxis APIO is finalist in 3 prestigious ITSPA Awards Netaxis APIO has made it to the shortlist for 3 ITSPA Awards: Best Software, Best Infrastructure Solution and Best Innovation.  APIO is hot property right now due to its positioning as a replacement for the Loki provisioning platform for Cisco BroadWorks. Cisco ended support for LokiRead more

Use of APIO as a Loki replacement This post discusses the use of Netaxis APIO as a replacement for the Cisco Broadwords Loki provisioning platform. Cisco Broadworks Cisco Broadworks is a SIP based voice and UC platform, originally built by Broadsoft. Broadsoft was acquired by Cisco in February 2018. The Broadworks platform is used byRead more