{"id":3420,"date":"2013-04-25T18:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T18:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commetrex.com\/?page_id=3420"},"modified":"2020-01-14T09:01:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:01:44","slug":"commetrex-copia-support-rfc6913","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commetrex.com\/?page_id=3420","title":{"rendered":"Commetrex and Copia Support RFC 6913, Enabling International FoIP Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1578992501948{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]Atlanta, GA \u2013 April 22, 2013<\/b> \u2013 Commetrex, known for its ability to \u201cmake FoIP work,\u201d announces support for the fax media-feature tag specified in RFC 6913, released by the IETF in March. The company plans to add support to its BladeWare<\/a> fax platform to support intelligent FoIP routing in SIP networks. According to Cliff Schornak, Commetrex\u2019 CTO, \u201cLess-than-optimum routing of FoIP calls by carriers is the primary reason for poor FoIP success rates in international FoIP calls, and it\u2019s not because they don\u2019t want to, it\u2019s because the SIP standards didn\u2019t support it prior to RFC 6913.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For the last three years, there has been unprecedented cooperation between the international carriers of the i3 Forum<\/a> and the SIP Forum<\/a> FoIP Task Group to perform the testing needed to get to the bottom of the poor success rate of international FoIP calls. As reported on the SIP Forum website, these organizations know that the global network can\u2019t complete the move to IP until fax over IP becomes reliable. Fortunately, the testing uncovered systemic problems that can be solved by making small but significant changes to how FoIP calls are routed by the carriers. The SIP Forum recommended a change to industry standards, resulting in RFC 6913, and the i3 Forum is publishing a best-practices document. Together, these initiatives will enable the \u201cPSTN cord to be finally cut,\u201d according to Mike Coffee, Commetrex CEO.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, FoIP calls are sent over routes that, although they might be optimum for voice, are \u2018mean and cruel\u2019 to fax,\u201d according to Steve Hersee, of Copia International, which participated in the testing. \u201cThese routes were \u2018fax-hostile,\u2019 while what we needed were \u2018fax-friendly\u2019 routes,\u201d explained Hersee. \u201cThere was one big problem: in the standard way FoIP calls are handled, the carrier\u2019s routing algorithms could not know that a call was going to be a fax until the called terminal answered. This made it impossible to route the call over those fax-friendly routes using the current standards. Fortunately, the SIP Forum\u2019s recommended changes were accepted by the ITEF. And now carriers can use the \u2018SIP.fax\u2019 media-feature tag to proactively route FoIP calls over qualified rotes. Obviously, we need to get the industry\u2019s equipment and carrier communities on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s where RFC 6913 comes in,\u201d added Coffee. \u201cFax don\u2019t get no respect,\u201d he says. \u201cThere are 16 media-feature tags defined in RFC 3840 that may be put in SIP headers to aid in routing decisions, but not a single one specified that an originating SIP UAC was a fax in order to allow the carrier to select that fax-friendly route. But that\u2019s a thing of the past if we can get the industry to support this initiative. We are excited about these developments and pleased to support them in our products.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” el_class=”press_release_inner_page” css=”.vc_custom_1578991890670{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column el_class=”press_release_inner_page_bg”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

About Commetrex<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Commetrex, after providing industry-leading fax technologies to the telecom equipment OEM for over a decade, has developed\u00a0BladeWare\u2122<\/a>, an advanced-architecture all-software telephony platform that supports FoIP with SIP signaling. In 2009, the company added support for digital and analog PSTN connectivity in partnership with Sangoma Technologies. The addition of support for PCI and PCI Express boards for analog office and station interfaces and ISDN PRI and BRI gives Commetrex the industry\u2019s broadest fax-telephony product line for the enterprise-fax OEM.<\/p>\n

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In order to maintain its OEM focus, Commetrex spun off\u00a0NetGen Communications<\/a>, Inc. to develop and market end-user and service-provider telecom products.\u00a0Smart ATA<\/a>, an analog telephone adapter, is NetGen\u2019s first of what will be a long line of voice, fax, and video telecom products that leverage Commetrex technology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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