Spacenet introduced a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service...
Spacenet introduced a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, Connexstar Digital Phone, as part of its Connexstar satellite video and broadband service, it said. Connexstar Digital Phone is designed for backing up landline phone service and for remote locations…
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and mobile command centers, said Spacenet. Local phone number assignment and number portability are available, as are mobile 911 services, it said. Connexstar’s digital phone service is available full-time or on-demand, with a monthly fee and per-minute charges for calls terminating outside the Connexstar network, Spacenet said. Digital phone can be combined with either the SkyEdge Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) or with the Cisco Internet Protocol Satellite Network Module. Digital phone differs from standard VoIP by not using the public Internet, said Spacenet. Instead, it uses Spacenet’s private satellite infrastructure, it said. Special “voice-only channels” are set aside for the digital phone service, Spacenet said. Connexstar services are based on technology developed by Gilat Satellite Networks, it said.