Skype for Asterisk
Skype is a service that allows users to make free calls from their computers over the internet to other Skype users; and ultra-low cost calls to landlines and mobile phones globally.
Asterisk is the number one PBX in use by businesses in America. Asterisk is open source, which means it can be custom built to fulfill unique communication needs. Dalcon provide the software that makes it easy to put this valuable communications tool to use.
DCM 2.0 is Dalcon’s custom Asterisk management software. It provides a Graphical User Interface that user’s access through their web browser to easily administer Asterisk and Skype for Asterisk.
Try Skype for Free
The personal edition of Skype is free; just click the link below to download Skype and set up an account, and you can start making free Skype-to-Skype calls immediately.
Benefits of Skype for Asterisk
The main advantage of Skype for Asterisk is of course, value. Both Skype and Asterisk have been well known in the VoIP world as higher value alternatives to more traditional forms of communication. Both Skype and Asterisk have a high rate of growth, and as more businesses learn that the value they bring doesn’t come with a sacrifice in quality, the more they will continue to grow.
Skype for Asterisk, using software like DCM 2.0, allows your company to:
- Make free calls globally from any phone on the Asterisk PBX to the Skype network of 440 million users (including other companies using Skype for Asterisk).
- Make low cost domestic and international calls (costs as low as 2.1 cents per minute to many global destinations).
- Allow Skype users to call you on a Skype user address, receive the call on your Asterisk PBX and then route the call to any extension , IVR/auto attendant, queue, or even outside cell phone.
- Place a Skype button on your website so Skype users can call your company instantly from their computer (try Dalcon’s in the left sidebar).
- Allow Skype users to make a free Skype call from anywhere in the world into a conference bridge on the Asterisk system so that you can have a mix of Skype, internal, and external phone users on one conference call.
- Purchase a Skype-in landline phone number for your company ($5/month) in most any city worldwide. Calls to that number can ring into your company’s Asterisk/DCM system and be routed in any way you choose.
How it works
Dalcon custom builds an Asterisk-based PBX for your company that is managed using the DCM 2.0. Skype for Asterisk channels are connected to the PBX; and lastly a Skype-Business account is created for your company.
Once Skype for Asterisk is set up, you can make Skype calls using softphones and desktop phones through your Asterisk PBX. Asterisk can be configured in many different ways to automatically switch between Skype calls and normal calls. For example, you might set the system up so that dialing *9 on a desktop phone allows you to “SkypeOut”—in other words, make a Skype call out to an international landline or mobile phone. Another possibility could be simply configuring Asterisk to automatically SkypeOut when you dial a number with an international country code. Using DCM you could set up any skype user as an extension on your system and when you dial that extension on your desk phone it automatically routes the call to the Skype user over the Skype-to-Skype network.
Learn More About Skype for Asterisk
Skype for Asterisk has so much functionality and flexibility that it can be confusing, but it doesn’t have to be. To easily learn more about what Skype for Asterisk can do for your business, contact us at (877)WE-UNIFY (938-6439).
