The first PBXs started at the Central Office (CO) using Centrex, and as its name implies, it was a “centralized” architecture located in the carriers’ offices. PBXs then evolved to a CPE-based (customer-premise equipment) model, which again required a “centralized” PBX to host all the call switching/routing functionality. And now with Popular Telephony’s Peerio P2P (peer-to-peer) technology, the intelligence has moved from a centralized PBX down to the end-user’s device — namely the phone itself, which is more than just an evolution — it’s a revolution. This peer-to-peer technology turns the enterprise PBX market on its head. When you examine Peerio, you have to ask yourself “What do I need all this infrastructure for if I just need a phone? There is no longer a need for an $80,000 PBX (or IP-PBX) or even the need to spend $1,000 for a SIP end-point phone.”
Peerio implements a server-less and switch-less telecommunications system via portable middleware installed in embedded devices such as VoIP hardware-based phones as well as support for a soft-client. Peerio is also protocol-agnostic, supporting SIP, H.323, and other standard and proprietary protocols. Direct communication between Peerio-enabled devices operate as a fully functioning telephony system without the need for call controlling servers, softswitches, proxies, gatekeepers, or an actual PBX. By eliminating routing through a centralized PBX, node or switch (see Figure 1) Peerio achieves dramatic cost reductions.
The founder of Popular Telephony, Dmitry Goroshevsky actually co-founded Deltathree, another VoIP company — so it’s fair to say he knows his way around VoIP. Rich Tehrani and I spoke with Dmitry to inquire about their ground-breaking technology.
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