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ORTC vs. WebRTC: That’s Not The Right Question

January 5, 2016 / in VoIP, WebRTC Standards / Add Comment

ORTC vs. WebRTC: That’s Not The Right Question

ORTC is not a wildcard anymore. It was originally pushed by Hookflash and Microsoft but today Google is part of this initiative and eventually it will find its way into the standard. 4 takeaways: WebRTC is gradually adding ORTC functionalities into it. It is not the full ORTC story but just some parts of it. ORTC is all about setting and getting media parameters…

Tagged With: Edge, ORTC, SDP, WebRTC

IBM WebSphere and WebRTC – An Interview with Brian Pulito from IBM

November 30, 2015 / in Markets & People, VoIP / Add Comment

IBM WebSphere and WebRTC – An Interview with Brian Pulito from IBM

In previous roles I held several years ago, I was involved in work with IBM related to WebSphere and their work around SIP. Things have advanced significantly since then, among other things, IBM added support for WebRTC to WebSphere. I wanted to delve more into IBM’s work on WebRTC. For this I contacted Brian Pulito who is Senior Technical Staff Member and a WebSphere Real-Time Communications Architect.

Tagged With: Cordova, Interview, MQTT, Rtcomm, SIP Servlets, WebRTC, WebSphere, WebSphere Liberty

Is WebRTC in Safari Closer Than We Thought?

November 23, 2015 / in VoIP / Add Comment

Is WebRTC in Safari Closer Than We Thought?

Support for WebRTC in Apple products is a major missing piece in making WebRTC ubiquitous. It is missing in Safari on Mac but there, users can use Chrome or Firefox. The bigger problem is on mobile. Mobile safari does not support webrtc. App store rules also force developers to use Apple’s provided WebView, which does not support WebRTC today, to render any webpage. But this is about to change.

Tagged With: Alexandre Gouaillard, Apple, Safari, WebKit, WebRTC

Your Application is Calling

November 17, 2015 / in Mobile, VoIP / Add Comment

Your Application is Calling

Anyone who regularly uses VoIP mobile applications has experienced the mobile application priority issue before. This happened to me again last week, I was on Skype (Desktop), other person Skype on mobile, he got a cellular call coming in. Then the magic happened, I was put on hold without any warning and reconnected only once he disconnected the cellular call.

Tagged With: Application Priority, Mobile, VoIP, WebRTC

Apple WebRTC Signals, What do They Mean?

October 28, 2015 / in Mobile, VoIP / 15 Comments

Apple WebRTC Signals, What do They Mean?

Last week Apple posted a new position on their job board with the title: WebKit Media Engineer – WebRTC (see below full job post). Now that looks like great news. Maybe Apple is working towards adding WebRTC to the Safari browser for iOS and OS X. Before we open the champagne bottle let’s take a closer look at this one.

Tagged With: Android, Apple, Hybrid Application, WebKit, WebRTC, WebView

WebRTC the Microsoft Way – Support for ORTC in Edge

September 21, 2015 / in VoIP / Add Comment

WebRTC the Microsoft Way – Support for ORTC in Edge

Last Friday the official word came out. ORTC API is now available in Microsoft Edge with current focus on audio and video communication. The support is currently in the Windows Insider Preview release. Microsoft now claims to be enabling seamless communication experiences for the web with Skype, but is it really seamless? Let’s take a closer look at what exactly is being provided and more importantly, where are the pitfalls.

Tagged With: Edge, Microsoft, ORTC, WebRTC

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