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| Developer(s) | OpenWengo developers |
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| Initial release | 25 June 2005, 0.9.49 |
| Stable release | 2.2 RC3 (December 18, 2008) [+/−] |
| Written in | C/C++ Qt |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | ? |
| Type | VoIP/instant messaging service |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://qutecom.org/ |
QuteCom (previously called WengoPhone) is a free software SIP compliant VoIP client developed by the QuteCom (previously OpenWengo) community under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It allows users to speak to other users of SIP compliant VoIP software at no cost. It also allows users to call landlines, cellphones, send SMS and make video calls. None of these functionalities are tied to a particular provider allowing users to choose among any SIP provider.
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History
Development on WengoPhone began in September 2004. The first published version was released as 0.949.[citation needed]
A next-generation version of WengoPhone (WengoPhone NG) began development in 2005. The last release of Wengophone before the change to QuteCom was version 2.1.2.
A WengoPhone Firefox extension has also been published, which is currently available on Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, with a Linux version under development.
On the 28th of January 2008, Wengo, the original sponsor of WengoPhone, transferred the sponsorship of the project to MBDSYS , and it became known as QuteCom. [1]
On the 15th of May 2008, osAlliance presented kvats as a branded 2.2 version of WengoPhone / QuteCom with the preferred SIP provider A1, a brand of mobilkom austria [2].
Calls
PC-to-PC calls are Hi-Fi quality and use several codecs such as iLBC, G.711 (PCMA or PCMU), G.722, AMR(license needed), AMR-WB(license needed), G.729(license needed).[3] It is possible to start a conversation with other users of the same software or any other software that is SIP compliant such as Gizmo. WengoPhone also allows users to make video calls using ffmpeg. Supported video codec is H.263.[3] Since version 2.1 WengoPhone allows IM chats with MSN, YIM, AIM, ICQ and Jabber users. This has been achieved by using the libpurple library.[1]
Concerning calls to landlines, the default server configuration is the one from Wengo which was the primary sponsor of the OpenWengo project. After the release of version 2.1, WengoPhone could be used with any SIP provider. This provides users an economic advantage as they can choose the SIP provider according to how much they charge per minute and not according to the software they use.
Protocol
The protocol being used is standard SIP.
User interface
The GUI is similar to those of other VoIP softphones such as Gizmo5 or Skype. From the main GUI, one can access through tabs the contact list, the list of calls but also the user SIP account. Technically, it is written in Qt/C++ programming language.
Features
The features of QuteCom are:
- SIP compliance
- Provider agnostic
- Allows users to send SMS to France
- NAT traversal
- Cross-platform
- Audio smileys
- Qt-based GUI
- chatting with MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and Jabber users
Limitations
The main limitations of the QuteCom are:
- Lack of true privacy features such as encryption. A beta AES-128 encryption using SRTP is available since 2.1 version of WengoPhone.
- Does not support H.261, and sends wrong H.263 packets, preventing communication with other videophones.
- Does not support audio conferences with more than 3 people.[citation needed]
See also
External links
References
- ^ Wengo entrusts the OpenWengo project to its partner MBDSYS
- ^ Story in ORF FutureZone (in German)
- ^ a b QuteCom Supported Codecs, Retrieved on 2009-07-09
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