On 3/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark</b> <<a href="mailto:aifur1@gmail.com">aifur1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
And who are you exactly Dave? Unusual process for a deployment this size with so much Asterisk activity in China?</blockquote><div><br>Mark, <br>It's a bit convoluted so I didn't want to confuse things in my original post. It's no secret or anything, so, since you've asked:
<br><br>I'm just a regular IT professional in Canada. (I'm not a recruiter or anything) A long time colleague of mine recently moved to China to head up his company's IT operations there. Since I have some experience with telephony he asked me for some advice and, after some discussion, I suggested Asterisk.
<br><br>In the process of finding an installer, we found the list of providers in his region on <a href="http://voip-info.org">voip-info.org</a> and other sources to be smaller than I would expect. As you say, there should be lots of Asterisk activity in the Shanghai area. I was surprised at how little I turned up, so, I offered to post to this list for him.
<br><br>I guess the process might seem a bit unusual but neither my friend nor I are plugged in to the local Asterisk community in China and this seemed like a good way to put the opportunity out there and find a company that he can work with.
<br><br>I hope this addresses your question/concern. Please let me know if there's anything more specific that you are interested in.<br><br>Dave<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div><span class="e" id="q_1111b288fd2dc48c_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Donovan</b> <<a href="mailto:donovan.david@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
donovan.david@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="e" id="q_1111b288fd2dc48c_3">
An international manufacturing company with facilities in China is seeking proposals for an Asterisk based solution to their office needs.
<br><br>The following is a short list of system requirements: <br><br> * System needs to be able to support 350 handsets / devices in the initial deployment
<br> * System needs to be expandable to support 500+ handsets / devices over time<br> * System needs to support either analog phone lines or digital (ISDN) phone lines (BRI or PRI)<br> * System needs IP trunk side capability, supporting at least SIP and IAX protocols
<br> * Handsets must be connected to the system via TCP/IP<br> * System must support analog line-side devices such as fax machines (both for inbound and outbound)<br> * System must support advanced ISDN services (DID etc…)
<br> * System must be able to support sending of recorded voice messages as wav / mp3 attachments in email<br> * System needs to be able to support security codes for long distance call tracking and department charge backs
<br> * System must have a web based management interface allowing administrators to perform common move/add/change operations such as setting up new extensions, resettting voicemail password etc. <br><br>Vendors must be able to provide same-day on-site service in the Shanghai area.
<br><br>In your response, please indicate the following:<br> * The number of Asterisk systems your company has deployed<br> * The number of years your company has been installing and servicing Asterisk<br> * The total number of employees in your company
<br> * Email, phone and mailing addresses where you can be contacted<br><br>Important Instructions:<br> * Send your replies off-list<br> * Send one response only. Please do not send follow up inquiries<br> * Successful respondents will be contacted via email by March 15th and
asked to submit an RFI<br> * Please do not send messages that are not specifically related to this request<br><br>Thank you<br>
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