[Asterisk-Users] g729 status in New Zealand

[Matt Riddell]

trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 23:27 -0600, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> 
>>The ITU is not involved in licensing or patent indemnification; they are 
>>non-profit standards body. The G.729 patent holders have given Sipro the 
>>task of managing their patent portfolio licensing, so that is who you 
>>would need to contact. Sipro recently changed their licensing policies, 
>>and those changes made the barrier to entry substantially higher. You 
>>are welcome to talk to them, of course :-)
> 
> 
> http://www.sipro.com/news.php
> MONTREAL, CANADA, July 6, 2005. The G.729 Consortium today announced
> that it has changed its licensing policy and will now offer licenses to
> use the G.729 patented technology to end-product manufacturers only.
> Qualifying end-products would typically include access devices,
> audio/video conferencing equipment, call center equipment, IP phones,
> IP/PBXs, media gateways, etc.
> 
> makes it slightly harder ...  not impossible but slightly harder.

I think he was referring to the new pricing structure, which is significantly
higher than $10 if you only require 1 channel.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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