// A non-profit agency devoted to higher learning has launched an initiative to provide free phone calls between universities worldwide. The Robertson Education Empowerment Foundation's (REEF's) Global University Phone System (GUPS) will distribute secure PCs running Linux and Asterisk, in order to enable free VoIP (voice-over-IP) calls between and to university numbers. The GUPS program is currently beta-testing.
According to REEF, the GUPS initiative will provide universities with VoIP hardware and software than can be used to connect their existing phone network to other academic institutions around the globe. Inter-university calls will then travel over the internet, bypassing traditional telecommunication charges. Because the system is based on SIP (session initiation protocol), free calls to university numbers can also be placed from SIP softphones or VoIP phones. // The article continues at http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3869964081.html
