"The largest Metaswitch white-label provider just went to CXDO, so the writing on the wall that I have been seeing for 2 years, others are now seeing."
Are you talking about Reinvent? On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM Peter Rad via VoiceOps < voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: > That's not happening. The Metaswitch employees I know that are left are > happy taking marching orders from M$. > > The problem the softswitch industry had was that the pie was stable. It > wasn't growing, so you weren't selling new logos. You were just supporting > customers - and that isn't a growth business nor is it a profitable > business. > > The problem is that of the 900 operators using Metaswitch in the US, most > are mom and pop and rural. That doesn't convert to "Going Azure." > > These mom-and-pop's will have to make due with what they have for the next > 5 years - and use that 5 years as a runway for an exit strategy. > > The largest Metaswitch white-label provider just went to CXDO, so the > writing on the wall that I have been seeing for 2 years, others are now > seeing. > > Regards, > > Peter @ RAD-INFO > > > On 8/13/2024 3:54 PM, Jeff Brower via VoiceOps wrote: > > Not sure about Affirmed, but I know some of the original MetaSwitch guys, > and a few still at Microsoft. They were, and I suspect still are, extremely > dedicated and capable. My guess is they will find a way to spin out / buy > out MetaSwitch in some form it will continue. > > -Jeff > > Quoting Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps <voiceops@voiceops.org>: > > I have a use case. The use case is, be in a position to take customers > tomorrow on a 5/9's platform. > > One alternative is Ribbon: that solution is out of my price range, and, > likely out of price range of every rural ILEC I know. > > A second is Squire, but, I'm not willing to risk it w/o getting my hands > on a long-term trial which was requested but not offered. > > The final alternative is to throw into developing one, likely in two > phases. The orchestration and front end of the Elephant Talk project is > complete, now just need to settle on a production backend. > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 3:33 PM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps < > voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: > >> I suppose this all raises the question of why on earth you'd want to >> acquire a Metaswitch, but you've clearly got an angle. >> >> -- Alex >> >> > On Aug 13, 2024, at 3:20 PM, Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps < >> voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: >> > >> > "Microsoft's end game is for every operator to have a big pipe to Azure >> to access Metaswitch, vSBC, Teams and other components." >> > >> > My question is, can you actually run a MetaSwitch CFS in Azure? Because >> to my knowledge, you cannot. >> > >> > I would be very interested if I was wrong about this. >> > >> > Jawaid >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM Peter Rad via VoiceOps < >> voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: >> > Besides getting rid of their Max UC softphone (to make MS Teams THEE >> softphone), they did EOL a lot of the Meta product. >> > >> > We - RAD-INFO, ECG and Andrew Ward - did a webinar about it in May. You >> can watch the recording here: >> https://info.ecg.co/webinar-recording-broadworks-metaswitch-netsapiens-ribbon >> > >> > Microsoft's end game is for every operator to have a big pipe to Azure >> to access Metaswitch, vSBC, Teams and other components. >> > >> > >> > Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Peter Radizeski >> > RAD-INFO INC >> > Telecom Consultant >> > Bandwidth * Voice * Cloud * Data Center * Internet * CyberSecurity >> > (813) 963-5884 >> > >> > >> > >> > On 8/13/2024 8:41 AM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps wrote: >> >> "Given the MetaSwitch products are no longer sold, and Microsoft is >> EOLing them, and not taking new support contracts..." >> >> >> >> >> >> That's news to me. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> >> Mike Hammett >> >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: "Jawaid Bazyar via VoiceOps" <voiceops@voiceops.org> >> >> To: "voiceops" <voiceops@voiceops.org> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 7:23:05 AM >> >> Subject: [VoiceOps] Acquire MetaSwitch >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> We are in the market to acquire / take over a MetaSwitch CFS. In >> particular, we're looking for the virtual edition that runs purely in >> VMWare. >> >> >> >> The components we'd need are: >> >> CFS >> >> MRS (Media Resource Server) >> >> Perimeta >> >> SAS (Service Assurance Server) >> >> MetaView Server >> >> >> >> These are fairly common components. >> >> >> >> Given the MetaSwitch products are no longer sold, and Microsoft is >> EOLing them, and not taking new support contracts, we're not talking about >> a big cash up front kind of deal, but, instead a revenue share kind of >> arrangement. >> >> >> >> Anyone that has one and is interested, contact me directly off-list. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Jawaid >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> VoiceOps mailing list >> >> VoiceOps@voiceops.org >> >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> >> >> > >> > Virus-free.www.avast.com >> _______________________________________________ >> > VoiceOps mailing list >> > VoiceOps@voiceops.org >> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> > _______________________________________________ >> > VoiceOps mailing list >> > VoiceOps@voiceops.org >> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> >> -- >> Alex Balashov >> Principal Consultant >> Evariste Systems LLC >> Web: https://evaristesys.com >> Tel: +1-706-510-6800 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> VoiceOps mailing list >> VoiceOps@voiceops.org >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing > listVoiceOps@voiceops.orghttps://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_8102858428703984666_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps@voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >
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