ActisRing is an internet phone or Voice Over IP phone (VoIP), compatible with the SIP protocol.
ActisRing can be used with a large number of SIP-compatible VoIP service providers.
If you subscribe a VoIP to PSTN (=classic telephony) account to a telecom provider, you can reach everyone that has a "classic" phone line.
Alternatively, Octon.net provides free SIP accounts to make audio & video calls over the internet at no cost.
List of supported features:
-Audio with the following codecs: speex (narrow band and wideband), G711 (ulaw,alaw),ILBC, GSM, SILK, G722, OPUS, AAC-ELD
- Secured call (SIP TLS/SRTP/ZRTP)
- Video with the VP8 codec (H264 & MPEG4 on demand )
- AVPF RFC support for network resilience
- Multiple calls
- Audio conferencing
- Address book integration
- Call history
- DTMF (telephone tones) support using SIP INFO or RFC2833
- Text messaging