Voice and Video over IP (telephony/softphone) : Ekiga 2.0.1 is out

[Yannick-GNU/Linux <sevmek@free.fr>]

Hi folks,

Ekiga is a free Voice over IP phone allowing you to do free calls over the Internet, make calls from pc to phones, from phones to pc. Ekiga is licensed under GPL (with libs under MPL).

Here is the press annoucement :

Ekiga 2.0.1 is finally out!  Today's announcement represents one year of
relentless work.  Just a reminder to everyone that Ekiga is now the
first Open Source software to support both SIP and H.323 in the same
application.  Ekiga previously known as GnomeMeeting was already a
pioneer among the Open Source Voice over IP softphones.  Let's hope
Ekiga will continue in this way!

Among the features, you can find:

        * Full SIP Support
        * Full H.323 Support
        * Audio and Video Support
        * Call Transfer (SIP and H.323)
        * Call Forwarding on Busy, No Answer, Always
        * Call Hold
        * DTMFs Support
        * Basic Instant Messaging
        * Ability to Register to Several SIP Accounts Simultaneously
        * Possibility to Use an Outbound Proxy (SIP) or a Gateway
(H.323)
        * Message Waiting Indications (SIP)

Brand new features include:

        * Better Audio Quality
        * Support for Wideband Codecs (16 kHz)
        * Echo Cancellation
        * Easier NAT traversal
        * Improved camera Support
        * Improved Video4Linux2 Support


Finally, this revolutionary version allows you to register a free SIP
address at http://www.ekiga.net. If you would like to know more about
how to test Ekiga, please refer to the FAQ section.

website : 
http://www.ekiga.org/

Screenshots :
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=4

Download for sarge amd64 :
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=debian/sarge-amd64

Download for etch amd64 :
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=debian/etch-amd64

Download for sid amd64 :
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=debian/sid-amd64

Regards,
Yannick