<trixter@0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 08:51 -0500, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> > Steve Totaro wrote:
> >
> > > I do not think Digium makes much off the sales of a G729 license and
> > > it probably costs them after supporting it. I think they do it to
> > > provide a much needed component to Asterisk. I do not really see
> > > other 3rd party applications providing a "Licensed VoIP Standard" that
> > > is so widespread in VoIP devices.
> >
> > Obviously I cannot disclose any numbers, but I can say with all
> > certainty that Digium does not lose money selling G.729 codec patent
> > indemnification licenses.
> >
>
> generic rates are available online, granted you get volume discounts but
> it starts about $1/channel for g.729 and goes down to $0.10/license (or
> at least it did last I checked, rumor is that the price is going down).
>
>
http://www.sipro.com is the licensing authority for the g.729 consortium
> (they also do g.723.1) and have pricing sheets in pdf form on their
> website if anyone is really interested in what the costs are. Of course
> you will have to guess what volume digium is doing and what program they
> fell into (there are a couple and the price varies with them).
> --
> Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
Bret McDanel
> Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200
>
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>
>
Glad to hear it is a good money maker for Digium. I had no idea it
was that cheap. Nice profit margin!
Thanks,
Steve Totaro
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