Technetworks has developed the first fully functional  CSTA III XML interface for open source Asterisk, called the Asterisk Connect. The interface currently supports events and call control including single step and attended transfer functions.

Until today interfacing Asterisk with major business applications has been difficult, time consuming and in many cases the end result was far from stable under heavy load. Not anymore! With Asterisk Connect we present an industry standard CSTA III XML interface to interface with. Asterisk Connect functions as a gateway/proxy and translates the CSTA III protocol to Asterisk operations/events and vice versa.

Asterisk Connect opens opportunities for companies who want to make their products work together with Asterisk with a robust industry standard interface and circumvents the time consuming Asterisk specific AMI issues.

Technetworks already connected open source Asterisk with its CSTA III interface to JDM’s peterConnects attendant and effectively added enterprise grade attendant functionality to the Asterisk community.

One of the big advantages of the Asterisk Connect is that the solution does not depend on extensive dialplan changes and userevents. A few additions have to be made to the dialplan that's all. Our CSTA III interface also keeps track of the full call flow and is able to act as a transfer agent.

Key benefits:
- Presents a standard CSTA III XML interface to the world outside Asterisk
- Easy to implement; only a few additions to the dialplan are necessary
- Buildin call flow detection; no need for separate transfer agent
- Can be provided as an appliance, alongside Asterisk distributions or bundled with third party software