*astTECS explained

astTECS
Industry:	Telecommunication
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Founder:	Dr. Devasia Kurian
Hq Location City:	Bangalore
Hq Location Country:	India
Area Served:	Worldwide
Profit:	-->
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Parent:	iTECS Communications Pvt. Ltd.

• astTECS is an Indian telecom company, which provides enterprise telecom products and Asterisk-based open source communication services,^{[1] [2]} headquartered in Bangalore, India.^[3] The company is and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

History and overview

The company was founded in 2010 and developed its first open source IP PBX system.

In 2012, *astTECS launched an NTP 2012 Policy compliant IP PBX series with video conferencing facility.^{[4] [5]}

In October 2012, the company expanded its operation in South Africa and the Middle East through partners.^[6]

In 2013, *astTECS was featured in the Red Herring Global Top 100 Winners List^[7] and Asia Top 100 Winners.^[8]

In September 2014 *astTECS also appointed a partner in Fiji and started its operation in many parts of India like New Delhi, Pune, Indore, Cochin, Mumbai and Coimbatore.^[9] It launched *astTECS IP PBX for the hospitality industry in June 2014^[10] and *astTECS IP PBX for educational institutions in June 2016.^[11] As of August 2016, it also has offices in Ghana and Botswana.^{[12] [13] [14]}

In June 2017, *astTECS announced the launch of *astPG 30 and *astPG 60 PRI Gateway.^[15]

In July 2017, It launched an IP PBX for small and medium-sized businesses.^[16]

In November 2017, *astTECS starts providing cloud-based voice logging services.^[17]

In May 2018, *astTECS launched *astTRAC, a location tracking CRM system, and *astDial, mobile cloud telephony for contact centers.^[18]

Product and services

• IP PBX
• Call Center Dialer
• Voice logger
• Interactive voice response
• Video conference
• Gateways
• Interface cards
• IP Phones
• CRM
• SBC
• Open Source Technology: Asterisk, Elastix, A2Billing, VICIdial
• Training on Asterisk: *astTECS Academy^[19]

Awards and recognition

• Red Herring's Top 100 Global Award, 2013.^[20]
• Red Herring's Asia Top 100 Winners, 2013.^[8]
• Listed amongst the Top 10 Made in India Brands 2017 by SME Channel Magazine.^[21]

See also

• List of telecom companies in India
• Telecommunications in India

External links

• Official website
• Interview With *astTecs CEO Devasia Kurian (Teleanalysi)

Notes and References

1. News: *astTECS To Offer Asterisk Based Telephony Solutions . First Post . 31 January 2017.
2. News: The Many Telecom Applications of Asterisk . . 10 March 2015.
3. News: AstTECS launches mobile cloud telephony for contact centres . . 23 January 2018.
4. • astTECS NTP-2012 offers IP-PBX with Video conferencing
   . SMEChannel.com . 3 . August 2012 . 12 .
5. News: *astTECS launches video conferencing solution integrated in *astTECS IP-PBX . Telecomlead . 5 August 2012.
6. News: *astTECS expands operations in South Africa . Telecomlead . 9 October 2012.
7. News: 2013 Red Herring Global: Top 100 Winners . Red Herring.
8. News: 2013 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Winners . 15 October 2018 . Red Herring.
9. News: astTECS expands its India presence . DQ Week . 2 June 2014.
10. News: astTECS launches advanced telecom solutions for hospitality industry . Infotechlead . 30 June 2014.
11. News: Sanjeeb Kumar . Sahoo . AstTECS launches telecom solution for educational institutions . Voicedata . 15 June 2016.
12. News: Singh . Jagmeet . Sharma . Aashima . Asttecs expands global footprint with new offices in Africa . Opensourceforu.com . 1 August 2016.
13. News: *astTECS Expands Operations in Africa . Biztechafrica . 1 August 2016.
14. News: Bangalore based *astTECS expands operations in African markets . . 1 August 2016.
15. News: *astTECS Launches High-Performance PRI Gateway a Carrier Grade Solution . Digitalt Erminal . 21 June 2017.
16. News: *astTECS Launches IP PBX for Small and Medium Businesses . DQ India . 7 July 2017.
17. News: 30 November 2017 . *astTECS Introduces Cloud-based Voice Logging Solution for Stock Brokers . PC Quest.
18. News: astTECS Announces CRM With Location Tracking . Tele Analysis . 24 May 2018 . 28 November 2018 . 28 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164757/https://www.teleanalysis.com/enterprise-2/mobility/asttecs-announces-crm-with-location-tracking-28384 . dead .
19. To lead in Open Source platform . SME Channels . September 2013 . 4 . 7 . 54, 55 .
20. News: *astTECS wins Red Herring 2013 Top 100 global award . . 28 November 2013.
21. Book: India Electronic Week 2017 . 25 . 28 November 2018 . 28 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164810/https://efy-i.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IEW2017_Show%20Directory_PDFisation-S.pdf . dead .