Welcome to FreeSWITCH! If you are reading this, then, undoubtedly, you are interested in things like telecommunications and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). FreeSWITCH is revolutionary software created during a telephony revolution. Before looking at the architecture of this powerful software, let's take a look at the colorful world of telecommunications. This will help to put FreeSWITCH into perspective.
In this chapter, we cover:
A telephony revolution
Advantages of FreeSWITCH
Endpoint and Dialplan modules
How FreeSWITCH simplifies complex applications like Voicemail