Asterisk 10 is the next version of the communication platform used to deploy software PBXs, voice communication systems, VoIP gateways, IVR systems (voice menu), voice mail, telephone conferences and call centers. Source code is available under the GPLv2 license.
Version 10 does not carry any special significance and continues to develop versions 1.x. Changing the numbering is due to the fact that for many years the developers have decided to abolish the unit that does not carry useful information in the version number and, thus, instead of 1.10 or 2.0, issue version 10, which more accurately reflects the release status. The partition into even stable (1.6, 1.8, 10) and odd experimental (1.7, 1.9, 11) issues is preserved. More details about the reasons. ')
A new, optimized and highly customizable ConfBridge application that allows you to work with voice streams with a sampling frequency of 8kHz-192kHz
Replacing Berkeley DB with SQLite as primary database
A new media engine that allows Asterisk to support a large number of types of media content and theoretically any types of sound.
Adding to the delivery of new media codecs
Protocol independent routing text messages. Text messages may not be associated with an active voice call, routed using dialplan
Support for additional sample rates. If previously only sound sampling was supported for 8 and 16 kHz, now support is provided for super and ultra wideband sampling frequencies, which allow to achieve very high sound quality. Also provided support for new file formats for audio playback and recording.
Video conferencing support: ConfBridge can provide delivery (forwarding) of video from a given participant or from the current participant to other conference participants.
Significant expansion of fax transmission capabilities. Support for working as a gateway for T.38 protocol
Support for hint-extensions definition using pbx_lua