Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)

Mitel, Inter-Tel Join Forces

Mitel’s Perry McDonald Mitel Networks Corp.’s planned acquisition of Inter-Tel Inc. would give both companies the needed scale to break through the noise in the crowded IP communications market, offering their channel partners a broader product backed by a vendor with a ...More
May 31, 2007 By Khali Henderson
Posted in Articles, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
TalkSwitch Releases 240vs

TalkSwitch has released its 240vs phone system, which it said is designed for the smallest of businesses. The 240vs has capacity for two central office lines and four local extensions. Businesses get a hybrid system that gives them the ability to configure local extensions ...More
May 30, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Switchvox, Cbeyond Products Interoperable

Switchvox said Tuesday its products are interoperable with Cbeyond's SIP Trunking service, BeyondVoice with SIPconnect. By integrating with Cbeyond's managed services, Switchvox said it is able to expand its channel partner community and provide further support and services ...More
May 29, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Switchfast Joins Switchvox Program

Switchfast has joined the Switchvox reseller program, the companies said Monday. Switchfast provides technical support services such as Web site development and IT support to smaller organizations and it said it often received requests for phone systems. Using the Switchvox ...More
May 21, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
3CX Launches IP PBX for Windows

3CX recently released its commercial edition of 3CX Phone System, a new Windows-based IP PBX that completely replaces a proprietary PABX. Based on the open SIP standard, it interoperates with a wide range of softphones and hardware phones. Since it supports SIP, it is ...More
May 15, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
BandTel, Paraxip Team to Provide Contact Center VoIP Migration Solutions

BandTel, a worldwide provider of SIP trunking services, and Paraxip Technologies, announced that BandTel's SIP Trunking solution is fully interoperable with Paraxip's Open Media Gateway Software. Both companies sell only through the channel. Paraxip offers transparent and ...More
May 15, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Fitting In

AMIDST MOVEMENTS by Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to integrate conferencing as simply one more application within a unified communications framework, Web and audio conferencing service providers are taking stock of the opportunities and threats within a newly ...More
April 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Beyond Geeks: How Digium Plans to Grow Asterisk*

Photo by Michael MercierIf you think Asterisk is for geeks, you have another think coming. So, say executives at Digium Inc. The open-source IP PBX software company is retooling its offer to “cross the chasm” from early adopters to mainstream small and ...More
April 30, 2007
Posted in Articles, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Citel Launches 4100 Series

VoIP company Citel has released its EXTender 4100 and PBXgateway 4100 through the company’s network of distributors and resellers. The company also said Panasonic UK, Panasonic CME and NEC Infrontia will carry the 4100 Series. The 4100 Series is an enterprise voice network ...More
April 27, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Matrix, Fonality Provide Managed IP PBX

Matrix Business Technologies is the first provider to adopt the Fonality Managed Services Partner (MSP) model by selecting the PBXtra platform, Fonality said. Fonality's PBXtra business phone system gives MSPs a managed voice offering to complement their existing network ...More
April 26, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony