Author: James Chapman

Grandstream IP Voice Solutions Certified with Flowroute’s Business VoIP Services

Posted by | Jun 12, 2013 | , , , |

Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and IP video surveillance solutions, has announced that Grandstream’s GXP IP phones and HT502 Analog Telephone Adapter are certified compatible with Flowroute’s innovative business VoIP services. Business customers can now seamlessly integrate these Grandstream IP voice solutions with their business VoIP service from Flowroute.   Flowroute is privately held and has thousands of business customers across the globe. The company’s service offerings are backed by an innovative and powerful network that was designed and developed to provide a more stable modern telephony experience. Their state-of-the-art carrier-grade platform directs communications signals directly to destination carriers through their own quality-controlled internationally distributed network, that interconnects with top-tier carriers around the world and ensures lightning-fast connections and top-of-the-line audio quality. The company’s services include SIP trunking for origination and termination, local and toll-free numbers; E911; caller-ID; and additional enhanced services. Flowroute is committed to giving our customers the tools they need to build strong business connections, which is why we’re thrilled to announce the certified compatibility of Grandstream GXP IP Phones and ATAs with Flowroute’s telecommunications services,” said Sean Hsieh, CMO of Flowroute. “It is imperative that businesses have confidence in every part of their telephone system. Service is the lifeblood of any connection, but it all falls apart without the right hardware.” Grandstream is excited to extend our family of GXP IP Phones...

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Sangoma Adds Embedded SBC to Market’s Only All-in-One Lync Appliance and Achieves Microsoft Lync 2013 Certification

Posted by | Jun 5, 2013 | , , |

Sangoma Technologies has announced the expansion to its award-winning Lync Express series of all-in-one VoIP Gateway appliances with the release of Lync Express 2.0. The Lync Express solution integrates all the hardware and software elements necessary for a complete deployment of Microsoft Lync as a PBX replacement, or a wide range of other use cases including Survivable Branch Exchange, Office 365 telephony support, and legacy PBX integration. Lync Express 2.0 adds new models that scale up to 1000 Lync seats, includes certification with Lync 2013, and incorporates a full-featured Session Border Controller (SBC) for deployments using SIP trunks.  In the convergence of Unified Communications (UC) application platforms like Microsoft Lync and traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) interworking, an all-in-one product like Lync Express bridges any technology gap for enterprises and system integrators looking to deploy a comprehensive UC and PBX replacement solution,” said Mark Wagner, Sangoma vice president of carrier and UC sales. “The inclusion of a robust SBC within Lync Express further simplifies the use of combined SIP Trunks and traditional PSTN connections to ensure communication resiliency and manage operational costs. For Microsoft partners that may be less familiar with traditional telephony, the unique all-in-one design of Lync Express makes it easy to deliver a turnkey Lync solution.” Lync Express is an integrated appliance that provides the core capabilities needed in any Lync deployment, and is available...

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A Quick Look and Review of the Dinstar DWG2000-1G GSM VoIP Gateway

A Quick Look and Review of the Dinstar DWG2000-1G GSM VoIP Gateway

Posted by | Jun 4, 2013 | , |

Dinstar, manufacturer of VoIP Gateways like the DWG2000C-4GSM, 2000D-32G GSM and DWG2008, are a hi-tech enterprise specializing in VoIP solutions and IP voice value-added services. They are the IP voice product and system manufacturer with the leading market share in China. Here, we are going to be taking a look at their DWG2000-1G GSM VoIP Gateway. The Dinstar DWG2000-1G GSM VoIP Gateway (also known as the DWG2001) is a fully functioning VoIP gateway based on IP and GSM wireless networks, which provide a flexible network configuration, powerful features and good voice quality. It works for carrier grade, enterprise, SOHO and residential users for a...

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AudioCodes Named Infrastructure Partner of the Year by Interactive Intelligence

Posted by | Jun 3, 2013 | , |

Award recognizes value-add of AudioCodes’ SIP-based VoIP network equipment AudioCodes, a leading provider of VoIP technologies, products and services, announced it has been named 2013 Infrastructure Partner of the Year by Interactive Intelligence, a global provider of unified IP business communications software and services. Interactive Intelligence created the Infrastructure Partner of the Year award to recognize the alliance partner whose network equipment or other infrastructure most significantly contributed to the success of Interactive Intelligence contact center and enterprise deployments. The very nature of our business requires us to rely on partners who, together with us, create and deliver a complete solution for our customers,” said Interactive Intelligence chief marketing officer, Joe Staples. “Over our decade-plus collaborative relationship, AudioCodes has proven to be a trusted provider of reliable and scalable SIP networking infrastructure, which has maximized the value we bring to our customers.” AudioCodes partners with Interactive Intelligence to supply customers with a wide range of network connectivity products, professional services and support. Products include Mediant Media Gateways, MediaPack Media Gateways, enterprise session border controllers (E-SBCs), branch appliances and IP phone technologies under various OEM and resale commercial agreements. This award underlines our more than 17 years of experience developing VoIP network products that offer the highest degree of reliability, security and performance,” said AudioCodes vice president of unified communications, Nimrod Borovsky. “With our long-time support of industry-standard protocols such as SIP, along with...

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Sangoma Education Series – Upcoming Webinars in June

Posted by | May 31, 2013 | , , |

Sangoma have two featured Webinar sessions coming up this June as part of their Education Series. Take this opportunity to join these one-hour webinars that will focus on the latest industry solutions, applications and topics. Once you have registered with them, Sangoma will invite you to forward this message to your  colleagues, people in your channel or customers who you think would benefit from these introductory sessions. Sangoma Webinar: Adding Telephony to Microsoft Lync with Office 365 and Other Use CasesJune 11th – 2PM EST (7PM GMT) Microsoft Lync is one of the hottest topics in the UC field today. However, implementing Lync without a full staff of Microsoft Certified Technicians can be a challenging undertaking. Integrating a Lync implementation with the PSTN (though Analog, Digital or SIP Trunks) can complicate the process even further. To help solve these issues, Sangoma has created NetBorder Lync Express, the only all-in-one Lync appliance that includes a VoIP Gateway. All the required Microsoft Components are pre-installed, along with the VoIP Gateway software; greatly reducing the amount of time required for the installation team to source, install and configure all the necessary components. In addition to using Lync Express in support of a greenfield Lync installation, Lync Express is also perfectly suited for enabling local telephony support for your Office 365 implementation. Lync Express also offers our exclusive Continuous Service Branch Appliance (CSBA) support....

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