Digium and snom technology AG enter into strategic partnership

Digium, Inc., the creator of Asterisk™ and pioneer of open source telephony, and snom, a leading German manufacturer of VoIP phones, announced today that snom has become a Digium Premier Interoperability Partner.

The snom VoIP phones, snom 360 and snom 320, have successfully completed interoperability validation with Digium's Asterisk Business Edition. snom's SIP-based family of IP telephones are engineered and suitably priced to serve small, medium and large enterprises in a broad range of business contexts. Easy to install and configure, snom IP phones provide simplified access to the rich feature sets of Asterisk IP PBX.

"By partnering with innovative companies like snom, we can offer the business community more options and features when building high-end telephony systems based on Asterisk," said Jim Webster, director of Software Technologies at Digium. "We look forward to working together with snom to expand the VoIP market and at the same time communicate the important role open source will play in the telecom market."

Summing up the advantages for snom/Asterisk users, snom's sales and marketing director Dr. Michael Knieling adds, "For many people, it is nothing new that snom VoIP phones are compatible with Asterisk, but now it has been officially proved. Through our partnership with Digium, we are able to use synergies in order to offer Asterisk customers more features, productivity and efficiency. What is more, it is a pleasure to work with Digium to promote interoperability and communicate the benefits of open source in the VoIP market".

Digium created its Asterisk Partner Program in response to the growing ecosystem of Asterisk and the demand for open source-based telephony platforms. The Digium/Asterisk Partner Program includes three different types of partnerships: Asterisk Products and Solution Partners, Asterisk Service Partners, and Asterisk Interoperability Partners. Digium works with its partners to provide complete solutions for every type of customer need.

About Digium

Digium is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source PBX and Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures.

Digium provides quality hardware and software products that enable telephony applications including legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

About Asterisk

Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. It supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports US and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

About snom

snom technology AG develops and manufactures VoIP telephones and related equipment based on the IETF open standard, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Recognized for its high-quality, customizable, and costeffective business solutions, snom is also differentiated by the company’s history in the VoIP industry, and its dedication to high security standards. All of snom’s software exists in the firmware on the phones – making it easier for users to download updates and new features. snom customers benefit from the interoperability and flexibility that the snom telephones offer, including plug and play integration and universal compatibility with any SIP-based telephony platform. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, snom technology AG also has offices in Italy, France and the US. The company distributes its fourth generation SIP phones through its network of more than 200 authorized reseller partners in 60 countries worldwide. For more information on snom, please visit www.snom.com.

Press Contacts snom

snom technology AG
Maria Schnake
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D-12347 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 39833-103
Fax: +49 30 39833-111
press@snom.com
www.snom.com

Maja Schneider
PR für die Informationstechnologie
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Fax: +49 30 79708987
info@majaschneider.de
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Press Contact Digium

Rick Segrest
Digium, Inc.
256-428-6200
rsegrest@digium.com

Janine Savarese
MRB Public Relations
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