Aastra Telecom Joins Edgewater Networks' Plug & Dial Alliance Program.Aastra Joins the Growing List of Service Providers and Vendors Working Together to Simplify the Set-up, Security and Monitoring of VoIP Services SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Edgewater Networks, Inc. and Aastra Telecom announced today that Aastra has joined Edgewater Network's Plug & Dial Alliance. Aastra's IP telephones have been certified interoperable with the Edgewater Networks Plug & Dial solution. The Plug & Dial Alliance uses Edgewater Networks' EdgeMarc routers and the EdgeView VoIP Support System to turn the multi-step and error-prone process of IP phone setup into an automated, simplified installation experience that reduces costs for service providers. "Aastra has always been focused on delivering simplified provisioning and ease-of-use in our standards-based SIP telephony SIP enabled PBXes and/or SIP User Agents utilize the Session Initiation Protocol(SIP) to interconnect and to establish voice sessions between each other over an IP Network. SIP Telephony has emerged as a viable alternative to legacy (TDM) and fixed-line circuits for the establishment and products," said Yves Laliberte, executive vice president of sales at Aastra Telecom. "Participating in the Edgewater Networks' multi-vendor Plug & Dial Alliance program is another example of our commitment to reducing complexity for VoIP installations." The Plug & Dial Alliance program provides interoperability testing for multi-vendor VoIP networking environments and automated setup of many leading brands of SIP-based IP phones. Service providers use Edgewater Networks' Plug & Dial solution to significantly shorten hosted VoIP installation times and simplify ongoing moves, adds and changes. The solution uses intuitive voice prompts A recorded message that is played by auto attendants, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, message-on-hold systems and other voice processing tools. The "prompt" is a request to input some data; a recording that does not ask for feedback is more properly called a voice "message." provided to the end-user so that they can "self provision" and completely eliminates pre-staging or manual configuration of IP phones. The solution also provides notification to existing OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. or billing systems at the completion of the automated IP phone configuration. The level of automation provided by the Plug & Dial solution reduces installation times from hours to minutes. "A driving philosophy for the Plug & Dial Alliance is to deliver solutions that produce the lowest operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. possible for our joint service provider customers," said Dave Norman, Chief Executive Officer of Edgewater Networks, Inc. "If you are using products certified by the Plug & Dial Alliance you will have a competitive advantage in the cost of set-up and support. The end customer will be happier resulting in a lower churn rate (1) The percentage of customers who cancel their online, cellphone or other subscription service during a certain time period. (2) The percentage of employees who leave the company during a certain time period. See churning. for the operator. We continue to add leading VoIP devices to the Plug & Dial solution. Aastra SIP phones A sip phone uses Voice over IP technologies. The phone runs using SIP protocol. It can have many features which a normal phone does not/cannot have. It can support using email like id to make call (easier to remember as compared to names) as well as normal phone number. are a popular choice among our service provider customers and we are pleased that Aastra has joined the Plug & Dial Alliance program." Edgewater Networks has certified the following Aastra models for Plug & Dial operation: 9112i, 9133i, 480i, 480i CT, 53i, 55i, 57i and the 57i CT. To learn more about Plug & Dial solution go to http://www.edgewaternetworks.com or contact Dave Martin There have been several people named Dave Martin:
To learn more about the Aastra line of SIP telephones go to www.aastratelecom.com. For sales inquiries please contact sales@aastra.com or 905-760-4200. About Edgewater Networks, Inc. - Converged Networking The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . Simplified. Edgewater Networks develops networking and security products that ensure the secure and reliable delivery of IP based voice and video for service providers and enterprises. EdgeMarc routers provide a VoIP aware NAT/Firewall, with survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. and QoS. EdgeConnect PoE switches simplify administration and QoS and the EdgeView VoIP Support System eases the setup, monitoring and management of VoIP endpoints. Edgewater Networks' award-winning solution simplifies setup and management of converged networking applications and provides proven operational savings from the remote office to the core of the network. For more information about Edgewater Networks, Inc. please visit the company's website at www.edgewaternetworks.com or contact Dave Martin at 408.351.7209. About Aastra Aastra Telecom is a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. business unit of Aastra Technologies Aastra Technologies Limited (TSX: AAH) headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, makes products and systems for accessing communication networks including the Internet. Limited ("Aastra"), a rapidly growing global company at the forefront of the Enterprise Communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario
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