Epygi Announces Interoperability with Cbeyond's BeyondVoice with SIPconnect Service.DALLAS -- Epygi Technologies, the manufacturer of the Quadro "All-In-One Box" IP PBX, today announced that its Quadro IP PBX product line is fully interoperable with the Cbeyond[R] BeyondVoice[TM] with SIPconnect service. Cbeyond is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband Internet services to small businesses. Its BeyondVoice service package integrates high-speed T-1 internet access, local and long distance voice service, toll-free numbers, mobile services, and enhanced applications on a single bill. Epygi designs and manufactures All-In-One IP PBXs as part of their Quadro product line. Quadros have all the traditional PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). functionality along with other unique features such as receptionist call queue monitoring, remote extensions with multi-company receptionist, and voicemail to email. The interoperability of the Quadro and BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service enables small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to connect their IP-based PBX telephone, data, and video switching system directly to Cbeyond's private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. The connection is via an industry standard SIP trunk, eliminating the upfront and recurring expenses associated with TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. gateways, which are needed to support legacy voice services such as analog lines and PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. circuits. With this combined level of functionality and reliability, SMBs not only realize significant cost savings, they appear larger and more professional. "Our BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service enables small businesses to benefit from a broad range of cost savings as well as enhanced features made possible by a pure VoIP interface," says Chris Gatch, chief technology officer for Cbeyond. "By being interoperable with our service, the Epygi Quadro product line offers our customers a reliable, feature-packed PBX that is a premium value." "Cbeyond's network is a business-grade service," says Jeff Kirchner, chief executive officer for Epygi. "Partnering with Cbeyond increases our flexibility and service options and allows us to provide small businesses with the reliability and features of a big business, at a fraction of the cost." About Cbeyond Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CBEY CBEY Center for Business and the Environment at Yale ) is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband services to small businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles. Cbeyond offers core communications services such as local and long-distance voice, mobile and broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a along with enhanced applications, including voicemail, email, Web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and more. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net. About Epygi Technologies Epygi Technologies, based in Plano, Texas, designs and manufactures robust IP PBXs, Voice over IP gateways, and cost-saving Conference Servers. The Epygi Quadros are positioned to serve the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. markets, teleworkers, and branch offices of large corporations. Using its own SIP technology and DSP software, the company combines telecommunications network knowledge with emerging computer telephony protocols. The company is a leader in SIP (session initiation protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. ) Voice over IP technology. Epygi has established a strong global presence working through distributors and resellers all over the world. Quadro products are in operation in over 40 countries on 6 continents. www.epygi.com |
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