Edgewater Networks Adds Panasonic's Suite of SIP phones to their Approved Devices List

By Jyothi Shanbhag

TMCnet Contributor

 

Edgewater Networks (News - Alert) has certified that Panasonic's (News - Alert) SIP communications-based phones are interoperable with their Plug & Dial solution.

The Panasonic phones such as KX-UT113B, KX-UT123B, KX-UT133B, and KX-UT136B has achieved Plug & Dial certification on EdgeView version 11.7.2.

Using EdgeMarc ESBC and the EdgeView VoIP Support System, the Plug & Dial solution automates the provisioning of a wide variety of IP phones. This automation reduces operating expenses and improves the end-user experience for service providers delivering cloud communications services.

'We are pleased to add Panasonic's suite of SIP phones to our list of approved devices. Panasonic has developed a complete line of business-class phones that offer HD voice quality and easy operation,' said Dave Norman, Chief Executive Officer of Edgewater Networks. 'This addition to the growing list of Plug & Dial certified phones allows us to provide even more customers with simple and hassle-free installations.'

Edgewater Networks has even initiated the Plug & Dial Alliance program that provides interoperability testing for multi-vendor VoIP networking environments and automated setup of many leading brands of SIP-based IP phones.

This program enables service providers to make use of Edgewater Networks' Plug & Dial solution to decrease the hosted PBX (News - Alert) installation times and simplify ongoing moves and changes.

The solution utilizes intuitive voice prompts provided to the end-user to facilitate 'selfprovision,' and this process cuts down pre-staging or manual configuration of IP phones. The solution also provides notification to existing OSS or billing systems at the completion of the automated IP phone configuration.

'This alliance with Edgewater Networks allows us to solve real problems for organizations who are increasingly adopting cloud-based telephony solutions,' said Kim Murtagh, Product Manager for SIP at Panasonic. 'With Edgewater, we broaden our ability to offer a flexible, expandable, and reliable solution to customers.'

The EdgeMarc ESBC and EdgeView VoIP Support System belong to comprehensive solution from Edgewater Networks that connect, protect, optimize and manage IP-based communications.