snom technology AG (News - Alert), a developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, and Digium (News - Alert) Inc., the Asterisk company has entered into a strategic partnership.

 

The partnership agreement is aimed at offering integrated, SIP-based telephony solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.

 

The deal will give broad support for Asterisk (News - Alert) Business Edition telephony features on snom phones.

 

“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 Bill Miller (News - Alert), VP of Marketing and Product Management said in a press release.

“The interoperability between Asterisk Business Edition and snom IP phones ensures flexibility and broad support for Asterisk. We look forward to furthering our reach in the marketplace through this partnership.”

Digium’s Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk will be combined with snom’s interoperable IP desktop phones and the new m3 IP DECT (News - Alert) phone through which SMB customers will have access to advanced telephony solutions, which are more affordable compared to proprietary systems.

The customers would also have the control, rapid feature development and deployment, and rich feature base that the Asterisk community and its partners provide.

“Digium’s Asterisk Business Edition offers a high-end solution for SMBs,” said Michael Knieling, CFO and executive vice president of marketing and sales for snom. “Combined with snom’s family of phones, companies can now have a VoIP phone system that offers all of the high-end features of an enterprise solution.”