Digium and BandTel Enter Into Strategic Partnership

Digium, Inc., the creator of Asterisk(tm) and pioneer of open source telephony, and BandTel, a leading global provider of next-generation VoIP termination to the PSTN for high volume telecom users such as Call Centers, Enterprise users, Teleconferencing Companies and Internet Voice Response (IVR) users, today announced that BandTel has become a Digium service partner. As a result of this agreement, Digium and BandTel will partner in marketing initiatives to resellers interested in the cost and flexibility benefits of an open source telephony solution.

The alliance provides Digium and BandTel's channel partners worldwide to expand their portfolio of VoIP service-offerings and provide customers with a highly fault-tolerant, cost-effective and feature-rich VoIP solution. BandTel provides SIP-based VoIP solutions that fully support the Digium open source platform.

"This partnership with BandTel allows us to continue to expand our service and feature offerings to those looking to build high-end, Asterisk-based telephony systems," said Jim Webster, director of software technologies at Digium. "We are pleased to work with an innovative company such as BandTel to expand the VoIP market worldwide and promote the vital role open source plays for the future of the IP telecom market."

"BandTel's SIP-based VoIP solutions provide large-scale customers with reliable, high quality VoIP services, which is a perfect complement to Digium's ability to provide these users with the ability to easily create and customize a cost effective VoIP infrastructure," stated Chris Dunk, president and CEO of BandTel. "Digium is an excellent partner, and we are happy to join the Asterisk ecosystem so we can work together to advance the open source initiative within the VoIP market."

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. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com.

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 BandTel

BandTel is a leading provider of VoIP termination to the PSTN. Its solutions are uniquely designed for high volume telecom users such as Call Centers, Enterprise users, teleconferencing Companies and Internet Voice Response (IVR) users. BandTel is dedicated to ensuring its customers and partners alike have access to the most reliable, end-to-end VoIP service available on the market today. The company has developed strong partnerships with leading carriers and telecommunications companies such as Global Crossing, XO Communications, Level 3, MCI and NEC. BandTel is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.bandtel.com or call 877-226-3835.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.

BandTel is a registered trademark of BandTel, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.

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