Julie Webb
Digium
(256) 428-6203
jwebb@digium.com
Bill Hazelton
TeleMatrix, Inc.
(719) 638-8821
whazelton@telematrix.net
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 21, 2009—Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and TeleMatrix, Inc., a leading manufacturer of SIP telephone sets, today announced an interoperability partnership that provides Asterisk dealers and developers with a wide variety of new SIP and DECT SIP telephone solutions for hotel guestroom applications.
TeleMatrix is an ISO 9001 and RoHS-certified manufacturer of SIP corded, DECT SIP cordless, analog and digital Centrex telephones for hotel, education, healthcare and general business applications. Through the 2006 merger of TeleMatrix and Scitec, the combined companies have deployed seven million telephones at 30,000 commercial customer locations worldwide. Hotel customers include Accor, Best Western, Choice Hotels International, Hilton, Hyatt, International Hotels Group, Marriott, Starwood, Swissotel and Wyndham.
Digium created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software and the cost-effective alternative to proprietary communication software. Digium offers Asterisk free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line includes a wide range of hardware and software to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey VoIP phone systems or to design their own custom telephony solutions.
“From basic SIP trimlines to stylish 3300IP corded and 9600IP DECT SIP cordless, TeleMatrix SIP telephones and Digium business phone solutions such as Switchvox are setting the bar in world-class IP telephony,” said Jose Quiros, chief operating officer, TeleMatrix, Inc./Scitec, Inc. “Next-generation communications deserves bold design, and TeleMatrix has met the challenge with SIP telephones that are internationally designed for form and function, including colored handset inserts to enhance and complement guestroom and office décor on selected models.”
“The Digium and TeleMatrix interoperability partnership opens new opportunities for Asterisk channel partners and integrators to compete in the emerging global transition of hotel guestroom telephony from analog to SIP,” said Digium’s Bill Miller, vice president of product management. “The TeleMatrix global footprint and commitment to SIP telephony excellence create exciting sales opportunities for our Asterisk dealer and developer teams.”
About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium offers Asterisk software free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line includes a wide range of hardware and software to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey VoIP systems or to design their own custom telephony solutions. More information is available at http://www.digium.com.
The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk SCF, Switchvox, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
# # #