Digium is the creator and driving force behind Asterisk, the open source voice communications software deployed by more than 4 million servers worldwide to manage VoIP calls for businesses and individuals. More resellers, telecom professionals and software developers choose Digium's products than those of any other open source telephony company because only Digium delivers the technical superiority, security and flexibility associated with Asterisk. Asterisk powers Digium’s family of software and hardware appliances, including AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox.

Fanstel, founded in 1990, is a leading manufacturer of carrier-grade and enterprise-grade telephone products. Fanstel has delivered high-quality telephone products to 55 countries. A vertically integrated telephone manufacturer with engineering and production facilities, Fanstel offers customization and branding services for made-to-order products. In addition to Asterisk-interoperable and ready-to-use SIP phones, Fanstel makes customization and branding services available to Asterisk communities.

Fanstel SIP phones offer many advanced features, such as multiple line appearances, DND, transfer, pick-up, park/unpark, conferencing, intercom, busy lamp field, XML messaging and auto-provisioning, as required in enterprise applications. In addition, up to five parties can be conferenced locally, saving PBX processing power to support more extensions.

“Fanstel is committed to support Asterisk, the leading open source VoIP platform, and will continue to expand Asterisk-interoperable product lines,” said Yuan Fan, President at Fanstel. “Interoperability with Asterisk Business Edition is important to a growing number of our customers and partners, so we’ve taken the important step of becoming a Digium partner and deepening our relationship with the company.”

Jim Webster, director of technology partnerships at Digium, commented: “We’re happy to partner with Fanstel and to make the combination of that company’s SIP telephones and telephony systems based on Asterisk Business Edition an option for companies worldwide. We believe the offering will be a compelling one for small to mid-sized businesses in the U.S. and abroad.”

Source: Business Wire