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Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, and AMTELCO, have announced today an interoperability partnership that will give Asterisk (News - Alert) developers new options for E&M line and wireless interface solutions.

 

AMETELCO provides call center communications systems and externally defined switching (XDS) boards. Digium (News - Alert) has certified the AMTELCO XDS 8-port E&M board for use with Asterisk telephony software.

 

“This new partnership provides market expansion opportunities for Asterisk developers in new and emerging wireless applications,” said Bill Miller (News - Alert), vice president of product management at Digium. “We welcome AMTELCO to the Digium ecosystem.”

 

It can be said that Asterisk is popularly used open source telephony software that was created and sponsored by Digium. The company’s product lines include a wide range of hardware and software that enable businesses to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own VoIP systems. Company officials said that one such innovative product is the Digium award-winning Switchvox (News - Alert) family of turnkey IP PBXs for small and medium enterprises.

 

 In addition, officials said, Digium offers both commercially licensed and open source versions of Asterisk as premier development frameworks for application builders looking to leverage the power of Asterisk to create custom telephony solutions.

 

Jim Becker, AMTELCO vice president and director of the XDS division, stated, “This new partnership between AMTELCO and Digium provides developers with new opportunities when interfacing to radio interface devices, as well as more modern wireless dispatch platforms.”

 

AMTELCO has provided XDS E&M interface solutions for connection to special PBXs, radio dispatch and wireless communication devices in the police, military, aircraft, call center and healthcare markets since the 1980’s.