VOIP and SIP News

The Unified Communications and VoIP service providers Cypress Communications and Broadvox have now agreed a merger.

Cypress provides hosted communications to small and mid-sized businesses and enterprises (SMBs and SMEs) while Broadvox provides virtual PBX hosted services and SIP Trunking for carriers.

Andre Temnorod, the CEO at Broadvox said: "We're excited about this merger agreement with a unified communications leader. The new, combined company will be in an improved position to provide high-quality and innovative services to our target markets and this strength will be key to continued future success.
He added: "We look forward to finalizing the transaction, but it is important for our customers, partners and stakeholders to realise that it is business as usual at Cypress Communications and Broadvox."

The Cypress Communications and Broadvox customer bases are not expected to to be affected by the merger and they can continue to make use of hosted unified communications and VoIP solutions.

The enterprise targeted Cypress C4 IP and Broadvox GO!VBX for SMBs will function as usual in terms of technology platforms, features and phones.

Stephen L. Schilling, CEO  of Cypress Communications, said: "The merger positions us well to serve SMBs and SMEs with VoIP segments. The combined company will boast a huge VoIP network and continue to provide 24x7 support and service for hundreds of thousands of businesses and consumers every day."

Both companies can make use of a strong network backbone for direct origination and termination of voice traffic.