Toshiba and XO Communications Jointly Certify Interoperability of Strata CIX VoIP Systems and XO SIP Trunking

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and XO Communications announced the certification of interoperability of XO SIP, a Session Initiation Protocol trunking solution from XO Communications, with Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems.

XO SIP is now available from Authorized Toshiba Dealers nationwide.

"The XO SIP solution delivers low-cost SIP 'trunks' to users of Toshiba Strata CIX VoIP business communication systems, giving them the best of Toshiba's enterprise telephony capabilities without the need to rely on traditional land lines," said Shahin Hatamian, VP of Product Management for Toshiba America Information Systems, Telecommunication Systems Division.

"With this agreement, Authorized Toshiba Dealers can now offer their Toshiba Strata CIX customers an easy-to-manage SIP solution as part of their overall enterprise telephony system," said Eric Hyman, director of managed services for XO Communications.

XO SIP is an integrated solution designed to support the needs of businesses with the most demanding voice and data applications at single or multiple locations. XO SIP uses Session Initiation Protocol signaling and a native IP-based facility to manage all traffic between a customer's IP-PBX system, the XO IP network, and the Public Switched Telephone Network.

XO SIP includes a broad range of bandwidth options to maintain optimal network performance and has the following features:

- Dedicated Internet access with bandwidth allocation

- Unlimited local calling

- Unlimited site-to-site calling for multi-location customers with IP Flex, IP Flex with VPN and XO SIP locations

- Long distance calling with choice of calling plans

- Optional Voice Compression

- Online Feature Management through the XO Business Center

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