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Digium®, Inc. : , the Asterisk® Company, and AMTELCO, an innovator in call center communications systems and externally defined switching (XDS) boards, today announced an interoperability partnership that gives Asterisk developers new choices for E&M line and wireless interface solutions. Digium has certified the AMTELCO XDS 8-port E&M board for use with Asterisk telephony software.

Digium is the creator, sponsor

and driving force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. The company’s product lines include a wide range of hardware and software to enable businesses to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own VoIP systems.

Digium provides the award-winning Switchvox family of turnkey IP PBXs for small and medium enterprises. In addition, for custom implementations, 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.

Since its inception in 1976, AMTELCO has been a leader in call center and computer telephony innovations. These innovations led to the XDS CTI Boards Division in 1980. 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. By providing reliable, easy-to-implement solutions, AMTELCO’s global XDS customer base continues to grow.

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.”


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


About AMTELCO

AMTELCO brings a history of innovation to the computer telephony industry with the eXternally Defined Switching (XDS) PC-based line interface products. AMTELCO’s XDS Division specializes in providing E&M interface solutions for connection to radio dispatch and wireless communication devices in various markets. AMTELCO is located in McFarland, Wisconsin, with a global XDS customer base that has continued to grow since the inception of XDS in 1980.


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 to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. More information is available at www.digium.com : .

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AMTELCOJim Becker, 608-838-4194 jim@amtelco.com : mailto:jim@amtelco.com orDigiumJulie
Webb, 256-428-6203 jwebb@digium.com : mailto:jwebb@digium.com