Integra Telecom (News - Alert), a provider of business-grade networking, communications and cloud solutions, and Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication Systems Division (Toshiba (News - Alert)) announced the interoperability between Integra’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunking services and Toshiba’s family of Strata CIX IP business telephone systems. 

Following this development, Integra’s SIP Trunking services have been made available at Authorized Toshiba Dealers.

“This new interoperability certification benefits users of Toshiba’s Strata CIX IP business telephone systems by allowing them to use Integra Telecom’s robust products and services, including SIP Trunking,” said Eric Abing, senior product manager, Toshiba, in a statement.

“This certification reinforces the seamless nature of Toshiba’s products with Integra’s services, providing reassurance to enterprise-level customers about the quality and reliability of their selected telephone equipment and service,” Abing added.

The interoperability test certifies the compatibility of Toshiba’s voice products with Integra’s SIP Trunking. The interoperability certification spans the full family of Toshiba’s Strata CIX IP telephone systems, which includes CIX40, CIX100, CIX200, CIX670 and CIX1200 models.

“This certification represents another milestone for Integra as we continue building our portfolio of SIP Trunking services,” said Brian Gregory, director of product management for Integra Telecom, in a statement. “By working closely with Toshiba dealers and organizations utilizing these phone systems, Integra is well-positioned to continue to deliver enhanced features to our business customers.”

 With this integration, Integra now further expands the number of IP business telephone systems certified to operate with its SIP Trunking service.

The certification also enables Integra to deliver a number of benefits to business customers including efficient use of bandwidth by combining voice and data networks onto a single service, dynamic bandwidth allocation and maximizing capacity through multiple compression options.

Back in July, Integra Telecom announced the expansion of some of the company’s important metropolitan areas of the western U.S. This expansion is part of Integra’s $52 million year-long plan to leverage its fiber network to provide wholesale, enterprise and carrier-class high bandwidth products and services.