"U4EA provides a cost-efficient single-box solution for enterprises and service providers who choose the Tango Abrazo solution. U4EA's unique QoS makes its solutions ideal for unified communications, and we will look to expand our collaboration to meet customers' evolving communications needs."
– Al Leo, VP of Sales and Business Development for Tango Networks
U4EA Partners with Tango Networks for Mobility Solution
U4EA's Integrated Access Device Delivers Unified Communications through its Session Control and Patented QoS
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona, Spain – February 11, 2008 – U4EA Technologies, a leading provider of integrated access technology for converged communications, today announced that it has partnered with Tango Networks™, a leader in seamless enterprise fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solutions, to deliver interoperability between the U4EA Fusion 200 and 400 Series session border controllers and the Tango Abrazo™ solution. U4EA's Multi-Service Business Gateways (MSBGs) combine the functions of a SIP session controller, router, switch, firewall, IDS, VoIP gateway, QoS and OA&M into a single device for the delivery of converged VoIP, data, and video services. Tango combines the advanced capabilities of the enterprise PBX with the flexibility of the mobile phone for a single, powerful communications solution.
U4EA is exhibiting in Hall 2 J60 and Tango Networks is exhibiting in stand #2.1C69 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 11-14.
"We are pleased to have U4EA added to our partner ecosystem," said Al Leo, vice president of sales and business development for Tango Networks. "U4EA provides a cost-efficient single-box solution for enterprises and service providers who choose the Tango Abrazo solution. U4EA's unique QoS makes its solutions ideal for unified communications, and we will look to expand our collaboration to meet customers' evolving communications needs."
The Tango Abrazo is a high-performance hardware/software solution that connects any mobile phone, through any enabled wireless network, with any PBX. With the Tango Abrazo, organizations seamlessly merge mobile phones with the corporate network. Whether an employee is in or out of the office, he or she has a single phone number for both the mobile and desk phones, with a single voice mailbox and access to all the advanced calling features and money-saving corporate dialing plans enabled by the PBX.
"We are delighted to work with Tango Networks, whose Abrazo solution works with any phone and any PBX for true fixed-mobile convergence," said Ken Epps, CEO of U4EA. "Tango understands the mobility needs of enterprises, and by partnering with U4EA, the companies can deliver a simplified, cost-efficient alternative to the multi-box approach. The combination of U4EA's patented QoS and session control with the Tango Abrazo will provide customers with a solution that guarantees security and quality."
U4EA's Fusion Series was developed specifically for SIP-based next generation networks carrying multiple types of real time applications coexisting with data and other streaming IP media. These total one box solutions deliver high-performance QoS, IP security (IPSec), and Firewall/Network Address Translation (FW/NAT) for secure, wire-speed performance and reliable multi-service support in today's converged networks. The Fusion Series is supported by U4EA's patented quality of service technology, GoS™ (Guarantee of Service), which guarantees service quality for applications of multiple media types – such as voice, data, video, and collaboration – all accessible through a single fixed or wireless access link or WAN pipe. Business continuity can be achieved through the use of multiple access links that include wireless.
About Tango Networks
Tango Networks integrates mobile phones into the corporate enterprise, enabling any mobile phone to become a true PBX extension on the enterprise network. With the award-winning Tango Abrazo, enterprises benefit from cost savings and control over mobile service while enabling employees to be more responsive to business needs by providing advanced desk phone capabilities on any mobile device. Two phones. One solution. That’s Tango. For more information, dance over to www.tango-networks.com.
About U4EA Technologies
U4EA Technologies is a leading provider of multi-service business gateways that enable service providers to deploy highly integrated, robust, and easy-to-manage IP communications solutions to SMB and enterprise customers. U4EA’s all-in-one customer premises devices, supported by the company’s revolutionary QoS (GoS™) mechanisms, ensure the secure, reliable and cost-effective delivery of converged VoIP, data and video services. The U4EA Fusion Series also includes next generation network signaling gateways, which enable carriers to interconnect legacy networks and equipment with Next Generation Networks. U4EA Technologies is a privately held company that is headquartered in Fremont, California, and has development, sales and marketing operations in Bristol, England; Nice, France; and Cork, Ireland. For more information, visit U4EA at www.u4eatech.com.
Tango Networks contact:
Jeannette Hudler
Tango Networks, Inc.
Phone: +1 972-301-9314
Email: pr@tango-networks.com
U4EA contact:
Jennifer Deitsch
U4EA Technologies Inc
Phone: +1 925 831 2092
Mobile: +1 408 644 4859
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