Nextiva Selects AudioCodes for Business Communications Services

Leading cloud communications company extends services to businesses with AudioCodes session border controllers (SBCs)

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Mar 07, 2016, 09:00 ET

LOD, Israel, March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights

Nextiva provides cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions designed to simplify the way businesses communicate
Nextiva received Frost & Sullivan's 2015 Customer Service Leadership Award, a first for a communications company
AudioCodes was selected by Nextiva to deliver high quality business communications services
AudioCodes' SBCs deliver fully automated deployments, minimizing on-site expertise and installation costs
The joint solution significantly reduces the complexity of cloud and IP-PBX integration through normalization of signaling in the core network and seamless integration with Nextiva's existing service model

Details

AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced that its session border controllers (SBCs) have been selected by Nextiva for its cloud-based business communications services.

Nextiva provides cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions designed to simplify the way businesses communicate. Founded in 2006 on the principle of Amazing Service®, Nextiva serves more than 100,000 businesses in the United States from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Nextiva selected AudioCodes SBCs to provide hosted voice capabilities to new business customers. Nextiva chose to work with AudioCodes because of its robust SBC technology, products and expertise. By integrating the Mediant SBC portfolio, Nextiva is able to deliver secure, high quality cloud voice services for end customers while reducing deployment and daily operational costs.

"Adding AudioCodes SBCs to our offerings allows us to support any PBX on the market," said Josh Lesavoy, Chief Information Officer at Nextiva. "For our customers, this device will significantly reduce their switching costs and require less configuration on their end for a simplified setup process. The integration of AudioCodes Mediant SBCs into our network and management systems was seamless, and we look forward to a great partnership with the AudioCodes team."

"We are proud to be selected as Nextiva's SBC partner, and are looking forward to working together to support customers as they migrate to cloud communications services," said Yehuda Herscovici, Vice President Product at AudioCodes. "Nextiva is one of the fastest growing cloud communications companies and the selection of AudioCodes' Mediant SBCs is a validation of our technological superiority and commitment to the support and growth of our cloud customers' businesses."

Meet AudioCodes at the upcoming shows:

Visit AudioCodes at Enterprise Connect to experience our live demos at the "Unified Communications Innovation Unleashed" booth in Orlando, Florida on March 7-9, 2016 at booth #1529
Schedule a meeting with AudioCodes at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 14-18, 2016. Visit us at Hall #13, Booth C70 to learn more about our products and solutions
Visit AudioCodes at UC EXPO , 19-20 April 2016, Olympia London at booth #K1016 in the Microsoft Partner Zone

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About Nextiva

Nextiva provides cloud-based communications solutions designed to simplify the way businesses communicate. Founded in 2006 on the principle of Amazing Service®, Nextiva acquired its first customer in 2008. Today, Nextiva serves more than 100,000 businesses in the United States from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn more at http://www.nextiva.com.

About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader, focused on converged VoIP and data communications, and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Enterprise networks and Cable. The Company provides a range of innovative, cost-effective products including Media Gateways, Multi-Service Business Routers, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Residential Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers, Value Added Applications and Professional Services. AudioCodes' underlying technology, VoIPerfectHD™, relies on AudioCodes' leadership in DSP, voice coding and voice processing technologies. AudioCodes' High Definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user communication experience in Voice communications. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com.

AudioCodes invites you to join our online community and follow us on: AudioCodes Voice Blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and the demand for existing products; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development, upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible need for additional financing; the ability to satisfy covenants in the Company's loan agreements; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the ability of AudioCodes to successfully integrate the products and operations of acquired companies into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

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