ZyXEL Communications (News - Alert) and snom have teamed up to offer comprehensive end-to-end VoIP solutions for small and medium-size businesses (SMB).

ZyXEL Ethernet switches and snom’s IP communication devices have undergone rigorous testing and have now been certified to interoperate for a reliable and cost-effective business VoIP solution.

snom technology is a developer of IP phones and communications software. Networking company ZyXEL Communications provides innovative and reliable internet solutions for customers ranging from telecommunications service providers, medium-sized businesses to home users.

ZyXEL offers a rugged PoE (Power-over-Ethernet) enabled Ethernet switches that promise stable and consistent data transmission for performance-intensive applications like voice and video.

These switches are combined with the VoIP system from snom to result into a solution which is robust, simplified and ready-to- be- deployed for businesses.

“snom is proud to partner with ZyXEL who is very well regarded in the business networking space,” said Dr Michael Knieling (News - Alert), executive vice president of Marketing and Sales at snom technology. “They share our passion and business objective for IP based business applications and our collaboration will benefit both our customers to offer reliable, cost-effective VoIP solutions to SMBs.”

“IP based telephony is a critical business application and ZyXEL recognizes the importance of providing reliable and easy to install integrated VoIP solution,” said Alpha Chen, vice president of Enterprise Solution Business Unit for ZyXEL. “The collaboration with snom has combined the best-of-breed networking expertise and VoIP products for an integrated solution for unified communication.”

In other news, snom Technology recently introduced to the market an all new line of business VoIP phones that are designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) that require an enterprise-class desktop phone on a smaller budget.

The new 7xx series of business VoIP phones include the 720 and 760 phones that combine the multiple programmable buttons and standard business functionality of the snom 3xx series with the functionality, styling and Gigabit Ethernet switch found in the snom 8xx series.