snom Technology has announced that its full suite of IP phones for the desktop has, “passed a battery of interoperability tests with 4PSA’s cloud-based unified communications product VoipNow."

According to company officials, the tests included the snom 3xx and snom 8xx desktop phones, as well as the snom m3 wireless DECT (News - Alert) phone. Snom officials say this support snom’s, "growing position as the go-to developer of intelligent IP endpoints for unified communications systems of all kinds."

The combination of snom’s open SIP architecture and 4PSA’s innovative cloud computing communications software is cited by company officials as offering customers a, "low-cost, highly functional enterprise telephony system" capable of being deployed and scalable "to hundreds or thousands of endpoints, if necessary."

All of snom’s products "are built on the premise of interoperability in any SIP environment, be it hardware or software, on-premises or hosted and even in the cloud,” said Michael Knieling (News - Alert), Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales for snom technology AG. “With 4PSA leading the way in cloud-based unified communications environments, we think the two product suites complement each other very nicely.”

About a month ago TMCnet reported that snom officials said they believe the transition of desktop phones from voice-centric devices to complete dashboards for unified communications is so fast that "the speed of application execution is becoming even more critical."

To supply to the emerging demands, snom announced the launch of Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications VoIP, the snom m9. The new snom m9, according to company officials, "is the world's first cordless VoIP phone that can be integrated with the snom OCS edition in a Microsoft (News - Alert) Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment."

The vendor's suite of VoIP phones includes advanced IP phones such as the snom 3xx series, full-color touchscreen desktop phones such as the snom 870, wireless DECT phones such as the m3 and related endpoints, such as the PA1 paging system and the MeetingPoint conference phone.

Company officials note that all built with open SIP firmware allowing for better installation, interoperability and sound quality.

"As unified communications systems have proliferated, the advanced technology and open standards in every snom product has proven to be an ideal combination for providing enterprises with cost-effective and feature-rich IP telephony," Knieling said.