From Mississauga, Ontario comes the news that Phybridge, a provider of IP telephony infrastructure, has announced that its UniPhyer "is compliant with IP telephony from Avaya (News - Alert)." 

The UniPhyer is described by Phybridge officials as enabling businesses to deploy IP telephony "with no network or business disruptions." They say the application is proven and validated by Avaya Labs (News - Alert) "to interoperate with the Avaya Communications Server 1000 and the Avaya Business Communications Manager 50, designed for the SMB market."

Phybridge is a member of the Avaya DevConnect (News - Alert) program, an initiative to develop, market and sell third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology.

The UniPhyer provides power over Ethernet over a single cable, company officials say, adding that this allows businesses "to save money, eliminate risks and provide flexibility while they ready themselves to reap the benefits" of IP telephony.

"IP telephony is the future for business communications, there's no question. We are excited to be a catalyst to the adoption while eliminating local area network barriers," says Steven Fair, EVP Phybridge (News - Alert).

"I initially deployed Nortel IP phones on the data network with many service issues. Discovered the Phybridge UniPhyer and the installation was slick, quick and professional," said Shaunna Kaminsky, Telecommunications Analyst, Mohawk College. "There have been no service complaints."

As a Gold member of the program, company officials say, Phybridge is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab where "a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant."

Doing so ensures businesses can add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure - "speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs," Avaya officials say.