Avistar and SoTel Sign Distribution Agreement for Hosted Business-Class Desktop Videoconferencing

Delivering a Commercial-Grade, Service-Based, Economical and Secure Desktop Videoconferencing Solution for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Avistar Communications Corp. (www.avistar.com), a leader in unified visual communications solutions, today announced it has signed a hosted service provider distribution agreement with SoTel Systems, a wholesale supplier of business communications products and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services, that will provide the Avistar C3 Communicator™ solution to the small- and medium-sized business marketplace as a hosted business-class desktop videoconferencing service.

“With successful deployments ranging from small regional businesses to large global corporations, while delivering truly unrivaled price/performance in the desktop videoconferencing industry, Avistar wanted to work with an innovative partner to make desktop videoconferencing available to a wider swath of small- and medium-sized businesses as a robust hosted offering,” said Stephen Epstein, CMO, Avistar. “SoTel’s 30-year history, its proven track record in delivering SIP-based hosted solutions, and its reputation for top-notch support, training and service to its resellers made the choice crystal clear.”

James F. Goebel, CEO, SoTel Systems, said, “Unified communications solutions are in great demand today, and small businesses require business-class, not consumer-class, desktop videoconferencing. Avistar delivers commercial-grade desktop videoconferencing while SoTel puts the solutions in the hands of our resellers and in turn, their customers. Additionally, this agreement allows us to deploy this unified communications feature the way we think all products will be distributed in the future, as a hosted offering through the cloud.”

SoTel resellers will offer hosted desktop videoconferencing for a low monthly fee, making available an exciting, commercial-grade video solution at a great value. In addition to this standard, business-class offering, SoTel will offer other hosted videoconferencing options, such as private virtual secure clusters for government agencies and other organizations that require even higher levels of security due to the nature of their work.

About SoTel Systems, LLC

SoTel Systems, LLC is an Internet Telephony Services Provider (ITSP) offering SIP service products to replace traditional TDM local and long-distance services. In addition to SIP trunking applications, SoTel has distributed a variety of voice and datacom products to the VAR and Interconnect communities since 1981. Utilizing a unique soft switch technology developed internally by SoTel, dubbed SIPCore, the company offers a robust bundle of SIP trunking applications that position the reseller to improve competitive offerings.

SoTel provides 24/7 Customer Support and the peace of mind of 99.999% network availability. The target market for SoTel SIP Service is the SMB and Enterprise sector where six business lines or more are required. Whether the application is to link multiple customer sites, create connectivity for remote employees, or simply network savings, SoTel is the SIP Service provider of choice. For more information about SoTel IP Services, visit www.sotelsystems.com.

About Avistar Communications Corporation

Avistar (AVSR.PK) is an innovation leader in the unified visual communications industry, with more than 15 years of experience providing proven business-class desktop videoconferencing technology. Avistar’s solutions are used across a broad spectrum of industries with deployments ranging in size from 30-30,000 users. Avistar’s technology also helps to power solutions from IBM, LifeSize, Logitech and many other leading unified communications vendors. Avistar works with leading channel partners and resellers including AVI-SPL, Fontel, Jenne, Media Plus, SCH/SCC and Sotel in more than 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.avistar.com.

Avistar, the Avistar logo, Avistar C3 and Avistar C3 Communicator are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. All rights reserved.

CONTACT:

Avistar
Angela Smith, 650-525-3388
asmith@avistar.com
or
Birnbach Communications for Avistar
Margaret Bonilla, 603-548-0693
mbonilla@birnbachcom.com

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