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Businesses Will Benefit From High-Quality, Low-Cost Telephony Solutions
Yealink, the global top 5 SIP Phone provider, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the FreeSWITCH project. In addition to giving financial support, Yealink will be offering engineering and other technical resources that will allow Yealink devices to take full advantage of the power of the FreeSWITCH open source IP communications platform. Enterprises employing a VoIP infrastructure based on the combination of FreeSWITCH-powered servers and Yealink phones will benefit from the value of high quality at a low cost.

"FreeSWITCH is designed to facilitate people communicating with one another," notes Anthony Minessale, architect and lead developer of FreeSWITCH. "By definition this means that FreeSWITCH must be able to inter-operate with many different devices. Being able to work directly with a corporate like Yealink allows us to improve the process of connecting devices - and people - to one another."

"Yealink have been working tirelessly to ensure our worth as a leading competitor in VoIP products and solutions on a global scale. We are very pleased to be able to work with world-renowned partners like FreeSWITCH. The combination of Yealink and FreeSWITCH will certainly open a new world for our global customers and allow them to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere," added Stone Lu, Yealink Executive Vice President. Yealink is a Silver Sponsor of the ClueCon open source IP communications conference that will be held in Chicago, August 6-8, 2013. More information is available at www.ClueCon.com.

About Yealink

Founded in 2001, Yealink, the Global Top5 SIP Phone Provider and a leading provider of VoIP Phone and IP communication solutions, has been focusing on VoIP products characterized by reliable quality, easy deployment and affordable price for over a decade. Today, customers from over 140 countries rely on Yealink as the backbone of global collaboration to extend the value of network communications. For more information, please visit: www.yealink.com.

About FreeSWITCH

First released in January 2006, FreeSWITCH has grown to become the world's premier open source soft-switching platform. This versatile platform is used to power voice, video, and chat communications on devices ranging from single calls on the Rasbperry Pi to large server clusters handling thousands of calls. FreeSWITCH powers a number of commercial products, including Barracuda Networks' CudaTel Communications Server. Released under the business-friendly MPL 1.1 open source license, FreeSWITCH is continuing the open source telephony revolution that is occurring worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.freeswitch.org.

UK-based VoIP Industry Association Includes Lync Express Among Best Products and Solutions in 5th Annual Awards Ceremony

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 16, 2013) - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both voice and data, announced that the Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association (ITSPA), the voice of the UK VoIP industry, has awarded its Best VoIP CPE Solution Award to the NetBorder™ Lync Express from Sangoma. The award was recently presented during a ceremony hosted by Dr. Julian Huppert, MP, vice chair of the Parliamentary Internet Communications and Technology Forum at the House of Commons in London. The NetBorder Lync Express is an all-in-one appliance that incorporates all of the Microsoft® Lync™ software and services necessary for a complete Lync services environment along with a VoIP gateway to facilitate Lync deployments serving up to 500 seats.

The ITSPA annually presents awards in eight categories that represent the range and scope of the VoIP and Unified Communications (UC) industry in the United Kingdom. Sangoma was selected from among a broad group of entries from leading technology providers in the enterprise communications space. "We were very pleased that Lync Express was recognized by ITSPA, and it was an honor to accept this award in the House of Commons on behalf of the entire Sangoma team," said Simon Horton, Sangoma UK GM & director of product management. "ITSPA keeps a close watch on industry trends and business needs throughout the UK, and its recognition of the NetBorder Lync Express as the Best VoIP CPE solution validates Sangoma's efforts for making Lync deployments simple and cost effective is indeed a winning strategy. Sangoma is committed to continuing this initiative, and will soon roll out exciting new capabilities in the Lync Express product line that will make it even more flexible and powerful for addressing Lync and VoIP deployments by enterprises throughout the UK and the rest of the world."

Sangoma's industry-leading solution portfolio enables the interworking of a wide variety of disparate TDM and IP networks, clouds, protocols, services, devices, and applications. Its portfolio includes award-winning voice and data boards, transcoding and gateway software, standalone gateway appliances for SS7 and TDM-to-SIP, wireless boards, multiplexers, Microsoft Lync gateways, and session border controllers. These products are designed for simple integration with open source and closed source IP PBX applications, contact centers, unified communications systems and service provider networks. For more information about the Sangoma portfolio of IP telephony and network integration solutions, or to locate an authorized reseller, visit www.sangoma.com.

About Sangoma Technologies Corporation
Sangoma is a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both telecom and datacom applications. Enterprises, SMBs and Carriers in over 150 countries rely on Sangoma's technology as part of their mission critical infrastructures. Through its worldwide network of Distribution Partners, Sangoma delivers the industry's best engineered, highest quality products, some of which carry the industry's first lifetime warranty. The product line includes data and telecom boards for media and signal processing, as well as gateway appliances and software. Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:STC). Additional information on Sangoma can be found at www.sangoma.com.

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