TINLEY PARK, IL– (November 27, 2006) — SIPBox, an end-to-end telephony provider that designs, implements and supports VoIP solutions for medium to large enterprises, today announced that it is the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Entrepreneurial Company of the Year for its role as an emerging company with vast potential in the enterprise telephony equipment services market. With a specialty in Asterisk, the industry’s first open source telephony platform, SIPBox offers a complete solution and handles the entire process on site, from design to implementation to ongoing management and support.
“As the demand for open-source solutions increases, SIPBox will experience significant growth,” said Krithi Rao, Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst. “The value proposition that SIPBox offers will help the company differentiate in a market entrenched with legacy equipment vendors and penetrate a large number of diverse enterprise segments.”
With this Award, Frost & Sullivan recognizes SIPBox’s ability to build around its inherent strengths and identify a unique target market with significant market potential. The Frost & Sullivan Award for Entrepreneurial Company is presented each year to the small company that demonstrated superior entrepreneurial ability in its industry during the research period.
“Leveraging our history in IT systems integration and our experience with IP PBXs, such as Asterisk, SIPBox is helping to grow the IP telephony market and provides enterprise and carriers customers with the ability to easily make the switch to VoIP,” said Chad Agate, CEO SIPBox. “We are pleased to accept this honor and are extremely excited that Frost & Sullivan based this Award on the success of our satisfied base of Asterisk customers.”
About SIPBox
SIPBox designs, implements, and supports end-to-end telephony solutions for medium-to-large enterprises (200+ users). With a specialty in Asterisk, the industry’s first open source telephony platform, SIPBox differentiates itself from other solutions providers by offering a complete solution, starting with on-site network design and integration. Handling the entire process on-site, from design to implementation to 24/7 support, SIPBox brings a focused expertise that can not only implement, but manage and maintain the system as well. SIPBox is based in Tinley Park, Illinois. Please visit www.sipbox.net for additional information.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company’s industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.awards.frost.com.
SIPBox and the SIPBox logo, are registered trademarks of SIPBox. Asterisk is a registered trademark of Digium Inc.
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