Telmar Network Technology Signs Supply Agreement with Vertical Communications for North America

PR Log (Press Release) – Sep 15, 2009 – Telmar Network Technology today announced that it has signed an exclusive, five-year supply agreement with Vertical Communications for the repair, service, and manufacturing of its Vertical InstantOffice® and Vertical Comdial® DX-80™ product lines.  In the agreement, Telmar will assume manufacturing rights from Vertical for these product offerings and will directly support and market to Vertical’s 8,000 customers in the United States and Canada.

Telmar will offer the customized IP business phone systems and IP PBX solutions as part of its  Extended Life product line. Vertical’s small and medium business and enterprise customers who have their products serviced and repaired by Telmar will receive a new 12-month warranty.  

“Telmar’s investment in Vertical’s IP and digital telephony solutions highlights our continued commitment to the enterprise market,” said Jay Hilbert, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Telmar.  “With Vertical providing superior telephony services to many of the nation’s top retailers, we look forward to expanding our Extended Life product base  and helping Vertical customers reduce cost while maintaining high-quality performance with their existing systems.”

“We sought a company with a long track record of demonstrating accountability and an unwavering commitment to quality,” said Vertical Communications CEO Bill Tauscher.  “Telmar’s excellent industry reputation, commitment to the highest quality standards, and extended life product experience convinced us that our U.S. and Canadian customers using InstantOffice and Comdial DX would greatly benefit from Telmar’s services and expertise.”

Vertical will continue to sell the Comdial DX product line which supports a number of the company’s existing technologies.

To learn more about Telmar’s enterprise solutions visit http://www.telmarnt.com/Products/Enterprise/Vertical-Com ...

About Vertical Communications, Inc.
Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Cambridge MA, Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Sarasota FL, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit http://www.vertical.com.