Image Partner Inc.
Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.
Fusion Communications Corp.

 Fusion Teams Up With Image Partner and Tokyo Electron Device in VoIP Applications

Software Tie-up Helps to Facilitate the Development of VoIP Applications

 Fusion Communications Corporation has established tie-ups with Image Partner Inc. and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. in the field of Voice over IP (VoIP) applications and has confirmed the connectivity to Fusion's IP telephone network of Intel® NetStructure™ Host Media Processing (HMP) software and Image Partner's iPartSIP software for the control of VoIP calls.

 The Fusion Service Partner Alliance is a policy that Fusion has adopted to expand the IP telephone market based on an "open ISP" and "open vendor" approach, and the current tie-up is an active cooperative arrangement aimed at developing new applications to expand IP telephony services.

 The NetStructure Host Media Processing software runs on servers that use Intel processors, and makes it possible to flexibly provide low-cost calls and advanced voice solutions. Use of the software lets enterprises build IP media servers with great flexibility and at low cost to provide two-way voice communication services, voice mail, conference services, a fax server, and functions provided by other telephony applications.

 Image Partner's iPartSIP is a software stack compatible with the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standard for voice control over IP telephone networks. The combination of this software with NetStructure HMP makes it easy to develop different kinds of VoIP applications using the voice solutions provided by NetStructure HMP without the need to verify connectivity when developing each application.

 Connectivity verification for the NetStructure HMP software and iPartSIP software was carried out by Tokyo Electron Device in cooperation with Fusion. Tokyo Electron Device is in charge of sales and support as a distributor for both products, and helps Fusion application partners to develop various VoIP telephony applications rapidly and at low cost.

 Through future partnerships with VoIP application developers, Fusion plans to move ahead with the development of new applications to expand the use of IP telephony among corporate users.