Verso Technologies has teamed up with IBM (News - Alert) to offer the Verso MetroNet VoIP Overlay system on the IBM eServer BladeCenter platform. The joint offering will make a Linux-based VoIP system run on the IBM eServer BladeCenter and be marketed by both companies.

The Verso/IBM offering is said to target providers in the Tier-2 through Tier-4 markets that require deployment of an open standards softswitch platform. The system combo is comprised of the Verso Clarent endpoint (Class-5) and tandem (Class-4) switching technologies, as well as other capabilities and services.

The integrated softswitch offering will also allow providers to deploy Voice over Broadband (VoBB) services to businesses and residential subscribers, as well as offer services such as prepaid, voicemail and hosted PBX. The offering can be deployed over any broadband medium including cable, xDSL, wireless, fiber, satellite, and microwave.

“We are proud that IBM, the world’s leading systems integrator and the leader in delivering complex solutions for carriers, has incorporated the Verso MetroNet VoIP Overlay solution as a key component in its telecom portfolio,” said Verso Technologies’ chief executive officer Monty Bannerman in a statement.

“We can reach new markets with a Linux-based VoIP platform running on the IBM BladeCenter platform, which assists us in our goal of becoming a major supplier of VoIP solutions to the carrier markets. Access to IBM global markets expands Verso’s distribution channel and provides access to a substantial piece of the global VoIP market,” concluded Bannerman.

Verso made news last week when it announced that it had recently acquired a limited liability company that holds the majority of the business assets of Verilink Corporation and Larscom Incorporated, global providers of converged voice and data access equipment and services to carriers and enterprises, from Winslow Asset Group, LLC, an affiliate of SCS Fund, LP. The purchase price of approximately $5.8 million was paid through the issuance of shares of Verso capital stock.

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