Digium Signs Master Agent Agreement with Sandler Partners

Agents to Offer Switchvox Cloud Business Phone and SIP Trunking Services to SMBs

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Dec 17, 2014, 10:09 ET

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, today announced that Sandler Partners, a premier telecommunications master agency headquartered in Hermosa Beach, Calif., has joined the Digium Cloud Agent Program as a Master Agent. Sandler Partners connects its agent partners to the highest quality communications solutions providers for voice and data, while securing the lowest possible rate structure.

The partnership allows Sandler Partners' agents the opportunity to expand their portfolios with Digium's award-winning Switchvox Cloud Unified Communications (UC) phone system, while maximizing commissions in the rapidly growing cloud services market. More than a hosted VoIP PBX, Switchvox Cloud is an affordably priced, full-featured UC cloud solution. Digium's unique "all features included" pricing model for Switchvox Cloud takes the guesswork and complexity out of choosing and deploying an advanced business phone system.

"We have an abundance of successful, professionally run VoIP companies in our portfolio. We specifically wanted to work with Digium to provide our agents with a comprehensive unified communications phone system that is highly customizable," said Alan Sandler, founder and managing partner of Sandler Partners. "Switchvox Cloud provides our more hands-on and technical agents a solution that can be tailored to solve almost any business communications' need."

"Sandler Partners brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and leadership in the cloud services industry," said Jim Butler, Digium's director of global channel sales. "We are excited to have Sandler Partners offer Switchvox Cloud and SIP Trunking to its extensive network of cloud agents, and be a reliable resource for current Digium partners. Our relationship with Sandler Partners further demonstrates the growing popularity of Digium Cloud Services."

Agents seeking additional information should visit Sandler Partners at its partner portal at www.sandlerportal.com.

For more information on the Digium Cloud Agent Program, visit www.digium.com/partners . Digium's Switchvox Cloud is available in the lower 48 United States. For more information on Switchvox Cloud, visit: www.digium.com/switchvoxcloud.

About Digium
Digium®, Inc. provides Asterisk® software, telephony hardware, and on-premises and hosted Switchvox business phone systems that deliver enterprise-class Unified Communications (UC) and UC as a Service (UCaaS) solutions at an affordable price. Digium is the creator, primary developer and sponsor of the Asterisk project; the world's most widely used open source communications software. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a feature-rich communications server. A community of more than 80,000 developers and users worldwide uses Asterisk to create VoIP communication solutions in more than 170 countries. Since 1999, Digium has empowered developers to create innovative communications solutions based on open standards and open source software, providing an alternative to proprietary phone systems. Digium Switchvox Cloud and other cloud-based products and services are offered through Digium Cloud Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Digium, Inc. Digium's business communications products are sold through a worldwide network of reseller partners. More information is available at http://www.digium.com and http://www.asterisk.org.

About Sandler Partners
Sandler Partners is one of the largest and most respected master agencies in the country. A repeat honoree in the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, Sandler Partners serves the telecom, cloud and IT agent communities through a service-oriented model based on strategic partnership and shared success. More than 2000 of the country's leading communications consultants, IT and cloud experts, MSPs, interconnects and phone vendors rely on Sandler Partners for carrier and provider agreements, training, market knowledge, and on-demand sales engineering and closing support. For more information, visit http://www.sandlerpartners.com.