Sangoma Technologies Corporation : Sangoma Releases SS7 to SIP Gateway Appliance

Scalable Standalone Appliance Simplifies VoIP to Interconnection for Service Providers

(TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both voice and data, today announced the general release of its appliance. This standalone gateway incorporates Sangoma's field proven SIP and SS7 protocol stacks and interface technology, enabling seamless integration of IP and PSTN signaling.

"Today's service providers must have a flexible and cost-effective means to bridge customers with IP-based networks to the core, while still meeting customer demands for the many cloud-based and mobility-enabled applications that are entering the marketplace at a frenetic pace. Sangoma's proven to SIP signaling is a powerful intermediation tool that will help address these often daunting challenges," said Bill Wignall, president and chief executive officer of Sangoma. "The SS7 gateway gives service providers an essential and easy-to-deploy means to offer new IP-based features and applications to customers with -based systems, as well as allow IP premise networks to integrate into a TDM-based carrier backbone."

Sangoma provides an industry-leading solution portfolio that enables the interworking of a wide variety of disparate networks, clouds, , services, devices, and applications. Its portfolio includes award-winning voice and data boards, transcoding and , and standalone gateway appliances, designed for simple integration with open source and closed source IP applications. The NetBorder VoIP Gateway Appliance is the latest addition to the product portfolio which addresses the critical mediation of call setup, control, and management across disparate technology domains.

"We know from our work with service providers, that those solutions that provide simplicity and flexibility for customers will increase utilization, and in turn will drive incremental revenue," said Bruce Clark, partner at IntelliCom Analytics. "This VoIP to from Sangoma is a great example of the type of solution that we think will have a dramatic impact on service provider revenue opportunities possible by bridging between traditional and emerging applications and capabilities."

The NetBorder VoIP Appliance is available in 1u and 2u rack-mount chasses, and supports up to 32 / connections. It also supports international signaling standards for and IP network connectivity, and provides broad transcoding for voice codecs. For more information about the Sangoma portfolio of IP and network integration solutions, or to locate an authorized reseller, visit .

About Sangoma Technologies Corporation

Sangoma is a leading provider of hardware and components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both telecom and datacom applications. Enterprises, SMBs and Carriers in over 150 countries rely on Sangoma's technology as part of their mission critical infrastructures. Through its worldwide network of Distribution Partners, Sangoma delivers the industry's best engineered, highest quality products, some of which carry the industry's first lifetime warranty. The product line includes data and telecom boards for media and signal processing, as well as appliances and software.

Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:STC). Additional information on Sangoma can be found at .