8x8 Signs Distribution Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation to Offer Packet8 Virtual Office Hosted iPBX Phone Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 27 -- 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of Packet8 (packet8.net) residential, business and video Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services, today announced it has signed an agreement with SYNNEX Corporation, a leading business process services company, calling for the distribution of Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone services to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). SYNNEX will offer the telephony solution as part of its Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) offering.
The agreement enables SYNNEX Corporation's resellers to tap into the rapidly growing SMB hosted VoIP market with Packet8's leading business iPBX solution, now in use by over 9,000 U.S. companies.
"We are pleased that SYNNEX, one of the leading business process services companies in North America, has selected Packet8 Virtual Office as a hosted VoIP TaaS offering it will recommend to its customers," said 8x8 Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Huw Rees. "Through our partnership with SYNNEX, we expect that market visibility for Virtual Office will increase significantly as thousands of resellers and VARs throughout North America begin to educate their clients about the merits of remote on-demand services such as VoIP."
According to a recently published IDC study dated August 2007, the market for hosted IP voice services among U.S. businesses is expected to reach approximately $456 million by the end of 2008. Small businesses, in particular, are gravitating toward hosted telephony solutions because they offer significant Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantages, are easy to deploy and provide access to advanced, corporate-class features they otherwise could not afford.
"With the increased adoption of remote on-demand services by the small business community, SYNNEX resellers now have a tangible opportunity to expand their serviceable market with a hosted VoIP solution that offers a unique and very compelling value proposition," said Bob Stegner, Senior Vice President, Marketing for North America at SYNNEX Corporation. "The Packet8 Virtual Office system is an ideal remote on-demand VoIP solution for the SMB because it combines PBX functionality and dial tone in a no-maintenance service that is reliable, scalable and, most importantly, affordable."
Packet8 Virtual Office lets SMBs implement a distributed, hosted iPBX telephony solution for a fraction of the cost of traditional business phone system alternatives such as premise-based Private Branch Exchanges (PBXs), Key Systems or Centrex. In addition to complete PBX functionality, Virtual Office service plans currently provide unlimited local and long distance calling in the U.S., Canada and eight additional countries for a flat-rate of only $49.99 a month, as well as lower-priced metered plans and international calling at highly competitive rates.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc., the second largest standalone VoIP service provider in the U.S., offers internet-based telephony solutions (packet8.net) for individual residential and business users as well as small to medium sized business organizations. In addition to regular Packet8 VoIP service plans priced as low as $24.99 per month for unlimited anytime calling to the U.S., Canada and eight additional countries, 8x8 offers the Packet8 Tango Video Terminal Adapter along with accompanying monthly service plans also priced at $24.99 per month. Packet8 Virtual Office, 8x8's VoIP phone system for small to medium sized businesses, is a hosted PBX solution comprised of powerful business class features. Companies subscribing to Virtual Office pay just $49.99 per month per extension for enterprise class PBX functionality along with unlimited local and long distance calling in the U.S. and Canada. The Packet8 Complete Contact Center(TM) is a hosted multimedia call center distribution and management platform that works with any broadband Internet service and provides enterprise class contact center functionality combined with Virtual Office hosted iPBX calling features and business calling plans. Packet8 Softalk Office(TM) , 8x8's PC-based soft phone client, offers high quality voice and video in-network calling as well as outbound calling to the PSTN. For additional company information, visit 8x8's web site at www.8x8.com.
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CONTACT: Joan Citelli of 8x8, Inc.
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