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Centile Receives 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award

By Michael Guta
Contributing Writer

Communication service providers (CSPs) and telecom operators are always looking for the next innovation in IP communications. Whether it is a simple mobile app or a complex platform for enterprise communications, service providers want solutions in their portfolio that can generate revenue. As a developer of Unified Communications (News - Alert) and Fixed-Mobile Convergence platforms for operators and integrators, Centile Telecom Applications was just recognized for such an innovation by TMC, a global, integrated media company, for its ISTRA Cloud PBX (News - Alert) and UCC Platform with a 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

The award was given to Centile for the most innovative and highest quality IP communications brought to market, or updated, in the past year, which led TMC (News - Alert) CEO Rich Tehrani to say, “I have always been impressed with their commitment to excellence and innovation. In the opinion of our distinguished judges, ISTRA has proven to be among the best IP communications solutions available on the market."

Tehrani added, "It gives me great pleasure to recognize Centile Telecom Applications with a Product of the Year Award for 2017. I look forward to continued innovation from Centile Telecom Applications.”

According to Centile, ISTRA was created to address the shifting environment of the telephony market towards software, open and standardized SIP based cloud services. The company has delivered a unified communications platform that gives mobile and fixed line operators as well as integrators tools that are essential to introduce new products to market faster. With ISTRA, they can use existing networks to quickly develop, deploy and monetize new generation communications services to the widest number of audiences, devices and platforms.

Centile ISTRA platform, more than anything, offers the flexibility and agility that is needed to compete with OTTs and nontraditional service providers without substantial up-front investment in infrastructure. Operators will have access to open standard-based APIs to simplify the integration to existing IP networks and OSS/BSS systems.

“The Annual Internet Telephony (News - Alert) Product of the Year Award recognizes and honors companies that have developed exceptional VoIP and IP Communications products and services. We are proud that ISTRA, our Unified Communications and Fixed-Mobile Convergence (News - Alert) solution, has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions on the market,” said Bertrand Pourcelot, DG at Centile Telecom Applications.

Using the Web-based configuration and management system, service providers can create multitier white labeling for fast and seamless deployment and high scalability to deliver UCaaS, PBX Trunking and collaboration to businesses.