Natural Convergence president discusses NewStep buy

Natural Convergence president Bill Crank said his company acquired NewStep Networks this week in large part because of the potential to integrate NewStep's fixed-mobile convergence and SIP trunking technology. Crank said Natural Convergence plans to keep all NewStep employees on board and will support all current NewStep customers, which he said were mainly large accounts "numbering in the teens."

Natural Convergence also is discussing product roadmaps with its existing customers to see if any can benefit from the additional offerings now available. Crank said the NewStep acquisition gives Natural Convergence a stronger presence in the APAC region, where the company hopes to expand in the near future. He said he sees a lot of opportunity in the market now for further acquisitions and that Natural Convergence could buy another voice company in the next six to nine months if it fits the company's expansion strategy.

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