AT&T adds VoIP to VPN solution

This week, AT&T (NYSE: T) announced that new and existing virtual private network (VPN) customers could add VoIP to their service over AT&T's global network cloud. The addition to the VPN service signals the growing need to consolidate companies' voice and data networks.

AT&T business customers can pick between two solutions: AT&T's IP Flexible Reach SIP trunking service--which allows businesses to leverage their existing IP-PBXs, while taking advantage of new IP-based services--or AT&T Voice DNA which is a fully hosted network-based service. The VoIP service is certified to interoperate with major IP-PBX systems, including Microsoft, so it can work in conjunction with a business' existing phone system.

AT&T sees that business customers want a single platform to deliver voice, data, video and applications and that VPNs are a natural fit for the networked enterprise. Adding VoIP to AT&T's VPN service is just the next step in delivering this single platform.

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