TouchTone Communications to Offer Ooma AirDial for POTS Replacement to Solve Unique Challenges in the Alarm Monitoring Channel
26 September 2023 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Ooma, Inc., a smart communications platform for businesses and
consumers, today announced that TouchTone Communications
(www.touchtone.net), an integrated communications service provider,
will offer Ooma AirDial® for POTS replacement to TouchTone’s
extensive network of communications infrastructure providers,
including those who support alarm and safety monitoring
companies.
TouchTone’s partners, who provide communications services for
central monitoring stations operated by alarm and emergency
response companies, face a unique challenge: the phasing-out of
legacy copper-wire phone lines, informally known as Plain Old
Telephone Service or POTS. This threatens safety devices and
business-critical systems that require a POTS line – ranging from
fire alarm panels to elevator phones, fax machines, public safety
phones, building access systems and more – and often can’t be
migrated to internet-based connections.
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission lifted price
caps and quality of service requirements for POTS carriers. The
results, unsurprisingly, are steep increases in monthly rates for
POTS lines along with declining reliability and – in some instances
– regional shutdowns of POTS access.
Ooma AirDial (https://www.ooma.com/airdial) provides turnkey
replacement for POTS lines by combining the Ooma AirDial base
station with virtual analog phone service and a data connection
through a wireless network. AirDial deployments can be remotely
managed through an online portal with automated alerts, reducing
expensive “truck rolls” and lowering incident response time.
“With the sunset of copper phone lines, our partners are in
need, more than ever, of a simple and cost-effective POTS
replacement solution they can offer to their customers – especially
those in the alarm and emergency response space,” said Ken
McCormack, vice president of sales and marketing at TouchTone
Communications. “Some of the biggest names in the industry trust
TouchTone for their business-critical voice communications. And now
through our partnership with Ooma, we can give these customers a
solution – Ooma AirDial – that is not only easy to implement and
reliable, but is also designed with regulatory requirements for
life-safety systems in mind.”
“We’re excited to have TouchTone Communications recognize Ooma
AirDial as the best POTS replacement solution for its partners
supporting critical systems, such as fire safety and building
security,” said Chris Burgy, vice president of corporate
development at Ooma. “Ooma welcomes the opportunity to work with
TouchTone to support its partners, along with the alarm companies
they serve, and even the alarm companies’ end customers who need to
replace POTS lines at their locations.”
About Ooma, Inc.
Ooma (NYSE: OOMA) creates powerful connected experiences for
businesses and consumers, delivered from its smart cloud-based SaaS
platform. For businesses of all sizes, Ooma provides advanced voice
and collaboration features including messaging, intelligent virtual
attendants and videoconferencing to help them run more efficiently.
For consumers, Ooma’s residential phone service provides PureVoice
HD voice quality, advanced functionality and integration with
mobile devices. Learn more at www.ooma.com or www.ooma.ca in
Canada.
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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include, without limitation, statements related to the
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Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2023, filed on April 7, 2023, and in its subsequent
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