Sangoma Closes IP PBX, Fax over IP Acquisitions

Sangoma Technologies has closed on the acquisitions of Schmooze Com and RockBochs in deals worth up to a combined $6.5 million.

Schmooze, based in Wisconsin, is the primary developer of FreePBX and the manager/sponsor of that open-source project. It also offers chargeable, add-on commercial modules, support services and accompanying hardware to complement FreePBX and an integrated SIP trunking service (under the SIPStation brand name).

RockBochs, based in Minnesota, offers fax-over-IP monthly service, including developing its own FoIP customer premise equipment and offers semi-custom telecom appliances that allow customers to install their own communications software on a purpose-built server.

“Perhaps it’s not surprising that some of our customers have been asking for Sangoma to offer a PBX,” said Bill Wignall, president and CEO of Sangoma. “For those customers who have asked for a Sangoma-supported PBX, we can now meet that need with an open source or commercial variant of FreePBX. For those who prefer to build or install their own PBX software, we of course remain committed to supporting such partners as we always have, and this includes providing industry-leading telephony cards for integration inside their PBX servers, appliances which allows partners to install their PBX software on our hardware platforms, as well as gateways and SBCs for connections to the PSTN and IP-based networks.”

The FreePBX offering and fax-over-IP services will be rrolled out via Sangoma’s network of channel partners around the world.

“Over recent years, Sangoma has been focused on introducing new products and services to the market and offering them to a wider cross section of customer segments,” said Wignall. “These acquisitions are a logical next step on that strategic path, will contribute natural product line extensions with a solid strategic fit, and complement our organic growth in sales of new products. Sangoma has evolved from telephony cards with the addition of gateways, SBCs, a suite of products for the Lync ecosystem, tapping, and several others.”