Billion company manufactures a broad range of ADSL routers - ideal for the home, SOHO and SMB sectors - which include the possibility to offer failover to the PSTN in the event of Broadband and/or power failure. VCOMM is a trade only value added distributor that provides IP Telephony products and services to the UK and Irish channel. VCOMM UK Limited commences distribution of products developed by VoIP specialist router vendor Billion.

    "We're delighted to have signed VCOMM as a strategic partner as they are so focused on, and well respected within, the VoIP sector. This alliance provides a great margin opportunity for resellers selling into the home, SOHO and SMB sector. We are the only manufacturer to supply the failover 'lifeline' feature as standard in our BiPAC routers - a great safety feature that offers extra peace of mind for users," stated Julian De Selincourt, Billion's Sales and Marketing Director.

    In addition Scott Dobson, Managing Director of VCOMM, stated: "With the recent Ofcom directive stating that all VoIP resellers should provide some sort of access to 999 Emergency Services, even in the event of service failure - Billion's VoIP routers not only provides this, but delivers a cost effective, highly flexible solution."

    In addition to the failover lifeline, another unique feature from Billion is Quality of Service (QoS). This helps users manage the bandwidth and prioritise the traffic of information effectively. It gives users the possibility control over the traffic of any type of information. It ensures latency-sensitive and bandwidth-consuming applications like P2P sharing programs, VoIP calls, gaming packets or customer information can move through the router at lightning speed, even under heavy load.

    VCOMM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coms plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:COMS.L). COMS was founded in 2000 and has a stated aim of defining a global VoIP services business through organic growth and aqusitition. Unlike Skype, COMS is based upon the industry standard SIP protocol which bring the widest possible connection of customers, devices and integrated Web 2.0 applications. COMS' subscribers can make high quality calls over the internet wherever a high-speed internet connection is available including in wireless hotspots.

    The company is a growing specialist distributor of business internet telephony (VoIP) equipment and services. VCOMM and its resellers replace business PBXs that are attached to the PSTN network with IP PBX or IP Centrex solutions which are connected to VoIP service brings via the internet. A typical solution includes a VoIP PBX, handsets and connection to a VoIP service provider. More informations here: http://www.vcomm.co.uk/.