According to the agreement, Pandora will include snom telephones as part of its Worksmart communications solution, aiming to allow SMEs to enjoy the benefits of enterprise-level communications services and collaboration tools at an affordable price point.

The partnership with Pandora signifies our first service provider agreement in the US, says Michael Knieling, CFO and executive vice-president of marketing and sales for snom. Working directly with service providers is an important part of our business model, as it allows us to expand rapidly in an already-established customer base.

Pandora Networks delivers unified business communications and collaboration tools as a service to SMEs. Pandora Networks Worksmart solution, an integrated voice, video, messaging and collaboration platform, will now include the snom 300, snom 320, and snom 360 IP phones.

It was an obvious choice to partner with snom, says Walter Snell, CEO and founder of Pandora Networks. Our Worksmart-hosted IP communication solution allows hardware manufacturers like snom to reach out to SMEs who want to avoid an investment in premise-based PBX hardware. Now our customers will be able to subscribe to a complete end-to-end communications solution, starting with snom phones.

snom telephones support all common standards, as well as the latest technology platforms, he adds. All snom phones are claimed to be compatible with SIP-based telephone systems and system components, including open source platforms, such as Asterisk, SER or sipXpbx, and proprietary solutions offered by companies such as Pandora (Worksmart), Kapsch (Mississippi), Objectworld (UC Server) and many more.