Smoothstone announced that its SIP Trunking Service is compliant with key Internet protocol telephony solutions from Avaya. Smoothstone's SIP Trunking service helps businesses maximize IP-PBX functionality by accessing the rich feature set of Smoothstone's VoIP services, delivering reliable, secure and cost-effective connections that provide greater redundancy and higher aggregation of voice traffic (compared to T1/PRI), without costly equipment upgrades. The application now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with Avaya Aura Communication Manager and Avaya Aura(TM) SIP Enablement Services.

Smoothstone is a member of the Avaya DevConnect program -- an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company's investment in its network.

As a Gold member of the program, Smoothstone is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab. There a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant. Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure -- speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs.