Cablevision & Toshiba Connect on SIP

BETHPAGE, N.Y. and IRVINE, Calif. -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC), www.cablevision.com, and Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.,Telecommunication Systems Division (Toshiba), www.telecom.toshiba.com, today announcedinteroperability certification between Optimum Voice® SIP Trunking from Optimum Businessand Toshiba’s IPedge® IP and Strata® CIX™ IP business telephone systems. The certifiedsolutions deliver high-quality, reliable voice service for small and medium businesses that wantto take full advantage of an IP PBX system while avoiding the cost of an analog gateway and/ortraditional T1 solution.

Optimum Voice SIP Trunking supplies VoIP access and key network-based telephony features topre-certified IP-PBXs, simplifying the configuration, reducing equipment costs, and improvingthe quality of voice service by providing an IP interface directly to the customer’s LAN. It isdelivered through a converged voice and data network that is supported 24/7 by dedicatedcustomer support and field service professionals. Toshiba joins a growing list of technologypartners working with Optimum Business to provide an affordable, easy-to-managecommunications system for small businesses.

“With Optimum Voice SIP Trunking, small business customers can now take advantage ofadvanced voice and data services without capacity constraints of T1-based services,” said JosephVarello, Cablevision’s vice president of business and voice product management. “Combiningour SIP Trunking service with Toshiba’s IP business telephone systems gives customers accessto sophisticated voice features, simplified configuration, reduced equipment costs and significantroom to scale versus traditional business trunking solutions offered by the telephone company.Optimum Voice SIP Trunking is now pre-certified with an extensive group of technologypartners and can assure interoperability with all their customer devices.”

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC)