{"id":104914,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-www.vtech.com\/press_release\/2016\/birch-expands-cloud-based-phone-system-offering\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:01:55","slug":"birch-expands-cloud-based-phone-system-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtech.com\/en\/press_release\/2016\/birch-expands-cloud-based-phone-system-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Birch Expands Cloud-Based Phone System Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta<\/strong> \u2013 Birch Communications, Inc., (&#8220;Birch&#8221;) a leading nationwide provider of communications, network and cloud services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses, announce today that VTech Communications, Inc., a global leader and manufacturer of IP-based phones, is now an approved vendor, providing telephony hardware to support their TotalCloud<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> PBX phone system product.<\/p>\n<p>Birch continues the expansion of its &#8216;Bring Your Own Device&#8217; (BYOD) offering with the addition of VTech&#8217;s pre-configured SIP-based endpoint devices. VTech telephony hardware is ready for plug-and-play into Birch&#8217;s TotalCloud PBX network. This expansion is the latest addition to Birch&#8217;s BYOD hardware portfolio, giving customers a multitude of device options for price and system capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Birch&#8217;s BYOD program allows customers to take advantage of equipment they already own, significantly reducing switching costs when converting to a cloud-based phone system. When combined with Birch&#8217;s enterprise-grade cloud-based phone system\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birch.com\/products\/birchcloud\/totalcloud\/pbx_overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TotalCloud<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> PBX<\/a>\u2014 businesses are equipped with the tools needed to support both organizational and workforce growth, while reducing upfront capital expenditures and avoiding maintenance costs associated with premise-based phone systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our customers want the latest in technology, and in response, we continue to broaden our BYOD program offering to better enable access to newer products,&#8221; said David Gibson, Vice President of Business Development. &#8220;Our goal is to expand our product portfolio with the most up-to-date and best-in-class products, guaranteeing our customers have the newest technology options available on the market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely pleased to have this partnership with Birch in order to offer compelling and attractive solutions to our mutual channels and customers. VTech&#8217;s significant brand, channels, and product strengths, along with industry-leading warranties and support, fit well with the Birch BYOD program and TotalCloud<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> PBX. The differentiators that Birch and VTech now offer the customer make this an attractive partnership for us,&#8221; said Graham Williams, VP of Business &amp; Hospitality Phones Division, VTech Communications, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Birch&#8217;s entire suite of IP-based communications, broadband, cloud and IT services, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birch.com\/products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birch.com\/products.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About VTech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VTech is the global leader in electronic learning products from infancy to preschool and the world&#8217;s largest manufacturer of cordless phones. It also provides highly sought-after contract manufacturing services and telephony solutions for the hospitality industry. The company has leveraged its expertise and success in cordless telephones to offer a portfolio of cost-effective, cutting-edge business phone solutions as well. Founded in 1976, VTech&#8217;s mission is to design, manufacture and supply innovative and high-quality products in a manner that minimizes any impact on the environment, while creating sustainable value for its stakeholders and the community.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on VTech and its array of business phone products, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/businessphones.vtech.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">businessphones.vtech.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Birch Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Birch Communications, Inc. is a leading communications, network, cloud and IT solutions provider celebrating 20 years in business (1996-2016). Recognized for exceptional customer experience, Birch delivers compelling solutions that assist small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses to increase their productivity. Its industry-leading product portfolio is available nationwide and includes Metro-Fiber, Metro-Ethernet, unified communications (UC), hosted phone systems, hosted data centers, and hosted file storage services. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecommunication-products"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Birch Expands CloudBased Phone System Offering <\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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