By Meenakshi Shanks

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Critical Links, an international networking technology company and provider of edgeBOX, has been selected by PT Prime, a part of thePortugal Telecom ( News - Alert) Group (PT), to supply edgeBOX.

 

Critical Links technology facilitates the efficient usage of converged business gateways for the small and medium business markets. A leading global telecommunications operator and business communications provider in Portugal, Portugal Telecom Group supplies mobile voice and data services, multimedia and broadband internet access. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary PT Prime expects Critical Links’ edgeBOX to address to the needs of SMBs and provide them with complete solution of voice and data services.

 

Framed as all in one smart networking device, edgeBOX allows small and medium sized businesses and rural offices to benefit from the latest converged networking technologies with no major investment and no backup of IT personnel. edgeBOX permits a managed service provider to remotely support and maintain voice and data services such as such as VoIP, IP-PBX (News - Alert), Wi-Fi, VPNs, security and QoS.

 

“Portugal Telecom is now ready to profit from a growing market opportunity for Telcos and ISPs to deliver value-added managed services to their business broadband customers, increasing per subscriber revenues and providing customer retention” said. Joo Carreira, Critical Links CEO, in a statement.