TouchTone Communications to Offer Ooma AirDial for POTS Replacement to Solve Address Challenges in Alarm Monitoring.

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

Smart communications platform Ooma, Inc. has announced integrated communications service provider TouchTone Communications will offer Ooma AirDial for POTS replacement to TouchTone's extensive network of communications infrastructure providers, the company said.

TouchTone's partners, who provide communications services for central monitoring stations operated by alarm and emergency response companies, face a unique challenge: the phasing-out of legacy copper-wire phone lines, informally known as Plain Old Telephone Service or POTS.

This threatens safety devices and business-critical systems that require a POTS line ranging from fire alarm panels to elevator phones, fax machines, public safety phones, building access systems and more and often can't be migrated to internet-based connections.

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission lifted price caps and quality of service requirements for POTS carriers.

The results, unsurprisingly, are...

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