Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, a leader in small business telephone systems, today announced Nextiva as a Panasonic SIP Preferred partner.

In order to provide a complete hosted PBX solution for its customers, Panasonic’s alliance with Nextiva, along with its broad network of authorized resellers, will provide rich service features, high quality Panasonic SIP phones and valuable support, to meet the telephony needs of end users in all business environments.

Nextiva helps over 100,000 companies of all sizes run more efficiently and increase profitability by offering business VoIP communication in the cloud. Businesses who select Nextiva save money while scaling their communications through continued growth, maintain business continuity and have the ability to manage their communications from anywhere, anytime. These businesses also benefit from flat monthly rates, easy setup, unlimited calls and Amazing Service® from Nextiva.

This alliance combines Panasonic’s award-winning SIP phones and its extensive reseller network, with service and support from Nextiva providing customers with improved productivity and collaboration capabilities with reliable and cost-predictive hosted business phone solutions. In addition to rich features and applications suites, customers benefit from enhanced service flexibility to support growing mobile workforces and multi-site locations as well as the ability to add or remove users as needed.

Utilizing Panasonic authorized resellers, end users will also receive on-site assistance during installation as well as ongoing local support and expertise for their business telephone solutions.

“The benefits of hosted SIP phone systems are growing with businesses of all sizes where productivity and cost efficiency is paramount," said Kim Murtagh,Senior Product Manager for Panasonic Unified Communications, Panasonic System Communications Company of North America. "By partnering with Nextiva and leveraging the power of our highly trained reseller community, we are now offering a feature-rich solution with ongoing support to businesses that are looking for a flexible and affordable hosted-SIP solution."

“Our newly expanded relationship with Panasonic supports the introduction of a complete communication solution for companies across multiple industries,” adds Ira Feuerstein, director of the channel partner program for Nextiva. “Our customers are looking for a single source for sophisticated business and mobility features combined with state-of-the-art phone technology, while significantly reducing their phone service costs. This alliance between Nextiva and Panasonic enables us to meet their current and future needs as our customers grow.”

For more information about Panasonic’s SIP phones, please visit www.panasonic.com/sip. For more information about Nextiva, please visit www.nextiva.com.