Fusion Communications Corporation has formed an alliance with Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd. as IP subscriber telephone service device partners. The FUSION IP-Phone-compatible BR-1000v wireless broadband router goes on sale August 1.

The Fusion Service Partner Alliance is a policy that Fusion has adopted to expand the IP telephone market based on an "open ISP" and "open vendor" approach. Iwatsu Electric developed the BR-1000v as a low-cost, high-quality wireless broadband router for business customers to expand corporate IP telephone services under Fusion's "open vendor" concept.

The BR-1000v has a VoIP function built in that is compatible with FUSION IP-Phone; it also offers wireless LAN, standard LAN (with 4-port switching hub), and printer server capabilities. The router uses SIP, the latest standard in IP telephony. Iwatsu Electric incorporates its original DSP technology developed over many years, as well as an echo canceller and other technologies to ensure high-quality voice transmissions. Also, business phones made by Iwatsu Electric (TELEMORE, TELEMORE-Light, Pinodshe, and ActetoII) can be turned into IP telephones simply by connecting them to the router.

In the future, Iwatsu Electric plans to make its equipment compatible with other IP telephone services in addition to FUSION IP-Phone.

Through their alliance, both Iwatsu Electric and Fusion hope to expand FUSION IP-Phone service for corporate use.