LignUp Corporation, a provider of Web services-based converged communications solutions, and DigitalRealm, Inc., a leading provider of Internet, voice, hosting, and co-location services for business and residential customers, today announced that DigitalRealm will leverage LignUp’s Web services based LignUp Communications Platform to build new consumer and business VoIP services and quickly customize and re-brand hosted services for their reseller customers.

“As a provider of hosted telephony services to many organizations in healthcare and telecom, we selected LignUp for the platform’s capabilities to create differentiated applications,” said Ben Carrasco, CEO at DigitalRealm. “Whether developing VoIP applications for healthcare services or delivering hosted services offerings for our resellers, the remarkable flexibility provided by LignUp and its unmatched customization capabilities give us the ability to not only better compete but further innovate and thrive in rapidly evolving marketplaces that now demand differentiation.”

DigitalRealm builds intelligent solutions that harness the power of the Internet. DigitalRealm service portfolio includes hosted IP-PBX, IP Centrex, fax-to-email, hosted voice mail, calling cards, VoIP origination and termination and conferencing.

By providing a communications solution that includes the LignUp Communications Platform (LignUp Call Director, LignUp Media Server, and LignUp SDK), hosted PBX and other turnkey applications, LignUp allows DigitalRealm to provide an ongoing flow of new hosted applications for its service offerings.

“DigitalRealm is a prime example of the new breed of agile service providers looking to differentiate through innovation,” said Kevin Nethercott, president and COO at LignUp Corporation. “LignUp makes creative new VoIP solutions possible and complements DigitalRealm’s extensive engineering and consulting background with network equipment manufacturers, service providers and research organizations. We look forward to working with DigitalRealm to power the specialized services that deliver on the promises of convergence.”