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PC-based telephony hardware and software provider Sangoma Technologies (News - Alert) Corporation has announced that Loto-Quebec Corporation is installing its PC-based hardware in lottery terminals throughout the Canadian province of Quebec.

 

Under a signed deal, Sangoma's PCI-based ADSL, T1 and 56kbps DDS cards will be supplied to Sagem Communications (News - Alert) of Paris, France for installation in lottery terminals provided to Loto-Quebec.

 

Sangoma has not given out any financial details about the deal.

 

 The cards will connect the lottery terminals throughout the Province of Quebec to the central office. Approximately 10,000 cards of different types will be purchased in an initial deal worth approximately $800,000.

Loto-Quebec Corporation is an agency of the Government of Quebec that operates a public lottery and video lottery network.

Sangoma is known globally as the technology leader in PC-based networking and telephony hardware. The company has captured significant market share as the premium provider of proprietary and open source data and telephony transport solutions.

"We are proud to be recognized as the supplier of choice for high-reliability connectivity technology," said David Mandelstam (News - Alert), President and CEO of Sangoma Technologies Inc.

"This sale represents another strong example of our ability to customize our standard hardware to meet very specific needs of our customers," he added.

Recently, Sangoma received certification and licensing from the National Agency of Telecommunications (ANATEL), the Brazilian accreditation body for telecommunication products.


Narayan Bhat is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more Bhat’s articles, please visit his TMCnet columnist page.