Mobile, AL (PRWEB) November 13, 2008 -- Callis Communications, a leading regional provider of hosted telephony and managed Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the acquisition of Odyssey Networks today.

By adding the Odyssey's IT capabilities to the Voicepath Hosted PBX service, Callis demonstrates their ability to effectively deliver unified communications to small and medium sized businesses in the Gulf Coast.

"Our clients have asked us to take on more of their voice and data management needs over the last 18 months." said Dean Parker, Callis President and CEO. "We are excited to have the Odyssey team join our fast growing company, and to have the Odyssey family of customers now part of our Callis network."

Odyssey Networks is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner that has helped many Mobile companies affordably take advantage of technology. They see this acquisition as an opportunity to scale their offering to everyone in the Callis network. "We feel fortunate to become a part of the Callis network." said Chris Dow. "When it comes to Managed Services, including Hosted PBX and Network Management, Callis is the best in the Gulf Coast."

Callis's growth is gathering national attention. They were ranked the 32nd fastest growing Telecommunications company in the 2008 Inc. 5000 list. Recently, TelephonyOnline, TMCnet, and Smallbiztechnology.com highlighted Callis' "green" solutions with their stories about Callis' 802.3af technology to power all phones from a central source to reduce power consumption by 50%. To get the whole story, go here for the Telephony article, here for TMC.net, or here for the Smallbiztechnology, coverage.

About Callis
Callis Communications, based in Mobile, Alabama, is a leading facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and ISP providing hosted IP solutions to small and medium-sized companies in key southeast business markets. Its Voicepath suite of fully-managed IP applications includes hosted PBX, local and long distance service, data backup, server collocation, and domain/email/website hosting, all backed by a highly-reliable, redundant network and its innovative 5-1-1 service for 24x7 customer support. For additional information, visit www.mycallis.com or call 251-662-8300.