Intermedia Intelligent Communications announced the general availability of Cloud Calling for UNIVERGE BLUE, a new cloud voice service that directly connects KDDI?s voice with NEC?s UNIVERGE BLUE, powered by Intermedia. This solution enables organizations to use KDDI-provided telephone numbers across multiple locations nationwide in Japan without installing customer-premises voice equipment. Connectivity to Cloud Calling for UNIVERGE BLUE is the result of coordinated work across three organizations: KDDI and NEC define the commercial service offering, while KDDI and Intermedia establish cloud PBX interconnection to KDDI?s voice services.
Together, these three companies align on operational and support terms to deliver a seamless customer experience. The integration allows organizations using UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT to activate and manage KDDI-provided telephone numbers directly within Intermedia?s cloud platform through a dedicated peering connection ? making nationwide, multi-site deployments far simpler to implement and operate.
By providing nationwide carrier connectivity through KDDI, Cloud Calling removes a key constraint that previously limited full-cloud communications deployments across Japan, now making large-scale migration from legacy PBX systems to cloud platforms far more practical. In Japan, Intermedia works with NEC and its partners to deliver UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT. NEC?s installed base includes millions of on-premises PBX seats across Japan, representing one of the largest opportunities for business communications migration to the cloud in the Japanese market.
UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT combines business phone, video meetings, messaging, collaboration tools and contact center capabilities with integrated archiving and AI-powered tools that generate conversation transcripts and summaries, surface opportunity insights and provide real-time assistance. Through Cloud Calling with KDDI, organizations can deploy UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT across multiple locations nationwide while using KDDI-provided telephone numbers, supporting full-cloud communications environments that were previously difficult to achieve. Intermedia?s platform also allows organizations to extend these capabilities into Microsoft Teams, giving businesses the ability to add enterprise-grade voice capabilities and compliant archiving directly within the Teams environment while supporting both Microsoft Teams-based calling and UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT deployments powered by Intermedia.
Cloud Calling for UNIVERGE BLUE connects the strengths of three organizations: NEC and its partners sell UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT cloud communications licenses powered by Intermedia; KDDI provides telephone numbers and calling services directly to customers; Intermedia activates and manages those numbers within its cloud platform through a dedicated peering connection. This structure allows organizations to deploy cloud communications across multiple locations nationwide while keeping numbering and voice services with a domestic carrier. With nationwide carrier connectivity now available through KDDI, organizations have a clearer path to transition from legacy PBX systems to modern cloud communications platforms while continuing to work with NEC and its partners.
