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BOSTON, Mass. and VANCOUVER, Canada,
December 7, 2005
 Pactolus
Communications Software Corporation, the leading developer
of Class 4/5 SIP-based IP voice services and Convedia
Corporation, the leading supplier of IP media servers,
today announced that the two companies are entering an
initiative to accelerate and simplify service provider
deployment of SIP-based, IMS-compliant services. The partnership
will enable rapid, economical deployment of media-rich
services and features for applications based on Pactolus’
uniquely-flexible RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment
and its SIPware™ Carrier Services Suite, leveraging
Convedia’s market-leading IP multimedia processing.
Over the last four years, the two companies’ solutions
have been deployed in numerous service provider networks
such as Primus
Canada.
The initiative now underway will help simplify both media-rich
feature innovation, and the delivery of services of all
types of fixed and mobile network topologies, driving
increased subscriber usage and retention. The emerging
IMS cross-network service model fosters subscriber adoption
of advanced calling features, customizations, unified
contact databases and calling groups, which extends the
usability of carrier services and promotes subscriber
loyalty. The tight integration of these two powerful network
services elements will expedite and sharply simplify carrier
support for the real-time integration of rich media from
multiple globally-distributed sources into both ‘bread
and butter’ applications such as conferencing and
collaboration, and emerging high-growth entertainment
applications.
“Convedia and Pactolus consistently rank among the
most respected, innovative and broadly-deployed names
in VoIP-enabled telecommunications,” said Dave Horton,
President, CTO and founder of Pactolus. “Our joint
IMS development further enriches our ongoing relationship,
and simplifies service provider IMS migration and expansion.”
IMS was developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Program
(3GPP) to facilitate a common approach for building services
in both fixed and mobile environments. It enables network
operators to converge voice, video and other multimedia
services to deliver innovative and compelling bundled
services for consumers and businesses. The Convedia/Pactolus
IMS-compliant solution enables the delivery of services
including prepaid calling, audio conferencing, voice messaging,
service-integrated operator assistance, multi-service
bundles, and the creation of IMS-enabled service extensions
and features via Pactolus’ flexible Service Creation
Environment.
“Pactolus and Convedia were among the first companies
to whole heartedly embrace SIP and the access agnostic,
vertically layered approach to enhanced services that
3GPP’s IP Multimedia System so well articulates,”
noted Grant Henderson, Co-founder and Executive Vice President
of Convedia. “By embracing best-in-class products
from companies like Pactolus and Convedia, fixed and mobile
service providers are better able to realize the true
promise of IMS.”
Pactolus is a pioneer in developing IP-based service architectures
and the first services vendor to introduce IMS-compliant
services. Pactolus has implemented IMS across its RapidFLEX
Service Delivery Platform and SIPware Services using an
open software environment that includes SIP, SOAP, XML,
HTTP and other IP-based technologies in an extensible
framework. IMS extensions have been added using the Pactolus
RapidFLEX SDK, allowing the current software environment
to embrace new protocols required for IMS support such
as DIAMETER. This enables service providers to take advantage
of the rich set of existing, commercially proven capabilities
in any wireless network.
Convedia is the recognized market
leader in IP Media Servers that provide the Multimedia
Resource Function Processor (MRFP) in 3G/IMS packet networks.
Convedia media servers deliver the MRFP media processing
essential for a broad range of converged IMS services
including push-to-talk, ringback tones, mobile video services,
unified messaging, speech controlled services, and multimedia
conferencing. Mobile application developers can integrate
Convedia’s broad MRFP capabilities into their IMS
solutions using SIP, H.248, XML or other standards-based
control protocols, resulting in accelerated feature support
and time-to-market. Additional benefits for mobile network
operators include cost savings, multi-service support,
improved reliability, and industry-leading scalability.
Convedia is the leading supplier
of VOIP media servers, which enable telecommunication
service providers to reduce service delivery costs and
increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services.
Since pioneering the IP media server market in early 2000,
Convedia has deployed its multi-service media processing
platforms and technology with over 100 customers worldwide
including over 25 of world’s top 50 carriers. Convedia’s
award-winning family of products includes the CMS-6000
Media Server, a carrier-class media server capable of
scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media
Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia
is a privately held company headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada, with regional offices in Asia, the United States,
and Europe. For additional information about Convedia,
its products, or the role of media servers in Softswitch,
Packet Cable, or 2.5 and 3G/IMS wireless architectures,
visit www.convedia.com.
Pactolus Communications Software Corporation (www.pactolus.com)
is the leading provider of SIP-based IP voice services
for today's networks with over 1 billion minutes of monthly
network capacity installed in service provider networks
worldwide. The company is the first to bring sophisticated,
third-party call control capabilities to SIP-based networks.
Pactolus offers the industry’s broadest suite of
commercially proven, turnkey IP voice services that can
be customized for deployment in any SIP-enabled network
called SIPware™ Services. These services include
primary line broadband telephony (VoIP), audio conferencing,
voice messaging, prepaid and post paid calling card, service
integrated operator assistance, and SCE-built applications,
built upon the RapidFLEX™ Application Server. Pactolus
is a venture funded, privately held company headquartered
in Westborough, Massachusetts with regional sales offices
in Asia and Europe.
Interprose PR for Convedia
Becky Obbema
+1-408-778-2024
becky_obbema@interprosepr.com
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