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 Open Telecommunications and Convedia partner to provide scaleable next-generation enhanced service solutions. NORTH SYDNEY, Australia – March 19, 2001 - Open Telecommunications (OT), a leading supplier of softswitch solutions for convergent networks, today announced that it has entered into an interoperability and co-marketing agreement with Convedia Corporation, the leading supplier of carrier-class softswitch media servers. Under the terms of the agreement, both companies will work together to integrate Convedia’s CMS-6000 Media Server with OT’s openCallAgent softswitch. The integration effort is expected to be completed in the second quarter and the combined OT solution will be jointly marketed by both companies to service providers worldwide. "Service providers are growing increasingly dependant on enhanced services to preserve margins and differentiate themselves in today’s deregulated and global telecommunications marketplace," said Dr Ray Freeman, general manager, Packet Telephony Group at Open Telecommunications. "By adding support for Convedia’s CMS-6000 Media Server, Open Telecommunications will provide improved Class 5 and enhanced service requirements for our customers as they migrate to packet-based voice networks and services. "The combination of our respective products and expertise is an excellent example of how open standards protocols such as MGCP allow best-in-class products from multiple vendors to be rapidly combined to create one of the most scaleable and cost effective voice over packet enhanced service solutions in the market." OT’s openCallAgent can be deployed to suit a variety of network architectures, including:
These openCallAgent network applications can be deployed separately or in combination for a comprehensive packet telephony solution. "We have been impressed with the breadth of Open Telecommunications’ product offering and strong international customer base. We look forward to working closely with OT to offer service providers a feature rich and scaleable solution for enhanced packet voice services," said Grant Henderson, vice president of product management and marketing at Convedia. "This partnership further demonstrates Convedia’s commitment to leading the market in open, standards compliant media processing platforms for next generation enhanced applications and services." Convedia's CMS-6000 Media Server is the industry’s first carrier-class Voice-over-IP enhanced service media processor and can be used in a broad range of traditional and emerging enhanced services delivered over xDSL, Cable, Fiber, Wireless and traditional networks. Designed for next generation packet networks, the CMS-6000 gives service providers a modular, softswitch-compliant platform for delivering media-intensive, real-time enhanced services such as multimedia conferencing, speech processing, interactive voice response (IVR), unified messaging, and announcement services. Delivering up to 18,000 ports in a single shelf, Convedia’s CMS-6000 offers unparalleled scalability, performance and reliability. About Open Telecommunications Open Telecommunications (OT) is an international participant at the forefront of the telecommunications software industry. It delivers open standard vendor independent, carrier-grade Next Generation, software products and services. The company was founded in Australia in 1992 by its Managing Director, Wayne Passlow, and has since developed into a global business with a worldwide client base, including: Telstra, Bell South, Cable & Wireless, One.Tel, Samsung, LG, Cisco, KPN, Embratel, Korea Telecom, Telecom New Zealand. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in December 1999, the company has grown to over 450 employees globally, with offices in the US, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Brazil. There are plans to expand further into Latin America, Europe and Asia in 2001. OT’s suite of products enable Telecommunication carriers and service providers to improve network efficiency and functionality in addition to providing enhanced telephony services to fixed-line, mobile, and Internet Protocol network customers. OT’s commitment to research and development coupled with one of the largest development teams in the region, enable the company to provide technological advantages at the leading edge of the telecommunications and Internet Protocol markets. As a provider of its own software products, and the ability to integrate products from other telecommunications software and hardware vendors, OT delivers comprehensive working solutions to its growing client base. For more information, please visit www.opentelecommunications.com About Convedia Convedia Corporation is the leading supplier of next-generation, softswitch-compliant media servers which enable communication service providers to rapidly deliver innovative and differentiated voice and video services over Internet Protocol networks. Convedia is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and financed by leading venture capitalists. For additional information about Convedia, its products or the role of media servers in the softswitch architecture, please visit www.convedia.com. *Convedia is a trademark of Convedia Corporation Contacts: Open Telecommuinications Nicole Webb Impact Communications +61-2-9966-9322 nicole@impactcommunications.com.au Convedia Contact: Grant Henderson +1 (604) 918-6309 ghenderson@convedia.com |
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