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 Convedia and Pactolus partner to deliver powerful enhanced services solution for packet telephony networks Combination of best-in-class products offers service providers a highly scalable service creation and execution platform for conferencing, call center, and card services. WESTBOROUGH, MA and VANCOUVER, BC – March 20, 2001 - Pactolus Communication Software, Inc., the leading provider of XML-based enhanced service solutions for SIP-enabled networks, and Convedia Corporation, the leading supplier of softswitch compliant media servers announced today they have teamed up to deliver the industry’s most scalable enhanced services platform for deployment in next generation telephony networks. The two companies are working closely to integrate Convedia’s CMS-6000 Media Server and the Pactolus RapidFLEX™ Application Server. The combined product offering will allow service providers to rapidly migrate existing PSTN enhanced services to their packet telephony networks as well as quickly create and deploy brand new, customized services with the Pactolus RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment. Interoperability testing is currently underway and will be completed in April 2001. Early customer deployments will focus on media-intensive application environments including conference calling, call centers, toll free number services, directory services, card services and other trunk-side services. "As carriers build out their VoIP network infrastructure, they are choosing products that embody open standards, allowing them to pick the best-of-breed software and hardware network elements," said Gordon Arthur, vice president of business development at Pactolus. "The standard-centric designs of both the Convedia and Pactolus products enable them to fit together seamlessly and gives service providers for the first time an open, carrier-class services solution for their converged networks.". "We’ve been very impressed with how quickly new applications and services can be created using the Pactolus RapidFLEX service creation tools," said Grant Henderson, vice president of product management and marketing at Convedia. "By adding support for the CMS-6000 to their RapidFLEX products, Pactolus and its customers are now better able to cost effectively deploy and scale these solutions in large converged networks. Also, their use of SIP and MGCP in their product architecture has allowed for a smooth integration of the two product environments." About Pactolus Products The Pactolus RapidFLEX™ Application Server and Service Creation Environment (SCE) is an open, extensible, Unix-based software platform that delivers high value, carrier-class enhanced services to converged networks. The RapidFLEX SCE enables service providers to create their own XML-based applications through a graphical, software component interface that can be directly deployed on a RapidFLEX Application Server. Pactolus offers several SCE-built, pre-packaged, trunk-side services including Prepaid Calling Card and Conference Calling for deployment in SIP-enabled networks. About Convedia Products 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 specifically 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 Pactolus Communication Software Pactolus Communication Software, Inc. is a leading provider of XML-based enhanced service solutions for softswitch-enabled, converged networks. Pactolus is the first company to bring sophisticated, third-party call control capabilities to SIP-based networks using XML. The Pactolus RapidFLEX Application Server and Service Creation Environment uses the power of its eXtensible Telephony Markup Language (XTML) to deliver enhanced services with the speed and flexibility seen in delivering XML-based Internet applications. Pactolus products are sold directly to carriers and through OEMs that develop media gateways, softswitches, media servers, and line side applications. Pactolus is a venture funded, privately held company headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts. For additional information about Pactolus, please visit www.pactolus.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 (IP) 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: Pactolus Contact: Ken Osowski 508-616-0900 ext. 328 keno@pactolus.com Convedia Contact: Grant Henderson +1 (604) 918-6309 ghenderson@convedia.com |
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