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 ipVerse expands Open Softswitch Alliance (OSA) to offer new revenue opportunities for service providers Leading feature server and media server vendors join OSA. PHOENIX, AZ – VON (Voice on the Net) – March 20, 2001 - ipVerse announced today that Convedia and NexTone have joined ipVerse’s Open Softswitch Alliance (OSA) partner program to increase the availability of new, enhanced services for their service provider customers. The open architecture of ipVerse’s softswitch platform, ipVerse ControlSwitch, gives service providers access to the innovation of leading vendors and developers. With open, standards-based interfaces to feature servers and media servers, service providers are able to offer lucrative services, such as Conferencing and Instant Messaging, quickly over their existing and new packet networks. These two companies will work with ipVerse to demonstrate interoperability and engage in cooperative marketing activities. ipVerse ControlSwitch acts as an operating system by providing standard interfaces such as MGCP, SIP, H.323 and JAIN call control, that enable feature servers and media servers to deliver advanced services to carriers. The combined products will be interoperable with various multi-vendor media hardware devices supported by ipVerse ControlSwitch including integrated access devices (IAD), remote access servers (RAS) and high-density media gateways (MG). Convedia’s VP of Product Management and Marketing, Grant Henderson, states: "Convedia's commitment to open interfaces such as MGCP and SIP allows ipVerse to quickly leverage the scalable and high performance conferencing, announcement, transcoding, IVR and speech service building blocks offered by our CMS-6000 Media Server. The combination of ipVerse's best of breed applications logic and Convedia's carrier-class media processing platform gives service providers unparalleled flexibility and time-to-market advantage when deploying new voice services on their packet based networks." NexTone’s VP of Business Development, Larry Beerman, states: "NexTone’s partnership with ipVerse gives service providers the building blocks needed to create and quickly deploy unique H.323 and SIP applications based on subscriber mobility and personalization. Our participation in the OSA partner program ensures that our customers will receive a fully interoperable system solution that will quickly generate new revenue opportunities." ipVerse’s VP of Business Development, R. Paul Singh, states: "Our company mission is to create new revenue opportunities for our service provider customers by enabling new services. We are glad that Convedia and NexTone, the leading media and feature server companies, have joined ipVerse OSA program. This is yet another proof point of how we are bringing new services to our customers with an open architecture and interoperable multi-vendor solutions." ipVerse launched the OSA in March 2000 to promote open, interoperable, next generation network solutions. In addition to Convedia and NexTone, member companies include AccessLan, AP Engines, BroadSoft, Cognitronics Corporation, Convergent Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, General Bandwidth, Integral Access, IPeria, Kabira Technologies, MCK Communications, Mind CTI, Natural Micro Systems, NetEffect, Portal Software, Shoreline Communications, Tellabs, TollBridge Technologies, Trillium, Vertical Networks, VocalData and XACCT. ipVerse is also a founding member of the International Softswitch Consortium and a member of the Cisco New World Ecosystem program. About ipVerse ipVerse is a softswitch supplier that enables multi-vendor solutions to empower service providers to rapidly deploy new, revenue-generating services. ipVerse ControlSwitch acts as an open, intelligent operating system for converged communications services that work seamlessly across both traditional and next-generation networks. Harnessing the bandwidth, performance and reliability of core packet networks, ipVerse ControlSwitch makes it possible to deploy flexible subscriber services from anywhere in the service provider’s network with optimized network investment and operating costs. ipVerse is headquartered in San Jose, CA and is privately funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. For more information, please visit www.ipverse.com. About NexTone Communications Powering the Virtual Central Office, NexTone Communications is a leading provider of advanced application creation and service delivery systems for next-generation communication networks. NexTone's iServer architecture enables rapid design and deployment of powerful enhanced services and value-added applications to small and medium-sized businesses in the most simple and cost effective way. Corporate headquarters are located in Rockville, Md. with sales offices nationwide. NexTone Communications is a Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE) partner company. For more information, visit www.nextone.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: ipVerse Ed Camarena 408-952-5424 edc@ipverse.com Kim Milosevich 415-908-0624 kmilosevich@pr-vantage.com NexTone Leah Wilkinson TMP Worldwide 703-269-0215 leah.wilkinson@tmp.com Convedia Contact: Grant Henderson +1 (604) 918-6309 ghenderson@convedia.com |
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