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PRESS RELEASES - 2004


Frost & Sullivan Names Convedia Global Leader
with 62% Market Share

VANCOUVER, BC – December 15, 2004
Convedia Corporation today announced that its leadership position in IP Media Servers has been validated by market research firm Frost & Sullivan. In a report released earlier this month entitled “2004 World VoIP Equipment Update”, Convedia is named the leading media server provider in North America, Europe, and Asia. The report, which provides a strategic assessment of the world Voice over IP equipment market, has been published annually since 1999, and was enhanced in 2004 to provide in-depth analysis of media servers and application servers in recognition of the rapidly growing importance of VOIP enhanced services in fixed and mobile networks. More...

SunRocket Taps Convedia and Sylantro to Power
Residential Internet Phone Service Offering

CAMPBELL, CA – November 30, 2004
SunRocket, an Internet phone service provider, has chosen Sylantro's consumer broadband voice solution and applications feature server as the foundation for the SunRocket Signature Service, a new residential Internet phone service offering. SunRocket's Signature Service also leverages the power and flexibility of Convedia Media Servers, which deliver the value-added services media processing for the Sylantro platform. More...

VocalData Taps Convedia to Launch SIP-Based Conferencing Solution

BOSTON, MA – October 20, 2004
VocalData, a Tekelec company (NASDAQ: TKLC) and market leader in hosted IP telephony solutions, today announced the availability of its new session initiation protocol (SIP)-based conferencing server. VocalData has also entered into a distribution agreement to resell Convedia’s media servers as an integral part of the SIP-based conferencing solution. The new solution, which has already been deployed by several operators, is comprised of Convedia’s CMS-1000 and CMS-6000 media servers combined with Version 5.0 of VocalData’s application server. More...

PowerNet Global Selects Convedia, Sylantro, and IPeria
for Nationwide Multi-Service VoIP Deployment

BOSTON, MA – October 19, 2004
PowerNet Global Communications (PNG), headquartered in Cincinatti, services more than 50,000 business customers and 500,000 residential subscribers nationwide. PNG has chosen Sylantro's IP Centrex application server, and IPeria's ActiveEdge voicemail platform for a nationwide rollout of VoIP services. Convedia Media Servers deliver the IP media processing for both the Sylantro and IPeria applications in the PNG network.
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Convedia and tekVizion Partner to Demonstrate
Integrated IP-Based Services at Fall VON

VANCOUVER, BC and RICHARDSON, TX– October 18, 2004
Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, and tekVizion™ PVS, Inc., the new standard for systems integrators, have joined forces to showcase the power of IP enhanced communication services for wireless, wireline, and cable MSO service providers. The two companies are demonstrating, for the first time at Fall VON, a suite of innovative features and services designed to allow service providers to increase customer loyalty and gain new revenues across enterprise, commercial, residential and mobile markets. More...

Convedia to Participate in Global MSF Interoperability 2004 Event

VANCOUVER, Canada – September 28, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, announced today that it will participate in the upcoming Global MSF Interoperability 2004 (GMI 2004), sponsored by the Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF). Planned for October 4-16, GMI 2004 will conduct interoperability testing simultaneously between four interconnected carrier labs located around the world: Qwest in North America, British Telecom (BT) in Europe, and Korea Telecom (KT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Asia. Convedia’s CMS-6000 Media Server, already installed at a BT lab facility in the United Kingdom, will be an integral component of the live interoperability testing, by delivering the media processing requirements for multiple VoIP applications provided by other GMI 2004 participants. More...

WebEx Selects Convedia Media Servers to Enhance Integrated VoIP Conferencing Services

ITU-T TELECOM ASIA, Busan, Korea – September 7, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, today announced that WebEx Communications Inc., the web communications services leader, has deployed Convedia’s CMS-6000 and CMS-1000 Media Servers in the WebEx MediaTone Network. Convedia Media Servers deliver IP media processing power for an integrated VoIP conferencing capability, allowing WebEx to deliver a seamless multimedia conferencing experience over a common, economical IP-based services infrastructure. More...

Convedia Named Market Leader by Industry Research Firm iLocus

VANCOUVER, Canada – August 31, 2004 – Convedia Corporation today announced it has been ranked as the leading provider of IP Media Servers by iLocus, a market research group focused on the VoIP industry. The Global VoIP Market 2004 report, published last month, identified Convedia as the global media server leader with 47% market share and projected the media server market would grow to more than 15 million ports by 2009. More...

Convedia unveils new audio and video capabilities
for industry leading IP Media Servers

CHICAGO, IL – Supercomm 2004 – June 23, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, today announced that in response to the growing global demand for SIP-based multimedia communication and collaboration solutions, it is adding a number of new video and audio features to its award winning family of IP Media Servers. The new features offer highly specialized, DSP-intensive media processing required to address large enterprise, mobile and fixed-line service providers’ needs for a broad range of multimedia solutions including desktop video conferencing, mobile video messaging, video branding and multi-user online gaming. The new functionality, which is being delivered through a series of software-only upgrades to Convedia’s CMS-6000 and CMS-1000 IP Media Server platforms, will begin to rollout next month with additional functionality being added throughout the remainder of 2004. More...

SUPERCOMM 2004 Announces Convedia as SUPERQUEST Award Winner

CHICAGO, IL – Supercomm 2004 – June 23, 2004 – Convedia, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, has been honored by SUPERCOMM with a 7th Annual SUPERQuest runner-up Award. Convedia’s Media Servers were recognized in the Application Layer Systems category for their strategic importance in the rollout of VoIP networks and their ability to help service providers drive cost out of their enhanced service platform while enabling new, highly differentiated network based services. Convedia was the only media server company honored by SUPERCOMM with a SUPERQuest Award. Last year Convedia was honored by SUPERCOMM 2003 as the winner of the SUPERQuest Most Promising Network Technologies award. More...

Genesys Conferencing Deploys Convedia IP Media Servers
to Supercharge 1 Billion Minute Multimedia Conferencing Platform

VANCOUVER, Canada – June 21, 2004 - Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, today announced that Genesys Conferencing, a global leader in multimedia conferencing services, has selected and deployed Convedia’s CMS-6000 Media Server in its flagship Genesys Meeting Center product offering. Genesys Meeting Center offers Web, voice and desktop video conferencing in one integrated service that is available on demand. Simple point-and-click commands allow moderators to deliver PowerPoint presentations, share and edit any document or application in real time and record meetings for playback later. More...

Convedia Participates in Multiservice Switching Forum's
Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) 2004 event

FREMONT, Calif. – June 2, 2004 - The Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) announced today that, to date, a record 26 companies including Convedia will participate in the Forum’s Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) 2004 event. GMI 2004 will be conducted live October 4-16 at four carrier test labs, Qwest in the United States, BT in the United Kingdom, NTT in Japan and KT in Korea. More...

Convedia Joins Level 3's VoIP Technology Alliance Program

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — May 11, 2004 — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT) today announced a new VoIP technology alliance program designed to help call centers, conferencing companies and other customers quickly and easily bring the benefits of VoIP into their business operations and services. Convedia Corporation has been selected to participate in an effort to speed adoption of VoIP services. More...

FERMA and Convedia Deliver IP-Based Mobile Applications
for Wireless Service Providers

PARIS, France and VANCOUVER, Canada — April 13, 2004 — FERMA, a global provider offering IP-based value-added service solutions, and Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media processing platforms, today announced the signing of a marketing partnership agreement to jointly develop prepaid and messaging applications for IP/3G service providers. More...

PointOne Selects Convedia's IP Media Servers To Power
Nationwide Hosted IP Telephony (HIP-T) Services

SANTA CLARA, CA – Spring VON 2004 – March 30, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, today announced that PointOne Telecommunications has deployed and standardized on its family of IP Media Servers. PointOne is recognized as one of the first service providers in the nation to develop and deploy a true, pure Voice over IP (VoIP) network, designed from the ground up to provide converged next generation services. With connections to 90 U.S. cities and several international markets, PointOne’s network currently processes more than half a billion calls per month. Convedia’s Media Servers are at the heart of PointOne’s SIP-based Prepaid Calling Card Service and provide a comprehensive media processing platform for PointOne’s other IP Telephony enhanced services. More...

IPeria and Convedia Launch Fully Integrated
Unified Communications Solution For Service Providers

BURLINGTON, Mass. and VANCOUVER, Canada, March 30, 2004 – IPeria® Inc., a global leader of network communications software, and Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class media processing platforms, have announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between the IPeria ActivEdge™ communications platform and Convedia’s IP media servers. More...

Elitel Launches IP Centrex Services Based on Products from Convedia, Kagoor and Sylantro

SANTA CLARA, CA – March 29, 2004 – At VON Spring 2004, Sylantro Systems Corporation has announced that Elitel, one of Italy's largest competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), has deployed a hosted communications solution targeted toward its customer base of small and medium-sized businesses. Elitel's Futura broadband telephony product is based on Sylantro's carrier-grade hosted communications applications and servers and also leverages products from Convedia and Kagoor. The new service was launched in Milan and other cities on March 11, 2004. More...

Convedia and Netrake Deliver Integrated VoIP Interconnection Solutions

SANTA CLARA, CA – Spring VON 2004 - March 29, 2004 – Convedia®, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media processing platforms and Netrake, the premier provider of session controllers for VoIP interconnection, today announced an agreement to deliver cost-effective, fully integrated VoIP solutions for scalable IP-based voice and multimedia network interconnection. More...

Ubiquity and Convedia Unveil
IP-Based Service Delivery Platform for 3G Networks

VANCOUVER, Canada and REDWOOD CITY, CA – March 16, 2004 – Ubiquity and Convedia, today announced the completion of interoperability and certification testing of their respective products. The two companies will demonstrate innovative Caller Ringback Tone and Mobile Conferencing solutions powered by their jointly developed platform at CTIA Wireless 2004 next week in Atlanta, GA. The joint solution is the industry's first 3GPP IMS-compliant solution to fully embrace the true power of SIP, marrying best-in-class application server and media processing technologies. More...

Enunciate Conferencing Deploys Convedia Media Servers
for a Broad Range of IP Conferencing Services

VANCOUVER, Canada – February 24, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of IP media processing platforms, today announced that its CMS-6000 Media Server has been selected by Enunciate Conferencing, a premier provider of web, video, and teleconferencing services. Convedia’s Media Servers are part of a comprehensive solution that includes advanced conferencing software from Spectel, the market-leading provider of integrated conferencing solutions. The Spectel/Convedia IP conferencing solution will be used to service Enunciate’s business customers around the globe. More...

Convedia Launches Strategic Thrust into 2.5G and 3G Mobile Networks

VANCOUVER, Canada – February 11, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media processing platforms, announced today that its Media Servers are now available to provide the Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) for 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. Convedia Media Servers are an ideal solution for IP-based mobile application developers and service providers requiring a standards-compliant MRF to support mobile applications with intensive IP voice and video processing requirements. More...

Nortel and Convedia Partner for VoIP and Multimedia Interoperability Testing

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – February 11, 2004 …Convedia Corporation has joined the VoIP and multimedia interoperability testing program and intends to conduct interoperability testing between its CMS-6000 Media Server and Nortel Networks MCS 5200. Convedia’s IP media servers provide voice and video processing for use in a broad range of enhanced services including interactive voice response, multimedia conferencing and unified messaging for wireline, wireless, and cable/MSO service providers…
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Convedia Selected for Rocket Builders’ ”Ready to Rocket 25” List

VANCOUVER, Canada – February 4, 2004 – Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class media processing platforms, has recently been acknowledged for their high growth potential in the Rocket Builders’ “Ready to Rocket 25” List. The list identifies 25 private companies based in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, best positioned to capitalize on the information technology (I.T.) trends that will contribute to faster growth than the I.T. sector as a whole. More...

VocalData and Convedia Join Forces to Deliver Scalable IP Centrex Solutions

RICHARDSON, Texas and VANCOUVER, Canada – January 14, 2004 – VocalData Inc., a leading application developer of hosted IP telephony solutions, and Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class media processing platforms, have announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between VocalData’s application server and Convedia’s IP media servers. The certified interoperability of these products facilitates scalable deployment of Hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications, while reducing total cost of ownership for service provider customers. More...

Convedia Media Servers Honored with Internet Telephony® Magazine
Product of the Year Award

VANCOUVER, Canada – January 7, 2004 - Convedia® Corporation, the leading supplier of carrier-class IP media processing platforms, announced today its IP Media Servers have received a 2003 Product of the Year Award from Internet Telephony™ Magazine. As a recipient of this prestigious award, Convedia was recognized for their demonstrated product innovation and market leadership in next generation networking technology. Convedia’s Media Servers have been recognized with 9 industry awards since their introduction in September 2000 including Internet Telephony’s 2001 Product of the Year Award, Internet Telephony’s 2003 TMC Labs Innovation award and Internet Telephony's 2003 Product of the Year Award. More...

 

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