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Pactolus SIPware VoIP Deployed Via Satellite and WiMAX by Sawtel

By Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Senior Editor

IP voice services provider Pactolus Communications said today that its SIPware broadband telephony service is the first to be deployed commercially across a converged satellite and WiMAX ground network.

 

Pactolus made the announcement after satellite and wireless communications company Sawtel chose SIPware to provide voice services to its customers.

 

In a press release, Pactolus said that this deployment of SIPware provides “the industry with a successful model for extending profitable IP services across new networks and multi-network delivery paths.”

 

The initial deployment (1,000 nodes creating a 20-mile by 7-mile large cell) makes SIPware available to users on the island of Nassau.

 

Plans are in the works to extend availability to users around the world who—because of accessibility, reliability and economic barriers—might not otherwise be able to subscribe to IP services.

 

“Sawtel has broken through many pre-conceived notions about service delivery networks, and the take rates for its preliminary deployments provide ample validation of its innovative service delivery strategy,” said David Horton, Pactolus CTO, in a press release.

 

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Mae Kowalke previously wrote for Cleveland Magazine in Ohio and The Burlington Free Press in Vermont. To see more of her articles, please visit Mae Kowalke’s columnist page.