[January 25, 2005]

GlobalTouch to Use Access211�s ATA for SipTalk

BY JOHANNE TORRES

When Los Angeles, CA-based GlobalTouch Telecom, Inc. set out to deploy its SIPTalk Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP - define - news - alert) calling service, it went on a search for a compatible analog telephone adapter (ATA). This week, the company announced that it had found a compatible ATA provided by Telco Systems' called Access211 ATA. GlobalTouch went into a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with Telco Systems for their Access211 VoIP ATA.

GlobalTouch CEO, Greg Welch, says, "The Access211 is the perfect device for our SIPTalk customers because it combines a VoIP ATA with built-in router and life line POTS support, all into one device. Life Line POTS support allows the customer the ability to utilize a standard phone line to access E911 service in the event of power or Internet outages."

GlobalTouch said the Access211 provides its SIPTalk customers better voice quality, as well as a rich package of features, including Internet faxing (T.38), and distinctive ringing. GlobalTouch's SIPTalk customers won’t have to have an external router with the Access211 device in place, creating then less clutter on their desk.

Some of the Access211 features and capabilities that prompted GlobalTouch to select the advanced Telco Systems ATA include custom calling feature support such as distinctive ringing; T.38 Internet faxing; two telephone ports that concurrently support compression technology for two different phone numbers; integrated routing, which eliminates the need for an external router; and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features such as traffic shaping, which prioritizes voice over data and contributes to the superior voice quality of the Access211.

Larry Asten, Foxboro, MA-based Telco Systems' president, said: "We're impressed by GlobalTouch's innovative approach to the VoIP market and we anticipate a long mutually beneficial partnership as VoIP service continues to gain acceptance as a replacement to traditional phone service."

GlobalTouch's SIPTalk offers a product line of VoIP packages starting with its new $9.95 per month plan which offers residential callers 200 minutes of calling anywhere in the United States and Canada. Other plans for the residence and small business start at $14.95 per month. Plans for unlimited calling in the U.S. and Canada start at $19.95 per month. All SIPTalk plans are feature rich and include GlobalTouch's amazingly low international rates.

GlobalTouch Telecom, Inc.
www.globaltouchtelecom.com

Telco Systems
www.telco.com