[September 26, 2007] HIPCOM Selects NexTone for IP Carrier Peering Interconnect to UK VoIP Providers Tweet ROME --(Business Wire)-- NexTone(R), a leader in session border controllers and scalable session management solutions for VoIP, multimedia, and IMS network interconnects, today announced that HIPCOM, an industry leader in hosted IP telephony solutions in Europe, has deployed NexTone's IntelliConnect(R) System. HIPCOM is using NexTone's Session Border Controller (SBC), Multi-protocol Session Exchange (MSX), and Real-time Session Manager (RSM) platforms to interconnect with leading UK carrier networks such as BT Wholesale, Band-X, Gamma Telecom, and Primus Telecom. This interconnect capability provides HIPCOM customers with the most comprehensive and reliable service available in the UK. HIPCOM is recognized as being at the forefront of the VoIP industry. As an application service provider, HIPCOM specializes in providing high-quality 'white label' hosted IP telephony solutions sold through a network of channel partners in the UK. HIPCOM is supported by strategic partnerships with leading VoIP vendors worldwide. This enables HIPCOM to offer services such as residential broadband, hosted PBX, IP Centrex, voice VPN, enhanced network and business trunking services. "NexTone's IntelliConnect platform meets our stringent demands for HIPCOM to deliver cost-effective hosted VoIP solutions for our partners and allows us to expand our VoIP services very quickly," said Allan Murdoch, HIPCOM's chairman of the board. "NexTone's leadership in carrier VoIP interconnects is helping us take advantage of new market opportunities and customize our services." NexTone is providing its SBC, MSX, and RSM products to provide session-level interconnect termination services for HIPCOM's customers and carrier partners. NexTone has implemented its complete product line to provide HIPCOM with a broad range of capabilities, including border security, session routing, and real-time session management. "We are working closely with HIPCOM to help extend its next-generation network to support its broad range of carrier partners," said Vic Bozzo vice president of global sales for NexTone. "HIPCOM has established a very innovative service offering, one that takes advantage of NexTone strengths on carrier interconnect, interoperability, performance, and scale." NexTone's Award-Winning IntelliConnect Family of Products NexTone's SBC is part of a robust family of advanced interoperability products. In addition to the NexTone SBC, the IntelliConnect System includes the NexTone MSX, a Multi-protocol Session Exchange platform for interconnecting SIP and H.323 networks; the NexTone IMX, an IP Multimedia Exchange platform for interconnecting IP and IMS networks; and the NexTone RSM, which dynamically manages and optimizes IP services from the network core. MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT -- Session Management and Intelligent Interconnects -- IntelliConnect System (graphic) -- Product Presentation (Flash demo) -- Industry Benchmarking -- Recent NexTone news About HIPCOM Hipcom specializes in the provisioning of high-quality Hosted IP Telephony solutions, sold through a network of channel partners in the UK and supported by a range of carefully-selected strategic partnerships with leading VoIP vendors world-wide. Hipcom are at the forefront of the industry, producing innovative Hosted IP Telephony solutions created specifically for the UK Reseller Channel. Their platform provides carrier grade, five nines service with full enterprise telephony features allowing partners to enter this rapidly-growing market, secure new business and provide customers with advanced, feature-rich telephony services. About NexTone NexTone develops intelligent session management and interconnect systems for service providers who want to rapidly expand their reach and accelerate VoIP and multimedia revenues. NexTone's IntelliConnect(R) System provides service providers with visibility and intelligence to exchange, optimize, secure, and bill for voice and multimedia sessions flowing across diverse IP and IMS network boundaries. More than 550 service providers and enterprises worldwide use NexTone's IntelliConnect System to manage technical complexities, optimize business economics, and remove partnership hurdles. NexTone is a recipient of the Maryland Technology Champions Awards for 2006. The company ranks number one in Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 50 Program for Maryland and is one of the Top 50 companies in Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in North America. NexTone is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, with domestic and international offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.nextone.com. NexTone Communications, NexTone, IntelliConnect, and Network Without Limits are registered trademarks of NexTone Communications, Inc. Rights to all other marks remain the exclusive property of their owners. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]