[April 27, 2005] Portus to Deploy Residential, Business and Wholesale IP Communications in Croatia on a Single NetCentrex Application Platform Tweet PARIS, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- NetCentrex (http://www.netcentrex.net/), the leading enabler of converged voice-data (VoIP) networks and solutions, and Portus d.o.o., Croatia's second alternative telecommunications operator, announced today that Portus has chosen NetCentrex to deploy enterprise and residential IP communications services and to deliver carrier pre-selection and wholesale services. Portus will initially deploy NetCentrex' Business Services Suite to launch a full range of enterprise IP telephony services in Croatia that will include IP Centrex hosted services, VoIP Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, including private dial plans, and business trunking. Portus will be the first and only company providing IP Centrex services in Croatia, giving them a unique selling point. In a second phase, MyCall(R) Residential Services Suite will enable Portus to introduce broadband residential communications services. Both solutions will operate on a single NetCentrex Application Softswitch platform. Portus will also use the Application Softswitch to offer multi-protocol carrier pre-selection services and legal services (including lawful intercept and emergency services). The platform will have enough capacity to also deliver wholesale services to Croatian cable operators, making the deployment highly cost effective and accelerating return on investment (ROI) while maximizing revenue potential. Portus has already gained significant market presence in Croatia through its H1 services as one of only three fixed-line telephony operators. Croatia is now extending deregulation of its telecommunications market, so Portus wants to develop a solid, long term strategy which will ensure profitability in the face of increased competition. Portus commissioned NetCentrex Business Consulting services to define a long term NGN services strategy and to build the business model for the deployment of telephony and video services. "NetCentrex Business Consulting Services enabled us to define in detail the roll-out of communications services that would place Portus in the best position to attract customers, generate profits and increase market share in the short and long term.," states Darko Parun, Chairman of the management board of Portus d.o.o. "The layered architecture of the NetCentrex solutions enables us to introduce enterprise services and residential services in two phases on the same platform. This centralization of services will significantly reduce both CAPEX and OPEX while increasing the flexibility of service delivery. Moreover, the NetCentrex softswitch has enough capacity to interconnect VoIP traffic with other service providers and to deliver wholesale services to cable operators or other local loop providers, increasing the platform's profitability and accelerating return on investment." "The deployment of wholesale services for cable operators and carrier pre-selection in addition to residential and enterprise services enables Portus to leverage the high capacity of NetCentrex' application softswitch platform and benefit from enormous service flexibility," comments Boris Dezier, General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at NetCentrex. "The wholesale services will enable Portus to reach a larger number of subscribers because the cable operators will fill the subscriber gap where local loop is a problem for deployment of services. Portus will also use their platform to maximum capacity, making the deployment a highly profitable investment." About NetCentrex(TM) (http://www.netcentrex.net/) NetCentrex develops unique next generation network (NGN) voice and video solutions that optimize network infrastructure and enable telecom operators and service providers to deliver voice-video-data and fixed-mobile converged services for both the consumer and enterprise markets. Solutions include IP telephony, video telephony, Triple Play, IP Centrex, voice/video VPN, contact center and IVR services. All solutions are built on the same IMS compliant infrastructure that includes an application softswitch, media services and management. This core infrastructure provides user services, network connectivity, single point of provisioning and monitoring. Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has sales and partner representatives in over 25 countries and over 40 operator and service provider customers. Leading European and US venture capital firms back the privately held company. About Portus d.o.o. (http://www.h-1.hr/) H1 is a new service operator of fixed telephony on the Croatian telecommunication market. It is completely Croatian-owned, and by enganging knowledge of Croatian experts and capital H1 plans to participate actively in developing the domestic economy. Expertise, professionality and innovativeness of experts who worked diligently to build this new operator guarantee that our long term plan - creating a reliable, efficient and modern operator which will offer a wide spectrum of services, in accordance with European telecommunications trends - will be realised. We are convinced that with well-thought-out investments and clear business vision we shall in long term place ourselves among leaders in Croatian market. Through new ideas and approach to business development we wish to constantly raise the quality of life of Croatian citizens. NetCentrex CONTACT: Press contacts: NetCentrex EMEA, Madeleine Jeavons, Tel:+33-(0)1-58-71-33-28, Email: [email protected] , Web site:http://www.netcentrex.net/; Portus d.o.o., Martina Pintaric,Tel: +385-91-399-2788, Email: [email protected], Web site:http://www.h-1.hr/; NetCentrex US, Latin America, SusanStearman, Tel: +1-408-521-7421, Email:[email protected], Web site:http://www.netcentrex.net/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]