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NexTone, Cantata, and Pactolus Introduce SIP-Based Carrier Prepaid SolutionSAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- NexTone(R), a leader in session border controllers and scalable session management solutions for VoIP, multi-media, and IMS network interconnects, today announced that the NexTone Lab has certified the NexTone-Cantata-Pactolus Calling Card and Voice over Broadband (VoBB) service solution as ServiceReady(TM) with NexTone's IntelliConnect(TM) System. The solution exercised Pactolus' SIPWare(TM) Calling Card and VoBB service offerings, NexTone's Multiprotocol Session Exchange (MSX) product with integrated SBC functionality, and Cantata's IMG 1010 Media Gateway. The goal of NexTone's Lab is to ensure interoperability with other vendors' products to offer turnkey solutions that meet service providers' time to market, and to help service providers confidently deliver revenue-generating services today. The ServiceReady certification confirms that the solution has established end-to-end interoperability for Pactolus' prepaid SIPware application and its BBTel application with NexTone products. It also involves a close working relationship between NexTone and Pactolus in the areas of sales, marketing, support, and product management. This ServiceReady solution is ideal for carriers, service integrators, and resellers in the prepaid market that are replacing expensive long distance call traffic currently purchased from legacy TDM facilities-based wholesalers with far more affordable SIP peering wholesale services. The Cantata Media Gateway provides a cost-effective way for providers to bridge the IP islands with the PSTN network, ensuring global reach. The NexTone products provide session layer security, SIP protocol interworking, and call routing intelligence to facilitate a normalized network edge. NexTone, Cantata, and Pactolus are working jointly with several IP carrier customers, such as LatiNode -- one of the world's largest IP solutions providers in the international VoIP industry -- that are taking advantage of the high-growth market for prepaid VoIP services. The ServiceReady solution provides a simple, proven, and cost-effective prepaid VoIP service for carriers, with the ability to offer flexible rate plans to their customers and adjust quickly when needed. A SIP-based solution also dramatically decreases carrier roll out times for new VoIP services versus those based on a traditional TDM platform. The interoperability process has gained Pactolus NexTone Compatible(TM) partner status. Pactolus SIPware(TM) services, including Prepaid Calling and VoBB are now certified NetworkReady(TM) with NexTone's IntelliConnect System. NetworkReady certification indicates that the Pactolus SIPware service products receiving the certification have successfully completed rigorous testing designed to confirm interoperability with the specified versions of the products that make up NexTone's IntelliConnect System. Interoperability with the NexTone IntelliConnect System enables Pactolus to leverage NexTone's Session Border Control functionality and advanced call routing capabilities to support SIP trunking and SIP peering services. The Cantata IMG 1010 Media Gateway is also certified as NetworkReady. COMMENTARY Ken Osowski, vice president of marketing and product management, Pactolus - "The NexTone Compatible Program is just one extension of our long working relationship with the leading provider of intelligent session management solutions. Through NexTone's certifications, it is now easier for Pactolus to go to market with very affordable prepaid services to our carrier customers, enabling them to provide the latest service offerings to their subscribers and remain competitive." Peter Vescuso, vice president of marketing, Cantata Technology - "Cantata is committed to working with partners to bring solutions to service provider customers that they can deploy with confidence. The partnership among Pactolus, NexTone, and Cantata is an example where Cantata's best-in-class Media Gateway, the IMG 1010, can be combined with other products to provide next generation IP services on today's network. We are pleased to be part of this advanced prepaid Voice over IP solution." John Longo, vice president of marketing, NexTone - "The prepaid telephony market is very competitive, and service providers are challenged to introduce new services. By working together, NexTone, Cantata, and Pactolus enable IP service providers to stay ahead in the market by allowing them to change their service options to address market conditions in real-time. This ServiceReady solution provides carriers with a proven way to offer high-quality, secure VoIP services faster and to reach new customer target areas." MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT -- Session Management and Intelligent Interconnects -- Industry Benchmarking -- Recent NexTone news -- The NexTone Lab -- Idea Connect - the NexTone Blog About Pactolus Unique Pactolus-based, SIP-based voice applications now support an industry-leading 3+ billion minutes of use per month in more than 75 carrier and service provider networks such as WebEx, Primus Canada, VCG Telecom, USA Datanet, LatiNode, Alestra and XO Interactive, providing exceptional service differentiation and enabling ongoing innovation and customer retention. The RapidFLEX Service Creation and Delivery Platform's extensible object-based design lets users quickly and reliably create, deploy and scale VoIP and other IP services without advanced multi-disciplinary proficiencies or prohibitive entry economics. The popular, customizable SIPware(TM) turnkey services suite includes residential and business VoBB, prepaid and post-paid calling card, reservationless and operator-managed event audio conferencing, voice messaging, and service-integrated operator assistance. Open Source applications for service providers and enterprises, and the RapidFLEX Service Creation and Delivery Platform are freely downloadable at the www.SIPdev.org developer community website. About Cantata Technology Cantata Technology, established in 2006 through the combination of Brooktrout Technology and Excel Switching Corporation, provides enabling communications hardware and software that empowers the creation and delivery of anytime, anywhere IP-based communications applications. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata offers the broadest range of products, along with a worldwide network of partners that allows service provider and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to IP. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., Cantata maintains multiple locations worldwide in North America, Asia and Europe. About NexTone NexTone(R) 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 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 for 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. |
