[September 28, 1999]

StarVox Introduces Cisco-based Network Telephony Solution

StarVox, Inc. announces a new network telephony solution based on Cisco Systems, Inc. voice gateways that will help Global 5000 corporations and enterprise customers migrate their legacy PBX environments to packet telephony. StarVox also announces that it has joined the Cisco New World Ecosystem program and is working to incorporate a variety of Cisco voice-enabled routers and access devices into the full range of StarVox network telephony solutions.

StarVox network telephony solutions address universal business issues, such as the limited number of assistants available to screen calls and locate users for important calls, the incompatibility of multiple vendor telephone systems, and the need for simple user interfaces that enable a common set of telephone features across the entire enterprise. These solutions allow the integration of cellular phones into the corporate voice communication fabric and simplify the migration to LAN telephone systems that are fully interoperable with legacy PBX and voicemail systems.

The StarVox network telephony solution being demonstrated at VON uses a StarVox directory services-enabled gatekeeper/application server to provide transparency of common features between PBXs interconnected via a Cisco-based IP network. StarVox is also showing two Java-based applications: StarCall, simplifying the use of PBX features, and StarMobile, effectively transforming a notebook PC into a PBX telephone.

These network telephony solutions make it possible for workers to take their corporate phone number identity and functionality with them to any location, using any type of telephone device (PBX, PC, cell, home, or IP phone), connected to the associated network (PSTN, IP, or wireless).

"We’re delighted to welcome StarVox as a member of the Cisco New World Ecosystem," said Alistair Woodman, Director of Marketing for Packet Telephony. "The StarVox solution, building on the Cisco Open Packet Telephony framework, allows businesses to migrate legacy PBX environments to New World packet based telephony, extending and increasing the features available to users while maintaining investment protection in existing equipment."

"We are very pleased to be working with Cisco," said Rich Barry, StarVox president and CEO. "The information, technology exchange, and support provided by the New World Ecosystem creates the ideal environment to jointly deliver best-in-class voice solutions."

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