[June 20, 2000]

IPeria Joins Lucent's Full Circle Program To Offer Service Providers Next-Gen Communications Solutions

IPeria, Inc., a provider of next generation communications and messaging applications and platforms for IP telephony networks, announced it has joined Lucent Technologies' Full Circle program. IPeria's goal is to use the program to more effectively provide interoperable enhanced services solutions to telecommunications service providers. These next-generation solutions will include both the Lucent Softswitch and Lucent EXS gateways, coupled with the IPeria Service Node (IPSN) platform and NextGen communications and messaging applications, such as Voice-activated Voice E-mail (VAVES).

IPeria will have the IPeria Service Node platform interface with the Lucent Softswitch via the session initiation protocol (SIP). As a result, service providers will be able to seamlessly implement the combined Lucent/IPeria enhanced services solution and deploy next-generation applications such as Intelligent Messaging, Virtual Assistance and Voice-activated Internet Portals. By combining the convenience and ease-of-use of today's Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) with the multi media and cost-savings capabilities of the Internet (IP network), service providers can quickly deploy services that:

• Produce and increase revenue,
• Increase average revenue per user (ARPU),
• Retain highly valued customers, and
• Differentiate themselves from the competition.

"In this highly competitive market, Lucent realizes the importance for service providers to receive the best solutions and applications in the shortest amount of time," said Mike Decelle, vice president of Lucent's Open Network Solutions Group. "By participating in the Full Circle program, companies such as IPeria will help us capitalize and add value to our softswitch product, ensuring that service providers receive the strongest IP-based enhanced services available."

"We are very enthusiastic about joining the Lucent Full Circle program," said Dick Connaughton, cofounder and chief executive officer of IPeria. "Lucent has a strong reputation for delivering on its business promises and providing top quality telecommunications solutions. By collaborating with Lucent at this time, we will be better poised to meet service provider demands and help them realize the promise of the converged packet-based network."

IPeria's flagship product, the IPeria Service Node, features a modular, data-centric architecture, built from the ground up, to support the convergence of voice and data network applications. The use of a SIP-based interface on the IPSN allows it to integrate with Lucent softswitches and media gateways as well as other industry-leading network products to provide IPeria's applications to both legacy and next-generation telecommunications networks. The IPeria Service Node delivers the carrier-class features to cost-effectively deploy applications in emerging packet-based networks. IPeria allows service providers to achieve first mover-advantage by rapidly and seamlessly delivering new IP-based communications and messaging services to its customers.

Lucent's Full Circle program offers an open software architecture to enable rapid and cost-effective development and deployment of converged telecommunications services using open, programmable network technology. Full Circle is a Lucent-wide initiative and includes enhanced services and development support from Lucent's own leading intelligent network and softswitch groups. The program also provides business opportunities and marketing programs to encourage third- party development and integration of innovative, next-generation multi-vendor applications and services.

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