five star hotel in EsbjergTOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND BTI TELECOM CORP. PARTNER TO DELIVER VOICE-OVER-DSL SERVICES AT COMNET
ComNet Attendees Can Try Out Service, Call Anywhere in U.S.Sevilla hotelsSANTA CLARA, Calif. - January 24, 2000 - TollBridge Technologies, the leading developer of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of carriers, and BTI Telecom Corp. (BTI), a leading provider of integrated telecommunications services to business customers, announced today that they are providing Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) connectivity to ComNet attendees. Attendees are invited to test the quality of VoDSL by using a network of phones supplied by TollBridge and BTI to make a call to anywhere in the United States over the BTI network. (Editors' Note: ComNet is being held in Washington, D.C., from January 25-27 at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center/The Renaissance Washington, D.C., Hotel. The VoDSL phone bank is located just outside the ComNet pressroom. TollBridge is demonstrating its products at Booth #1569.) The live system deployed by the two companies, which simulates a typical customer deployment, demonstrates that VoDSL delivers high-quality audio transmission and is a viable solution for users today. On the carrier side, a T1 line supplied by BTI will connect the TollBridge TB200 Voice Gateway to a CopperEdge 200 DSL concentrator from Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., which provides the DSL connection. On the end-user side, TollBridge TB50 Integrated Access Device (IAD), which in turn supports the bank of phones available to ComNet attendees. "Our products deliver superior voice quality, and we encourage everyone attending ComNet to test VoDSL for themselves." said Agnes Imregh, TollBridge's Vice President of Marketing. "With its extremely knowledgeable attendees, ComNet is a great arena for proving TollBridge offers a viable solution today." "BTI provides small and medium business customers with a full suite of integrated services, and we are delighted to demonstrate these capabilities live to ComNet attendees," said Butch Charlton, Chief Technology Officer of BTI. "We successfully completed a VoDSL trial using the TollBridge TB200 Voice Gateway during the fourth quarter of 1999, and we expect our customers will be as impressed with VoDSL as we are." About TollBridge Solutions
Designed to let providers bypass Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) to all deliver voice services over any broadband access technology, the TollBridge product set consists of three elements: - The TB50, an Integrated Access Device (IAD) that converts voice samples from multiple calls into packets and prioritizes voice and data traffic for transmission over any broadband access network;
- The TB200, a carrier-grade Local Exchange Gateway that translates packets back into voice and connects to Class 5 switches using the Telcordia GR-303 protocol and new, emerging protocols such as the Segment Interface protocol (SIP) and Media Gateway Control Point (MGCP);
- The TollViewTM Management Suite, a management system that includes a graphical Element Management System (EMS) for end-to-end configuration, troubleshooting, and performance management of up to 100 TB200 systems from HP OpenViewTM on SUN SolarisTM platforms.
About TollBridge Technologies
alberghi piu economici LimerickFounded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif., TollBridge Technologies is the leading provider of voice-over-broadband solutions to a new generation of carriers. TollBridge solutions change the economics of delivering voice services by allowing carriers that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL or cable, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. About BTI
BTI is a facilities-based integrated communications provider (ICP) that has served primarily small and medium-sized business customers in the southeastern United States since 1983. The company offers a full suite of integrated retail services to business customers, including local, long distance, data, Internet access, paging and other enhanced services. The company also offers wholesale services, including switched, private line, special access and prepaid calling card services to other telecommunications carriers and end-user customers. BTI is continuing to expand its facilities-based network. The company's network now includes nine Lucent Technologies 5ESS 2000 digital switches to serve local markets as well as five operations centers with Alcatel 600E switches to carry its long distance traffic. BTI's fiber optic network covers approximately 3,400 miles across the eastern United States, including a 95-mile fiber optic network linking Raleigh, Durham, Cary and the Research Triangle Park area in North Carolina. For more information about BTI visit the company's Website at www.btitele.com TollBridge and TollVoiceTMalberghi a Bologna are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
