NETACTIVATE AND TOLLBRIDGE LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE WORLD'S FIRST SOLUTION FOR INSTANT, ERROR-FREE VOICE OVER DSL AND VOICE OVER IP
Rules-Based Software Platform Enables Carriers to Avoid Unnecessary Delays and Cut Costs in the Provision of Voice and Data ServicesRESTON, Va, January 25, 2000 - The netActivate Division of Call Technologies, a leader in intelligent activation solutions for integrated communications providers (ICPs), and TollBridge Technologies, a leading developer of high quality voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of carriers, today announced a technology and marketing partnership. The partnership is designed to facilitate the provision of IP-based multiline voice-over-Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) solutions. The companies plan to integrate the TollBridge TB200 Voice Gateway and the TB50 Integrated Access Device (IAD) with the netActivate intelligent service activation system, allowing communications service providers to use existing order management software to easily provision complex VoDSL services. The integration on the TB200, TB50 and TollView EMS will be done using netActivate's intelligent, rules-based service activation platform -- netActivate(TM). "Automating service provisioning has proven to be a key step toward rapid deployment and accelerated revenue recognition for the new voice carriers," said Richard Haft, Director of Strategic Relationships for netActivate. "Current methods of deploying new services usually involve manual processes that are slow and inefficient. They detect errors reactively instead of preventing them proactively." "Now CLECs and DLECs have a dedicated, single intelligent activation solution to provision and keep pace with customer demand," said Haft. "We are proud that netActivate is the only provider in the world that offers this breakthrough solution to the problems of provisioning convergent services." "Only with consistent end-to-end service provisioning and proactive monitoring, testing, and re-provisioning can carriers bring new services to market that generate a sustainable revenue base," said Agnes Imregh, Vice President of Marketing for TollBridge. "It's refreshing to know that providers can instantly activate new services for customers with a single automated process that activates all of the required elements. Previously, carriers had to manage a complex multi-technology, multi-vendor network, but now there's an automatic and proactive monitoring, testing, and re-provisioning for all segments of this network that greatly simplifies this task." Integrating the TollBridge TB200 and TB50 with the netActivate service activation platform will allow CLECs, DLECs, and ISPs to provision voice services over their existing DSL deployments and/or IP networks with CLASS 5 switches on a single, integrated service activation platform - reducing provisioning errors, lowering costs, and driving up revenue. By eliminating human error and adding intelligence that creates a fully automated flow-through process, netActivate lets convergent providers dramatically increase the number of orders they can provision. "Call Technologies solutions power some of the largest voice deployments in the world today," said Imregh. "The combination of TollBridge and netActivate products enables carriers to bundle and provision voice services with their existing DSL deployments, generating new revenue opportunities from telephony services." The partnership will allow netActivate and TollBridge customers to flexibly deliver end-to-end proactive provisioning and service activation. New voice CLECs will benefit from this new automated proactive service deployment process to quickly deploy services and improve customer satisfaction. About netActivate
netActivate, a division of Call Technologies, Inc., is the leading provider of Intelligent Activation solutions to Integrated Communications Providers. The netActivate product is designed to facilitate zero-touch, instant-on, error free service activation for voice and data networks. The Company serves many of the world's largest communications service providers including all U.S-based and Canadian incumbent local service providers, and a broad range of convergent and wireless companies. netActivate is located in Reston VA, in the Dulles high tech corridor. Visit www.netActivate.net for more information. About TollBridge Technologies
Founded 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. Visit http://www.tollbridgetech.com for more information. TollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | 
