THRIFTY CALL AND TOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES PARTNER TO DELIVER VOICE-OVER-DSL SERVICES AT TEXALTEL
TEXALTEL Attendees Can Try Out Services, Call Anywhere in U.S.AUSTIN, TX, April 10, 2000 - Golden Harbor of Texas, Inc., a leading competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and a subsidiary of Thrifty Call, Inc., and TollBridge Technologies, the leading developer of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions for the new generation of carriers, announced today that they are providing voice-over-Digital-Subscriber-Line (VoDSL) connectivity to TEXALTEL attendees. TollBridge is demonstrating its products, in conjunction with Thrifty Call, at the VoDSL phone bank located within TollBridge's booth at the TEXATEL conference, taking place April 10-12 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Hamburg hôtelsThe technology exhibition, which simulates a typical customer deployment, demonstrates that VoDSL delivers high-quality audio transmission and is a viable solution for users today. Attendees at the show will be able to test the quality of VoDSL by using a network of phones supplied by TollBridge to make a call to anywhere in the United States over the Thrifty Call network. On the local-carrier side, Golden Harbor of Texas is providing Class 5 telephony services using the Bellcore GR-303 protocol to connect to TollBridge's TB 200, a carrier grade Local Exchange Gateway. Golden Harbor will also connect to a CopperEdge CE200 DSLAM (DSL access multiplexer) concentrator that provides the DSL connection for local dial-up Internet access over Frame Relay. On the end-user side, the TollBridge TB50 Integrated Access Device (IAD) supports the bank of phones available to TEXALTEL attendees. "Co-sponsoring this demonstration at TEXALTEL gives us an excellent opportunity to share with the industry the range of wholesale services we can offer to other CLECs, ISPs, and competitive broadband service providers," said Ted Parsons, vice president of sales, marketing, and product management for Thrifty Call, Inc. hotel rooms Naples"Partnering with Golden Harbor of Texas' subsidiary Thrifty Call, to demonstrate voice over DSL gives TEXALTEL attendees an outstanding example of Thrifty Call's integrated network service provider capabilities utilizing TollBridge's VoDSL and voice over cable solutions," said Agnes Imregh, vice president of marketing at TollBridge. "CLECs and data local exchange carriers (DLECs) are focused on bundling integrated services, so we believe attendees will visit the demonstration and the TollBridge booth as a source for technology, equipment, and service provider information." ERROR MSGAbout Thrifty Call and Golden Harbor of Texas Formed in 1996 as a subsidiary of Thrifty Call, Golden Harbor of Texas is a facilities-based competitive local exchange company offering a full range of voice and data services for competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), ISPs, and competitive broadband communications providers. Thrifty Call, an integrated network service provider, owns and operates a robust, multi-regional, Class 5 switching platform with state-of-the-art Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) features consisting of SS7, STP, SCP, and local number portability. The company is headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, and has 185 full-time employees. Visit the corporate Website at www.thriftycall.com or contact Carletta Morris at 512-392-6284 About TollBridge Technologies Bournemouth alberghi b&bFounded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif., TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions targeted at competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). The company's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small business customers by allowing voice CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Website at www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Rich Farana at 408-585-2146. TollBridge and TollVoiceTMhoteles en Riga are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
