TOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES ESTABLISHES SALES AND MARKETING OPERATIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC
Geneva hotelsEstablishes regional presence to support growing base of customers and delivers the first V5.2 Voice Gateway solutions to Service Providers in Asia PacificTAIPEI, SINGAPORE, SEOUL, HONG KONG, October 3, 2000 - US-based TollBridge Technologies, the leading vendor of carrier class VoDSL solutions for broadband networks, announced today that it has established its regional headquarters for Asia Pacific in Hong Kong, beginning with sales and technical support capabilities. Commenting on the rationale of this market expansion, James Grady, Vice President of International for TollBridge Technologies explained, "The markets of Asia represent the best growth opportunity for voice over broadband networks, as broadband networks based on Digital Subscriber Line and Cable TV technology are being rapidly deployed in this region. The future of communications lies in packet-based bundled services over broadband infrastructures and TollBridge Technologies is in a unique position to enable carriers to address the needs of consumers and businesses alike." TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of high quality voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of Broadband networks. According to the most recent Synergy Research Report, TollBridge has successfully deployed carrier class solutions to maintain its market share leadership in this industry, despite the recent entry of several competitors into this market. luxury hotels in La RocheAs part of the launch, TollBridge is partnering with key network operators in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore to deliver the first carrier-class Voice Gateway in Asia, using the V5.2 protocol for interfacing with Class 5 switches in the Asia Pacific region. Known as the TB200, it is the industry-leading platform that delivers telephony services over broadband networks, such as Cable TV, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and broadband wireless access networks. Until now, leading vendors have offered voice gateway platforms based on the GR303 standard, which is used mostly in North America. The rest of the world relies primarily on the V5.2 specification for the subscriber line interface on a Class 5 voice switch. TollBridge is the first in the industry to demonstrate a carrier-class solution in this region. To further support the needs of its customers in the region, TollBridge has established regional sales and marketing operations with the appointment of Sherriff Choi, who will lead the continuing efforts with carriers such as I-Cable, Hong Kong Telecom; SingTel, Korea Telecom, Hanaro Telecom and others. "The appointment of Mr. Choi is our first major step towards establishing our presence in the Asia Pacific Region", notes Grady. "Mr. Choi has had extensive industry experience with Ascend Communications and Lucent Technologies, where he was Director of Technical Operations overseeing the greater China Region. In addition to this, he has worked with the major carriers in Asia through his previous activities in the deployment of carrier class technology in China, Taiwan and HK". The market for voice services on broadband infrastructure has expanded rapidly in North America since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed. Competitive carriers have used this technology to increase the utilization of scarce local access resources in the "last kilometer". Providers of cable TV services are benefiting from this technology, as it allows a carrier to offer multiple services to their subscribers, including multi-line voice, video and data over a single coaxial cable. hôtels AnversIn Europe and Asia, the relations between the incumbents and emerging carriers are changing to allow similar business arrangements. Also, Cable TV service providers have access to 60% of the households in the developed countries of Asia and Europe. This will give them the opportunity to provide a bundle of enhanced services to consumers. Layering packetized voice above the physical networking medium will enable the migration of existing services to all broadband networks and accelerate the evolution of enhanced services, realizing the vision of the new public network. "The TB200 solution enables service providers to offer voice communications over any broadband medium. Tollbridge has had the largest installed base in North America of over 40,000 voice lines. This knowledge helped us to develop a viable V5.2 version for global markets, which will allow our customers to deploy faster and offer a wider variety of voice and data services," said Grady. ERROR MSGAbout TollBridge Gateway Solutions TollBridge's TB200 carrier-grade Local Exchange Gateway allows carriers to integrate packet-based voice traffic from cable, xDSL, or wireless systems into the public switched telephone network via Class 5 switches. The TB200 uses the industry standard GR-303 and V5.2 protocols to ensure compatibility with Class 5 switches, and also supports emerging protocols such as the Segment Interface Protocol (SIP) and the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP). The TollViewTM Management Suite is an element management system that includes a graphical interface for simple end-to-end configuration, troubleshooting, and performance management of up to 100 TB200 systems via HP OpenViewTM on Sun SolarisTM platforms. About TollBridge Technologies Vitina luxury suitesFounded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif., TollBridge Technologies - selected as one of UPSIDE's Top 100 Private Companies (May 2000) - is the leading provider of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions to the new generation of carriers. TollBridge's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small-business and customers by allowing carriers that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, cable and wireless to deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services in the local loop. TollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | 
