BayPackets to Resell Convedia Media Servers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Fall VON 2003 Booth 321 VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003 Integrated BayPackets/Convedia Solution Delivers Cost Effective and Differentiated Enhanced Services for Wireline, Wireless and Cable Service Providers Convedia Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media processing See media control. platforms, today announced that it has entered into a reseller agreement with BayPackets, Inc., a provider of enhanced voice and data solutions for wireless, wireline and cable operators. Under the terms of the agreement, BayPackets will resell, market and support Convedia's award winning CMS-6000 and CMS-1000 media servers in conjunction with the BayPackets Agility Network Services Platform (NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. ) and Agility Network Applications, a next-generation enhanced services platform and applications suite that can be deployed as a service control point (SCP (1) (Service Control Point) A node in an SS7 telephone network that provides an interface to databases, which may reside within the SCP computer or in other computers. ) or application server in traditional and packet-based telecommunications networks. The BayPackets/Convedia joint solution provides network operators a flexible multi-services platform based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and can be used to deliver a wide range of new voice and data services easily tailored to the needs of their business and consumer customers. These services include: -- VoiceVPN -- Advanced Toll Free/800 -- Hot Call Routing -- Prepaid/Post Paid Calling Card -- Voicemail -- Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. -- Single Number Services "Our partnership with Convedia offers a carrier-class, fully integrated end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that delivers a rapid return on investment and significant business value for our customers," said Ken Epps, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BayPackets. "Working with Convedia has proven very easy as both companies share a common vision and commitment to developing enhanced service solutions that drive costs out of the service provider's network while unlocking new revenue opportunities." "We are thrilled to strengthen our relationship with BayPackets to include the reselling of our products to their customers," said Peter Briscoe, President and CEO of Convedia. "Convedia and BayPackets have undertaken rigorous interoperability testing using both SIP/VoiceXML and MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol between our respective products offering service providers maximum flexibility in their deployment options." BayPackets and Convedia are demonstrating the joint solution in booth 321 at the Fall VON '03 Conference and Expo being held this week in Boston, MA. About BayPackets BayPackets' software enables wireless, wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance and broadband service providers rely on BayPackets' solutions to profitably expand their business by efficiently operating new and existing network infrastructure via a single point. Founded in February 2000, BayPackets is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that has received funding from industry-leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA, with a development center in Noida UP, India. For more information, visit BayPackets at www.baypackets.com. About Convedia Convedia Corporation is a leading supplier of next-generation IP media servers that enable telecommunication service providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services. Convedia's award winning family of products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier class media server capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Canada, and financed by leading venture capitalists. For additional information about Convedia, its products or the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable or 3G wireless architectures, visit www.convedia.com. |
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