BroadJump Announces Partnerships With Core Networks, Incanta and Terayon.

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001

Broadband Applications and Network Infrastructure Vendors Unite To

Advance The Fulfillment of Broadband Services 

BroadJump, Inc., the leader in software solutions for the intelligent fulfillment of broadband services, today announced new partnerships with Core Networks, Incanta and Terayon. BroadJump also announced its Partner Program aimed at bringing together the best-of-breed in broadband technologies. An integral component to BroadJump's recently announced Service Fulfillment Solution, BroadJump's partner relationships enhance broadband service providers' ability to control the ongoing fulfillment of services from installation to applications and content. These new partnerships are in addition to BroadJump's current partner roster that includes Cadant, Portal Software and CommWorks Corporation, a 3Com Company. BroadJump is also a Cisco New World Ecosystem partner and is contributing its BroadJump Virtual Truck(R) Installer to the Cisco Order-to-Service DSL provisioning solution.

At the core of BroadJump's partnering solutions are BroadJump's Virtual Truck(R), CorrectConnect(tm) and ControlWorks(tm) solutions. These solutions, combined with the industry's best in operation support systems (OSS), customer premises equipment (CPE), network infrastructure and broadband content and applications, enable service providers to unify the entire fulfillment process from service creation and advertisement to CPE qualification and provisioning. Through this integration, service providers can more easily offer services such as ISP selection, utility, communications and entertainment applications, ultimately delivering greater value to subscribers while increasing service provider revenue.

"Broadband service providers have a promising opportunity to capitalize on the full revenue potential of their networks by offering additional services to their existing high-speed data customer bases," said Ian Olgeirson, analyst with Paul Kagan Associates. "Programs like BroadJump's can help them get there quicker by offering an integrated menu of vendors and technology."

About the BroadJump Partner Program

BroadJump's Partner Program is aimed at bringing together vendors in three categories -- applications and content, infrastructure and CPE.

Partnering companies offering broadband applications and content, like Incanta, can leverage BroadJump's solutions to help service providers differentiate, more easily provision their service and increase their customer acquisition rates. Today, service providers lack the automation necessary to attract subscribers to value-added service offerings and to seamlessly fulfill service requests. The integration of BroadJump's solutions eliminates these obstacles and bridges the gap between service providers and subscribers, ultimately increasing the adoption of broadband applications and content.

In addition to partnering with applications and content vendors, BroadJump is also partnering with the industry's finest in broadband infrastructure including hardware vendors, OSS vendors and systems integrators. Companies offering such solutions, like Core Networks, can integrate their technology with BroadJump's, giving service providers a complete and robust network solution to fulfill broadband services.

Finally, the integration of BroadJump's solutions with CPE devices from companies like Terayon gives service providers the ability to more rapidly deploy their service, easily manage their network and increase efficiencies.

"We're bringing together the industry's best in broadband hardware and software," said Kip McClanahan, president and CEO of BroadJump. "We're at an important crossroad in the broadband market where instead of purely focusing on making broadband possible, we're focusing on making broadband profitable. Profitability in the face of competition requires the kind of differentiation that BroadJump's partner solutions offer service providers."

BroadJump and Core Networks

BroadJump and Core Networks are working together to further streamline the process for deploying, installing and managing broadband subscribers and networks. Integrating Core Networks' CoreOS(tm) -- Broadband Provisioning System with BroadJump's Virtual Truck and ControlWorks software solutions gives service providers an extended view of the network environment and access to a wealth of information about the subscriber and the network.

For example, during the initial installation process, Virtual Truck Installer captures subscriber data necessary for successful installation and ongoing service fulfillment. BroadJump's ControlWorks(tm) Fulfillment Engine then transfers this data to CoreOS. Service providers are given an expansive view of the broadband connections and network, from the subscriber's PC to the service provider's network operations center. As a result, they can troubleshoot potential connection problems, reduce the time on support calls, and eliminate unnecessary truck rolls, ultimately decreasing costs traditionally associated with acquiring and managing broadband connections and networks.

BroadJump and Incanta

As partners, BroadJump and Incanta (www.incanta.net) are creating a turnkey solution for service providers to fulfill value-added services over broadband. Incanta provides managed content solutions to broadband service providers, including an award-winning personalized radio service as well as compelling, customized video from the likes of AtomFilms, AdventureTV, and others. Incanta's services are designed to generate revenues, lower network costs, and build subscriber bases for broadband Internet Service Providers. The combination of BroadJump's Virtual Truck Installer and ControlWorks Fulfillment Engine with Incanta's services enables service providers to offer their subscribers an unparalleled broadband experience.

The integration of Incanta and BroadJump solutions allows service providers to automatically configure the subscriber's desktop, CPE and other network elements necessary to fulfill the Incanta service. By providing a continuous workflow for service fulfillment, new services can be quickly delivered, creating a new avenue by which service providers can generate revenue and build brand awareness.

BroadJump and Terayon

The combination of technology from BroadJump and Terayon simplifies the process for initial and ongoing broadband service fulfillment through integration of BroadJump's Virtual Truck Installer and CorrectConnect solutions with Terayon's TeraJet family of modems. By making the initial service fulfillment process easier for service providers and subscribers, BroadJump and Terayon are enabling service providers to increase their subscriber acquisition rates and to begin building a stream of revenue from the fulfillment of ongoing services.

The combination of BroadJump's solutions with Terayon's CPE technology gives service providers the ability to more seamlessly install subscribers, solve installation issues and fulfill future service requests.

About BroadJump

BroadJump, Inc. (www.broadjump.com) creates software that allows residential broadband service providers -- cable, DSL and wireless -- to streamline installation, manage the connection and enable the fulfillment of new services. With BroadJump's solutions, providers can enhance the subscriber experience through intelligent deployment of applications, content and valuable new services. Founded in November 1998 by broadband and software industry veterans, BroadJump is headquartered in Austin, Texas.