CITEL SUPPLIES PORTCO TELEPHONE VOIP ADAPTOR TO PHONOSCOPE.Citel, The VoIP Migration Company (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor AIM: CITE.L), Seattle, has announced it will supply its Portico(tm) Telephone VoIP Adapter (TVA TVA: see Tennessee Valley Authority. (tm)) to Phonoscope pho·no·scope n. A device that produces a visible display of the mechanical properties of a sounding body, especially of musical instruments. Services, Inc. (Phonoscope) as part of Phonoscope's Asterisk-based Hosted IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. service. Using Citel's Portico TVA in a hosted environment enables enterprises to obtain the feature and cost-savings benefits of voice over IP while continuing to utilize their existing PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). telephones and wiring infrastructure. Phonoscope will use the Citel/Asterisk solution to accelerate business-grade IP telephony migration in the greater Houston metro area. "Citel's Portico TVA is a valuable addition to Phonoscope's Hosted IP offering for enterprises because it eliminates many of the objections to VoIP migration," said Fran Will, vice president of Phonoscope. "We are thrilled to partner with Citel in accelerating Hosted VoIP adoption. This technology is going to allow Phonoscope to quickly penetrate Houston's enterprise telephony market." The solution from Citel and Phonoscope delivers the features and functionality of VoIP without the disruption and expense associated with typical "rip and replace" VoIP migration solutions. With the Portico TVA, enterprises avoid network upgrades, new handsets, and retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train . PBX handsets connect over existing wiring directly to the Portico TVA, which connects to Phonoscope's network over Ethernet via the SIP protocol. "Many enterprises are considering Hosted IP telephony for its cost savings, rich features, and simplicity, but they are hesitant to abandon their PBX handset and wiring investment," said Michael Burke, Citel's senior vice president. "With Phonoscope's long history in the access services business and their Asterisk-based Hosted IP platform, we believe the Citel solution will have a positive impact on their growth in the Houston market." The Citel Portico TVA is available in digital, P phone, and analog compatible configurations. Portico TVA interoperates with more than 65 handset types including Avaya Definity(r), NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. DTERM, Nortel Meridian(r), Norstar(r), and Centrex-compatible P phones, Panasonic DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. , and Toshiba Strata DK. About Phonoscope With over 54 years of technology leadership in Houston, Phonoscope holds the nation's largest privately owned fiber optic Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). Phonoscope supplies its customers with a variety of commercial grade services and continues to provide service to its valuable residential clientele. With its extensive fiber optic coverage, Phonoscope is well positioned to serve almost any business in the greater Houston metro area. About Citel plc. Citel enables SMBs, large enterprises and service providers to realize the cost and productivity benefits of IP telephony, while at the same time leveraging their existing PBX infrastructure. Businesses with single or distributed locations and PBX vendors can now deploy next-generation IP applications and services at their own pace, with little business disruption. Service providers can deploy hosted IP telephony services quickly, without having to "rip and replace" existing enterprise PBX handsets and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. cabling. Citel is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. with corporate headquarters in Seattle, and development offices in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and Nottingham, England (UK). For more information, visit http://www.citel.com or call 206/282-4923, ext. 122. |
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