Cbeyond Enhances BeyondMobile Service with Unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile and Nights-and-Weekends.ATLANTA -- Cbeyond(R), (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CBEY CBEY Center for Business and the Environment at Yale ), a managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality provider to small businesses and a leader in Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP), today announced that it has enhanced its BeyondMobile(TM) service offering to include unlimited mobile-to-mobile and nights-and-weekends. Cbeyond launched its BeyondMobile service in January 2006 with two handset options: the full featured LG LX-225(TM) flip-phone and the BlackBerry 7250(TM). Validating small business demand to leverage one service provider for mobile, landline phone and broadband Internet See broadband. services, more than five percent of the organization's customer base has already adopted BeyondMobile, increasing Cbeyond's applications used per customer to 5.2 (as of June 30, 2006). BeyondMobile offers small businesses landline, Internet and mobile services with a unique approach to bundling and billing voice minutes. With this service all minutes are bundled together, including long distance, toll-free and mobile. Unused landline minutes can be applied to mobile minutes and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. for free. The sharing of minutes is seamless and requires no intervention from the business owner. BeyondMobile customers can also pool all mobile minutes across employees so there's no need to juggle different rate plans. In addition, directory service calls are shared between mobile and landline - adding further cost savings. "Dealing with cell phones and consumer cell phone providers is a nightmare," said Pete Ballard, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for LAB 601. "By switching to Cbeyond as our mobile service provider, we no longer have the administrative headaches of dealing with multiple providers and multiple rate plans. We are receiving the same level of reliable, value-adding service with an integrated service plan that meets our needs. Cbeyond is helping me focus on my business instead of my cell phone provider." The BeyondMobile service from Cbeyond is available within the six markets it serves. It is a nationwide service with no roaming charges. With these enhanced features, Cbeyond customers can upgrade their accounts to add unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling and nights-and-weekends for five dollars a month per user for each feature. The unlimited nights-and-weekends calling plan begins at 7 p.m. Cbeyond customers receive a consolidated bill for all of their landline and mobile communications services and have only one number to call for support. "When our customers requested service upgrades traditionally associated with consumer services Consumer Services refers to the formulation, deformulation, technical consulting and testing of most consumer products, such as food, herbs, beverages, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hair products, household cleaners, [paints, plastics, metals, waxes, coatings, minerals, like nights-and-weekends and mobile-to-mobile, we delivered," said Brent Cobb, vice president and general manager of mobile applications for Cbeyond. "We will continue to incorporate customer feedback into our product development efforts to ensure we meet customer demands." Additional service features available for BeyondMobile subscribers include picture mail, Internet browsing, downloadable applications and unlimited text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. . About Cbeyond Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY) is an Atlanta-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of voice, mobile and broadband services to small businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Cbeyond offers core communications services such as local and long-distance voice, mobile and broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a along with enhanced applications, including voicemail, email, Web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and more. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net. Forward-Looking Statements This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to statements identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "targets," "projects" and similar expressions. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Cbeyond's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in federal or state regulation that affects the Company; the timing of the initiation, progress or cancellation of significant contracts or arrangements; the mix and timing of services sold in a particular period; competitive factors; the need to balance the recruitment and retention of experienced management and personnel with the maintenance of high labor utilization; rapid technological change and the timing and amount of start-up costs incurred in connection with the introduction of new services or the entrance into new markets; the inability to attract sufficient customers in new markets; changes in estimates of taxable income Under the federal tax law, gross income reduced by adjustments and allowable deductions. It is the income against which tax rates are applied to compute an individual or entity's tax liability. The essence of taxable income is the accrual of some gain, profit, or benefit to a taxpayer. or utilization of deferred tax assets which could significantly affect the Company's effective tax rate; and general economic and business conditions. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. CBEY-G CBEY-F |
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