Cedar Point Expands Corporate Headquarters; Opens New Facility in Derry.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DERRY, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1.5 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It is one of the world's largest amusement parks (by ride count) with 69 rides and currently holds the world record for most roller coasters with 17, one Communications, the leader in integrated packet-based voice and multimedia switching technologies for the cable telecommunications industry, today announced an expansion of its corporate headquarters in Derry's Brookstone Park. To accommodate accelerating deployment of its SAFARI C(Cubed) Media Switching System, a next generation integrated voice and multimedia switching system for cable system operators, Cedar Point has created a new facility adjacent to its existing offices to house a Manufacturing Test Lab, Distribution and other departments. Engineering, Deployment and Support functions will remain in the existing structure, which Cedar Point has occupied since December, 2001. Within the past month, Cedar Point has announced that SAFARI C(Cubed) had been selected for use by Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Cable Pacifico in Colombia and Grupo TVCable in Ecuador. "With the cable industry's growing interest both in cable telephony See cable telephone. and our solution, it has been clear that our manufacturing force would require increased space," said Andy Paff, 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 Cedar Point Communications. "Our expanded footprint is part of a commitment to meet the near term needs of the industry, and to provide the ongoing support and future development necessary for the continued deployment of voice services." SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only totally integrated carrier class switch that incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the components that make up the PacketCable(TM) voice switching infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase, maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management Servers, Media Gateways, Record Keeping Servers, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways A network device that converts control signals from one format to another. For example, a SIGTRAN signaling gateway converts SS7 signals of the PSTN to SIGTRAN for transport over IP. Contrast with media gateway. See SIGTRAN. , Ethernet Switches and CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act servers. Designed to accommodate not only current voice switching needs but also the anticipated migration to video telephony See videophone. and multimedia services, the PacketCable(TM)-qualified SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy. About Cedar Point Communications Cedar Point Communications has created and commercialized SAFARI C(Cubed)(TM) Media Switching System, an entirely new category of voice switching equipment tailored exclusively to the broadband cable operator's telephony and broadband media needs. Based on CableLabs(R) PacketCable(TM) specifications, SAFARI C(Cubed)'s totally integrated Carrier Class Cable (C "Cubed") telephony solution is a cost-efficient, less complex alternative to current circuit switched and distributed soft-switching cable telephony options, and provides an elegant migration path from legacy circuit voice deployments. Cedar Point is backed by a high-level group of investors that includes JP Morgan Partners, STAR Ventures, Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures, Battery Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital and Ascent Venture Partners. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit www.cedarpointcom.com. CableLabs(R) and PacketCable(TM) are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. |
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