CentricVoice Joins LignUp's FastLign Alliance.DALLAS -- CentricVoice, nationwide innovators of VoIP communications, today announced that the company has joined LignUp's FastLign Alliance and will provide the VoIP network components needed to enable LignUp's Hosted VoIP platform. "We are excited about our involvement in the FastLign Alliance," stated Jeff Rothell, CentricVoice's 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. . "We are seeing explosive growth in the demand for Hosted Voice, especially in the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and enterprise markets. The agreement with LignUp provides us with a new sales channel. We look forward to providing local numbers, voice origination, termination, toll free service, and data solutions to partners who will be taking advantage of the FastLign Alliance." Added Rothell, "We are well positioned to give partners that advantage of speed to market which they need to grab early market share, and that speed to market will allow them to jump start their own growth. We can currently provide VoIP service in 48 states, and that gives us and our partners a distinct advantage over other network providers who are capital constrained in building out a nationwide network for delivery of VoIP." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kevin Nethercott, LignUp's CEO, "Until now, service providers have been required to build 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. services from the ground up, integrating often disparate technology and services in order to provide a complete solution. This has created a significant barrier to entry for service providers. With FastLign, service providers can take advantage of best-in-class services and software, which have been integrated, certified, and implemented by 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." About CentricVoice CentricVoice, headquartered in Dallas, is a privately-held company with a nationwide footprint providing a suite of IP products, including Voice, Data, and enhanced features that include Hosted 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). , IPVPN IPVPN Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network , web conferencing, video conferencing, and IP phones. CentricVoice provides services to the SMB and Enterprise market through direct sales and an aggressive partner channel focused on ISPs, CLECs, Interconnects, and new market entrants providing VoIP services. www.centricvoice.com. About LignUp Corporation LignUp Corporation delivers a powerful Web services-based VoIP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, unified messaging, auto attendant and other innovative Web applications. The proven LignUp Communications Platform is powered by VoiceXML, LignUp Media Control XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (MCTRL) and LignUp Call Control XML (CCTRL), and enables the fast and easy creation of unique, high margin VoIP solutions and services. The 100% software, SIP-based, future-ready LignUp Communications Solution enables existing and emerging service providers to create recurring revenue streams by quickly developing enhanced services for their customer base or community. 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. , LignUp is based in Silicon Valley, CA and has offices in Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Tokyo. More information on LignUp can be found at www.LignUp.com. |
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