Clarent Corp. Announces Availability of IP Telephony Billing Packages From Developer Partners.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Applications Were Built by Interactive Services, Inc. and I.S. Associates, Inc. Using Service Creation Tools Associated With Clarent's 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. Products Clarent(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRN CLRN California Learning Resource Network CLRN Community Legal Resources Network CLRN Chemical Laboratory Response Network ), a worldwide leader in providing carrier-grade, phone-to-phone 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. (IP) telephony solutions, announced today that two members of its STAR development partner program have independently built and announced the availability of IP Telephony invoicing packages. These packages are designed to generate invoices for telecommunications service providers who have built Clarent-based IP telephony networks. The two companies who have developed and announced the packages are Interactive Services, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and I.S. Associates, Inc., located in Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,959, the 12th largest city in Michigan by population. . These invoicing software applications take call detail record and subscriber information data from the Clarent Command Center databases in Clarent IP telephony networks, which is then formatted into invoices that the telecommunications service providers can use to bill their end users for the IP telephony services. The packages are designed to retrieve billing data over an ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. (Open DataBase Connectivity See ODBC. (standard, database) Open DataBase Connectivity - (ODBC) A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve ) link connected to the target databases. The packages interface to the databases via ODBC using the database interfaces published as part of the ClarentONE architecture. The invoicing packages are designed to allow the telecommunications service provider customers to charge for a variety of pricing structures that might exist in the carriers' Clarent-based IP telephony networks, including flat rate, usage sensitive, subscriber-based and time of day, or day of week rates. Both packages are also designed to support international currency, tax rates and discounting requirements. The invoicing packages have been certified through the Clarent certification program. "We believe that the speed at which these vendors were able to develop these applications is a testament to the flexibility of the service creation elements in the Clarent IP telephony product line," said Peter Bohacek, senior vice president, Product Marketing and Business Development. "Service creation is a critical component of the ClarentONE architecture and we are working with more and more partners each day who are developing such applications. We applaud the announcement of the availability of these packages from Interactive Services, Inc., and I.S. Associates, Inc., and believe these packages offer a solid solution to IP telephony service providers who don't already have an invoicing system in place." "Due to the standards-based architecture and modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. of the Clarent Command Center's database component, we were able to execute this application independently and very effectively," said Dan Howard, 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. , Interactive Services, Inc. "Our invoicing system was developed using Visual Basic and plans are underway to port the features to a Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). to support future integration with Clarent's Application Server architecture." "We are excited that our carrier grade billing system, TeleCount IP Enterprise, now has support for Clarent products," said Matthew Marshall, director of sales and marketing for I.S. Associates, Inc. "We've found that our customers appreciate the flexibility and robust nature of our billing systems and feel that the integration we've done with Clarent has been an excellent addition." Both packages are generally available. Companies interested in ISI's package can contact Dan Howard at 630/887-2900; e-mail dhoward@interactive-svs.com. Companies interested in I.S. Associates' billing invoice package can contact Matthew Marshall, phone: 248/583-3440; e-mail: mmarshall@isassoc.com; web: www.telecount.com. Forward Looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Clarent's products, business, customers or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to potential issues relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc interoperability, inability to introduce new products, ability to retain key customers, changes in market conditions, government regulations, technological changes and other factors which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described further in the risk factors discussed in Clarent's recent Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 1999. About Clarent Corporation Clarent Corporation is a premier provider of scalable, IP telephony products to carriers and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. around the world. Clarent's intelligent, open architecture and the Clarent Command Center enable Clarent products to route, manage, inter-connect and terminate high volumes of calls for service provider customers including the world's largest long distance telecommunication companies. More minutes travel across Clarent-enabled IP telephony networks worldwide than those of any other equipment supplier(1). Founded in July 1996 and publicly owned Publicly owned can refer to:
About I.S. Associates, Inc. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in the Detroit Michigan suburb of Troy, I.S. Associates, Inc. has achieved international recognition for its information products and services. I.S. Associates' customers are found around the world including: Canada, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. , Australia, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, China and of course, the USA. About Interactive Services, Inc. ISI ISI International Sensitivity Index, see there was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Hinsdale, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. ISI has built its business on providing integrated telecommunications solutions to Fortune 500 companies. ISI's Strategic Partner Program enables ISI to package the best communications components (local service, long distance service, equipment and software) for its clients, providing cost-effective, high end solutions from a single source. About the Clarent Star Partner Program Clarent sponsors the Clarent Star Partner program, which is a partner support and marketing program for strategic partners like Interactive Services, Inc. and I.S. Associates, Inc. who are building applications on top of Clarent products. Information about this program is available at www.clarent.com/partners. Interested application developers may also send email to: appdevmgr@clarent.com. Note to Editors: Clarent is a registered trademark of Clarent Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. (1) "IP Telephony Clearinghouses - A New Business Model." Published November 1999 by iLocus. iLocus, a division of Cape Saffron Ltd., is a UK-based research group focused on the IP telephony industry. http://www.ilocus.com |
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