Clarent VOIP Platform Powers Communications for Beijing's Successful 2008 Olympic Games Bid; Clarent OpenAccess Delivers 21st Century Technology to a 21st Century Olympic Host City.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2001 Clarent(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRN CLRN California Learning Resource Network CLRN Community Legal Resources Network CLRN Chemical Laboratory Response Network ), a leading provider of softswitch and 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) communications solutions, announced today that it has built a VoIP network based on Clarent's OpenAccess(TM) solution to deliver advanced telecommunications services to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. Bid Committee (BOBICO). Working with China Telecom, Clarent set up a VoIP network that links BOBICO's three temporary offices in Moscow with its main office in Beijing. This VoIP network was used during today's vote conference that selected Beijing as the host city for the 2008 Olympic Games. "We are honored to be chosen by BOBICO to establish its VoIP network to support the critical communications required during this historic selection process," said Matthew Chiang, president, Asia Pacific Sales, Clarent Corporation. "Our selection truly underscores the Chinese government's confidence in the strength, reliability and cost effectiveness of Clarent's solutions. We are truly proud to provide 21st century technology to a 21st Century Olympic host city." The Clarent OpenAccess solution is designed to enable service providers to integrate and manage voice and data transmission over a single network, providing new potential sources of revenue while reducing capital investments, deployment time and operating and service costs. For those service providers which have already deployed VoIP solutions in the long distance portion of their networks, Clarent OpenAccess provides a natural extension of their services directly to end users. To date, Clarent has achieved significant success in the Chinese telecommunications market, working with three of the six government sanctioned telecommunications service providers, including China Mobile, China Telecom and Jitong Communications. About Clarent Clarent Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRN) is a world leader in providing intelligent softswitch and software-driven products for new generation, IP-based communications networks. Clarent solutions enable interconnection among communications service providers' disparate networks and foster the creation of global footprints for more than 350 telecom service providers worldwide, including AT&T, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications and China Telecom. Clarent's software platform encourages innovation by allowing carriers to develop multiple new features for consumers and enterprises. Founded in 1996, Clarent is headquartered in 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. and has offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . To learn more about Clarent, visit its Web site at www.clarent.com. Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the use of Clarent's VoIP network by BOBICO and the expected benefits of the OpenAccess solution for BOBICO. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties associated with potential issues relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the functional and technical performance of Clarent's OpenAccess solution, changes in government regulations and the international communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. , 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 periodic filings with the SEC. Trademarks Clarent, the Clarent logo, Clarent OpenAccess, NetPerformer, DynaStar, Clarent Command Center, Clarent ThroughPacket, Clarent CPG CPG central pattern generators. , PowerCell, SkyPerformer, ACTview and ServiceXchange are trademarks or registered trademarks, and "The Clearer. The Better" is a service mark of Clarent Corporation 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. and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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