CommPartners Acquires TPC Networks; New Carrier Services Division to Provide Call Origination and Termination Services for Carrier-Class Services.LAS VEGAS -- CommPartners, an IP-based network operator and telephony services and solutions provider, today announced its acquisition of TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of Networks (TPC), a company specializing in the buying and selling of carrier transport minutes. Under the terms of the agreement, TPC will serve as CommPartners' new Carrier Services Division and enable the company to immediately generate expanded revenue streams and deliver enhanced carrier services. TPC, a privately-held company headquartered in River Vale, NJ, currently bills for tens of millions of minutes per month serving several Tier 1 - Tier 3 domestic and international carrier customers. "With this acquisition, the combination of the CommPartners' proprietary IP network and interconnection with the domestic U.S. public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. ) and TPC's carrier services expertise is expected to enable CommPartners to become a solid competitor among carriers providing local termination and origination services for TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. and IP traffic in the U.S.," said David S. Clark, 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 CommPartners. CommPartners' network is engineered for quality voice services and the company's network expansion will result in CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) connectivity with rate centers throughout the domestic U.S. PSTN including Hawaii and Alaska. CommPartners' current coverage area includes an "NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga city footprint," plus Las Vegas (NV), Hawaii, and areas of California, Colorado and Massachusetts. With over 20 state certifications in place, CommPartners has applied for and expects to obtain Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) status in all 50 states by 2006, classifying it as one of the largest networks of its type in the U.S. The company has architected its network for business-quality VoIP services, 911 emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' capabilities 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 compliance--emerging issues that pose challenges to many VoIP service providers. "We've designed CommPartners' IP/PSTN CLEC network to create economies of scale that other networks simply can't match," said Clark. "By acquiring TPC, CommPartners is taking one step further in strengthening its network capabilities to serve as a true 'carrier's carrier' as well as a network services and applications provider. We are proud to welcome TPC into the company and look forward to our continued successes." About CommPartners CommPartners was formed to "Enable the VoIP Promise" by offering hosted Voice over Internet Protocol services, including IP Centrex, 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). and conferencing functionality and IP to PSTN connectivity to broadband and service providers. CommPartners' hosted VoIP services are designed for Internet Service Providers (wireline and wireless), IT Integrators, Multiple Service Organizations, Private Cable Operators, Independent Operating Companies, Fiber-To-The-Home and Overbuilding Entities. Founded and operated by industry veterans, CommPartners has a belief in optimizing packet-based protocols in a distributed architecture to facilitate VoIP connectivity and service offerings for broadband and service providers. For more information, call 702-367-VOIP (8647) or visit CommPartners' website at www.commpartners.us. |
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