CommPartners Introduces New Certified Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) for Enterprise-class VoIP Deployments; Next Generation VoIP Equipment Providers Join CommPartners Growing List of Best in Class CPE Vendors.LAS VEGAS -- CommPartners, an IP-based network operator and telephony services and solutions provider, today announced it has certified next generation CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment from leading technology providers including CITEL CITEL Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (Inter-American Telecommunications Commission) , Adtran, Quintum, UTStarcom, and Sipura Technology. "Today's announcement underscores CommPartners commitment to offering best in class solutions for our customers and IT integrator channel leader, Anexeon Communications, as they continue to deliver customized enterprise VoIP deployments on CommPartners IP-based network," said Dave 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. "We are pleased to enable our customers to utilize such best of breed technology and meet the exploding demand for enterprise IP-based telephony solutions." CommPartners has a formal certification program for qualifying CPE as certified on its IP-based network. The certification program includes lab testing, field-deployed testing, and over all feature/functionality testing. The new CommPartners' certified CPE equipment includes the following: CITELlink SIP Handset Gateway The CITELlink SIP gateway is a Handset Gateway designed to allow enterprise customers access to next generation features and functionality while leveraging their existing investment in traditional telephone sets and associated wiring infrastructure. It is the only Handset Gateway capable of integrating existing and diverse legacy equipment from multiple vendors across multiple locations into a unified and seamless enterprise voice network. Using Citel Handset Gateways, customers can make a full transition to CommPartners Hosted IP Telephony while retaining their existing 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). digital telephones and wiring, and avoiding any LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. assessment or LAN upgrade, thereby saving up to 70% of the capital expense in the migration. Quintum Tenor DX Series The Quintum(R) Tenor(R) DX MultiPath Switch offers enterprises an easy, cost-effective way to capitalize on the power of Voice over IP (VoIP). The Tenor integrates a gateway, a gatekeeper, intelligent call routing, and supports H.323 or SIP, and quality of service all in one solution. Enterprises can benefit from a variety of valuable applications such as PBX extension, remote office connectivity, long distance consolidation and call centers. Product scales from a fractional T1/E1, with 8 simultaneous VoIP channels up to a full 8 span MultiPath switch supporting 120 simultaneous VoIP calls. Adtran Total Access 900 Series The Total Access 904 and 908 provide the flexibility to support a number of applications including trunk-side services, like PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. , to accommodate proprietary IP PBXs and traditional PBXs or phone systems, hosted PBX applications utilizing IP phones, and line-side service offerings. These devices provide a T1 port for WAN connectivity, a 10/100Base-T Ethernet port for connection to an Ethernet switch, a PRI/T1 port for PBX connectivity, and either four or eight voice ports to support a variety of analog devices. The Total Access 904 and 908 offer a SIP Gateway, a robust IP router, stateful inspection firewall, advanced quality of service features, IPSec VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. functionality, remote survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. , IP phone provisioning and management, and call admission control, all within a single multiservice platform. The Total Access 900 Series brings added benefit to the customer with 24x7 toll-free technical support, free firmware updates, and industry-leading, 10-year warranties. This product series currently consists of the Total Access 904, 908, 912, 916, and 924, offering 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24 voice ports, respectively. Sipura 2002, SPA-841 Business Phone The Sipura SPA-841 IP telephone can be configured as a two (2) line or, via a simple software upgrade, a four (4) line full featured business phone with pixel based graphical display, speakerphone and headset port. Stylish and functional in design, the SPA-841 can be used in residential, SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. , enterprise and small to medium business service offerings including IP PBX, hosted IP telephony and IP Centrex. The SPA-841 leverages Sipura's market leading technology and manufacturing proficiency to deliver an upgradeable, high quality IP telephone unparalleled in value and support. UTStarcom Portable Wi-Fi Handset The residential Wi-Fi handset is a revolutionary device that expands the reach of VoIP communications. It provides consumers a new cost effective way to communicate, with great features such as 3-way Calling, Call Waiting, Call Transfer and many popular features. CommPartners is currently evaluating several additional CPE from leading technology vendors through its certification program that it plans to announce in the coming months. Currently, CommPartners offers the broadest IP-based network coverage to deliver residential, 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 hosted VoIP services with over 5,000 rate centers in the domestic U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska. CommPartners has applied for and expects to obtain Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (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) ) status in all 50 states by next year, which will classify it as one of the sole 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. The CommPartners solution includes CommPartners Management System (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ) proprietary OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. platform for automated provisioning, billing, user interface and back office support capabilities. Hosted features include simultaneous ring, voicemail-to-e-mail, feature activation via the web, and four digit dialing between offices. CommPartners provides VoIP facilitation services such as Subscriber Endpoint Control, Connectivity to the 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. "), Long Distance services, and Subscriber Management. Service providers can take advantage of all or any of these VoIP facilitation services, depending upon their existing network investments and VoIP requirements. About CommPartners CommPartners, Inc. was formed to "Enable the VoIP Promise" by offering hosted Voice over Internet Protocol services, including IP Centrex, hosted PBX and conferencing functionality and IP to PSTN connectivity to broadband and service providers. CommPartners' hosted VoIP services are designed for 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. (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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