CopperCom's Local Exchange Softswitch System Wins Second Product of the Year Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 Softswitch Solution with End-to-End Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. Garners Highest Product Achievement from Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Magazine Following top honors last week for its award-winning Local Exchange Softswitch System (LeXSS), CopperCom today announced today that it has received a second Product of the Year award this month. Internet Telephony Magazine has recognized the CopperCom LeXSS as a groundbreaking softswitch system, the industry's only end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. combining broadband access with revolutionary softswitch capabilities within a single platform. "CopperCom architected the LeXSS to accommodate the changing voice requirements for service providers in the local exchange, and the response from our customers has been tremendous," said Cynthia Ringo, CopperCom 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. . "The LeXSS helps carriers at all levels, whether a 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) , ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. , RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) The Bell telephone companies that were spun off of AT&T by court order in 1984 (the Divestiture). Also known as the "Baby Bells," the initial seven RBOCs were Nynex, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, US West, or BLEC (Building Local Exchange Carrier) A network service provider that partners with real estate owners and managers in order to provide broadband services within an apartment house or office building. , to lower the cost of voice services and offer an innovative, economical way to create differentiated features in their networks." About Internet Telephony Magazine Launched as a quarterly publication in January 1998, Internet Telephony(R) magazine has been published monthly since October 1998. Still the only BPA-audited publication dedicated solely to coverage of next-generation, IP-based telecommunications, Internet Telephony(R) provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services they need to take advantage of Internet telephony. About the LeXSS The CopperCom LeXSS is the industry's first integrated softswitch system that is uniquely architected to deliver innovative local exchange services to business and residential markets combining a softswitch architecture and broadband access within a single platform. As the only true end-to-end softswitch system that features an advanced service creation environment to build compelling voice and data services, the LeXSS offers subscribers a revolutionary tool for creating customizable features in real-time via a web interface. Telecommunications carriers such as CLECs, ILECs, ISPs, Greenfields and BLECs (MDU/MTU) can dramatically lower network costs, create enhanced, high-margin services and generate new revenues as they migrate to packet networks. The LeXSS is comprised of three primary elements: 1) softswitch -- including call control, calling features and a service creation environment 2) switching and media conversion platform 3) provisioning and management system -- all of which appear to the service provider network as a single system. With the LeXSS, service providers can reach subscribers through broadband or circuit access, connecting them to the 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. or a packet core network. About CopperCom CopperCom, the company that is Creating Voice Services over Broadband, designs and markets a full suite of telecommunications products for the access network -- delivering high-speed data and up to 24 voice lines simultaneously over a single, copper wire. CopperCom has transformed today's business model for service providers by uniquely combining a low-cost switching platform with an industry-leading transport architecture -- enabling a natural migration to a full packet telephone network while preserving critical investments. CopperCom is the only company that offers a full end-to-end solution that combines broadband access with a low-cost softswitch and the rich feature creation environment for local telephony -- giving service providers a new way to differentiate and bundle innovative services for subscribers in the highly profitable residential and small business markets. Founded in 1997, CopperCom is a privately held, Silicon Valley-based company funded by leading venture partners, including Advent International, Charlie Bass, Hambrecht and Quist, Morgan Stanley, Technology Crossover Ventures and The VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. Group (formerly AT&T Ventures). For additional information, CopperCom can be reached at (408) 987-8500, or on the Internet at www.coppercom.com. CopperCom, LeXSS and Creating Voice Services over Broadband are trademarks of CopperCom Inc. Other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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