DSET Ships Enhanced Version of ezLocal Ordering Gateway; New Support for Resale and UNE-P Expands DSET's Target Market.Business Editors BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 DSET DSET Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing Inc. Corporation (Nasdaq:DSET), a leading supplier of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the telecom industry is shipping a new release of its ezLocal gateway, which electronically interconnects competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) with their trading partners to automate the ordering of network facilities and telephone services for 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) customers. The new release, the ezLocal 2.6 gateway, extends the substantial benefits of electronic bonding to non-facilities based CLECs that are &uot;resellers&uot; and additionally offers the significant economic advantages of UNE-P UNE-P Unbundled Network Element - Platform operation. Short for &uot;Unbundled Network Element-Platform,&uot; UNE-P is an operating mode now supported by ezLocal 2.6 that enables a CLEC to lease all of the network elements (loop, switch port, transport and more) needed to provide phone service for new customers. &uot;With features to support resale and UNE-P services, the ezLocal 2.6 gateway will enable us to serve a much larger group of CLECs,&uot; said Paul Smith, DSET's senior vice president of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and product management. &uot;By including resellers among the CLECs that can benefit from deploying ezLocal, we've increased our base of potential customers by as many as a thousand competitive carriers.&uot; Non-facilities based CLECs do not have their own switches. They purchase their telecom services from trading partners and resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. those services at competitive prices. The services are provided exclusively via their trading partners' switches and phone lines. &uot;UNE-P creates a new, more dynamic model for the competitive telecom market,&uot; said Phil Cavallo, DSET's senior vice president of sales and marketing. &uot;Carriers operating in this mode could achieve margins as great as 40 percent, or more than twice what traditional non-facilities based resellers receive in many cases. &uot;In addition to this higher margin, companies entering the market will have a substantially reduced capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. for switches and related equipment. We believe that this will translate into an increased number of CLECs in the market and corresponding increased demand for products such as our ezLocal gateway.&uot; &uot;By shipping ezLocal 2.6, we're making a very successful product even more appealing for facilities-based CLECs as well,&uot; stated Paul Smith. &uot;ezLocal's new resale and UNE-P capabilities give these facilities-based competitive carriers substantially more flexibility when it comes to where and how they want to operate. For example, using these capabilities, facilities-based CLECs can quickly turn on revenue streams from markets where they have yet to establish connections to their switches. So regardless of whether a carrier is facilities-based or non-facilities based, ezLocal 2.6 can give any CLEC a much bigger market footprint.&uot; Since being introduced in December 1998, ezLocal has been deployed by facilities-based CLECs across 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. to electronically interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. with trading partners. The ezLocal gateway can cut the time required to order telephone lines for new customers to less than two weeks from an interval that can sometimes be as long as four to six weeks. The ezLocal gateway also played a key role in the interconnection between competitive carriers and Bell Atlantic that led to the recent Section 271 approval of Bell Atlantic's application for entry into the long-distance market. Non-facilities based CLECs can use the same trading-partner interfaces with ezLocal 2.6 that have contributed to the nationwide success that facilities-based carriers have experienced with previous versions of ezLocal. At present, the rate of growth for this emerging market is limited only by the regulatory approval of pricing for UNE-P interconnection between CLECs and incumbent carriers See ILEC. . This pricing is specified by state regulatory groups, and to date only about ten states have established such pricing. ezLocal is part of DSET's family of software solutions for automating critical pre-order, order and post-order functions. In addition to ordering local loops, these functions include providing sales quotes A sales quote allows a prospective buyer to see what costs would be involved for the work they would like to have done. Many businesses provide services that cannot have an upfront price, as the costs involved can vary. ; facilitating local number portability "LNP" redirects here. For the airport in Virginia with that IATA code, see Lonesome Pine Airport. For the compound InP, see Indium phosphide. Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability ; supporting 911, calling-card and caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. services; changing long-distance providers; and trouble-ticket administration. About DSET: DSET Corporation is a leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the global telecommunications marketplace. The DSET suite of electronic-bonding gateways is designed to interconnect the operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSSs) of service providers that must exchange information and share network capabilities with trading partners to provision and maintain a growing range of services for customers in the competitive telecom market. DSET's local number portability solutions play a key role in enabling business and residential customers to change service providers without changing their local phone numbers. DSET is headquartered in Bridgewater, N.J., and the company's Web site can be viewed at www.dset.com. Statements regarding financial matters contained in this press release, other than historical facts, are forward-looking. Since all statements about DSET's plans, estimates and expectations are based on current projections that involve risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results may differ materially from expected results. Investors should consider these risks and uncertainties, which are discussed in documents filed by DSET with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections or forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . DSET expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. DSET Contacts: Media Relations: Kathy Claxton, Corporate Marketing Communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales Manager, 908/526-7500 Ext. 1280 Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : John P. Murphy, Westfield Investor Relations, 908/233-1558, e-mail: westfieldir@worldnet.att.net DSET and the DSET logo are registered trademarks of DSET Corporation. |
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