Dial-Around Telecom Selects Veraz's Service Delivery Platform to Provide Customized Enhanced Services for its U.S. Network -- Solution Supplies Dial-Around With Differentiated Services and Additional Revenue Streams.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Veraz Networks, Inc. today announced that Dial-Around Telecom, Inc. selected Veraz to customize and deliver enhanced long distance services and international gateway functionality. The 40,000-port VoIP network includes Veraz's ControlSwitch(TM) softswitch and service delivery platform along with its media gateways to provide Dial-Around subscribers access to enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; from all major U.S. cities. The new services provide additional revenue streams for Dial-Around and helps differentiate them from the competition. Leveraging the capabilities of the service delivery platform in the ControlSwitch, Veraz built applications enabling Dial-Around to offer its customers new revenue generating services such as automated collect calling services. These latest offerings are marketed by Dial-Around under the brand names R-Call-by-Call and R-Talk. Veraz also implemented enhanced announcement services enabling Dial-Around to improve the customer experience. For example, tariff announcements enable customers to understand the charges that will be incurred prior to call connection. This enhanced capability increases customer satisfaction and minimizes billing disputes for Dial-Around. Dial-Around chose Veraz because the Enhanced Long Distance Service solution was based on a programmable service delivery platform and thus enables services to be customized both rapidly and economically. The multi-protocol softswitch and media gateways also played a pivotal role in their decision because this network switching solution enabled Dial-Around to maximize the access to new service offerings. "Veraz's solution speeds the delivery of new enhanced services to market, and together with the switched VoIP network offered a compelling commercial offer," said Kenan Masic, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. from Dial-Around Telecom. "Veraz gives us enhanced service customization options that other providers don't have, and they provide us with outstanding voice quality and network connectivity features to maximize the reach of the new services." "We are very pleased to have been selected by Dial-Around," said John Ryan John Ryan can refer to:
named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market." About Veraz Networks, Inc. Veraz (www.veraznetworks.com) is the leading global provider of softswitch-based, toll-quality packet telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. solutions for traditional and next-generation communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. . Built on a rich heritage of delivering carrier-grade products to over 700 customers in 140 countries, Veraz offers complete solutions to both established and greenfield carriers worldwide through its softswitch, media gateway, and digital compression products. Leveraging open, best-of-breed components and a global support and service infrastructure, Veraz partners with carriers to design and deploy carrier-grade next-generation networks tailored to meet their business objectives. By combining industry-leading, standards-based softswitch and media gateway platforms with robust management systems, Veraz offers unmatched flexibility to carriers -- a best-in-class integrated packet telephony solution as well as the freedom to choose best-of-breed individual products to match their unique network needs. Veraz solutions address a wide range of carrier applications such as tandem switching A telephone central office switch that links telco end offices together and does not connect to the customer directly. Also called a "Class 4 switch" or "TDM switch," a tandem switch is a computer that is specialized for TDM-based, circuit-switched telephone calls. , domestic & international long distance, IP trunking, IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , as well as new voice-data services. Veraz is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners, ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. (Nasdaq:ECIL ECIL Electronics Corporation of India Limited ), Argonaut Private Equity, Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Levensohn Venture Partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the world. About Dial-Around Telecom, Inc. Dial-Around Telecom Inc. is part of CALLAX International Group, one of Europe's leading private telecommunication groups offering intelligent and innovative telecommunication solutions with significant operations in Germany and the United Kingdom. Dial-Around Telecom provides one of the lowest rates for international and domestic long distance services to residential and business customer in the US. Customers through out US could significantly reduce their long distance and international charges by simply calling one of Dial-Around's access codes: 1010-300, 1010-228, 1010-565 and 1010-805. For more information, visit Dial-Around Telecom at www.dialaround-telecom.com. |
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