Iperia Announces Xybridge as Newest Member to Partner Program.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass. and RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2000 Xybridge Joins IPeria's ValuEdge Partners Program to Deliver Interoperable Next Generation Personal Communications and Messaging Services IPeria Inc. today announced that Xybridge Technologies, a leading provider of multi-service softswitch solutions for both fixed and mobile converged networks, has joined the IPeria ValuEdge Partners Program. Through the ValuEdge Program, IPeria and Xybridge will together offer compatible technologies that deliver revenue-generating services for NextGen telcos, wireless providers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and cable operators. The IPeria Service Node (IPSN IPSN International Product Safety News IPSN Information Processing in Sensor Networks ) and Xybridge softswitch and applications offering will include multiple end-to-end enhanced services, such as VoIP, calling card, Class 4 and Class 5 features, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , voice-activated voice email as well as other NextGen communications and messaging applications. These highly scaleable applications work with legacy, public switched telephone (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 next-generation, Internet Protocol (IP) networks, increasing average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ), minutes of use (MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. ) and customer retention for service providers. "Through the ValuEdge Partners Program, IPeria seeks to establish strong working relationships with the best companies in the next-generation telecom business," stated IPeria's vice president of business development, Chris Berluti. "We are very pleased to announce that Xybridge has joined the Program and, with us, will deliver interoperable, enhanced solutions to a rapidly growing and increasingly lucrative marketplace." "Service providers need enhanced services that work with PSTN and IP networks," stated Xybridge Vice President of Business Development Tony Naples. "With our softswitch solutions and their IPSN, we can seamlessly deliver the flexible, high quality applications today's providers require to transition from legacy to next-generation networks. That is why we joined the ValuEdge Program." IPeria's ValuEdge Partners Program helps softswitch and media gateway manufacturers leverage their products with application solutions demanded by today's service providers. The Program also ensures interoperability in multi-vendor systems environments, guaranteeing that platforms and applications will work together via standards-based protocols, including Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) and Real-time Transport Protocol (protocol) Real-Time Transport Protocol - (RTP) An Internet protocol for transmitting real-time data such as audio and video. RTP itself does not guarantee real-time delivery of data, but it does provide mechanisms for the sending and receiving applications to support streaming (RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. ). This interoperability will enable providers to deliver new and compelling services and quickly begin increasing revenue and decreasing subscriber churn. Also, the Program allows ValuEdge equipment manufacturers to reference, sell or resell packaged IPeria Service Node solutions or allows Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) partners to license and integrate IPeria software components. About Xybridge The Xybridge comprehensive family of carrier-class softswitch solutions generate new revenue streams and reduce network costs for next-generation service providers. A library of open APIs is included for third-party service development and back-office systems integration. The modular, standards-based platform offers network-independent service and call control across current and emerging IP telephony protocols, including MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol , H.323, SIP, IPDC (Internet Protocol Device Control) A protocol for controlling media gateways developed by the Technical Advisory Committee, which was convened by Level 3 and others. , and SS7. Xybridge is a leading provider of multi-service softswitch solutions for next-generation wireline and wireless network infrastructure. The Xybridge platform enables service providers to rapidly develop and deploy differentiated, revenue generating services. Only Xybridge delivers a complete, deployable and scalable solution that encompasses carrier-grade mobility, broadband access and toll services. Based in Richardson, Texas, the company maintains its web site at www.xybridge.com. About IPeria IPeria is a leading IP telephony solutions company that provides NextGen communications and messaging applications and a carrier-class IP service platform, the IPeria Service Node. For NextGen Telcos, CLECs, wireless providers and 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. , the IPeria Service Node provides a modular, data-centric, architecture, built from the ground up, to support IP-based NextGen applications and the convergence of voice and data networks. IPeria's NextGen communications applications put subscribers in control of their application through the use of an e@ccount. Users of the e@ccount gain access to their messages through a variety of single access points, including wireline or wireless telephones, standard e-mail clients or standard Web browsers. Privately held, IPeria is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with regional sales offices in Atlanta, Dallas, San Diego and San Jose. Additional information on the Company can be found on the Web at http://www.IPeria.com. |
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