LignUp Helps Lower Barriers to Market Entry for New Livingston VoIP Service; LignUp Platform Helps Rural Telco Protect Valuable Customer Base with New Hosted Telephony Service.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- LignUp Corporation, a provider of Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. based converged communications solutions, today announced that Livingston Telephone, a rural Texas 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. and pioneer in IP voice, video and data service delivery, has deployed the LignUp Communications Solution to provide Voice over IP (VoIP) services to its rural customer base. Founded in 1903, Livingston Telephone (LivTel) has become a pioneer in IP Triple Play service provisioning, and has been offering IP video services (cable television channels and video on-demand) to its customers since 2001. The company also wholesales those services to nearby, smaller ILECs, such as neighboring Lake Livingston Lake Livingston is a man-made reservoir located in the East Texas Piney Woods. Lake Livingston was built, is owned and is operated by the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) under contract with the City of Houston for water supply purposes. Telephone. This new, high-value Livingston VoIP service will protect the local carrier's business from service providers attempting to capture its customer base with competing telephony services. "LignUp's Web services based, all-software, and open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced solution was critical to our ability to quickly build the VoIP service we need to protect our customer base and be competitive in the wider market beyond," said Curt Walzel, 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. for Livingston Telephone. "LignUp addressed cost concerns and reduced the long development and deployment cycles service providers have come to expect from VoIP service projects. LignUp also went out of their way to give us the kind of support and dedication that we have rarely seen from vendors -- past and present. Together with LignUp's technology advantages, LignUp's level of customer attention lowered the barriers we faced to launching this new, critical branch of our business." The LignUp Communications Solution is a Web services based VoIP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, 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. , auto attendant The part of an interactive voice response (IVR) system that replaces the human operator and directs callers to the appropriate extensions or voice mailboxes. See IVR. and other Web applications. LignUp Call Control XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (CCTRL), LignUp Media Control XML (MCTRL), and Voice XML allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively develop customized hosted telephony services. The LignUp platform also allowed Livingston to implement service features such as E911 services and seamless 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 (LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. ), allowing Livingston customers to keep the phone numbers they have held for years. Because the LignUp platform is an all software solution running on "off-the-shelf," Intel-powered servers, the upfront investments and long term costs of deploying a LignUp-powered service are very cost-effective. LignUp also leverages open industry standards, facilitating the rapid integration of LignUp with VoIP solution components from Allied Telesyn, General Bandwidth (Media Gateway, G6 Platform), Ingate (Siperator), and Level 3. "The 'VoIP land grab' taking place among existing and emerging service providers is a huge concern for ILECs right now," said Kevin Nethercott, president and COO at LignUp Corporation. "Competitors are trying to shore up their existing customer bases and capture market share with new hosted VoIP services. By creating their own VoIP systems and offering services directly to their customers, Livingston Telephone can protect their 102-year old business and deliver the next generation services their customers will demand in the future." About LignUp Corporation LignUp Corporation delivers a powerful web services based VoIP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, unified messaging, auto attendant and other Web applications. The proven LignUp Communications Platform is powered by VoiceXML, LignUp Media Control XML (MCTRL) and LignUp Call Control XML (CCTRL), and enables the fast and easy creation of unique, high margin VoIP solutions and services. The 100% software, SIP-based, future-ready LignUp Communications Solution enables existing and emerging service providers to create recurring revenue streams by quickly developing enhanced services for their customer base or community. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , LignUp is based in Silicon Valley, CA and has offices in Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Tokyo. More information on LignUp can be found at www.LignUp.com. |
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