MasterMind and Sonus Work Together to Deliver New Network Solutions; Companies team up to provide high-value services to next generation networks.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 MasterMind Technologies, a leading provider of revenue-generating service solutions to communications service providers (CSP's), is pleased to announce it has joined the Sonus Networks Open Services Partner Alliance(TM) (OSPA OSPA Open Services Partner Alliance (Avant Telecom, Inovative Systems, Nextone, Sonus) OSPA Office of Sponsored Projects Administration OSPA Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil) ). Sonus Networks (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SONS) is a leading provider of voice infrastructure solutions for the new public network. This relationship will help enable the deployment of MasterMind's VoIP Interactive Voice Response (IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. ) and enhanced services to the carrier market. . "The initial benefits of this alliance will allow us to begin interoperability testing with Sonus products. As a complement to Sonus' softswitches solutions, our AOS (Alternative Operator Services) Operator services provided by a third-party organization. See operator services. 1. AOS - /aws/ (East Coast), /ay-os/ (West Coast) A PDP-10 instruction that took any memory location and added 1 to it. 100(TM) Application Server will address many of the service issues in the IP public network by deploying multimedia services from traditional IVR to 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. , or conferencing," said MasterMind 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. , Curtis Jones. "With our expertise in IP IVR and telephony application development platforms, we can add intelligence and performance to these emerging networks." The goal of Sonus' OSPA program is to empower standards-based interoperability between best of breed enhanced services, OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. , and infrastructure solutions and Sonus products. The program creates end-to-end, integrated solutions for carriers and service providers and accelerates the time to market for these solutions. MasterMind's AOS 100(TM) is an IP-powered IVR solution with an open, extensible foundation for the creation and delivery of telephony services. In concert with intelligent gateways, gatekeepers and softswitches, the AOS 100 delivers services that can be custom tailored to particular markets by deploying MasterMind's templated Service Solutions--such as EKKO(TM) Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. or the ARGOS Argos, city, ancient Greece Argos (är`gŏs, –gəs), city of ancient Greece, in NE Peloponnesus, 3 mi (4.8 km) inland from the Gulf of Argos, near the modern Nauplia. (TM) voice portal solution. This templated approach rapidly deploys a base service--or services--while allowing for growth or modifications to the applications using MasterMind's award-winning Service Creation Environment. With call control via IP protocols H.323 or SIP, and having recently completed interoperability testing with Hewlett Packard's OCMC OCMC Orthodox Christian Mission Center (Orthodox Christian Mission and Evangelism Organization) OCMC Organizational Communication Mini-Conference OCMC Open Call Multiservice Controller intelligent gatekeeper as well as gateways and gatekeepers from Cisco and Ericsson, the AOS platform is well suited for forward-looking carriers wanting to offer traditional or enhanced speech services across packet networks. About Sonus' OSPA Founded on the combination of Sonus' Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA) Program and the INIP INIP Intelligent Internet Protocol (SoftSwitch) Powered(SM) Partner Program from the acquisition of telecom technologies, inc., the OSPA has gained significant industry momentum, with membership of more than 100 leading independent vendors. The OSPA provides a framework that offers service providers end-to-end packet-based network solutions using best-of breed technologies and applications. The goal of the OSPA is to empower standards-based interoperability between applications, hardware vendors, and the Sonus product suite. An integral part of the Sonus OSPA, the Interoperability Laboratory is the first in the industry where product interoperability is verified, trial testing is performed, and complete solutions are ultimately produced. Additional information on the OSPA is available at http://ospa.sonusnet.com. MasterMind Technologies MasterMind Technologies, an Inc. 500 company, provides signaling and service solutions to the new communications infrastructure marketplace - solutions that enable service providers to differentiate themselves from the competition by cost-effectively delivering high performance telephony and messaging services across the global spectrum of disparate telecom and data networks. MasterMind's field-proven products - deployed in over 30 countries - help bring customized service applications from concept to market faster than any alternative. For more information, visit: www.mastermindtechnologies.com. |
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