Metcom Access to Deploy Taqua Systems' Open Compact Exchange -OCX- Class 5 Access Switch in New York City Network.Business/Technology Editors HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 Taqua Systems Transforms Telecommunications Services Reseller into a Facility-Based 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) Taqua Systems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation Class 5 switching platforms for voice and data convergence, today announced an agreement to supply Metcom Access, Inc. a Long Island-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) with its award-winning Open Compact Exchange (OCXTM) advanced Class 5 access switching platform. Deployment of the OCX (OLE Control EXtension) A component software technology from Microsoft that enables a Windows program to add functionality by calling ready-made components. Generally called "OLE controls" or "OLE custom controls," they appear to the end user as just another part of will transform Metcom from a regional switchless provider of telecommunications services into a facilities-based service provider throughout the Northeast. Metcom provides next-generation telecommunications services to business customers in the suburban New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. market. "The OCX is a faster, more compact switching platform than what is available on the market, enabling us to cost-effectively provide next generation services to customers instead of just reselling basic voice services," said Andy Weitzberg, Vice President and General Manager of Metcom Access. "The OCX is a linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. in our transformation from voice services reseller to a facilities-based carrier in the northeastern region of 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. - a region comprised of more than a third of the nation's voice activity." Because of the OCX's compact size and ability to provide a clear migration path to next generation network technologies, Metcom will be able to penetrate new markets by increasing its service offerings, such as Wide Area Local Service (WALS WALS West African Linguistic Society WALS Withlacoochee Area Legal Services WALS West African Languages Survey WALS Wireless Ad-Hoc Label Switching (c)), at drastically reduced prices. The OCX empowers Metcom, through its WALS service, to provide local telephone access numbers within any Local Access and Transport Area Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation. It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) that precipitated the breakup of the original AT&T into the "Baby Bells" it serves. WALS provides a single flat outbound call rate of 3(cent) per minute - a savings of more than 75%. These significant savings are realized by providing callers with the same local access numbers in every area code. Additional savings and functionality result by concentrating remote facilities at a single central location. "Metcom is a great example of a company where the OCX can open up new avenues for revenue generation and service differentiation," said David Michaud, Taqua 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. . "With the OCX switching platform, Metcom has been able to change its CLEC business model into a more profitable one while at the same time meeting its customers' needs with more unique service offerings." About the Open Compact Exchange (OCX) Taqua's OCX creates an entirely new model for delivering telecommunications services - one which dramatically reduces initial and overall cost of ownership, while realizing the promise of voice/data network convergence. A true, carrier-class Class 5 switching system, the OCX is based on a groundbreaking hardware and software architecture that transforms legacy proprietary, centralized switching environments into a next-generation network of distributed, intelligent highly available switches. The OCX also employs the industry's most open programmable Application Programming Interface (API), enabling carriers to develop their own unique enhanced services quickly and cost-effectively. By placing true Class 5 access switch functionality at the edge of the network, the OCX removes cost-of-entry barriers and increases service flexibility for telecommunications carriers, including Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and Independent Telephone Operating Carriers (ITOCs). About Metcom Access, Inc. Metcom Access, Inc. is a competitive local exchange carrier in the State of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Metcom Access, using Taqua's OCX, provides custom telecommunication services such as flat rate per minute regional telephone services, dedicated inbound and outbound long distance, and wide-area Medtrex(TM) services. Additionally, Metcom Access presently offers DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and dedicated Internet service by the channel. Metcom's Network Operations offers custom-hubbing, WAN design, microwave transport systems, and telephony disaster protection. The Metcom Network, supported by a redundant multi-DS3 backbone, provides a greater number of local points of presence (POPs) within its service area than any other service provider - local or national. For additional information, please contact visit Metcom on the World Wide Web at http://www.metcom.com. About Taqua Systems, Inc. Taqua Systems, Inc., the Emerging Force in Telecommunications(TM), was founded in February 1998 to develop a new generation of cost-effective, Class 5 access switching platforms with capabilities for merging voice and data networks. Taqua's Open Compact Exchange (OCX) offers breakthrough performance to service providers in an economical, easy-to-deploy solution. Headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. , Taqua Systems is led by an experienced team of telecommunications professionals from companies such as Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories, Nortel Networks, Siemens, Alcatel/DSC and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) . The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. has received venture capital funding from Amerindo Investment Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Bowman Capital Management, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Elijah Asset Management, Hambrecht & Quist, Pivotal Asset Management, Soros Private Equity Partners and Vulcan Ventures. For additional information, please contact Taqua at 508-778-8808 or visit Taqua on the World Wide Web at http://www.taqua.com. Taqua, OCX, and the Emerging Force in Telecommunications are trademarks of Taqua Systems, Inc. |
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