Netrake Names Ben Scott to Its Board of Directors; Telecom Industry Veteran Brings More Than 25 Years of Experience and Key Industry Relationships to Netrake Board.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004 Netrake, the premier provider of session controllers interconnecting global VoIP networks, today announced that telecom industry veteran Ben Scott Benjamin James Matthew Scott (born August 4, 1981) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Born in Isleworth, Middlesex, Scott started his career at Middlesex, moving to Surrey for one season, before moving back to Middlesex in 2004. has joined its board of directors. Mr. Scott, who most recently served as 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. of IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. Communications, has held many key leadership roles within the telecom industry since 1991. He has served in President/CEO positions at PrimeCo, Bell Atlantic International Wireless, AT&T Canada and also served as executive vice president and COO at Bell Atlantic Mobile during his career. Mr. Scott brings a wealth of experience, key relationships with telecom carriers and a strong track record of building successful companies to Netrake's board. As CEO of IXC Communications, Mr. Scott managed the transformation of the company from a wholesale long-distance provider to an international broadband and Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. provider. This position culminated in the merger with Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. into Broadwing Communications that almost tripled shareholder value during his two-year tenure as CEO. As CEO of PrimeCo, he managed the largest wireless business launch in history. As President and CEO of Bell Atlantic International Wireless, he supervised the launch of Omnitel, a new cellular company in Italy - and the fastest-growing, most successful new wireless company in history. As EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and COO of Bell Atlantic Mobile, he played a key role in the $1.6 billion merger of MetroMobile into Bell Atlantic's existing cellular operations. And as president and CEO of AT&T Canada, he improved profitability and cash management while steadily increasing the annual growth rate. "There are very few individuals who have accomplished as much in the telecom industry as Ben, and we are honored that he recognized Netrake as the obvious leader in the session controller market and agreed to serve on our board," said Bruce Hill Bruce Edward Hill (born February 29, 1964 in Fort Dix, New Jersey), is a former professional American football player who selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 175-lb. , president and CEO of Netrake. "We look forward to utilizing Ben's insight, experience and industry relationships to help drive Netrake to new levels of success." Mr. Scott has served as a director of many successful companies, including Omnitel Pronto pron·to adv. Informal Without delay; quickly. [Spanish, from Latin pr  mptus; see prompt. Italia, Iusacel, IXC Communications,
Intellisolve, Spatial Wireless, Active Power and Celite Systems.
"Netrake has great potential in the marketplace due to the uniqueness of their technology and the strength of their management team," said Ben Scott. "I am delighted with the opportunity to assist a key player in the high-growth VoIP market - which some analysts estimate will grow from 70 million this year to more than $8 billion by 2007. Netrake serves a critical need in the marketplace because its nCite session controllers are the only solutions specifically designed to meet the VoIP interconnection needs of global Tier 1 carriers." About NETRAKE Netrake is the premier provider of session controllers delivering real-time control of voice and multimedia across IP networks for Tier 1 carriers and other leading service providers. Utilizing Netrake's unparalleled processing power and unique "deep packet inspection Analyzing network traffic to discover the type of application that sent the data. In order to prioritize traffic or filter out unwanted data, deep packet inspection can differentiate data, such as video, audio, chat, voice over IP (VoIP), e-mail and Web. " capabilities, its nCite session controllers provide superior reliability, scalability, security and network management capabilities all in a single chassis. Netrake is Connecting the World's Voice(TM) by offering service providers a cost-effective method of interconnecting global VoIP networks. Netrake is 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. , headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information, contact us at 1-800-254-6177 or visit www.netrake.com. |
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