Paragon Advanced Technology and Sprint Announce Agreement for Product Testing.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1996-- Paragon Advanced Technology announced the signing of an agreement with Sprint's local-service company to establish a technical trial of Paragon's Advanced Services Platform (ASP-150) beginning in January 1997. The ASP-150 is a powerful, interactive client-server information management system that allows telephone companies to offer enhanced operator services A variety of telephone services that require human intervention, including person-to-person calls, collect calls, credit card billing and directory and dialing assistance. Such services are performed by LECs, IXCs and alternative operator services (AOS), organizations that are used by to their subscribers. Sprint will evaluate the system for deployment in its Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, city (1990 pop. 48,997), Edgecombe and Nash counties, E N.C., on the Tar River; settled by 1818, inc. 1867. The growing city is the commercial and distribution center of a rich agricultural area (tobacco, cotton, and corn) as well as a large tobacco , N.C., Operator Service Center, which serves subscribers in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Tennessee and Virginia. Applications tested during the technical and marketing trial include: local directory assistance using 411, corporate directory assistance for large private companies, national directory assistance without having to know the area code and operator reference data base. Paragon, founded in 1995, provides innovative solutions for the telecommunications industry. The company has developed a platform to provide information server/gateway functionality for telephone companies' operator service centers. Paragon creates practical concepts for improving operator efficiency and permitting new revenue-generating opportunities for operator service providers and call centers. Sprint provides local voice, video and data products and services in 19 states, including North Carolina, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Tennessee and Virginia. In this four-state region, the company serves 1.9 million customer lines in more than 315 cities and towns. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide, all-digital fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services. A global communications company, Sprint is at the forefront in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and is the world's largest carrier of Internet traffic. -0- For more information, contact Dan Hartnett, Paragon's president & 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. , at 919-403-8387. CONTACT: Paragon Advanced Technology Dan Hartnett, 919/403-8387 |
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