Penn Telecom Selects Integral Access' PurePacket Solution to Deliver Enhanced Service Offerings to Business Customers.CHELMSFORD, Mass. and PITTSBURGH -- PurePacket(TM) Will Help the Service Provider Easily and Cost-Effectively Expand Its Market by Enabling Service Differentiation Integral Access, Inc., the leading provider of packet-based access networks, today announced that Penn Telecom, an integrated communications carrier based A transmission system that generates a fixed frequency (carrier) to contain the data being transmitted. See carrier. in Pittsburgh, Penn., has selected the PurePacket system to expand its business service offerings. Integral Access' PurePacket will enable Penn Telecom to offer a comprehensive set of competitively priced integrated communications services -- including local, long distance, hosted PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. (VoIP), high-speed Internet See broadband. access and virtual private networks -- to small to medium-size business customers in its markets. Penn Telecom selected the PurePacket system for its strong operational efficiencies and the additional flexibility in offering both traditional and advanced IP services over a common packet-based architecture. PurePacket's dynamic bandwidth allocation Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) is a technique by which traffic bandwidth in a shared telecommunications medium can be allocated on demand and fairly between different users of that bandwidth. capabilities also provide Penn Telecom with service differentiation over traditional TDM-based service offerings. "We are excited to begin using the PurePacket system to offer traditional and enhanced packet based services, " said Al Weigand, vice president for operations at Penn Telecom. "PurePacket is a true next-generation platform that will allow us to differentiate ourselves, grow and remain competitive for the foreseeable future." The PurePacket system is an intelligent IP-based access solution that allows carriers to deliver a comprehensive set of converged services over a single, multi-purpose network regardless of the last mile link available for reaching customers. To maximize the traffic carrying capacity carrying capacity the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare. of networks and increase revenue opportunities for carriers, PurePacket uses a label-switched architecture to route, transport and switch voice, video, and data transmissions in packet format. PurePacket facilitates the migration to an all-IP architecture by offering simultaneous support for domestic and international circuit-switch networks, global VoIP softswitch based architectures as an access gateway and next-generation broadband loop carrier. "We are pleased that Penn Telecom has selected us for their network expansion," said Jack Cicon, 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. and president of Integral Access. "As the market continues to grow, we expect to see even more service providers such as Penn Telecom expand their businesses by delivering new services based on PurePacket technology." About Penn Telecom Inc. Penn Telecom, based in Cranberry Township Cranberry Township is the name of two townships in Pennsylvania, United States:
With assets over $151 million, North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. operates an integrated high-technology telecommunications business in Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, and is the cultural center for Western Pennsylvania. , providing competitive and local exchange services, long distance, business phone systems, and Internet services through its subsidiaries, North Pittsburgh Telephone Company, Penn Telecom, Inc., and Nauticom Internet Services. The Company serves approximately 72,900 access lines in its franchised local exchange territory and 58,700 access line equivalents in its competitive local exchange carrier edge-out markets. About Integral Access Integral Access, Inc. provides a carrier-class, IP based multi-service access platform for delivery of converged voice and data. It is the only packet-based access platform to utilize a label switching architecture to enable carriers to offer differentiated services and combine voice/data on next generation IP-based networks, as well as traditional circuit switched and ATM infrastructures. The company offers a complete access platform, which includes central office, campus, and in-building aggregation platforms; line access gateway, customer premises equipment See CPE. ; and an object-oriented operations management system for network control and services management. Integral Access is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, and is privately held. To contact Integral Access call +1-978-256-8833, visit us on the web at www.integralaccess.com. PurePacket, Integral Access, and the Integral Access logo are registered trademarks of Integral Access, Inc. All rights reserved. All other names are -trademarks of their respective companies. |
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