Primus Canada Deploys Pactolus SIP-Based Voice Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004 Post Paid and Prepaid Calling Card Services The software support for PC Cards. PC Card applications talk to Card Services. See PC Card. Expand Service Offerings of Canada's Largest Alternative Communications Carrier Pactolus Communications Software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems Corporation, a leading provider of SIP-based voice services, today announced that Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. (Primus Canada Primus Canada is a Canadian telecommunications company. Primus operates as a CLEC — buying services at wholesale rates and reselling them to consumers. The company offers long distance, wireless, VoIP, DSL Internet, and POTS to both the residential and business markets. ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLean, Virginia-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (Nasdaq: PRTL PRTL Post-Registration Training and Learning ), has deployed Pactolus SIPware Post Paid and Prepaid Calling Card services in its extensive Canadian converged network The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . These service offerings provide TDM-based consumer and business subscribers with prepaid and post paid long distance calling capabilities through the Telica(R) Plexus Plexus - A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders <sanders@earth.com>. Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web. Version 3.0m 1994-07-22. (TM) 9000 media gateway and softswitch. "Primus Canada has been making a steady investment in converged network elements over the last year and wanted a way to leverage this investment with a commercially proven, industry recognized, SIP-based services architecture that could deliver proven revenue-generating services to our network," said Matt Stein, Vice President, New Technology and Services of Primus Canada. "The Pactolus solution readily integrated with our Telica network elements using SIP, and proved to be highly scalable and customizable to keep pace with our aggressive business model expansion." Pactolus utilizes SIP, the emerging standard for IP voice services, to deliver IP-based solutions that allow telecommunications carriers and service providers to drive down the cost and accelerate time-to-market of high-value services. "Primus Canada, one of Canada's premier service providers, went through an in depth evaluation of various SIP-based approaches and we are pleased they have selected Pactolus as their partner for the deployment of multiple service offerings in their network," said Paul Blondin, Chairman and 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 Pactolus. "By taking this strategic step with us, they will be able to leverage a highly extensible services architecture that will meet their needs beyond calling card services well into the future." Pactolus offers a suite of IP voice services for deployment in wireline and wireless carrier networks called SIPware(TM) Services, built upon the RapidFLEX(TM) software platform. These services include broadband 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. , prepaid calling card, post paid calling card, conference calling (all available with an integrated operator assistance module), voice mail, unified messaging, and SCE-built applications. The RapidFLEX software platform includes an application server, service creation environment (SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland ), software-based IP media server, NAT traversal server, element management system, subscriber self-service portals, high availability features, and other components in an open, extensible software framework. About Primus Canada Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. is the largest alternative communications carrier in Canada with over 900,000 retail customers. The Company offers facilities-based voice, data, e-commerce, Web hosting and Internet services. Primus Canada's national network consists of switches with international connectivity through its parent company's global network, and ATM and IP nodes at major cities across the country. These network elements provide an integrated and converged backbone for all of Primus Canada's voice, data, Internet and private line services. Primus Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of McLean, Virginia-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (Nasdaq: PRTL). Primus Canada news and information are available at the Company's Web site at www.primustel.ca. About Pactolus Communications Software Pactolus Communications Software Corporation, (www.pactolus.com) is the leading provider of SIP-based voice services for next generation networks. The company is the first to bring sophisticated, third-party call control capabilities to SIP-based networks. The SIPware Services suite, enable service providers to deliver multiple, advanced voice applications that are versatile and scalable in a single platform environment. Pactolus is a venture funded, 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 Westborough, Massachusetts. |
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