SK Telink Selects Clarent OpenAccess and More; Interoperability and Scalability of Clarent Products Critical in Win.Business Editors, Technology Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001 Clarent(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRN CLRN California Learning Resource Network CLRN Community Legal Resources Network CLRN Chemical Laboratory Response Network ), a leading provider of voice solutions for next generation networks, announced today that SK Telink SK TELINK, a subsidiary of SK Telecom, was established in April 1998 as an international telephony service provider and has grown into a major player in the international calling market. has chosen Clarent products for its new Bizlink services. This offering is designed to provide Korean enterprises with integrated voice and data services, all based upon a converged IP network. SK Telink plans to use Clarent's complete family of VoIP products including the Clarent OpenAccess(TM) solution, both Class 4 and Class 5 softwitches, Customer Premise Gateway (CPG CPG central pattern generators. ) devices and carrier gateways as part of the agreement. SK Telink 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 SK Telecom, Korea's largest wireless telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless service provider, and initially provided SK Telecom mobile subscribers with access to affordable long distance service. "Clarent products offer SK Telink a proven record in interoperability and stability for converged networks," Hunchul Shin, 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. , SK Telink. "We remain committed to meeting our customers' ever changing needs by providing an array of new services that extend beyond what is expected from legacy voice networks. Clarent's products are helping us provide these corporate customers with a complete communications solution, tailored to meet their individual needs." Prior to today's announcement, Clarent and SK Telink worked together to provide SK Telink's mobile customers with IP-based domestic and international long distance services. With the delivery of additional Clarent products, SK Telink is able to further expand its service offerings to enterprises. Currently, SK Telink supplies more than 200 enterprises with an integrated communications solution for large corporate end-users, combining overseas telecommunications services, mobile phone calls, wireless paging and INMARSAT services. For small and medium-size enterprises, SK Telink provides Automatic Call Router (ACR See riser card. ) services as well as pre-paid and post-paid telephone cards which can be used in Korea and abroad. SK Telink also supplies integrated communications solutions for residential subscribers. "We believe converged networks are the future. Our experience indicates that Korean service providers are leading the movement toward delivering voice and data services over converged networks, a strategy we expect other regions to emulate," said Mike Vargo, CEO, Clarent Corporation. "As one of Korea's top internet telephony service providers (communications) Internet Telephony Service Providers - (ITSP) Companies providing IP Telephony. , we're very pleased that SK Telink has chosen Clarent products to broaden their IP network to deliver a full range of services." About SK Telink SK Telink Corporation is an international telecommunication carrier in Korea and began its operation in 1998. SK Telink is wholly owned subsidiary of SK Telecom, a dominant wireless service provider with 14 million subscribers in Korea. Based on the large number of subscribers, SK Telink provides international call service in cellular phone and also provides calling card service globally. SK Telink also set-up SK Telink America, Inc, a New Jersey corporation to become a major international and domestic long-distance telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. in US. About Clarent Clarent Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRN) is a leading provider of voice solutions for next generation networks. Clarent's solutions enable service providers to deploy a converged network (voice, data and applications). Clarent solutions reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies while delivering innovative new services that allow end users to manage their communications. Founded in 1996, Clarent is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. and has offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information please visit www.clarent.com. Forward Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the expected development of market demand for IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. in Korea, the functional capabilities of integrated Clarent/SK Telink solutions and the benefits that these integrated products presents to enterprise customers. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with the future demand for and adoption of IP communications in Korea and elsewhere, the successful deployment and market acceptance of the integrated Clarent/SK Telink solutions, the technical and functional performance of the integrated solutions, successful interoperability as well as potential issues relating to Clarent's ability to introduce new products and ability to retain customers, changes in market conditions, changes in US and foreign government regulations, technological changes and other factors which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described further in the risk factors discussed in Clarent's periodic filings with the SEC. Trademarks Clarent, the Clarent logo, Clarent OpenAccess, Clarent Command Center, Clarent CPG, are trademarks or registered trademarks, and "The Clearer. The Better" is a service mark of Clarent Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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