WisperTEL Launches SOHO and Small Business Wireless E-Telephony and Broadband Services Powered by CommPartners.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Wireless ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. Leverages CommPartners' Privately Branded VoIP Platform to Introduce Bundled Feature Set and Deliver Significant Cost Savings to Businesses CommPartners, a Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ("VoIP") facilitator providing 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. services and connectivity to service providers, today announced that its first wireless ISP customer WisperTEL will be deploying new enhanced e-telephony and broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. sets for the Small Office/Home Office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) and small business markets. Today's news follows WisperTEL's selection of CommPartners as its vendor of turnkey, wholesale VoIP services for residential "wisperTEL-E-phone(SM) service on August 23, 2004. Based in Evergreen, Colorado Evergreen is an unincorporated town, a U.S. Census Bureau Census Designated Place (CDP), and a U.S. Post Office located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Evergreen is roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of the City and County of Denver. , WisperTEL is a Wireless Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ("WISP") currently providing high-speed Internet transport and other IP-based services to customers in five Colorado counties. WisperTEL will leverage CommPartners' comprehensive VoIP platform to launch e-Phone service for its small and medium business subscribers. WisperTEL's E-phone service will incorporate bundled calling packages including 400 nationwide and Canada long distance minutes, simultaneous calling features, call transfer and "find me" service, voicemail, Caller ID, audio/Web conferencing, and an user-friendly Web portal for managing inbound and outbound calls for a bundled price of $25.95 per line per month. "Due to CommPartners' IP technology expertise, network architecture and robust feature set offerings, WisperTEL is now able to deliver a highly competitive bundled telephony and broadband service to SOHO and small business owners," said Barry Pier, founder and chief executive officer of WisperTEL, "CommPartners is enabling us to deliver these customers an estimated cost savings of up to thirty percent over traditional wireline offerings and further build our brand in key markets." WisperTEL has recently reduced its broadband service pricing to include a commercial T1 (1.544 Mbps symmetrical) service for $119.95 per month. CommPartners provides VoIP facilitation services such as Subscriber Endpoint Control, Connectivity to the Public Switched Telephone Network ("PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. "), Long Distance services, and Subscriber Management. Service providers can take advantage of all or any of these VoIP facilitation services, depending upon their existing network investments and VoIP requirements. WisperTEL will leverage CommPartners' full turnkey solution, and will eventually add in such CommPartners-enabled, enhanced Small Office/Home Office ("SO/HO") services as auto attendant, four digit dialing between offices and user-friendly Web portal for moves, additions and changes for commercial customers. "Today's announcement validates the tremendous opportunity to deliver enterprise-class VoIP services and marks an exciting next step in our partnership with WisperTEL," said Dave Clark, co-founder and chief executive officer of CommPartners. "We are proud to enable WisperTEL, one of the more successful WISP's nationwide, to expand its revenue streams and increase brand awareness in this high-growth market segment." WisperTEL has already initiated a "soft" launch to pre-register interested subscribers, and intends to go "live" in November. About CommPartners CommPartners was formed to "Enable the VoIP Promise" by offering hosted Voice over Internet Protocol services, including IP Centrex, 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). and conferencing functionality and IP to PSTN connectivity to broadband and service providers. CommPartners' hosted VoIP services are designed for Internet Service Providers (wireline and wireless), IT Integrators, Multiple Service Organizations, Private Cable Operators, Independent Operating Companies, Fiber-To-The-Home and Overbuilding Entities. CommPartners is owned and operated by industry veterans with a belief in optimizing packet-based protocols in a distributed architecture to facilitate VoIP connectivity and service offerings for broadband and service providers. For more information, call 702-367-VOIP (8647) or visit CommPartners' website at www.commpartners.us. About Wisper Telecommunications, Inc. (d/b/a WisperTEL) WisperTEL was formed in October 2001 to provide broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a and value-added services to under-served bedroom communities, initially in the Southwest Denver metropolitan area. WisperTEL offers both residential and commercial services, starting at $29.95 per month. After over two years of steady growth and two acquisitions, WisperTEL today covers in excess of 1,500 square miles in Denver and serves over 2,000 subscribers. WisperTEL is anticipating near-term expansion around Denver along Colorado's Front Range. For additional information, call 303-670-8400, Extension 10 or visit WisperTEL's website at www.WisperTEL.com. |
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