GOLDEN, CO – March 7, 2005 – Today General Telecom, a leading
provider of outsourced network solutions for carriers, announced that Broadwing
Communications, LLC (Broadwing), a consolidated subsidiary of Broadwing Corporation
(NASDAQ: BWNG) has contracted to use General Telecom’s IPartition IP-to-IP switching
service.
Broadwing will utilize IPartition to support its Voice over IP (VoIP) services,
including PRIorityConnect SIP. Part of Broadwing’s converged network services
portfolio, PRIorityConnect SIP provides enterprise and carrier customers with
a scalable, cost effective VoIP aggregation solution that leverages industry-standard
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology.
“Demand for a native SIP interface to Broadwing’s powerful local service infrastructure
continues to mount,” said Mark Pugerude, senior vice president of Marketing
and Business Development at Broadwing Communications. “IPartition provides a
valuable assist in providing innovative solutions for our customers.”
Randy Weinberger, General Telecom’s vice president of Network Management Services
stated, “Broadwing is a leader in providing VoIP services, and IPartition’s
ability to support SIP and H.323 protocols expands their competitive position
in the market. General Telecom has a long history of delivering compelling services
to Tier 1 and 2 carriers and we are very excited to provide this solution for
Broadwing.”
General Telecom’s IPartition provides centralized IP routing and call control
by means of Session Border Control technology. Advantages of IPartition include:
24-to-48 hour turn up; protocol and gateway interoperability; 24x7 NOC services;
virtually no capital or labor costs; real-time reporting. IPartition is also
available with optional address screening or ‘topology hiding’, whereby all
of a carriers’ customers signal to one IP address thus making interconnections
private.
About Broadwing Corporation
Broadwing Corporation, through its consolidated subsidiary Broadwing Communications,
LLC, delivers innovative data, voice, and media solutions to enterprises, service
providers, and government entities. Enabled by its one-of-a-kind, all-optical
network and award-winning products and services, Broadwing Communications provides
the highest quality communications solutions with unparalleled customer focus
and speed. Broadwing Corporation, via its Corvis Equipment Corporation subsidiary,
also provides government agencies and service providers with advanced, scalable
optical networking equipment designed to reduce the overall cost associated
with building and operating optical networks. For more information, visit www.broadwing.com.
Broadwing and its logo, MultiConnect and MultiConnect Redirect are trademarks
and/or service marks of Broadwing Communications, LLC, and/or Broadwing Corporation.
All trademarks and service marks not belonging to Broadwing are the property
of their respective owners.
About General Telecom
General Telecom provides telephony solutions to carriers and service providers
worldwide. Outsourced network management, network operations and VoIP services
are delivered through the General Telecom brand and the brand of its parent
– New Global Telecom (NGT). TDM-to-IP and IP-to-IP switching services, including
VoIP Direct and IPartition services, are available for carriers from General
Telecom. NGT’s 6DegreesIP suite of managed wholesale VoIP products offers service
providers a highly effective, turnkey solution to address residential and business
end-user needs, including an extensive local and long-distance calling footprint,
integrated retail OSS, worldwide conferencing capability, training and other
support. Visit www.gentel.net or www.ngt.com.
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