Press Releases 2004

Alameda, CA: November 23, 2004. MetaSwitch, the leading independent vendor of Class 5 VoIP solutions, announced today that it has appointed industry veteran Martin Taylor as Vice President of Technology Strategy. Mr. Taylor, who was formerly CTO and VP Engineering at CopperCom, Inc., is widely known within the next generation telephony community for his pioneering work in the fields of packet-based converged voice and data switching and access networks.

London, UK and Alameda, CA: October 14, 2004. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of Class 5 softswitch solutions, has successfully demonstrated H.248, SIP, MGCP and SS7 interoperability at the Global Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) Interoperability event, GMI 2004. A MetaSwitch VP3500 Series Softswitch, comprised of a MetaSwitch Media/Signaling Gateway and separate MetaSwitch Call Agent, was located at British Telecom's GMI facilities in Ipswich and successfully interoperated with call agent, media gateway, access gateway and customer premise equipment from multiple vendors.

Los Angeles, CA: October 5, 2004. Kagoor Networks, a leading session border control provider, and MetaSwitch, a leading Class 5 softswitch vendor, today announced a joint solution that facilitates deployments of VoIP services between carriers and their broadband customers. The new integrated solution allows carriers to deliver VoIP signaling and media seamlessly and securely across network borders and firewalls with superior communication and control functionality between these two key network elements.

Melville, NY, and Alameda, CA: October 1, 2004. MetaSwitch, the leading provider of Class 5 softswitch solutions, has again been selected for the pulver100 list. The list is the VoIP industry's premiere listing of privately held growth companies that represent the future of the communications ecosystem. MetaSwitch's consistent track record is reflected in the fact that it has now been included in the pulver100 every year since its inception in 2002.

Alameda, CA: August 26, 2004. MetaSwitch has had its position as the leading vendor of Class 5 softswitch solutions confirmed by Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report, Next Gen Voice Products, which ranks it the market-share leader with 58% of total revenue in the Class 5 Packet Switch category.

The detailed and comprehensive market analysis for Q2 2004, with forecasts out to 2007, tracks shipments and revenue from a wide variety of vendors for softswitch-based switching systems, call agents and media gateways.

Alameda, CA: August 5, 2004. Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd, the leading supplier of high-performance telecommunications solutions, has announced today that it has reached agreement with MetaSwitch, a division of Data Connection Ltd, to integrate MetaSwitch's leading edge softswitch into Fujitsu's next generation voice products for the UK market. This move is part of a long-standing 4-year relationship with MetaSwitch, which has produced a number of key strategic product initiatives, including the integration of a Voice over IP platform for the BT Broadband Voice service.

Boston, MA: July 15, 2004. Frost & Sullivan presented Data Connection, one of the leading providers of web conferencing technology, with the 2004 Customer Value Enhancement Award at last night's Excellence in Customer Value Enhancement Awards Banquet, for the company's outstanding contribution to the conferencing and collaboration market.

Alameda, CA: June 15, 2004. Building on three years of field success, MetaSwitch today announced a suite of significant product enhancements to its VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch, designed to deliver the scalability and flexibility demanded by the world's most demanding service providers. With both a major software release and a revolutionary media gateway hardware design, MetaSwitch breaks new ground with a true VoIP Class 5 platform that cost-effectively scales from small to large networks.

Alameda, CA: April 15, 2004. MetaSwitch, the leading provider of broadband Class 5 switching solutions, today announced that Western Iowa Telephone Ass'n has selected the MetaSwitch VP3500 to augment and eventually replace its existing legacy switches in eight exchanges serving residential and business customers in western Iowa. MetaSwitch was selected after a thorough evaluation that included all of the leading next generation switch vendors.

Jackson, TN: March 30, 2004. Building on its success deploying the nation's largest fully-funded Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) network, the Jackson Energy Authority is partnering with Aeneas Internet & Telephone, the largest ISP in western Tennessee, to offer voice services to 31,000 homes and businesses. Aeneas has selected MetaSwitch as its VoIP technology partner for the venture based on the company's proven ability working with the JEA's chosen FTTP network vendor, Wave7 Optics (www.wave7optics.com).

Alameda, CA: March 29, 2004. MetaSwitch, the leading provider of broadband Class 5 switching solutions, today announced that Arrival Communications is deploying the MetaSwitch VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch to deliver broadband voice service to business customers. The MetaSwitch solution will complement Arrival's legacy Lucent VCDX Class 5 switching system in its existing markets, and also enable more flexible expansion into new markets. Arrival has over 12,000 subscriber lines serving small and medium-sized businesses in Tier 2 and 3 markets in California.

Denver, CO: February 24, 2004.

foreThought.net, one of Denver's "Top-10 ISPs", today announced the launch of an integrated broadband voice and data service for small and medium-sized business customers. By leveraging Voice over IP technology from MetaSwitch, foreThought.net is able to offer greater flexibility and lower costs than the TDM-based solutions available from other carriers in the region.

Alameda, CA: February 10, 2004. MetaSwitch today underscored its leadership position in the next generation Class 5 switch market with the news that two independent telephone companies are deploying MetaSwitch technology to upgrade and replace their existing central office digital switches. Idaho's Project Mutual Telephone and Tri-County Telephone in Wyoming have selected the MetaSwitch VP3500 as their strategic platform for their existing customer base and regional expansion.