Press Releases 2006

Alameda, CA: November 20, 2006. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, is proud to play a central role in Fujitsu Services' recent success in the 2006 International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) InfoVision Awards, held at the Broadband World Forum Europe Conference in Paris.

Alameda, CA: October 25, 2006. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, announced today that Bresnan Communications, one of the country's leading cable operators, is deploying its softswitch, media gateway and application server products for business telephone services.

Orlando, FL: Wednesday, October 11, 2006. As the competitive telecom world gets together this week at the COMPTEL PLUS Fall Convention and Expo, MetaSwitch announced that more than 20 competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) have adopted the company's Secure IP Migration Platform for the Local Exchange (SIMPLE) solution, which integrates IP Next-Generation Networking (IP NGN) technologies from Cisco Systems®. Recent customer wins include BroadStar Communications and Norlight Telecommunications.

Boston, MA: September 11, 2006 (Fall VON Conference). MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, and Minerva Networks, the leading provider of carrier-class solutions for delivering video services over IP networks, will demonstrate this week how carriers can deliver an integrated video and voice service to subscribers over broadband networks, simultaneously delivering full-featured video and phone service over a single connection.

Alameda, CA: August 28, 2006. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, announced today that its VP2510 Class 4/5 softswitch has received technical acceptance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The MetaSwitch VP2510 joins its larger stable mate, the VP3510, on the RUS Technical Standards Committee "A" (Telecommunications) "List of Materials".

Alameda, CA: July 25, 2006. Today MetaSwitch, a leading vendor in next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, announced that wholesale transport providers MAIN and IRIS Networks are deploying MetaSwitch's softswitches in their state-of-the-art, fiber-optic networks. The two regional network operators manage a total of more than 4,400 fiber miles over which they each offer IP-based carrier services with TDM and IP hand-off to local exchange carriers, as well as regional and national inter-exchange carriers.

Chicago (GLOBALCOMM): June 5, 2006. Today MetaSwitch, a leading vendor in next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, announced it has achieved a significant deployment milestone: passing the six million subscriber license and two million gateway port deployment marks for its award-winning platforms. In addition, the company has been ranked as one of the top two leading vendors in the North American Class 5 softswitch market, according to a recent report issued by Infonetics Research.

Chicago (GLOBALCOMM): June 5, 2006. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, today announced a range of new technologies as part of its Multimedia-Enhanced Telephony Architecture (META) strategy, targeted at carriers migrating to converged multi-service networks. The addition of Home Subscriber Server (HSS) support delivers a key component in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks, to create an efficient service creation and delivery program for different services and different types of access networks.

San Diego, CA: June 5, 2006. Nuera Communications, an industry leading provider of carrier-class VoIP infrastructure solutions, today announced that its BTX-8 media gateway has received interoperability certification with MetaSwitch's Class 4/5 Softswitch. The joint solution builds on open IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standards and is primarily targeted at competitive service providers, cable operators and incumbent local exchange carriers.

London, UK: April 21, 2006. UK-based technology company Data Connection Limited, which includes its MetaSwitch Division, announced today that it has been granted its third Queen's Award for Enterprise, based on its outstanding export achievement. Since the company's last award in 1999, exports have doubled from £18 million to £36 million, representing 95% of total revenues.

Alameda, CA: April 11, 2006. The continued demand for greater bandwidth and next-generation IP-based services has pushed many carriers to deploy fiber-based communications infrastructures. ComSpanUSA, a facilities-based CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier), and its development partner Ledcor Technical Services (LTS) are deploying a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in Bandon, Oregon with technology and support from MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of carrier switching and applications solutions.

TORONTO, Ontario - VON Canada Conference & Expo: April 4, 2006. While many service providers look exclusively to external suppliers for new applications, Edmonton, Alberta-based ThinkTel Communications took a different approach. Realizing that true innovation would come from leveraging the latest trends in technology with its small-but-fast in-house development team, ThinkTel searched for a solution that combined flexible, open interfaces with a carrier-class platform for call control and signaling/media processing.

San Diego, CA. - CompTel PLUS Convention & Expo - March 20, 2006. Remi Communications, a Pennsylvania-based "smart communications" provider, has selected MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of carrier switching and applications solutions, for its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) implementation. While IMS, which merges the capabilities of the Internet with wireline and wireless telephony, has been widely embraced by large incumbent carriers, Remi may be one of the first major competitive providers to adopt the technology.

Burlington, MA: March 16, 2006. Integra5 Communications, the pioneer in personalized IP content and converged communications and MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and applications solutions, today announced that the i5 Service Delivery Platform (SDP) has been certified as interoperable with MetaSwitch's multimedia-enhanced telephony solutions following joint interoperability testing. Both vendors' solutions support a migration towards the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture across cable and telecom environments.

Alameda, CA: March 14, 2006. MetaSwitch underscored its tremendous growth over the last twelve months with the third annual MetaSwitch Forum, held in Dallas, Texas, March 6-9, 2006. More than 160 telecommunications industry leaders from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean participated in three days of technical and business track sessions reflecting the conference theme of "Beyond Technology: Building the Next-Generation Business."

Des Moines, IA: March 8, 2006. Butler-Bremer Communications, an independent telecommunications services provider serving customers throughout northeast Iowa, today announced at the Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association annual conference that it is deploying four softswitches from MetaSwitch to replace its legacy Nortel DMS-10 TDM switches and migrate its network to a pure IP packet-switched environment.

San Diego, CA: February 7, 2006. Triple play, or the delivery of voice, data and video over a single broadband connection, is set to play an integral role in building the digital home. For this reason it is being tracked closely by everyone from consumers to service providers. And the foremost question on the mind of the incumbent telephone operators: How can we offer more than just a bundle of television, phone and Internet access to effectively compete and increase revenue streams?

Alameda, CA: January 18, 2006. MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next generation carrier switching and applications solutions, announced today that INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazine (Internet Telephony) has named MetaSwitch's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications suite, the UC9000 Unified Communications System, a 2005 Product of the Year Award winner. Published by Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), INTERNET TELEPHONY has been "the VoIP Authority Since 1998^TM."