Press Releases 2010

  • Capacity Central America, Panama City, Panama, December 1, 2010Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced that Columbus Networks has deployed Metaswitch Media Gateways and the MetaSphere Call Feature and Application Server for its new voice service operations in Panama.

  • Alameda, Calif., September 28, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, wrapped up its 7th Annual Metaswitch Forum last week where a record attendance of more than 800 service provider customers, partners and guests spent three jam-packed days exploring everything from innovative voice application development, hosted business services and cloud computing, to a live video link to the E/V Nautilus in the Aegean Sea and keynote from famed oceanographer Dr.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 22, 2010Metaswitch Networks today reported its unaudited annual results for the 2009/2010 financial year to Aug. 31. Overall revenue grew 33 percent from £62.0 million to £82.4 million (or 18 percent growth in U.S. dollar terms, from $113.7 million to $134.5 million), with pro-forma EBITDA margins sustained at 20 percent.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 22, 2010Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced that Telecom Argentina, one of the largest incumbent telecommunications providers in Argentina, has selected Metaswitch's MetaSphere platform to deliver a fully-featured SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX service to enterprise customers.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 22, 2010CounterPath Corporation (TSX-V: CCV; OTCBB: CPAH) and Metaswitch Networks announced today that they have entered into a strategic, long-term agreement. The relationship includes the joint development and marketing of enhanced unified communications capabilities that extend voice, video and messaging services to desktop PCs and mobile devices.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 22, 2010Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced that Cincinnati Bell, (NYSE: CBB) has deployed Metaswitch Media Gateways and MetaSphere Call Feature Servers to both streamline and optimize the company's three-state network.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010Telax Hosted Call Center, North America's leader in hosted call center solutions, launched a 3.0 call center offering today at the Metaswitch Forum 2010 in Orlando, Fla. The 3.0 add-on for the leading hosted software solution allows for skills-based routing of social media messages to Call Center Agent users, as well as intelligent social media dashboards and real-time reporting.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010Sigma Systems, an industry leader in advanced IP service fulfillment solutions, is a sponsor of the Metaswitch Forum 2010, scheduled for Sept. 21-24 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010Kansys, a consulting, system integration and business process outsourcing company focused on communication service providers, releases a unique, integrated platform that empowers CSPs with the ability to mine, associate and leverage event driven data. The Event Visibility Platform (EVP) delivers next generation capabilities with dashboards, enhanced ETL processes, ad hoc data mining, and reporting tools that place a premium on data quality.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Itelecom, a leading Latin American telecommunications services company, today announced the launch of its recently certified Access Gateway MG600XW product line to the North American market during the Metaswitch Forum 2010 in Orlando. Service providers attending the Metaswitch Expo will learn more about this flexible and reliable access communication solution that delivers high quality voice and data services.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced it has extended the portfolio of its popular GXP series enterprise SIP telephones with the introduction of the new GXP2110.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — ECG, a network and systems consulting firm, today announced completed integration of the NGTelsoft Call Rating platform with Metaswitch Call Detail Records. NGTelsoft gives telecom carriers a new choice for their mediation, rating, and billing platforms.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Three obstacles plague VoIP carriers. First, the flexibility and complexity of network design options can make network development take many months or years. Second, support for the complex features of SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX create a huge burden on staff. Finally, experienced VoIP engineers and technicians are hard to find, but there are few options for in-depth training.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Cordell teams up with Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and software solutions, to offer a single source for switch alarms, traffic studies and overall network monitoring.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Carrier Management Systems, Inc., a leading developer of telecommunications network analysis management software, today announced the release of their newest software product NAMS Firefly CS that is a complete solution that provides combined AMA/EMI and SS7 network visibility at a price all companies can afford.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Akabis, Inc. today announced its partnership with Telax Hosted Call Center, a cloud-based contact center solution provider based in Toronto, Canada. Akabis, Inc., which delivers wholesale voice termination and VoIP services to a network of ISPs, resellers and independent telephone companies across the United States, selected Telax Hosted Call Center to complement its portfolio of digital communication services.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — AdvaTel, a leading applications software designer and developer for the global telecommunications industry, today announced that its PhoneEasy IP Console is now compatible with Metaswitch Release 7.2.

  • Metaswitch Forum 2010, Orlando, September 21, 2010 — Aastra, a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market, announced today that its 6739i color touch screen SIP phone has successfully completed interoperability testing and is now Partner Certified. The phone will be showcased in Aastra’s booth at the Metaswitch Forum in Orlando, Fla. this week.

  • San Francisco, Calif., September 16, 2010 — Cloud Telecomputers, a software innovator in business applications and IP telephony, today announced that it will be exhibiting Glass, its unique Android-based platform for desktop business smartphones, at the Metaswitch Forum 2010 in Orlando, Florida from September 21-24.

    The Glass platform has been enhanced since its well-received launch last year to include unique upgrades that enable businesses to save money and increase productivity. Examples include:

  • London, UK, September 14, 2010 — Metaswitch today announced that it has been selected by Cobham Defence Communications to provide its DC-SIP protocol software for use in the Cobham designed VIS-X Intercom System which was recently selected by the US Army as its next generation vehicle intercom system (VIS). The Metaswitch DC-SIP protocol will provide VoIP for the Cobham system where reliability in extreme conditions is paramount.

  • Alameda, Calif., September 7, 2010TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®), the nation’s eighth largest wireline carrier, continues to put their trust in Metaswitch platforms and applications.

  • Alameda, Calif., June 22, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks today announced that speech-to-text transcription capabilities have been integrated throughout its highly scalable, unified messaging product portfolio. Metaswitch's flagship CommPortal platform already delivers a rich "multi-screen" experience, where users can visually manage their calls and voicemails through smart mobile devices, the PC desktop, web pages, IP-enabled business phones, web widgets and TV set-top boxes.

  • Alameda, Calif. and Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced that Cooperativa Mariano Moreno is now offering advanced voice services from Metaswitch in the community of Nueve de Julio, southwest of Buenos Aires. This deployment is the result of the joint efforts of Metaswitch along with its strategic partner, Technology Bureau.

  • Press release issued by the Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK, June 7, 2010 — Not content with developing the world's highest density, most environmentally friendly telephone switches, Colin Tregenza Dancer is helping to change conventional images of engineering by working with artist Paul Fryer to create stunning engineering-art works.

  • Dallas, Texas, May 25, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, and Varaha Systems, Inc., a leading provider of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), today jointly announced their selection by DSM Telecom to provide enhanced FMC features to DSM's customers.

  • The Cable Show, Los Angeles, Calif., May 11, 2010 — Knology, Inc., a leading provider of interactive communications and entertainment services, serving customers in 12 markets across six states, has more than 100 years of experience helping customers to communicate. But with competition never as fierce, and the need to innovate service offerings never as intense, the company has chosen to enter the next decade with a leading-edge VoIP applications and switching infrastructure from Metaswitch Networks.

  • Alameda, Calif., April 28, 2010 — Add the Metaswitch Forum to the list of events that will help define this decade. While past decades have been defined for us, by events as memorable as 12 seconds of flight on a cold December morning, the first moon landing, Jedi space operas and the fall of the Berlin Wall, this current decade is more completely in our own hands: the hands of broadband-centric, social networking, communication-rich individuals.

  • London, UK, April 21, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, announced today that it is one of a select group of recipients of the 2010 Queen's Award for Enterprise. This is the fourth Queen's Award achieved by Metaswitch during its 29 year history, and has been granted for the "continuous innovation and development" as well as commercial success of its MetaSphere application server.

  • IP Possibilities, St. Louis, Mo., April 14, 2010 — It is an accepted conclusion in today’s ultra-competitive communications services marketplace that successful providers will continually seek to bring new services to their subscribers and expand their market reach. Such is the case with two established carriers in Utah - All West Communications and STRATA Networks - who together serve close to 60,000 customers with a wide variety of services.

     

  • Alameda, Calif., March 31, 2010 — Integra Telecom Inc. has chosen Metaswitch Networks to upgrade its voice service network. Integra is a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier operating in 11 western states. The company differentiates itself by staffing customer care, technical and account management professionals within each of the markets that it serves.

  • LONDON, UK and RICHARDSON, Texas, March 9, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire AppTrigger, Inc., the industry's leading provider of Service Broker solutions. For carriers, Service Brokers dramatically reduce the cost of service deployment by enabling established applications to be provided across new networks while also bringing new services to legacy customers.

  • ALAMEDA, Calif., March 3, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine has named the Metaswitch SIP Trunking Solution as winner of the 2009 Product of the Year Award.

  • ALAMEDA, Calif. and LONDON, UK, February 4, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks today signaled its ambition to become a major telecommunications vendor, with the appointment of successful industry executive Kevin DeNuccio as chief executive officer. At the same time, John Lazar has been promoted to chairman.

  • PTC'10, HONOLULU, January 19, 2010 — While many people think of the Pacific Islands as relaxed, easy going communities, that is not the case for the leadership of their communication service providers. These entrepreneurial operators are actively modernizing their networks, bringing IP services to their subscribers and improving overall communications for their respective islands and the region.

  • ALAMEDA, Calif., January 13, 2010 — With a new year and decade underway, Metaswitch Networks is celebrating with some numbers of its own. The company closed 2009 with 250 customers for the Network Protocols Division and topped the 500 mark for the Carrier Systems Division.