--- title: CityPlay Looks to the Future With Metaswitch description: Innovative French carrier selects MetaSphere Hosted Business Services Solution and Perimeta™ Session Border Controller (SBC) --- [ Skip to Content ](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/cityplay-looks-to-the-future-with-metaswitch#main-content) An Alianza Company Search: An Alianza Company Menu Close # CityPlay Looks to the Future With Metaswitch By Metaswitch on Jul 17, 2013 8:00:00 AM ### Innovative French carrier selects MetaSphere Hosted Business Services Solution and Perimeta™ Session Border Controller (SBC)   *LONDON, July 17, 2013* - Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of the software and solutions that power a whole new generation of communications services, today announced that [CityPlay](http://www.cityplay.fr/) has selected the MetaSphere Multimedia Telephony Applications Server (MTAS) and Perimeta Session Border Controller (SBC). With continued growth on its horizon, CityPlay will utilize Perimeta session management for increased flexibility, scalability and cost-effectiveness enabled by its unique distributed signalling and media architecture.  The MetaSphere MTAS will underpin the provision of differentiated and profitable hosted business services throughout the French market. CityPlay is a pioneer among the select group of operators in France offering voice, digital television and Internet services over a 100Mbps Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network, driving customer subscriptions ahead of trend in the French government’s pursuit to equip 70 percent of households with FTTH by 2020.  Serving the city of Amiens and the surrounding area in northern France, CityPlay prides itself on its loyal base of residential and business users.   “We take care in evaluating the best technology in the market to ensure we maintain efficient management over our network, and to keep offering customers optimum communications services,” commented Matjas Sawodnik, CEO at CityPlay.  “We are very confident in how Metaswitch’s solid track record in IP migration, and their sophisticated network management tools, complement our suite of IP applications and infrastructure.” “For a proven innovator like CityPlay, a partnership with Metaswitch is a meeting of the minds,” commented Ben Miller, vice president of sales for EMEA at Metaswitch.  “We look forward to supporting CityPlay with solutions that will meet and exceed their customers’ expectations.”   **About Metaswitch Networks** Metaswitch is powering the transition of communication networks into a cloud-based, software-centric future.  With a reputation earned by solving tough technical problems, Metaswitch develops openly programmable solutions that run on standard hardware or in virtualized environments and act as the key control points in elastic voice, video and data networks. Hundreds of network operators worldwide defend, extend and brand their business by building on Metaswitch to deliver a reliable, scalable, and immersive communications experience. For more information, please visit [www.metaswitch.com](https://www.metaswitch.com/).  ### Topics - [Unified Communications (UC)](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/tag/unified-communications-uc) ### Related Post ![](https://www.metaswitch.com/hubfs/assets/images/business-women-phone-office-london-sunrise-sunset-24seven.jpg) [24 Seven Cloud Communications Selects Metaswitch to Deliver Differentiated Suite of UC&C Solutions](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/24-seven-cloud-communications-selects-metaswitch-to-deliver-differentiated-suite-of-ucc-solutions) Posted By Metaswitch on August 06, 2019 Mobile-native Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) solutions provide seamless mobile experience for ease of use and increased ... [Read More](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/24-seven-cloud-communications-selects-metaswitch-to-deliver-differentiated-suite-of-ucc-solutions) ![](https://www.metaswitch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Banner/business-call-center-overhead-phones-headsets-computers.jpg) [Metaswitch Hits 25 Million Business Subscriber Milestone](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/metaswitch-hits-25-million-business-subscriber-milestone) Posted By Metaswitch on March 18, 2019 Strengthens No. 2 market position according to Synergy Research Group LOS ALTOS, Calif. – March 18, 2019 – Cloud native communications leader ... [Read More](https://www.metaswitch.com/about/press-releases/metaswitch-hits-25-million-business-subscriber-milestone) ©2026 Alianza. All rights reserved.