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Orlando, CompTel: October 7, 2008.
More than 125 competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are now among the customers of MetaSwitch, the
leader in reliable, high-quality voice communications platforms and services. The four latest CLECs, NTS Communications,
Dialogix Telecom, Nevada Comstock Communications and FastTrack Communications, have all selected the company's MetaSwitch
softswitch and MetaSphere next-generation application suite to enable the deployment of advanced services
to meet the rapidly increasing demands of their customer bases.
NTS Communications, the largest CLEC in West Texas, has deployed the MetaSwitch softswitch
and MetaSphere applications suite to provide integrated voice and data services to its existing business and
residential customers. With MetaSwitch in place, NTS will add enhanced IP services like advanced voicemail
and hosted PBX solutions to its current triple-play bundle of voice, video and data. The softswitch will be
deployed at NTS' Lubbock, Texas headquarters and will provide the primary switching platform as NTS builds
out its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. "Ultimately, we decided on MetaSwitch because of its reputation
as a trusted provider of advanced, next-generation solutions," said Mitch Elliot, vice president of network
finance, NTS. &MetaSwitch will give us the flexibility to quickly offer customer-focused features as an incorporated
package, all from a single source, using our existing platforms."
Hawaii-based Dialogix Telecom has turned to MetaSwitch to help deliver telecommunications
services, both traditional and advanced IP-based services like hosted PBX, to its commercial customer base
using Dialogix's advanced packet-based network. MetaSwitch technologies are also helping to interface with
an Asterisk-based platform, as the company continues to migrate calls from Asterisk to the MetaSwitch integrated
softswitch to provide more robust service. According to Stephen Hon, president and owner, Dialogix, one of
the main drivers to choosing MetaSwitch was the integrated softswitch package. "With other offerings,
you run the risk of having many vendors make up one solution," he explained. "We knew we wanted
something carrier-class and fully protected, and having the MetaSwitch softswitch platform include the media
gateway and call agent helped alleviate our interoperability fears." The MetaSwitch platform is currently
deployed at Dialogix's central office, with plans to purchase and provision a second softswitch at a different
location to continue to offer businesses redundancy for mission-critical services.
Nevada Comstock Communications, LLC is working to a provide state-of-the-art, greenfield
opportunity to the businesses located at the 108,000-acre Reno-Tahoe Industrial Park. The MetaSwitch softswitch
is forming the core of the company's FTTP network, enabling Nevada Comstock to deliver all-hosted solutions as
part of a VoIP business solutions package. "Since we're starting from scratch, we knew we wanted a best-of-breed
solution from a strong and stable partner," said Al Lachner, development director, Nevada Comstock. "We
evaluated a number of vendors, but selected MetaSwitch because of the company's knowledgeable and supportive staff,
as well as its reliable and robust solutions and continually expanding services and feature sets." Future
plans include expanding into territories beyond the industrial park, and offering residential solutions.
FastTrack Communications uses a privately-owned, 420-mile fiber optic network to deliver
communications services to Northwest New Mexico and Western Colorado. Initially delivering only transport,
private line and internet services, the locally-owned and operated FastTrack turned to MetaSwitch to begin
offering voice services like traditional PRIs, bundled voice and data via T-1 and hosted SIP trunks to area
businesses. "FastTrack is a small company delivering integrated products to rural area businesses that
aren't being served by incumbent carriers," said Steve Dorf, chief executive officer, FastTrack. "MetaSwitch
offers performance and reliability, an extensive feature set, and the training and support that a smaller
carrier needs to successfully deliver new services."
"There is huge opportunity for CLECs like these to deliver advanced, attractively
priced communications services to new locations or to customers that have been traditionally neglected by
incumbent carriers," said Mike Ward, senior vice president at MetaSwitch. "The scalability and
flexibility of the MetaSwitch solution allows for the quick roll-out of these services, while leaving room
for CLECs to continually increase their customer base."
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications solutions for
both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its MetaSphere applications suite enables a broad set of hosted
IP communications services, while its core session control and media/signaling gateway products support a
full range of Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities. Customers include many of the world's leading operators of
wireline, wireless and cable networks, with deployments that scale to millions of subscribers. For more
information, please visit www.metaswitch.com.
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