MetaSwitch VP3000 Wins Internet Telephony's Product of the Year Award
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2000--MetaSwitch VP3000 Integrated Broadband Voice Platform Honored in Class 5 Replacement Switch Category
MetaSwitch today announced that its MetaSwitch VP3000 integrated Broadband Voice Platform has been honored with Internet Telephony magazine's 2000 Product of the Year award in the Class 5 Replacement Switch category.
"The Internet Telephony(R) Product of the Year award allows us to honor exemplary products across a broad span of the marketplace," said TMC president and group publisher Rich Tehrani. "As the industry matures, we're finding more than just products and services on the market - entire solutions are being offered. The awards, selected by the editors of Internet Telephony(r) Magazine and the engineers of TMC Labs, are designed to honor those companies, such as MetaSwitch for their VP3000, as they continue to forge ahead with the development of the next generation of global telecommunications."
"We are extremely pleased to receive this award," said John Lazar, MetaSwitch VP of Sales and Marketing. "Broadband voice is a major focus among service providers and this award recognizes all our efforts to deliver a class-leading broadband voice platform that genuinely addresses both the short term Voice-over-DSL (VoDSL) requirement and the longer-term migration requirements facing service providers."
About the MetaSwitch VP3000
The MetaSwitch VP3000 is an integrated Broadband Voice Platform, combining broadband voice and Class 5 switch functions in a high density, carrier class system. It offers service providers an immediate solution to their VoDSL switching requirements, and a future-proof Softswitch architecture with a clear upgrade path to Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and other broadband voice services, including wireless.
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch was formed by Data Connection (DCL) to build best-of-breed solutions for Voice-over-DSL and other broadband voice requirements, based on the unrivaled software and hardware experience, expertise and technology that Data Connection has built up over nearly twenty profitable years supplying the most demanding Service Provider and equipment vendor customers.
MetaSwitch builds on the powerful foundation created by Data Connection, pulling together its massive ongoing investment in the technology required to build converged network solutions (ATM, SS7, MPLS, MGCP/H.248, SIP...), and new revenue-generating services (directory, unified messaging, data/audio/video conferencing). The MetaSwitch support and customer management infrastructure taps right into the deep reservoir of professionalism and experience Data Connection has developed by helping its large strategic customers deliver successful products and services.
MetaSwitch and Data Connection have offices in Alameda (California), Reston (Virginia), and Enfield (North London), Chester and Edinburgh in the UK. See www.\b metaswitch\b0 .com for further information.
MetaSwitch is a trademark of Data Connection. All other brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
