MetaSwitch UC9000 Unified Communications System Honored by INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine for Excellence in Technological Advancement
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 1998TM."
INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine editors received hundreds of applications, and MetaSwitch was among a select group of winners with the company's UC9000 Unified Communications System. Released in March 2005, the UC9000 Unified Communications System was recognized for its ground-breaking combination of carrier-class reliability and scalability, and advanced IP-based features that enable carriers to attract new customers and increase revenues from existing subscribers.
The UC9000 Unified Communications System is a suite of extensible applications built on IMS standards including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) that complements MetaSwitch's Class 4/5 Softswitch, itself a previous INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award winner. UC9000 Unified Messaging brings email, fax and voicemail access to Web, PDA, telephone and Outlook® clients. UC9000 Auto Attendant offers Web-configurable automated receptionist functions including dial-by-name directory, customizable business hours, holidays, menus and announcements while UC9000 Privacy Defender provides an advanced call screening service so that anonymous callers are prompted to provide their name. MetaSwitch Desktop Assistant, a new productivity-enhancing application offering advanced features previously only seen on high-end IP PBXs, includes Outlook-enhanced Caller ID, "click-to-call," and contact presence information monitoring.
"We anticipate that 2006 will be the year IMS becomes universally recognized as the 'holy grail' architecture of convergence, allowing customers to access multimedia services from anywhere. In supplying enhanced services, our UC9000 Unified Communications System helps MetaSwitch deliver on the promise of convergence," said Martin Taylor, MetaSwitch Vice President of Technology Strategy. "This recognition from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine validates our efforts and is a fantastic way to start the New Year."
"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. MetaSwitch has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.
The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch (www.metaswitch.com) is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks.
MetaSwitch is a division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The company is consistently profitable and privately held, with main US offices in California and Virginia, and European headquarters in London, UK.
About TMC®
Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions® and INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIPTM, Speech-WorldTM, VoIP DeveloperTM, WiFI TelephonyTM, WiMAXTM, Alternative PowerTM and BiometriTechTM. TMC® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC® Labs. TMC® produces INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer ConferenceTM and Global Call Center Outsourcing SummitTM. TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details.
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