MyaTel Selects MetaSwitch for Next Generation Voice Services in Florida.
By Metaswitch on May 12, 2003 8:00:00 AM
MetaSwitch To Provide Packet Voice and Traditional TDM Services.
ALAMEDA, Calif-(BUSINESS WIRE)-May 12, 2003-MetaSwitch, the leading provider of broadband Class 5 switching solutions, today announced that MyaTel Corporation, a Florida-based local and long distance competitive service provider, has selected the MetaSwitch VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch to provide packet voice and traditional TDM services.
MetaSwitch was selected after a comprehensive review of next generation switch vendors, including CopperCom, Sentito, Lucent and Siemens. The key advantages of the MetaSwitch solution included its proven Class 5 capabilities, track record of exceptional support and superior financial stability based on over 21 years of consistent, profitable growth.
MyaTel, a facilities-based local exchange carrier and Interexchange Carrier (IXC), provides local, long distance, CLASS, Centrex and high-speed Internet services to a growing base of small to medium-sized businesses and residential customers in Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
"In today's uncertain times we knew we were picking not just a switch, but a strategic partner. After a careful review of many next generation switches, we decided that MetaSwitch offered leading broadband Class 5 technology with the security of a solid organization that will be around to support us for years to come," said Rick Romero, President of MyaTel Corporation. "As a privately held, employee-owned company ourselves, we appreciated MetaSwitch's ownership structure and their emphasis on quality and long-term stability. We are deploying a national digital communications network and we need a vendor that we can trust to ensure our success as we expand our business."
"We are very pleased to have been selected by MyaTel," said John Lazar, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of MetaSwitch. "The MetaSwitch VP3500's combination of advanced next generation services and cost-effectiveness is increasingly being embraced by forward-looking service providers like MyaTel, with a vision of bringing competitively priced voice and data services to areas often ignored by the larger carriers."
The MetaSwitch VP3500 is the leading broadband-enabled Next Generation Class 5 Switch in North America, with more than 20 deployments, and support for GR-303, VoATM and VoIP as well as advanced Web-based subscriber services. Service providers are able to simultaneously serve customers in multiple networks with over 80 Class 5 features and services. The MetaSwitch VP3500 is easy to deploy and scales from 400 to over 250,000 subscribers in a single rack.
About MyaTel
MyaTel is a privately held, employee-owned corporation that was founded in Delaware in 1997. In 1999, MyaTel was granted approval by the FCC to provide Global-Limited Facilities Services for national and international long distance and began implementation of an IP network. In 2000, MyaTel launched national long distance service and by 2001 MyaTel offered international long distance to over 200 countries. In 2002, MyaTel received Alternative Local Exchange Carrier (ALEC) and Interexhange Carrier (IXC) licenses along with authority to provide local and long distance service in Florida.
MyaTel is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For more information please see www.myatel.com.
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch, a division of privately held Data Connection, is the result of 21 years of experience supplying leading-edge technology to the telecommunications industry. Data Connection's track record of consistent profitability ensures long-term commitment to product development and customer support. The MetaSwitch VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch offers service providers an immediate solution for broadband (VoIP and/or VoATM) and POTS service and a future-proof "softswitch" architecture for enhanced applications.
MetaSwitch has offices in Alameda, CA, Dallas, TX and Reston, VA in the US and London, Chester and Edinburgh in the UK.
For more information, see www.\b metaswitch\b0 .com.
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