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Leading IP Voice Services Provider Selects Sonus Networks to Effectively Scale new Voice Network
CommPartners Provides Carrier Class Wholesale Voice and Hosted IP Voice Services with Sonus Networks
“The
ability to provide carrier class performance and reliability to support
the growth of our Company’s carrier services and wholesale hosted IP
solutions business was the most important factor in our decision-making
process, and Sonus was the clear choice. No other provider of IP voice
equipment carries as much traffic as Sonus or has the level of
experience and expertise deploying and servicing complex IP voice
networks,” said Dave Clark, CEO and Co-founder, CommPartners.
CommPartners
provides carrier services and wholesale IP voice services such as
hosted IP PBX, IP Trunking, hosted contact center and CommPartners
Connect for Linksys One including support for Local Number Portability
(LNP), directory services, E-911, and domestic and international long
distance backed by a proprietary Operations Support System providing
real time billing and provisioning. CommPartners has selected a suite
of Sonus solutions, including the GSX9000™ Open Services Switch, PSX™
Call Routing Server, SGX™ Signaling Gateway, and the Sonus Insight™
Management System.
“Because of
the strong demand for today’s leading IP voice services, CommPartners
requires an IP backbone that enables them to scale their network
without sacrificing voice quality and reliability . In addition, the
Company requires a strong foundation to roll out and support enhanced
new features and applications that help customers better manage their
voice service,” said Hassan Ahmed, chairman and CEO, Sonus Networks.
“We’re pleased that CommPartners, who share a similar focus on superior
customer service, has selected Sonus as the foundation of their IP
voice network.”
CommPartners will initially deploy the Sonus-based infrastructure in New York and Los Angeles, two of their largest Points of Presence (POPs). Deployment is scheduled to begin in June 2007.
WESTFORD, Mass., June 6, 2007 –
Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading supplier of service
provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and
CommPartners, a nationwide CLEC certified, facilities based network
operator providing VoIP and TDM services to carriers as well as
enhanced Hosted Applications to Small and Medium sized businesses
through a network of strategic partners and resellers, announced today
that CommPartners has selected a Sonus-based infrastructure as the
foundation of its rapidly expanding IP voice network. By deploying
Sonus’ distributed, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based architecture,
CommPartners is able to achieve new levels of operating efficiency,
scalability, and routing flexibility, resulting in one of the United
States’ most robust IP wholesale and hosted services networks.
CommPartners will initially deploy the Sonus-based infrastructure in New York and Los Angeles, two of their largest Points of Presence (POPs). Deployment is scheduled to begin in June 2007.
About CommPartners
CommPartners is a nationwide CLEC certified, facilities based network
operator providing VoIP and TDM services to carriers as well as
enhanced Hosted Applications to Small and Medium sized businesses
through a network of strategic partners and resellers.
CommPartners’ IP network has been engineered to provide business-grade,
IP-based voice and other value-added services. With nationwide IP
network coverage, CommPartners delivers reliable, high-quality, and
competitively priced carrier and wholesale hosted IP services for
business including IP PBX, IPTrunking™, hosted contact center and
CommPartners Connect™ for Linksys® One. CommPartners’ wholesale
services are supported by CommPartners Management System (CMS), a
scalable and automated OSS platform for multi-tiered billing and
account management. The company in headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada
and is privately-held. For more information, call 702-367-VOIP (8647)
or visit CommPartners ' website at www.commpartners.us.
About Sonus Networks
Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of voice over IP (VoIP)
infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers.
With its comprehensive IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, Sonus
addresses the full range of carrier applications, including residential
and business voice services, wireless voice and multimedia, trunking
and tandem switching, carrier interconnection and enhanced services.
Sonus' voice infrastructure solutions are deployed in service provider
networks worldwide. Founded in 1997, Sonus is headquartered in
Westford, Massachusetts. Additional information on Sonus is available
at http://www.sonusnet.com.
This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future
events that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that
these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ
materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred
to Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Sonus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated
May 8, 2006, filed with the SEC, which identifies important risk
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors include among others:
the impact of material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and
procedures and our internal control over financial reporting on our
ability to report our financial results timely and accurately; the
unpredictability of our quarterly financial results; risks and
uncertainties associated with the Company’s announced review of its
historical stock option grants and accounting, including the impact on
the Company’s financial statements or results, any tax liabilities or
penalties, the Company’s inability to timely report with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, whether the Company will file its required SEC
reports by June 26, 2007 and remain listed on the NASDAQ Global Select
Market, regulatory actions or litigation arising out of the review or
any restatement; risks associated with our international expansion and
growth; consolidation in the telecommunications industry; and potential
costs resulting from pending securities litigation against the company.
Any forward-looking statements represent Sonus’ views only as of today
and should not be relied upon as representing Sonus’ views as of any
subsequent date. While Sonus may elect to update forward-looking
statements at some point, Sonus specifically disclaims any obligation
to do so.
Sonus is a
registered trademark of Sonus Networks, Inc. All other company and
product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which
they are associated.
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