Monday April 10, 8:31 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Glenayre Technologies, Inc.
Nortel Networks, Glenayre Provide Enhanced Messaging Solution To Cox Communications
Companies Complete First Cable Telephony Installation
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Glenayre Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMS - news) and Nortel Networks* (NYSE: NT; TSE) today announced the companies have completed their first installation of enhanced voice messaging and call management services for Cox Communications, Inc., one of the nation's largest broadband communications companies and a leading provider of cable telephony services in the U.S.
Together, Nortel Networks and Glenayre offer an enhanced messaging solution to service providers that combines Nortel Networks' advanced switching products with Glenayre's MVP© modular voice processing system. Cox will use Nortel Networks' multi-service switching systems in its cable telephony markets in combination with Glenayre's MVP© modular voice processing system to enhance its local service offering.
Cox Digital Telephone customers subscribing to the Cox Voice Mail feature will benefit from new and enhanced options with the Glenayre enhanced services solution. Automatic Callback, among the new applications, provides customers with the convenience of returning phone calls directly from the voice mailbox. After listening and replying to their messages, customers are returned directly back to their voice mailbox. Instead of a surcharge or higher price for these calls, customers will only pay the standard Cox rates for local and long distance calling.
``Glenayre and Nortel Networks provided us with a platform and solution to help us deliver even more convenient, useful services that enhance our overall digital telephone product offering for customers of Cox Digital Telephone,' said Tom White, product marketing director for Cox.
``The integration of Nortel Networks' cable telephony services and Glenayre's enhanced messaging offerings is a winning combination for Cox customers,' said Steve Pusey, president, Cable Media Solutions, Nortel Networks. ``Nortel Networks' portfolio provides not only a total solution for local and long distance services, but also offers an easy evolution to next- generation Succession* solutions for converging voice, video and data communications. We are pleased to extend our business relationship with Cox and further strengthen our commitment to the cable industry.'
``Glenayre is excited about the opportunity to work with Nortel Networks to provide Cox with a complete enhanced service offering,' said Bill Edwards, Glenayre Senior Vice President of World-Wide Sales. ``Glenayre's enhanced services platform provides a complete line of personal communication services which will help Cox provide the latest services for its customers. The cable industry represents a new and growing market opportunity for Glenayre and we are proud to be entering this market with Cox as our first customer.'
Cox Communications provides facilities-based local exchange service delivered via its advanced broadband communications networks for residences and businesses. The company currently offers its telephone service over Arris Interactive Cornerstone* telephony systems in parts of San Diego and Orange County, Calif., Omaha, Neb., Rhode Island, greater Hartford, Conn., Phoenix, Ariz., Hampton Roads, Va., and Oklahoma City, Okla. On December 29, 1999, Cox reported surpassing 100,000 telephone customers nationwide.
Featuring advanced digital technology, Cox Digital Telephone service is competitively priced at approximately 10 percent less than the incumbent local telephone provider. Nearly 50 percent of Cox Digital Telephone customers buy more than one telephone line from Cox due to the company's ability to provide additional lines at prices up to 50 percent less than the local telephone provider. More than 70 percent of Cox Digital Telephone customers also have elected to receive Cox Long Distance, a service the company has bundled with its local telephone service offering.
Cox Communications serves approximately 6 million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth largest cable television company. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services, including Cox Cable; local and long distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox@Home, Road Runner and Cox Express; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox is an investor in telecommunications companies including Sprint PCS and Excite@Home, as well as programming networks including Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Outdoor Life and Speedvision. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com .
Nortel Networks is a leader in providing end-to-end networking solutions to the cable industry. Along with Arris Interactive, a Nortel Networks/ANTEC venture, Nortel Networks supplies Cornerstone cable telephony and high-speed data systems to service providers around the world.
Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues of US$21.3 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified Networks* that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce. Visit us at www.nortelnetworks.com
The MVP enhanced services platform is part of the Intelligis(TM) product family from Glenayre. Enhanced services available through the Glenayre platform include voice, fax, text and unified messaging, as well as features such as outdialing from the voice mailbox and a single number service. Glenayre's enhanced services solution enables mobile and fixed network operators to add subscribers, increase revenues and reduce churn.
For more than 35 years, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has developed and provided leading-edge personal communications systems to a global network of customers. Glenayre's business focus is to deliver its Solutions for an @ctive World(TM) portfolio, leveraging core competencies in the converging sectors of the wireless internet and unified messaging to provide differentiated solutions for today's mobile and active lifestyles. With 1,300 employees and 1999 net sales exceeding $238 million, Glenayre provides a complete line of wireless messaging products and systems that include one- and two-way paging infrastructure equipment and award winning two-way pagers with Always @ctive(TM) operation. Glenayre also delivers an array of enhanced service platform products that include voice mail, fax messaging, voice- activated services, personal one-number services, and debit/prepaid calling card platforms to a variety of telecommunications service providers.
Glenayre's communication products currently operate in more than 100 countries. Glenayre is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information on Glenayre, its products, and services, visit WWW.glenayre.com .
MVP is a registered trademark and Intelligis is a trademark of Glenayre. *Nortel Networks, Unified Networks, Cornerstone and Succession are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
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