net2phone's new cable advisory board ..
March 09, 2005 04:00 PM US Eastern Timezone
Net2Phone Brings Cable Visionaries and Innovators Together for Independent Cable Advisory Board
NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
March 9, 2005--
Charter, Comcast, Adelphia, Liberty Media Execs Join Forces to Support Net2Phone's Cable Telephony Initiatives
Net2Phone Inc. (NASDAQ:NTOP), a leading enabler of VoIP solutions for service providers, announced today that it has assembled a Cable Advisory Board consisting of cable industry insiders and experts. The board, chaired by Tony Werner, Liberty Media's Chief Technology Officer, will assist Net2Phone with its cable telephony strategy, and advise the company on its product development roadmap.
"We have assembled a truly impressive group of cable innovators that can help Net2Phone move even further on delivering on its strategy to empower cable operators with voice solutions," said Tony Werner, Chief Technology Officer of Liberty Media, and Cable Advisory Board Chairman. "As more cable operators look to outsource their cable telephony deployments, Net2Phone will continue to be strongly positioned to meet their needs, having developed a suite of solutions and tools that can address every technical and logistical step in the deployment process."
Board members include:
-- Mark Carleton, Senior Vice President, Liberty Media Corporation
-- Steve Craddock, Senior Vice President of New Media Development, Comcast Corporation
-- Wayne Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Charter Communications
-- Chuck Dougherty, Vice President and General Manager, Network Infrastructure Solutions, Broadband Communications Sector, Motorola, Inc.
-- Mark Dzuban, Vice Chairman, CedarPoint Communications
-- Marwan Fawaz, Chief Technology Officer, Adelphia Communications
-- Nick Hamilton-Piercy, Senior Technology Advisor, Rogers Cable, Inc.
-- Andy Paff, President and Chief Executive Officer, CedarPoint Communications
-- Dan Pike, Chief Technology Officer, GCI Cable and Entertainment
Net2Phone is the only provider of both PacketCable and SIP-based telephony solutions, enabling cable operators to provide VoIP-based residential telephone services to their customers. Net2Phone currently has partnerships in the United States with cable operators including Northland Cable Television, Bresnan Communications, and Millennium Digital Media. Outside of the continental United States, Net2Phone is working with cable operators including Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, EST Video in France and Coditel in Luxembourg and Belgium.
About Net2Phone
Net2Phone (NTOP) provides VoIP PacketCable, SIP and wireless solutions around the world. As a leader in turn-key hosted VoIP telephony services, Net2Phone has routed billions of VoIP minutes globally, servicing more than 100,000 users in the US as well as hundreds of thousands of more overseas. Net2Phone provides partners with a SIP-based broadband telephony solution, calling cards, prefix dialing and enterprise services in over 100 countries. Net2Phone's PacketCable platform provides cable operators with the ability to deliver a high quality primary line service with features such as emergency calling. For more information about Net2Phone's products and services, please visit www.net2phone.com. |
