Motorola and Net2Phone Expand Joint Relationship
Monday April 4, 8:30 am ET
Net2Phone Certifies Motorola VT1000, Adding Motorola as a Preferred
Endpoint for Its Comprehensive SIP-Based Telephony Solution for Cable Operators
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2005-- Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP - News), a leading enabler of VoIP solutions for service providers, and Motorola (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced that they have expanded their joint relationship through Net2Phone's certification of the Motorola VT1000 voice gateway as a preferred endpoint on the Net2Phone VoiceLine(SM) broadband telephony solution for cable operators. The companies made this joint announcement at the 2005 National Show (NCTA) in San Francisco, where live demonstrations of the VT1000 with VoiceLine service are being held at the Net2Phone booth #6250 from April 3-5, 2005.
Net2Phone and Motorola currently have a joint marketing agreement in place to sell end-to-end PacketCable-based telephony to cable operators. With the expanded relationship, Net2Phone and Motorola now offer a comprehensive SIP-based VoIP platform that supports improved security, QoS and end-to-end reliability for cable operators as they deploy the Net2Phone VoiceLine solution to their customers. Net2Phone VoiceLine broadband telephony service enables cable operators to deploy residential broadband telephony solutions complete with features and functionality such call waiting, caller ID and voicemail. In both SIP and DOCSIS environments, Net2Phone seamlessly integrates its front and back office systems, including its billing platform, into the operator's infrastructure, facilitating a unified bill for video, high-speed data, voice and other services. Additional features include web-based tools allowing subscribers to manage their telephony features online as well as check their voicemail.
"Combining Motorola's award-winning MTA with Net2Phone's reliable broadband telephony services offers a complete VoIP package to service providers looking to outsource their telephony deployment, regardless of technology platform," said Charles Dougherty, Corporate Vice President, Motorola Connected Home Solutions business. "By combining the service and support of Net2Phone's telephony solution and the reliability of our SIP devices, service providers are offered an end to end solution for their deployment."
"At Net2Phone we have a long history of supporting hundreds of thousands of VoIP users globally," said Michael Pastor, President of Net2Phone Cable Telephony. "By integrating and offering the Motorola VT1000 to our customers, we are offering a best of breed VoIP service that provides managed Quality of Service with the features and functionality that service providers want to offer their telephony customers."
About the Motorola VT1000
The VT1000 Voice Gateway is a low-cost, high-value product for extending an existing home data network to support voice services. It has 2 voice ports and 2 Ethernet ports-one for connecting to a broadband modem-such as a Motorola SURFboard SB5100 Cable Modem-and one for connecting to a PC or a hub. It offers essential routing features-including Routing with Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) and support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) pass-through-and is ideal for users that want to economically add telephony services and essential routing capabilities.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: motorola.com.
About Net2Phone
Net2Phone 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. |
