STAR Telecom Selects Clarent Corporation to Supply IP Telephony Technology; IP Telephony Technology Offers STAR Efficient Bandwidth Utilization on Existing Routes
January 5, 1999
STAR Telecommunications,
Inc. (Nasdaq: STRX) and Clarent
Corporation today announced that STAR
has selected Clarent to supply IP
telephony technology for its growing
global network.
"We continue to implement more efficient
methods of bandwidth utilization, " said
Chris Edgecomb, Chairman and CEO of
STAR. "We are now able to send a
greater number of calls concurrently on
existing terrestrial circuits, while
expanding our opportunity to offer call
origination to internet users from the
foreign destination, pending regulatory
approval. We anticipate having our first
site up in Mexico during January of 1999
and five additional countries in the Pacific
Rim during February. We will also
implement IP telephony on our global
network throughout Germany and the UK
in the second quarter of 1999."
In 1995, STAR began using compression
technology on most of its direct
termination routes. Today, more than half
of STAR's traffic is routed over its own
network. Most of these routes utilize
some form of compression technology.
Clarent's IP telephony solutions enable
STAR to compress voice more efficiently
than STAR's existing packet technology,
while providing a lower per-minute cost
structure for traffic routed over those
circuits.
"STAR Telecom is known to be a leader in
the international wholesale long distance
business," said Jerry Chang, President and
CEO of Clarent Corporation. "STAR will
continue its leadership as it implements IP
telephony in the world's high volume
minute markets. Clarent is looking forward
to helping STAR continue its fast growth
trajectory and great industry success. "
About STAR Telecommunications
STAR Telecommunications is a
multinational long-distance provider
offering global long distance services to
carriers and commercial customers
throughout the world. STAR provides
international long distance service
through a global network of digital
switching facilities and both terrestrial
and undersea fiber optic cable systems.
STAR Telecom holds domestic switching
facilities in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas
and Miami, and international switching
facilities in London, Frankfurt, Hamburg,
Dusseldorf and Munich. Visit STAR
Telecom at www.startel.com.
About Clarent Corporation
Clarent Corporation is a privately held
company and a premier provider of
Internet telephony solutions offering clear
voice, real-time fax, SS7/C7 integration,
universal voice/fax/data ports and a host
of other business ready capabilities.
Clarent Command Center provides billing
and management for a very large network
of Clarent Gateways. All Clarent products
are backed by a complete, robust,
scalable network infrastructure, enabling
network and enterprise customers to
easily run their business communications
on IP telephony. Founded in July of 1996,
Clarent is headquartered in Redwood City,
California, and also has offices in
Chicago,Illinois; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo,
Japan; Seoul, Korea; and in Europe.
Additional information about Clarent is
available at www.clarent.com.
Except for the historical information
contained herein, this press release
contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and are
subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. The Company's future actual
results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements discussed
herein. A list of the factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially
can be found in the documents the
Company files with the SEC, including
those contained in STAR's prospectus,
and the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1998.
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