amplify.net awarded $1.2 million contract by
centurion telecommunications; centurion's high
speed wireless services add ip bandwidth
management solutions
April 13, 1999
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via
NewsEdge Corporation -- Amplify.net (
amplifynet.com), an emerging provider of
end-to-end IP bandwidth service management
solutions, today announced that it has been
awarded a contract worth $1.2 million from Centurion
Telecommunications Corporation
(www.centelusa.com), a provider of high-speed data
transmission and direct access to the Internet.
Centurion plans to deploy wireless Internet access
services nation-wide in 30 major cities through 1999
with plans for additional deployment to more than
120 other cities in the future. Three amplify.net
iSurfRanger.ec units in fully redundant configurations
will be installed in each of these locations for
provisioning and guaranteeing IP bandwidth to
Centurion's customers.
"With amplify.net's iSurfRanger.ec, Centurion now
has the capability to enforce bandwidth service level
agreements guaranteeing the quality of data, video
and voice over IP services to their customers," said
Pauline Lo Alker, amplify.net's president and CEO.
"Centurion is building the high speed, high
bandwidth wireless networks that are gaining
momentum as a new communications paradigm in
our Internet-centric world."
Amplify.net's iSurf(TM) is a family of end-to-end IP
bandwidth service management solutions that
integrates bandwidth allocation, prioritization and
metering seamlessly with "back office" usage
accounting, customer billing and capacity
scheduling functions. iSurfRanger.ec is the
mid-range member that offers "non stop" parallel or
serial redundancy, a robust, user-accessible
bandwidth data warehouse and "five 9s" reliability. It
is a rack-mounted "carrier class" solution that is
specifically designed for network service providers
including ISPs, telecommunications carriers, CLECs
and large enterprises in mission-critical
environments.
"Our rapid deployment of wireless network services
require a state-of-the-art bandwidth management
solution to deliver committed bandwidth levels to our
customers and to warehouse important usage data
for billing and profiling usage capacity for maximum
utilization," said Anil Anthony, Centurion's chief
operating officer. "We selected amplify.net's
iSurfRanger.ec because of its superior value,
'non-stop' redundancy and 'back office' bandwidth
data warehousing -- functions that are crucial for our
mission-critical networks."
In March 1999, amplify.net also announced a
strategic partnership with Telia Globalcast AB of
Sweden. Telia is incorporating amplify.net's
iSurfRanger solution as part of their initiative to
expand a high-speed wireless network through
Sweden and other European countries.
About Centurion Telecommunications
Centurion Telecommunications Corporation,
headquartered in Dublin Ohio, specializes in high
speed, high bandwidth, two-way wireless data
transmission via a hybrid wireless and Frame
Relay/IP/ATM network backbone. Centurion offers
an array of advanced communications services such
as Internet access, wireless LAN/WAN networks,
video conferencing and VoX (Voice over IP/FR/ATM)
for the general business, hospitality and medical
industries. For more information on Centurion
Telecommunications and its products, please visit
Centurion's Web site at centelusa.com.
About Amplify.net
Amplify.net develops and markets IP bandwidth
service management solutions for bandwidth service
providers, from ISPs and corporate IT departments
to telecommunications carriers and competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs), to boost their business
profitability and quality of service.
For more information on amplify.net, please visit
amplifynet.com. Amplify.net is located at
47381 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, Calif., 94538.
<<Business Wire, 04-12-99, 11:02 Eastern>>
CONTACT: amplify.net | Maritza Maldonado,
408/293-8600 | E-Mail: maritzam@pacifico.com | or |
Centurion Telecommunications Corporation | Anil V.
Anthony, 614/760-5500 | E-Mail:
AAnthont@CentelUSA.com |
