LOS ANGELES, Jul 27, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) --
NeTrueCommunications Inc. a majority owned company of Global Light
Communications Inc., (AMEX: GBT) and global networking leader 3Com
Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) Tuesday announced they are teaming to
integrate their leading edge, enhanced IP telephony solutions.
This integrated solution will enable the new class of IP telephony
service providers, VoIP clearinghouses and IP-based carriers to deliver
a complete suite of enhanced IP telephony services to their customers.
The two companies will integrate 3Com's Total Control(R) multiservice
access platform with NeTrue's IPT BackOffice(TM) an IP based Operation
Support System (OSS). The integrated enhanced IP telephony solution
takes advantage of 3Com's scalable, open and programmable voice-over IP
access and control technologies, including high density gateways and
gatekeepers. NeTrue brings to the union industry recognized VoIP
technology with core competencies in IPT OSS. NeTrue specializes in
quality of service management, network management, clearing and
settlement, billing, international least-cost routing, service
provisioning, customer care, and pre-paid applications.
The integration of these technologies will deliver to ITSPs, ISPs and
full-service carriers an open API-based, highly scalable and
feature-rich complete turnkey VoIP solution. Based on 3Com's open API
at both ends of the Total Control gateway and gatekeeper interfaces,
the solution will enable additional applications and services to be
seamlessly integrated and deployed as they become available.
"Together with 3Com we will be providing a strong IP-based telephony
solution for the new class of IP-based voice carriers. Combining 3Com's
strength in building IP access hardware, gateways and gatekeepers, and
NeTrue's strength of back office solutions, we will be able to meet the
challenges facing future growth of VoIP, including rapid application
deployment, scalability, reliability and quality of service," said
James Shen, President and CEO, NeTrue Communications.
"Carriers and service providers demand a reliable, resilient
architecture that supports a full range of IP telephony applications,
including pre-paid calling cards, international call-back services and
PC phone calls," said Irfan Ali, Senior Vice President and General
Manager, 3Com Carrier Systems. "The integrated 3Com-NeTrue IP telephony
solution meets that demand by delivering an open API-based, highly
scalable, feature-rich architecture, enabling service providers to
offer new revenue-generating services and implement cost-saving
operational mechanisms."
3Com's standards-based three-tier IP Telephony System includes
gateways, gatekeepers and back-end servers interconnected by open
standard-based protocols, making it the industry's first carrier-grade
system that delivers the performance, reliability and scalability
carriers need to implement IP telephony on a broad scale. In addition,
its modular architecture features standard APIs at all three levels,
providing the flexibility to easily customize the system for service
differentiation.
About NeTrue Communications
NeTrue Communications is a California-based IP telephony solutions
provider with customers in 22 countries. Its IPT BackOffice(TM), a new
generation Operating Support System (OSS), enables the large-scale IP
telephony network operations. NeTrue's core technical competencies
include QoS management, network management, service provisioning,
billing and customer care, and clearing house technology for IP
telephony networks. For further information visit NeTrue
atwww.netrue.com.
About 3Com Corporation
With approximately 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation
connects more people to information in more ways than any other
networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access
products and network system solutions to enterprises, small businesses,
carriers and network service providers, PC OEMs and consumers. 3Com --
More connected.(TM) For further information, visit 3Com's press site at
www.3com.com/pressbox.
NOTE TO EDITORS: 3Com and Total Control are registered trademarks and
More connected is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other company
and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with
which they are associated.
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