To: Cooters who wrote (210 ) 1/13/2005 8:02:44 PM From: Home-Run Respond to of 1575 Bert's Sonus presentation. Finally had a chance to listen. Very impressive. Some key points for those who have not listened; *Company started with class4/core, now the focus is on move into access and wireless *500 employees end of Q3. 85% are technical. engineering focus/ robust *customer centric model (driven in large part by Steve Edwards and his experience at BT and AT&T)/ new enhanced services, global support centers/ Swindon, Tokyo- important to be available 24/7 locally *2004 marked the beginning of important customers buying again, expaniding deployments. expaniding channel strategies *ATT Wireless, OEM with Motorola in Brazil/Russia?Bangladesh, Marconi *2005. Year to sustain leadership in trunking. customers want class 4 and class 5 solutions. convergence solutions for wireless and wireline. *expanding geographies. Japan/Asia/Europe. take world class products worldwide, scaling the brand *theatre based hubs. localized eng. services, sales organized around customer's geographic markets, close to operations *Richardson/ cust integration lab *Freehold/ access platform *Mclain, Swindon new Bangalore facility/ application products for access *Low cost operating model versus "NT, ALA, or any of the others..." *2005 Japan/ fully operational 24/7 facility serious local presence *with access, more about dial tone: services, design, installation/integration/interoperability 24/7 cust service/ get closer to customer *Select partners. driving more market share with reseller capabilities. China Putian, Taiwan, Portugal *Marconi/ Europe, Samsung, China Putian for Asia, Motorola for wireless worldwide *Samsung/ wireless acceleration in Asia and beyond. Sonus VOIP + Samsung mobile = total solution, beyond gateway. *Steve Edwards/ channel sales knowledge. brings service provider perspective, leveraging customer service expertise *Expanding in Europe/Asia. places where broadband adoption is happening at a faster clip. -from Yhoo msg:http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=1600811427&tid=sons&sid=1600811427&mid=387573