Portal Expands Into Internet Telephony by Signing OEM Deal With Skywave
Business Wire - March 30, 1998 06:16
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CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1998--
SkyWave's NetManager 98 Will Use Portal's Infranet Software for
Real-Time Management of Internet Telephony Services
Portal Software, Inc., the leader in customer management and billing software for providers of Internet services, and SkyWave, Inc., developer of gateway and network management solutions for Internet telephony, today announced that SkyWave has entered into an OEM agreement to use and resell Portal's software for real-time management of Internet telephony services. This partnership will deliver the benefits of Portal's customer management and billing software as part of a comprehensive turnkey solution to Internet telephony service providers (ITSPs).
Under the terms of the agreement, Portal's Infranet(TM) software will be built into SkyWave's NetManager 98, which monitors and manages an Internet telephony gateway network. Gateways are the bridges that connect the traditional telephone world with the Internet. Using Portal software's real-time capabilities, NetManager 98 tracks all gateway activity including account creation and registration, caller authentication and authorization, credit verification, prepaid phone card usage and settlement among originating and terminating providers. Portal's real-time architecture makes all customer and call data instantly available so it can be acted upon immediately, enabling ITSPs to increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.
"SkyWave selected Portal's Infranet software for its real-time customer management and billing capabilities and because it can scale to handle the potential massive growth in Internet telephony usage," said Kevin Nethercott, co-founder and vice president at SkyWave. "This partnership allows SkyWave to focus on our core technology for Internet telephony by relying on Portal to provide a comprehensive solution for real-time management of Internet telephony services."
"SkyWave is leading the industry in offering integrated solutions that bring together best-of-breed technologies from several sources," said Steve Sommer, vice president of marketing and business development at Portal. "Together SkyWave and Portal are providing ITSPs with the critical components needed to make Internet telephony a widely used means of communication."
Portal's Infranet software unifies the management of all core Internet business operations including the ability to register, track, manage and bill subscribers. Its real-time architecture and open development environment provide a platform for Internet service creation and management. Infranet's proven support for millions of users and 24 x 7 telecommunications-grade reliability make it the ideal solution for Internet telephony services management.
About SkyWave, Inc.
Founded as an Internet Communication Technology business in October, 1996, SkyWave, Inc., is based in Tokyo, Japan with offices in Sunnyvale, California. SkyWave specializes in solutions for Internet communication and commerce, and offers a comprehensive suite of VoIP-enabling products including: SkyGate 98, a complete IP Telephony solution; SkyWare 98, an open-API Gateway server that allows the creation of value added applications; the Gateway Controller Interface (GCI), an interface that enables a host application to control the gateway; and NetManager 98, for an overall network management and billing solution. SkyWave's network operations center in Tokyo is also the first company to offer a dedicated IP Telephony network in Japan. Additional details about SkyWave products, as well as general information regarding IP Telephony, are available at SkyWave's Web sites at: skywave.net and http:/www.skywave.ne.jp (Japanese). Interested OEMs, VARs and service provider!
s should contact Kevin Nethercott at 408-245-1771 or kevin@skywave.ne.jp.
About Portal Software, Inc.
Portal Software, Inc. develops and markets the industry's most scalable and adaptable customer management and billing software for providers of Internet services. Portal's software allows ISPs and other providers of Internet-based services to manage, at a new level, the core operations of their online business by responding to customer needs and market opportunities in real time. Target markets include Internet access businesses; next-generation IP-based services such as Internet telephony and virtual private networks (VPNs); other consumer and business services such as content management, Web hosting, online gaming and entertainment. Portal's customers include leading Internet businesses worldwide such as U S WEST, Grolier Online, France Telecom, NetChannel, OzEmail, VeriSign and ICL GamesZone. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Portal has offices in Chicago, Washington DC, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney and London. Information about Portal and its products can be found !
at portal.com.
Note to Editors: Portal is a U.S. registered trademark, and Portal Software, the Portal logo, the Real Time-No Limits tagline and Infranet are trademarks of Portal Software, Inc.
CONTACT: Portal Software, Inc.
Marsha Dillon, 408/343-4484
mdillon@portal.com
or
A&R Partners
Kristin Burns, 650/363-0982
kburns@arpartners.com
or
SkyWave, Inc.
Kris Martin, 408/730-8987
kris@skywave.ne.jp
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