Summa Four Announces Strategic VAR AGREEMENT with
Visual Telesystems Alliance To Deliver Standards-Based,
Telco-Class Switching for Internet/PSTN Messaging
[Reminder, SUMA is getting married (adopted?) to CSCO]
August 27, 1998
MANCHESTER, N.H., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ via
NewsEdge Corporation -- Summa Four, Inc., (Nasdaq:
"SUMA"), announced today that it has signed a
strategic agreement with Visual Telesystems, Inc., a
developer of advanced messaging services, based in
Wakefield, Massachusetts. Visual Telesystems will be
utilizing Summa Four's high-density, full-featured
VCO/4K switch to develop applications for the rapidly
growing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) market.
Visual Telesystems' customers will benefit from the
ability to offer new and innovative services that span
both the data and voice services market, allowing service
providers to expand their customer bases and
differentiate themselves in this highly competitive
market. Visual Telesystems is currently implementing
advanced messaging products for consumer and
business usage which embrace emerging Internet
technology while fully supporting legacy telephony
devices.
"Summa Four switches conform to all telco standards
and are designed with the interfaces, capacity, scalability
and flexibility to bridge the converging worlds of the
Internet and the PSTN," said Robert Degan, president
and chief executive officer, Summa Four. "That makes
our VCO/4K the ideal switching platform for Visual
Telesystem's innovative messaging solutions. "
About Summa Four
Summa Four is a leading worldwide provider of open,
programmable switching platforms that enable
telecommunications providers worldwide to build
networks that support the rapid deployment of new
wireline and wireless services. An ISO 9001 certified
company, Summa Four is headquartered in Manchester,
NH, and has sales, service and support offices in the
United States, U.K., Singapore, and Japan.
About Visual Telesystems
Visual Telesystems, Inc. is a development-stage
company currently implementing advanced messaging
products for both consumer and business use. Visual
Telesystems has developed patent-pending technology
that makes it easier to enable dedicated, handheld
devices and PCs to easily communicate any media over
packet-switched or circuit-switch networks. Visual
Telesystems is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.
This document contains certain forward-looking
statements as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this
purpose, any statements contained herein that are not
statements of historical fact may be deemed to be
forward looking statements. Without limitation, the
words "are designed to", "is scheduled to", "will ", and
similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such forward looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to, unanticipated delays or difficulties in
commercial development of the intended applications for
the VoIP market, fluctuations in customer demand,
intensity of competition from other vendors, and general
economic and industry conditions, as well as other risks
included in the Company's periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Summa Four
assumes no obligation to update the information
contained in this press release.
Product and service names used within are trademarks,
registered trademarks and service marks of their
respective owners.
SOURCE Summa Four, Inc.
/CONTACT: David Ball, Director, Marketing
Communications of Summa Four, Inc., 603-625-4050, ext.
2322, ball@summa4.com or Amy Conefrey, ext. 235,
aconefrey@webergroup.com, or Bill Golden, ext. 257,
bgolden@webergroup.com, both of The Weber Group,
617-441-4000 or Kenneth M. Osowski, Vice President,
Sales & Marketing of Visual Telesystems, Inc.,
781-246-2222, osowskik@visualts.com/
[Copyright 1998, PR Newswire]
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