Quintessent and Sun Microsystems Team to Deliver OSS Interconnection Solution On Solaris Operating Environment
BELLEVUE, WASH. (Dec. 2) BUSINESS WIRE -Dec. 2, 1998-- Alliance
Builds on Successful QConnect/Solaris OSS Interconnection Deployments
with GST Telecommunications and Level 3 Communications
Quintessent Communications, Inc.(tm), a leading provider of Operational Support System (OSS) interconnection software products and services, today announced its intention to enter into a joint marketing and sales arrangement with Sun Microsystems, Inc. to fulfill customer demand for OSS interconnection deployments on the Sun Solaris(tm) operating environment in the telecommunications market.
Under the planned arrangement, Quintessent will leverage Sun's
SPARC(tm)/Solaris-based network computing technology, leadership in the server marketplace and telecom industry focus to broadly deliver
Quintessent's QConnect(tm) OSS interconnection product to emerging and
incumbent service providers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. In addition, Sun has selected QConnect as a leading solution for telecom back-office data automation and exchange between disparate
carrier systems.
"Sun Microsystems' telecom strategy is to work with innovative
companies such as Quintessent to deliver scalable, secure solutions in
areas such as OSS interconnection, which is a critical technology for
enabling telecom competition at the local level," said Chris Hurst,
vice president, telecommunications at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"Quintessent's QConnect solution, running on Sun's high-performance,
highly reliable SPARC/Solaris-based Enterprise(tm) and Netra(tm)
servers, enables service providers to aggressively enter the
competitive local access market and to potentially reap the rewards of
a deregulated telecom market by offering high-quality, differentiated
services."
As part of the alliance, Quintessent and Sun will develop joint sales
and marketing campaigns that build on each other's strategic business
relationships, tighten their combined technological leverage and expand their combined outreach to customers.
"By collaborating with Sun we multiply our market strength and customer knowledge to be able to deliver today the kind of interconnection platform our customers are depending on," said Quintessent President and CEO Bobby Martyna. "We're confident that our alliance with Sun will bring both companies additional business opportunities that our combined efforts will turn into increased market share."
Quintessent has already capitalized on QConnect deployment on the
Solaris operating environment with GST Telecommunications, Inc. and
Level 3 Communications, Inc. -- carriers that are successfully
transitioning to automation from previously paperbound business
exchange processes.
QConnect provides a single platform solution that automatically
translates data to efficiently process and deliver a comprehensive set
of required business information to enable trading partners to
competitively exchange services such as Access Service Request (ASR)
orders, Local Service Request (LSR) orders, 800 SMS, E911, LIDB/CNAM,
Operator Services, PIC/CARE and Trouble Administration.
At its core, QConnect maps carrier data exchanges to a common, reusable CORBA structure that enables that data to repeatedly offer value to customers through all of the applications and OSSs a carrier chooses to leverage through the product. Amid varying definitions and agreements for interconnection, QConnect manages the many thousands of developing industry forms, protocols and standards through one concise process of data translation, automation and timely delivery. QConnect's cost-effective, efficient method of operation competitively exceeds federal mandates for interconnection established by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. About Quintessent
Quintessent Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of OSS
interconnection software products and services for the
telecommunications industry. Quintessent delivers solutions that
efficiently and seamlessly interconnect the OSSs of carriers, enabling
them to act as trading partners and reap the benefits of open
competition. The privately held Bellevue, Washington company has a
great level of industry expertise in building and integrating network
and service management solutions. For more information contact
Quintessent through its Web site at www.quintcom.com, by phone at
425/201-2500, or by fax at 425/201-2600.
Quintessent and QConnect are trademarks of Quintessent Communications,
Inc. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies. Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Solaris,
Enterprise and Netra are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC
trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an
architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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CONTACT: Quintessent Communications, Inc.
Dale Quick, 425.201.2512
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Keep the alliances and partnerships comming. Another big win for SUNW as this continues to make SUNW a big player in the growing telecommunications industry.
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