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BayPackets'
Agility Network Services Platform to Facilitate International
Carrier's Migration to IP Infrastructure
Fremont, Calif. - January 12,
2004 - BayPackets, Inc., a provider of enhanced
voice and data solutions for wireless, wireline and
cable operators, today announced that Global Crossing,
a worldwide leader in IP communications solutions,
has chosen BayPackets' Agility Network Services Platform
(NSP) to enable the migration of its Account Code
products and services from an existing circuit-switched
network to a next-generation voice over Internet protocol
(VoIP) network.
As part of this migration, Global Crossing expects
to deploy BayPackets' Agility Authorization Codes
application in early 2004. This will enable Global
Crossing's enterprise customers to control service
access and/or third-party billing.
"Over the past several months, we have been
testing BayPackets' Agility NSP with satisfactory
results," said Dan Enright, executive vice president
of global operations, Global Crossing. " We expect
BayPackets' platform to efficiently integrate applications
from our TDM network to our IP network, helping us
cost effectively manage our VoIP infrastructure and
rapidly deliver new services to our customers."
BayPackets' Agility NSP is an enhanced services platform
that can be deployed as a next-generation Service
Control Point (SCP) or as an application server in
a carrier's network. The Agility NSP provides a smooth
transition path to IP networks by simultaneously enabling
PSTN connectivity through an SS7 interface and next-generation
connectivity through a SIP interface. The platform's
full-featured service creation environment will enable
Global Crossing to develop and deploy its own advanced
services. Additionally, because it is an open standards-based
platform, the Agility NSP supports deployments of
third-party applications across Global Crossing's
converged network.
"Carriers understand that moving voice and multimedia
traffic to IP networks is a business necessity,"
said Kevin Mitchell, directing analyst, Infonetics
Research. "A critical element of this migration
is technology that provides a bridge between TDM and
IP to squeeze value from legacy applications, deploy
new enhanced services and enable a risk-minimizing
transition to next-generation infrastructure."
"As an international service provider and industry
innovator, Global Crossing continues to implement
technologies to future-proof its network infrastructure
while decreasing the cost of maintaining and managing
its legacy platforms," said Ken Epps, president
and chief executive officer, BayPackets. "By
choosing BayPackets' solution, Global Crossing can
expect a high degree of openness and flexibility in
building, managing, and provisioning new converged
services for their customers."
About BayPackets, Inc.
BayPackets' Agility Network Service Platform and applications
enable wireless, wireline and cable operators to rapidly
bundle and deliver enhanced voice and data services
tailored to the needs of their business and consumer
customers. Local, long-distance and broadband service
providers rely on BayPackets' solutions to profitably
expand their business by efficiently operating new
and existing network infrastructure via a single point.
Founded in February 2000, BayPackets is a privately
held company that has received funding from industry-leading
venture capital firms. The company is headquartered
in Fremont, CA, with a subsidiary in Noida UP, India.
For more information, visit BayPackets at www.baypackets.com.
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing provides telecommunications solutions
over the world's first integrated global IP-based
network. Its core network connects more than 200 cities
and 27 countries worldwide, and delivers services
to more than 500 major cities, 50 countries and 5
continents around the globe. The company's global
sales and support model matches the network footprint
and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer
experience worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale,
linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers
with customers, employees and partners worldwide in
a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based
business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive.
The company offers a full range of managed data and
voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service,
Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing
VoIP services, to more than 40 percent of the Fortune
500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and
ISPs.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com
for more information about Global Crossing.
BayPackets is a registered trademark of BayPackets
Inc. All other company names may be trademarks of
the respective companies with which they are associated.
(c) 2003, BayPackets Inc. All rights reserved.
For more information, please
contact:
Greg Lunsford
Tom
Topalian
FitzGerald
Communications LLC™
Global
Crossing
650-264-1465
973-937-0154
glunsford@fitzgerald.com thomas.topalian@globalcrossing.com
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