New York, NY and Fremont, CA - January
10, 2005 - BayPackets, Inc., a provider of enhanced
voice and data solutions for wireless, wireline and broadband
operators, and Epana Networks, a leading international
telecommunications carrier and prepaid calling card service
provider, today announced that Epana has selected BayPackets'
Agility Network Services Platform (NSP) in order to scale
the company's prepaid calling card services business.
Epana and BayPackets have worked closely to jointly develop
and deploy a prepaid calling service based upon BayPackets'
Agility Prepaid Application. The service is now running
on the Agility NSP in Epana's Voice over IP (VoIP) network.
"We needed a carrier-class platform
that could leverage Epana's existing VoIP network while
scaling to meet the tremendous growth we are experiencing
within the prepaid calling market," said Elie Seidman,
President & CEO of Epana. "We chose BayPackets'
NSP for its superior architecture, scalability and flexibility.
BayPackets' solution has enabled Epana to meet increasing
customer demand, while delivering innovative and diverse
products and services to consumers today and in the
future. BayPackets has already become a critical partner
in our current growth and we look forward to a productive
partnership in the future."
Epana's service will include real-time
national/international call rating, multi-language/multi-currency
support, and web-based provisioning and end-user control.
The Agility NSP's flexibility and efficient routing
capabilities will enable Epana to deliver customized
features and competitive rates.
"We are pleased that Epana has
selected BayPackets to help them deliver a highly competitive
prepaid solution to their rapidly growing customer base,"
said Ken Epps, President & CEO of BayPackets. "As
an early adopter of VoIP and an innovator in the prepaid
market, Epana quickly recognized our technology's ability
to deliver a comprehensive feature set at a substantial
cost savings. We look forward to working with Epana
to help them reliably and cost-effectively scale their
prepaid calling business to capitalize on 200% month-to-month
growth."
"Prepaid calling is one of the
key applications that is driving investment in new service
platforms for VoIP networks," said Troy Jensen,
Managing Director with ThinkEquity Partners. "Epana
is a recognized leader in prepaid calling services and
their selection of BayPackets' Agility NSP and prepaid
application is a significant validation of BayPackets'
technology,"
The BayPackets Agility NSP is an open,
flexible service delivery platform that enables operators
to rapidly generate new revenues and better retain customers
through highly differentiated services and service bundles.
This carrier-grade service delivery platform seamlessly
operates on circuit-switched, packet-based or converged
networks. In addition to applications such as Prepaid,
Unified Messaging, Conferencing, Voice VPN, Advanced
Toll Free, and others, BayPackets provides a complete
Software Development Kit (SDK) with tools and resources
to quickly build new services. The creation, deployment,
and management of applications and their service logic
are decoupled from the underlying network, enabling
operators to deliver and administer multiple services
on the same platform, all from a single point in their
network.
About BayPackets, Inc.
BayPackets' Agility Network Services Platform, Agility
SIP Application Server, 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 carriers rely on BayPackets' solutions
to profitably expand their business by efficiently operating
new and existing network infrastructure via a flexible
and open standards-based platform. 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 Epana Networks
Epana is a leading service provider of prepaid calling
services used to connect consumers to more international
destinations around the world. Epana leverages the development
of cutting-edge software applications and technology
solutions to deliver the most advanced, competitively
priced prepaid calling services to enable millions of
people to communicate around the world every day. For
more information, visit www.epana.com, or e-mail info@epana.com
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