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Comprehensive
Solution Enables Service Providers to Quickly and
Efficiently Deploy IP-based Prepaid Voice and Data
Services
INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference
& EXPO, Miami, FL - February 23, 2005 - Brooktrout
Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of media processing
and call control products, and BayPackets, a provider
of enhanced voice and data solutions for wireless,
wireline and broadband operators, today announced
that they have jointly developed a highly scalable
IP-based network prepaid calling card solution for
service providers. The combined solution enables carriers
to rapidly deploy revenue-generating prepaid calling
card services over circuit-switched, hybrid or packet-based
networks. BayPackets will be exhibiting its solutions
at this week's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference &
EXPO in booth #312.
The IP-based prepaid application runs on BayPackets'
Agility Network Services Platform (NSP), which has
been designed to scale to support millions of subscribers.
Brooktrout's SnowShore Media Server™, an open
carrier-class IP media server, provides media processing
for the BayPackets platform. The Agility Prepaid application
comes with a comprehensive feature set that enables
service providers to quickly deploy a complete prepaid
calling card service that includes real-time call
rating, support for mobile virtual network operators
(MVNOs), branded announcements with a customized web
portal, multi-language and multi-currency support,
and web-based self-provisioning.
"Though historically dominated by long distance
calling cards, growth in the prepaid market has exploded
in the last few years with new services and new business
models," said Ken Epps, CEO of BayPackets. "The
BayPackets/Brooktrout solution enables service providers
- including traditional carrier operators, prepaid
specialists, MVNOs, and stored value card providers
- to quickly and cost-effectively launch new, flexible
prepaid voice and data products over today's circuit-switched
and packet-based networks."
"Brooktrout's partnership with BayPackets makes
it possible for service providers to rapidly deliver
exciting prepaid services by extending the capabilities
of BayPackets' platform," said Eric Giler, president
of Brooktrout. "Brooktrout is pleased to continue
its leadership in enabling innovative revenue generating
applications by partnering with companies like BayPackets."
"The prepaid market is shifting models and growing
into new segments. In addition to penny-wise new Americans
wanting to call families in their country of birth
who have historically accounted for about half of
the prepaid long distance card revenue, many new segments
are discovering the advantages of prepaid products,"
said Judy Reed Smith, CEO of Atlantic-ACM. "The
growth of the prepaid wireless products, the number
of clever new mobile virtual network operators (MVNO),
and the reach and speed of the stored value products
give clues as to what is ahead for prepaid."
To learn more about the state of the prepaid market,
short-term and long-term growth opportunities, and
successful prepaid VoIP deployments, join Fierce VoIP,
BayPackets and Brooktrout for a webinar entitled:
"The New Prepaid Paradigm: VoIP, MVNOs and Stored
Value Cards" on Thursday, March 3 at 1pmEST/10amPST.
Prepaid industry expert, Dr. Judy Reed Smith, CEO
of Atlantic-ACM, will be the host and moderator of
the session.
To register for this event, visit BayPackets at:
www.baypackets.com.
BayPackets Agility Network Services Platform (NSP):
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.
Brooktrout's SnowShore Media Server:
Brooktrout's SnowShore Media Server is an open, carrier
class media processing resource that can support a
broad range of applications, from basic messaging
and multiparty calling to prepaid services and network
announcements. Because it is an open software architecture
and uses small-footprint, industry-standard server
platforms and standards-based IP protocols, the SnowShore
Media Server can leverage the ongoing evolution of
network architectures and processor technology to
deliver a flexible media processing solution for next-generation
IP applications.
About BayPackets
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 Brooktrout Technology
Brooktrout Technology is a leading supplier of media
processing, network interface, call control and signal
processing products that enable the development of
applications, systems and services for both the New
Network™ (packet-based) and the traditional telephone
(TDM) network. The company's strategy is to partner
with its customers and collaborate closely with them
to help accelerate their delivery of new applications
and services, increase their existing business, and
expand into new markets. For more information, visit
http://www.brooktrout.com. Brooktrout Technology is
a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKT).
For more information, please
contact:
Laura Often
Jennifer
Deitsch
Brooktrout PR BayPackets,
Inc.
781-453-4858
408-226-7023
loften@brooktrout.com
jennifer.deitsch@baypackets.com
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