RCN and Stealth Communications Partner to Expand Access to
Stealth's Voice Peering Fabric(TM)
Connectivity Extends to Boston and Chicago
NEW YORK, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI) and Stealth
Communications announced today an alliance to expand Stealth's Voice Peering
Fabric (VPF), a distributed switch Ethernet fabric (or meet point) that allows
members to establish peer-to-peer connections for VoIP traffic, into the Boston
and Chicago markets. As partners, RCN will host Stealth's VPF in both markets.
The VPF members include business enterprises, CLECs, cable companies, VoIP
service providers, and educational network operators. The VPF supports all
major VoIP gateways and protocols. The availability of the VPF ENUM
Registry(SM) is also expanded by this partnership. The Registry maps telephone
numbers to Internet addresses using a look-up architecture similar to the
Internet's Domain Name System. This allows VoIP calls to remain IP, and
completely bypass the PSTN.
RCN will provide colocation services to the VPF and to customers that need
connection to the VPF. Additionally, RCN will supply support services, such as
transport, Internet Access, IP transit, and wholesale voice, to customers who
join the VPF.
"Expanding the VPF from New York into Boston and Chicago with RCN's assistance
will increase the reach of the VPF to new enterprises and carriers while
improving the efficiency of existing partners," said Shrihari Pandit, President
& CEO of Stealth Communications. "Just as important, the VPF ENUM Registry will
now grow beyond the five million numbers, which further reinforces the benefits
for others to connect." "RCN's alliance with Stealth provides our business with several benefits. By
hosting the VPF, RCN can provide a single source for services that VPF
customers need, including colocation, transport, Internet access, and wholesale
voice," said Todd Narwid, President of RCN Business. "Another advantage is that
we can provide additional value to our enterprise customers by providing access
to the VPF and its ENUM registry." About Stealth Communications Established in 1995, Stealth Communications is a privately held, New York-
based company, specializing in providing high-performance data services. Stealth owns and operates the Voice Peering Fabric. For more information about
the VPF, visit http://www.thevpf.com/. For more information regarding Stealth,
visit http://www.stealth.net/.
About RCN Corporation RCN Corporation is the nation's first and largest facilities-based competitive
provider of bundled phone, cable and high-speed Internet services delivered
over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in the most densely
populated markets in the U.S. RCN provides service in the Boston, New York,
Eastern Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles
metropolitan markets. For further information, please go to http://www.rcn.com/
Visit http://www.rcn.com/business/index.php for details about RCN Business.
RCN Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events
and future performance of RCN that involve risks and uncertainties that could
materially affect actual results. This information is qualified in its entirety
by cautionary statements and risk factors disclosure contained in certain of
RCN's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. For a description of certain
factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and
forward-looking statements contained in this press release, refer to documents
that RCN files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: RCN Corporation CONTACT: Richard Ramlall, SVP of Strategic and External Affairs of RCN Corporation, +1-609-734-3772, or Shrihari Pandit of Stealth Communications, +1-212-232-2020 Web site: http://www.stealth.net/ http://www.rcn.com/ http://www.thevpf.com/
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