Net2Phone Teams With Level 3 to Expand Cable VoIP Offerings
May 03 2004 - 8:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Net2Phone Teams With Level 3 to Expand Cable VoIP Offerings Leading
VoIP Companies Join Forces to Offer Expansive End-to-End Telephony
Solutions for Cable Operators NEW ORLEANS, May 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Net2Phone and Level 3 Communications,
Inc. today announced that they will join forces to offer end-to-end
telephony solutions to cable operators. Net2Phone will use Level
3's new (3)VoIP Enhanced(SM) Local residential phone service as an
enhancement to its current cable telephony solutions. The companies
made the announcement today at The 2004 National Show hosted by the
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
Net2Phone -- which currently empowers cable operators with both
PacketCable and SIP compliant fully integrated broadband phone
service -- plans to use Level 3's new VoIP offering to enhance and
expand its end-to-end telephony solutions. By outsourcing telephony
deployments to Net2Phone, cable operators can minimize their
upfront cost to deploy telephony services while benefiting from
accelerated time to market and drawing on Net2Phone's nine years of
retail VoIP expertise, servicing more than 500,000 users worldwide.
"Level 3's residential VoIP service will provide us with
enhancements to our current telephony network, enabling us to
accelerate and expand the availability of our innovative telephony
solutions to cable operators," said Stephen Greenberg, CEO for
Net2Phone. "Complementing our existing VoIP offerings with Level
3's industry-leading local coverage and expertise will only improve
our value proposition, as we market diversified cable telephony
solutions." "Our relationship with Net2Phone will enable cable
operators to receive a robust suite of features, functionality,
network availability and enhanced services from two of the most
well-respected VoIP players in the market today," said Sureel
Choksi, president of Softswitch Services for Level 3. "We're
pleased that Net2Phone has elected to use our new (3)VoIP Enhanced
Local service to augment the deployment of the VoIP services
provided by Net2Phone to business and residential customers in the
U.S." As a hosted service provider, Net2Phone enables cable
operators with a choice of either PacketCable-compliant or
SIP-based full-featured broadband phone service that they can sell
as an enhancement and/or bundle to their existing product set.
Net2Phone's PacketCable and SIP platform performs call management,
provides Class 5 features, billing, provisioning, and seamlessly
integrates into its partners' front and back office systems,
thereby facilitating a unified bill for bundled services. Level 3
rounds out Net2Phone's solution with its (3)VoIP Enhanced Local
service, which includes local phone numbers, interconnection with
the public-switched telephone network for local and long distance
services, local number portability and E911 emergency services.
(3)VoIP Enhanced Local Service Now available in more than 50 U.S.
markets, (3)VoIP Enhanced Local service allows companies to develop
voice services using Level 3 provided building blocks while
retaining the flexibility to manage and control the features
offered to residential customers. Key Features of (3)VoIP Enhanced
Local Service include: * Local calling including access to the PSTN
* Local phone numbers * Operator assistance * Directory listings
and assistance * E911 emergency services * Local number portability
In addition to residential VoIP services, Level 3 offers a full
range of wholesale and business voice services. For more
information about Level 3's portfolio of VoIP services, please stop
by NCTA booth #4065, or visit http://www.level3.com/. This
relationship will serve as a complement to Net2Phone's agreement
with IDT Solutions, formerly known as Winstar, which is currently
providing local and long distance telecom services in major
metropolitan markets. To learn more about Net2Phone's suite of
services, please stop by NCTA booth #1859, or visit
http://www.net2phone.com/. About Net2Phone Net2Phone provides
PacketCable, SIP and wireless VoIP solutions around in the world.
As a leader in enabling telecom service providers and cable
operators with turn-key hosted VoIP telephony services, Net2Phone
has routed billions of retail VoIP minutes globally, servicing more
than 100,000 users in the US as well as hundreds of thousands of
more overseas. Net2Phone's hosted SIP platform provides partners
with residential broadband telephony, calling cards, prefix dialing
and enterprise services in over 100 countries. Net2Phone's
PacketCable platform provides cable operators with the ability to
deliver a primary line replacement service with guaranteed QoS and
features such as E911. Traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol NTOP,
Net2Phone's strategic partners and investors include Liberty Media
Corporation and IDT Corporation. For more information about
Net2Phone's products and services, please visit
http://www.net2phone.com/. About Level 3 Communications Level 3
(NASDAQ:LVLT) is an international communications and information
services company. The company operates one of the largest Internet
backbones in the world, is one of the largest providers of
wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the
primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband
subscribers, through its cable and DSL partners. The company offers
a wide range of communications services over its 22,500 mile
broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP)
services, broadband transport and infrastructure services,
colocation services, and patented Softswitch managed modem and
voice services. Its Web address is http://www.level3.com/. The
company offers information services through its subsidiaries,
Software Spectrum and (i)Structure. For additional information,
visit their respective Web sites at
http://www.softwarespectrum.com/ and http://www.i-structure.com/.
The Level 3 logo is a registered service mark and (3)VoIP Enhanced
is a service mark of Level 3 Communications, Inc. in the United
States and/or other countries. (3)VoIP Enhanced Local service is
offered by Level 3 Communications, LLC. Forward Looking Statement
Some of the statements made by Level 3 in this press release are
forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially
from those projected in forward-looking statements. Level 3
believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited
to: changes in the overall economy relating to, among other things,
the September 11 attacks and subsequent events, substantial capital
requirements; development of effective internal processes and
systems; the ability to attract and retain high quality employees;
technology; the number and size of competitors in its markets; law
and regulatory policy; and the mix of products and services offered
in the company's target markets. Additional information concerning
these and other important factors can be found within Level 3's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in
this release should be evaluated in light of these important
factors. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990721/LVLTLOGO
DATASOURCE: Level 3 Communications, Inc.; Net2Phone CONTACT: media,
Josh Howell, +1-720-888-2517, or Paul Lonnegren, +1-720-888-6099,
or investors, Robin Grey, +1-720-888-2518, or Sandra Curlander,
+1-720-888-2501, all of Level 3; or Sarah Hofstetter of Net2Phone,
+1-973-438-3838 Web site: http://www.softwarespectrum.com/ Web
site: http://www.i-structure.com/ Web site:
http://www.net2phone.com/ Web site: http://www.level3.com/ Company
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