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iBasis
Launches SIP Test Network For Internet Developers;
Pingtel and Speechworks To Trial New Internet Devices
and Technologies
The
iBasis Network Becomes First Real World Global Proving
Ground For World's Most Advanced Internet and Telephony
Applications
ATLANTA, GA, Sept.
11, 2000-iBasis, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBAS), the leader
in advanced Internet-based communications, announced
today at the Voice on the NetÔ (VON) conference, held
here, that it is launching on its global network a
test environment for Internet developers who want
to trial new applications and services powered by
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). SIP is a cutting-edge
Internet protocol that enables web developers to create
advanced telephony and multimedia applications, using
familiar Internet protocols and web tools. As part
of today's announcement, SpeechWorks International
(NASDAQ: SPWX), a leader in telephony-based speech
technology and Pingtel, the developers of Pingtel
xpressa™, the world's first intelligent Java-based
Voice-over-IP phone, have announced that they plan
to trial their latest multimedia devices and technologies
over the global iBasis Network.
Launching the iBasis
SIP test network is an effort to accelerate the introduction
of new, enhanced multimedia Internet applications
that increase demand for IP-based communications.
In a major step forward for the convergence of the
Internet and telephony, SIP developers will, for the
first time, be able to test new applications on The
iBasis NetworkTM and connect their services to wireless
and wireline phone networks around the world. In support
of this test activity, the company has deployed SIP-ready
access nodes on the global iBasis Network. Using these
access nodes, Internet developers can now leverage
the international iBasis Network to test new multimedia
Internet devices, applications and services-routing
voice, video, audio and other content to virtually
any location in the world.
"The iBasis Network
offers developers a uniquely powerful, scalable global
platform for the testing and deployment of new multimedia
solutions that unify voice and the Internet,"
said Ofer Gneezy, president and CEO, iBasis. "By
providing access to an international delivery infrastructure
backed by our carrier-class IP engineering and network
management expertise, we can help developers reach
global markets more quickly with next generation Internet
solutions."
"SIP has quickly
emerged as a key technology in enabling the rapid
delivery of multimedia Internet services," said
Jeff Pulver, CEO of Pulver.com. "With an increasing
number of Internet developers SIP enabling their multimedia
solutions, the opportunity to trial these new applications
in a real world network environment, such as the iBasis
SIP test network, will play an important role in moving
new services more quickly from concept to market."
"With their new
SIP-ready test network, iBasis is again a leader in
bringing the new world of enhanced, voice-based Internet
services to market," said Alistair Woodman, Director
of Marketing, Packet Telephony Division, Cisco Systems.
"Like Cisco, iBasis understands that SIP is one
of the key technologies that will play a central role
in powering the next wave of multimedia Internet solutions."
"We announced
plans to develop a SIP-based, open source technology
called Speech Links that will link speech recognition-based
services together, much the way hyptertext links link
various websites on the Web. Speech Links will allow
consumers to 'speech-surf' through a variety of speech-activated
content simply by using spoken commands and the nearest
phone," said Steve Chambers, vice president,
Worldwide Marketing, SpeechWorks. "We believe
that the opportunity to test SIP ready versions of
these compelling new speech technologies on The iBasis
Network will offer us a solid, real world test lab
and faster track to market."
"iBasis offers
both Pingtel and developers building applications
for Pingtel xpressa, our intelligent Java SIP phone,
the opportunity to test our phones and applications
on a proven, carrier-class global network ideally
suited to the delivery of enhanced IP-based services,"
said Jim Hourihan, vice president of Marketing, Pingtel.
"The insight we expect to gain from our test
deployments with iBasis will play a significant role
in our ability to more quickly bring new services
and applications to market."
"iBasis offers
both Pingtel and developers building applications
for Pingtel xpressa, our intelligent Java SIP phone,
the opportunity to test our phones and applications
on a proven, carrier-class global network ideally
suited to the delivery of enhanced IP-based services,"
said Jim Hourihan, vice president of Marketing, Pingtel.
"The insight we expect to gain from our test
deployments with iBasis will play a significant role
in our ability to more quickly bring new services
and applications to market."
Testing Next Generation
“SIP Ready” Internet Technologies on The iBasis Network
Developers interested in testing new SIP ready devices,
applications or services on the iBasis Network can
learn more about the iBasis SIP test environment and
apply for trial eligibility at www.ibasis.net/technology/sip.htm
. In addition, developers can connect their SIP ready
solutions to the iBasis Network by participating in
the VON Open Test Network sponsored by Pulver.com,
which will be open for the duration of the VON conference
(Sept. 11-14, 2000).
The iBasis Network
The iBasis Network is the world's largest international
Cisco Powered Network (CPN) for Internet telephony.
iBasis is the only provider that guarantees service
quality by offering the industry's first Service Level
Agreement (SLA) for VoIP (Voice-over-Internet-Protocol).
The key to maintaining the high level of quality required
by the world's largest carriers and other service
providers is the company's proven, proprietary Assured
Quality RoutingÔ (AQRÔ) technology. At the company's
24 x 7 Network Operations Center (NOC), the nerve
center of The iBasis Network, located at iBasis' global
headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, engineers
continuously monitor the global circuit-switched (PSTN)
and packet-switched (IP) networks to ensure the highest
quality of service to customers worldwide.
About Pingtel
Pingtel powers a renaissance in voice services and
applications with the world's first intelligent, Java-based,
voice-over-IP phone appliances, softphones and management
software for service providers and enterprises. As
the delivery platform for next-generation hosted PBX
services (IP Centrex) and IP PBX systems, Pingtel
xpressa phones not only make today's voice features
much easier to use, but enable a whole new collection
of services and applications that improve the way
people work and businesses operate. Pingtel is located
near Boston, in Woburn, MA, and can also be found
at www.pingtel.com.
About SpeechWorks
International, Inc.
Organizations worldwide rely on SpeechWorks (NASDAQ:
SPWX) to delight their callers and provide them with
a new level of service over the phone. Complementing
the self-service model of the Web, SpeechWorks speech
recognition solutions, including the revolutionary
SpeechSite™ product, let callers communicate,
obtain information and complete transactions automatically,
simply by speaking naturally over any phone, anytime.
SpeechWorks customers include some of the world's
most sophisticated customer service innovators such
as America Online, Amtrak, BellSouth, Continental
Airlines, E*Trade, FedEx, Fidelity Investments Institutional
Brokerage Group, MapQuest.com, McKessonHBOC, Quack.com
and United Airlines. SpeechWorks strategic partners
include technology leaders such as AT&T, Dialogic,
an Intel Company, InterVoice-Brite and Net2Phone.
The Company offers the SpeechWorks HereTM Guarantee,
the industry's only customer results program with
a money-back guarantee. SpeechWorks is headquartered
in Boston, Massachusetts and has offices around the
world. To experience the power of SpeechWorks, call
1.888.SAY.DEMO. For additional information, call 617.428.4444
or visit http://www.speechworks.com.
About iBasis
Founded in 1996, iBasis (Nasdaq: IBAS) is the leader
in advanced Internet-based communications. iBasis
has built the world's first global IP network that
delivers toll quality voice and fax service and other
advanced hosted communications solutions, including
VoCore, to global tier one carriers and other service
providers. The iBasis Network is the world's largest
international Cisco Powered Network for Internet Telephony
and the first to receive the VoCore-Cisco Powered
Network (UC-CPN) designation. More than 95 international
carriers are iBasis customers, including 11 of the
top 12 U.S. international carriers. iBasis is listed
in both the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes.
The company can be reached at its worldwide headquarters
in Burlington, Mass., USA at 781-505-7500 or on the
Internet at www.ibasis.net
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