Netcentrex, the leading enabler of next generation converged voice and video solutions, today announced that according to a quarterly report issued by industry research firm, iLocus, Netcentrex delivered 27.2% of VoIP local call volume minutes based on standards-based call agent platforms, in the second quarter of 2005 (2Q05), making the company leader in this market.

iLocus, who reported the finding in "VoIP Minutes, 2Q05 Update", stated in the report that total VoIP local call volume for 2Q05 was 32.6 billion minutes of which an estimated 11.9 billion minutes were generated by voice over broadband (VoBB) services.



"With more than 50 service provider customers and some of the largest commercial VoIP deployments worldwide, it is no surprise that Netcentrex is the market leader for standards-based VoIP plaforms in terms of local call minutes," stated Jahangir Raina, Director, iLocus. "VoIP and bundled IP services are quickly emerging as key competitive tools for service providers in Europe, Asia and North America. Netcentrex has an advantage on the market through their commitment to standards-based solutions with open architectures that enable them to profit fully from the growth of broadband networks."

"We are delighted that iLocus has confirmed Netcentrex as the number one standards-based VoBB platform used by service providers worldwide," commented Olivier Hersent, Chairman and CTO of Netcentrex. "Netcentrex has already been recognized as the worldwide leader for Class 5 Application Servers and we recently passed the 2 Million voice lines in service, so this latest confirmation of our leading market position stands to give further emphasis to the quality of our solutions and our expertise as a supplier to the global telecom industry."