GPON market leader Optical Solutions Inc. announced that its FiberPath 500 GPON platform has been enhanced with carrier-class quality VoIP service based on the SIP protocol. The integrated VoIP service, which is provisioned without a truck roll, can be deployed as part of an all-IP triple-play offering or offered in tandem with existing TDM voice.

"Our GPON system sets a new QoS standard for VoIP, while also providing a streamlined solution for carriers and their customers," said Optical Solutions President and CEO Mike Dagenais. "Moreover, like our IPTV solution, FiberPath GPON VoIP provides flexibility for carriers no matter where they are in transitioning from a legacy to an all-IP network."

AT&T has been selected by EJ Prescott Inc., a leading distributor of water, sewer, and drain materials to provide an Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) connecting 14 sites located throughout the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

AT&T will convert existing Frame Relay sites across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and Indiana to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, enabling seamless integration of legacy technologies onto a standardized platform. This will also pave the way for the future introduction of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service allowing enhanced communication between divisions, sales and service representatives and customers.

Verso Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of packet-based solutions, announced a strategic partnership with M13, a solution integrator specialized in state-of-the-art technology and a leader in innovation and integration of IP networks. Under the new alliance, Verso and M13 will offer carriers, service providers and end-users throughout Brazil the ability to leverage the latest innovations in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Under the agreement, M13 will provide consulting expertise to customers throughout the region on the cost and technological benefits of deploying a VoIP solution. M13 will offer Verso's entire portfolio which deliver VoIP, access compression, filtering and prepaid technologies.

During 2004, M13 expanded its operations in Latin America and created M13 International, which has subsidiaries in Colombia and Argentina. The company operates in segments where technical expertise is the key differential, working with high technological complexity, data communication infrastructure, voice, image, security and converging networks projects. M13 is also specialized in infrastructure solutions for data centers, local area networks (LAN), metro area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

Cordia International Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cordia Corporation, announced that it has established a Point of Presence in Hong Kong as part of the company's plan to deploy a global VoIP network. Cordia's HK POP will be used to target the Asia Pacific region and will be a core component of the company's international business expansion plans.

CIC's wholly owned Hong Kong subsidiary recently obtained a Public Non-Exclusive Telecommunications Service license from the Office of the Telecommunication Authority, which allows Cordia to deliver external telecommunications services in Hong Kong. Cordia expects to commence marketing services from its Hong Kong POP in November 2005.

XO Communications, Inc. announced that it is providing wholesale voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) termination services to SunRocket, one of the nation's leading Internet phone service providers.

SunRocket is utilizing XO VoIP Termination to support its rapidly growing all-inclusive Internet home phone service. XO VoIP Termination enables SunRocket to hand off voice traffic to XO, allowing SunRocket's customers' IP- based calls to be routed across the XO IP network at the highest priority and terminated to the public switched telephone network at destinations across the United States.

Netcentrex, the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, and FASTWEB, the main alternative fixed broadband telecom operator in Italy, announced today that average daily traffic has reached 10 million VoIP calls per day, using Netcentrex solutions.

One Connect IP, a leading regional Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire NSI Communications LLC, a provider of VOIP services in the Idaho and Utah markets. One Connect IP, a privately held company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, currently serves business and residential customers throughout the Mountain West Region.

"One Connect's acquisition of NSI accelerates our VoIP rollout in the Mountain West region," said Robert Pratt, One Connect IP chief executive officer. "By combining NSI's network and solid customer base with One Connect's market-leading VoIP services, we expect to greatly accelerate the availability of VoIP and communications services bundles to these underserved markets."

VoIP, Inc., a global provider of advanced communications services utilizing Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) as its core technology, announced the release of the industry's first private network 911 service for broadband and packet communications. The private network 911 service is provided by VoIP, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary VoiceOne Communications LLC.

"The industry has been focused on creating quick solutions to meet FCC deadlines related to recent regulatory actions that require VoIP service providers to offer 911 services to customers. Some of these solutions continue to use unsecured, and best-effort transport of the Internet for critical emergency calls," said VoIP, Inc. CEO Steven Ivester.

Global Crossing announced the launch of a hosted Voice over IP (VoIP) service. Global Crossing Hosted IP Voice combines the functionality of a traditional private branch exchange (PBX) with additional value-added services, delivered over Global Crossing's MPLS-based global IP network. The service has been developed in collaboration with TeleWare Plc, the UK's leading provider of intelligent business communication solutions to enterprises and service providers.

Centillium Communications, Inc., a leading provider of broadband access solutions, announced that NETGEAR has selected Centillium's newest Atlanta system-on-chip (SoC) solutions to optimize cost and speed production of its latest Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform for the consumer and small business markets. Centillium's newly expanded Atlanta series -- which includes four unique devices and easy-to-use, intuitive application software is one of the most complete, turnkey SoC solutions that allows equipment manufacturers to significantly reduce development time and preserve software investments across multiple platforms.

Lucent Technologies announced that Hanaro Telecom, Korea's second largest wireline and broadband service provider, will deploy Lucent's Voice over the Internet Protocol ( VoIP ) solution to offer advanced services to enterprise customers. Hanaro Telecom will be the first Korean carrier to offer carrier-based VoIP Services to businesses.

The Lucent solution, part of Lucent Technologies Accelerate Next Generation Communications Solutions portfolio, can enable Hanaro to provide traditional business voice services, such as call forwarding and conference calling, as well as innovative IP-based features that can include interactive voice response, one-number calling and Web-based integrated business features that allow customers to manage their voice services via their computers.

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced today that according to a quarterly report issued by industry research firm, iLocus, networks based on Sonus technology carried an estimated 38.2 billion minutes of VoIP traffic in the second quarter of 2005 (2Q05) alone, more than twice the amount of total VoIP traffic carried by any other equipment provider in the industry. Sonus also held the number one market share position in both national and international long distance traffic with 39.5% and 21.9% of the market respectively.

Fonix Telecom, a subsidiary of Fonix Corp., an integrated telecommunications provider, and Lucent Technologies today announced the completion of Fonix's next generation IP network. Fonix Telecom began delivering new VoIP services, known as Fonix Fone(tm), to customers across the new infrastructure earlier this month.

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