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Cedar Point Named 'Top IPO/M&A Candidate' in Light Reading 'Leading Lights' Competition

Posted on: Thursday, 16 November 2006, 09:01 CST

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedar Point Communications, the worldwide leader in integrated VoIP switching technologies for the cable and telecommunications industries, was honored here last night as the "Top IPO or M&A Candidate" in the third annual "Leading Lights" telecommunications industry awards program conducted by Light Reading.

Cedar Point was chosen from a group of six finalists in judging by the editors of the Light Reading publications and Heavy Reading analysts. The Best IPO or M&A Candidate, Private Company honor is "awarded to the private company that most clearly has the management, products, and financial stability to launch a successful IPO or to be acquired on its own terms within the next 12 months."

"From Cedar Point's earliest days, the company has recognized the market potential for a simple, cost-effective, scalable voice switching platform," said Andy Paff, president and CEO of Cedar Point. "We're grateful to our employees and our customers for their contributions to our success, and to the editors and analysts of the Light Reading family for recognizing our achievements."

Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Multimedia Switching System, the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP switch that incorporates all of the components that make up the voice switching infrastructure, brings value to the network by providing SIP-based features and seamless evolution to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture. SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for network operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy.

SAFARI C(Cubed) is PacketCable(TM)-qualified and future-architected to fit within an IMS core network infrastructure, allowing network operators to leverage their initial equipment investment in voice as they introduce such services as video telephony and fixed-mobile applications. New applications can be integrated into SAFARI C(Cubed), or can be accessed via third-party application servers.

About Cedar Point Communications

Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated voice and multimedia switches provide network operators with cost-efficient, less complex voice-over-IP alternatives to distributed soft-switching telephony options. Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Media Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)- qualified solution that supports legacy circuit and PacketCable(TM) voice services, as well as delivering core IMS capabilities today that support the anticipated migration to an IMS architecture for converged networks. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com/.

PacketCable(TM) is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Cedar Point Communications

CONTACT: Paul Schneider of PSPR, Inc., +1-215-702-9784, +1-215-817-4384(Mobile), pspr@att.net

Web site: http://www.cedarpointcom.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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