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Cedar Point Communications and LongBoard Demonstrate Interoperability of Joint Solution to Bring Mobility to Cable Voice Over IP Services

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 09:00 CST

LongBoard, Inc., a leading provider of open mobile convergence software for wireline carriers, and Cedar Point Communications, Inc., the leader in integrated, packet-based voice switching technologies for the cable industry, today announced that they have demonstrated interoperability that will enable cable system operators to bring mobility to Voice over IP (VoIP) services over Hybrid-Fiber Coax (HFC) networks.

The joint solution will allow cable operators to provide truly converged voice offerings -- including a unified set of call features -- that capitalize on the attributes of Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Media Switching System and the LongBoard Mobility Application Platform(TM) (LMAP(TM)).

Cedar Point Communications will be demonstrating the joint LongBoard/Cedar Point solution in Booth #6580 of the NCTA National Show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 3-5, 2005.

By integrating Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) with cable telephony solutions, cable operators can offer customers a new wireless service that seamlessly hands off calls across both local WiFi and public cellular networks, using one dual-mode phone and one phone number, as part of a quadruple play ("Home Run") of mobile voice, fixed voice, data, and video. The SAFARI C(Cubed)-LMAP solution will enable cable operators offering mobility services to maintain control of their customers' calls and maximize their business opportunities with high-value applications and services. In addition, the solution capitalizes on SAFARI C(Cubed)'s existing integration with cable system operators' back office systems, accelerating time to market for converged services.

"The capabilities that were advance engineered into SAFARI C(Cubed) will allow operators to simply and cost-effectively provide both WiFi and cellular mobility to their service bundles, using a single switch for both," said Dave Spear, executive vice president, strategy and market development for Cedar Point Communications. "A joint objective of our work with LongBoard is to enable our customers to move quickly from wireline voice delivery to a leadership position in the seamless mobility that is the future of telephony services."

"By working with Cedar Point, we can extend our expertise in FMC and address a large market of cable providers that want to benefit from the increasing use of wireless voice services," said Bill Leslie, founder and CTO of LongBoard. "Cable operators that can add wireless voice to their array of services will strengthen their ability to win new subscribers, and retain existing subscribers in an increasingly competitive communications market."

SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP switch that incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the components that make up the PacketCable(TM) voice switching infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase, maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management Servers, Media Gateways, Record Keeping Servers, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways, Ethernet Switches and CALEA servers.

Designed to accommodate not only current voice switching needs but also the anticipated migration to video telephony and multimedia services, the PacketCable(TM)-qualified SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy.

LMAP is a complete server-to-handset software solution that delivers a seamless set of high-value voice services over all networks. A SIP-based application server, LMAP provides a carrier-class software infrastructure for integrating IP-based communications with cutting-edge next-generation applications, including FMC, based on the SIP standard.

About Cedar Point Communications

Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated voice and multimedia switches provide cable system operators with cost-efficient, less complex voice-over-IP alternatives to distributed soft-switching cable telephony options. Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Media Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)-qualified, Carrier Class Cable (C "Cubed") solution that supports legacy circuit and PacketCable(TM) voice services, as well as video telephony and non-traditional SIP-based devices. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit www.cedarpointcom.com.

About LongBoard, Inc.

Founded in 1999, LongBoard, Inc. is recognized as a leading supplier of proven fixed-mobile convergence applications for wireline carriers. Using open APIs, LongBoard delivers software solutions running on their highly available, scalable, SIP-based software platform. Carriers, telecom equipment manufacturers, and system integrators value the flexibility and payback of applications like One Phone and IP Centrex, where managing and configuring new services can happen with just a few clicks of a mouse.

LongBoard is headquartered at 3121 Jay Street, Santa Clara, Calif., 95054 with offices in Raleigh, NC (RTP) and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, phone 408-571-3300, email: pr@longboard.com or visit the company's Web site at http://www.longboard.com

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

Source: Business Wire

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