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Mpower Broadband Chooses Sylantro Solution to Deliver Wholesale Business and Consumer VoIP Services; Canadian Company to Deploy Sylantro Solution for Wholesale Offering to Serve Customer Base of Tier-1s, CLECs, ISPs and Others

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 09:00 CDT

Sylantro Systems Corp. today announced that mpower broadband has chosen the Sylantro applications feature server as the core of its new wholesale Voice over IP (VoIP) services offering, which will allow service providers throughout Canada and the United States to quickly and efficiently deploy hosted services such as IP Centrex and consumer broadband voice. The Sylantro platform has been deployed by mpower to deliver an end-to-end, differentiated solution for incumbent and next-generation carriers.

mpower broadband is a private corporation associated with The Wesbell Group of Companies, Inc., a Canadian firm with a long history of providing end-to-end engineering, furnish and install (EF&I) services for Central Offices and other telecommunications deployments, among many other services. The new mpower broadband wholesale VoIP offering will allow service providers to bundle and package differentiated and branded services in a low-risk, turnkey model. mpower broadband has secured agreements that will enable resellers of the service to launch their Sylantro-based services in Q4 2005.

"We designed our wholesale offering to allow our service-provider customers to get to market quickly, with a low risk, 'pay-as-you-play' model with fully customizable portals, billing and other service elements" said Angelo Libertucci, executive vice president of mpower broadband. "The Sylantro platform provides a highly flexible solution that meets the stringent requirements of world-class carriers, while allowing full customization and differentiation of service offerings to compete effectively in the VoIP marketplace."

mpower will offer its service-provider customers a comprehensive set of hosted VoIP services and applications for business and consumer customers, including portal customization, network connectivity and management, customer provisioning, automated billing, and more. The Sylantro applications feature server provides unique, differentiating capabilities such as bilingual portals, integrated unified messaging and billing, and an open standards-based model that allows integration of third-party applications.

"Through the exclusive wholesale capabilities of our applications feature server, mpower broadband's customers can get to market quickly with the assurance of a scalable, reliable and IMS-compliant platform as the foundation," said David Illing, senior vice president of marketing and operations for Sylantro Systems. "The market for VoIP services is growing exponentially, and through Sylantro and mpower broadband, service providers now have an attractive new option to deliver high-value, high-margin hosted communications services."

About mpower broadband

Associated with the Wesbell Group of Companies Inc, mpower broadband is a privately owned corporation with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. With an extensive history of telecom services at the core, mpower broadband has launched its hosted VoIP offering to meet the demands of its current customer base including, but not limited to, traditional carriers, cable companies, ISPs, and network integrators. This latest initiative complements mpower's current successful suite of carrier and enterprise services that include network engineering, product provisioning, installations, materials management, logistics, and investment recovery. For more information please visit us at: www.mpowerbroadband.com

About Sylantro Systems Corp.

Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced IP Centrex and hosted communications services for business, residential, wireless and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as SBC, PTTs such as Swisscom, and next-generation service providers such as NuVox and Covad using the Sylantro platform. With a unique combination of advanced applications, a carrier-class platform, and proven go-to-market services, Sylantro allows service providers to rapidly deliver high-value, high-margin managed telephony services. These award-winning solutions offer business users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today's in-house PBX and key systems, and give consumers new flexibility in their communications services. Sylantro is a privately held company backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com.

Sylantro is a registered trademark of Sylantro Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. All other products and brands mentioned are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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