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U.K. Service Provider alwaysON Announces New Hosted Communications Services via Sylantro Platform

Posted on: Monday, 23 February 2004, 06:00 CST

Managed Communications Service Provider is First to Offer IP Centrex Services in Britain; Announces Largest U.K. Deployment -- 5,000+ Seats

¶ Sylantro Systems Corporation today announced that European service provider alwaysON has deployed its Virtual Telephony solution, a new service for business users that is based on Sylantro's telco-grade hosted communications applications and servers. In conjunction with the announcement, alwaysON also revealed the United Kingdom's largest rollout of IP Centrex services to date. ¶ In a contract exceeding $7.5 million USD (4 million GBP), alwaysON will provide its Virtual Telephony solution to Avanta Managed Services, a leading U.K. managed offices provider. Avanta is currently rolling out office facilities that will accommodate more than 5,000 users over the next three years. The contract was awarded to alwaysON after extensive evaluation of leading IP-PBX vendors. Avanta estimates savings of at least $2.6 million USD (1.4 million GBP) in PBX maintenance costs annually, in addition to reductions in cap-ex requirements and installation fees. ¶ The Virtual Telephony service offers a hosted alternative to buying and managing a PBX or other phone system for enterprise customers, and further expands upon other alwaysON offerings. The alwaysON Virtual Telephony solution provides advanced features such as one-number service for calls, faxes and voice messages; a Web user interface with click-to-dial, call logs and phone redirection; follow-me, do not disturb and black list capabilities; and Outlook(R) integration. ¶"We've built our business upon best-fit and best-of-breed services, partners and vendors, all integrated and managed via our custom OSS solution," said George Zaremba, alwaysON's founder and CEO. "After extensive evaluation, we chose Sylantro as the basis for our Virtual Telephony service offering. The unique capabilities of Sylantro's applications and platform, coupled with carrier-grade scalability and reliability, enable us to offer a complete, integrated package of IP-based services to our customers."¶ The alwaysON Virtual Telephony service is based on technology from Sylantro Systems, the leading provider of IP Centrex and hosted communications applications and servers. Through the new service offering, alwaysON joins the ranks of SBC, Verizon, Level 3 and TeliaSonera in offering these types of advanced communications services for businesses. The Sylantro platform provides proven telco-grade scalability, reliability, operability and regulatory compliance required for massively scalable carrier deployments to millions of users. ¶"The management team at alwaysON has a long history of innovation in providing voice communications, data services, virtual private networks and business applications for their customers," said Pete Bonee, president and CEO of Sylantro Systems. "Sylantro's carrier-grade IP Centrex applications are a natural extension of these critical business services, and offer business users a cost-effective alternative to buying and maintaining an in-house PBX system."¶ In addition to the productivity-enhancing advanced hosted communications features offered by Virtual Telephony, alwaysON offers business users virtual private networks, data storage and networking services, and business applications. ¶ Sylantro's IP Centrex feature set allows service providers to offer a full range of high-value IP-based communications services to enterprise, business and residential users, providing new revenues beyond simple access and transport. A rich suite of applications and development tools allows service providers to quickly and efficiently roll out new differentiated services. These solutions allow service providers to offer a high-value, high-margin set of hosted services that can fully replace on-site phone systems.

¶ About alwaysON Group

¶ AlwaysON is the UK's leading Managed Communications Service Provider of voice and data services over secure networks for enterprises. alwaysON provides a truly customer-orientated network environment that delivers cost-effective communications solutions. Customers include Avanta, Bristol Street Motors, Ofsted, Retail Decisions, Firstrate, Morgan Sindall Group and Balfour Beatty. On the Web: http://www.alwaysonvpn.com

¶ About Sylantro Systems Corp.

¶ Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced Hosted PBX and IP Centrex services for business, residential, wireless and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as SBC and Verizon, PTTs such as TeliaSonera, and next-generation service providers such as Level 3 and GoBeam 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 end-users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today's in-house PBX and key systems. Sylantro is a privately held company backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com

¶ Note to Editors: 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.

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