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Iceland Telecom Ltd., Iceland's Incumbent Telecom Operator, Has Chosen NetCentrex for the Creation of Enterprise and Residential IP Telephony Services

Posted on: Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 06:00 CDT

PARIS, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NetCentrex (http://www.netcentrex.net/), the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next generation services, and Iceland Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in Iceland, announced today that the company has chosen NetCentrex' Business Services Suite for deployment of IP-based telephony services for the corporate market and is planning trials of NetCentrex' MyCall(R) solution for residential broadband IP telephony services.

Iceland Telecom will use NetCentrex' Business Services Suite to extend its existing portfolio of value-added, broadband data services to include hosted IP telephony services for small, medium and large businesses, including IP Centrex and voice/video virtual private networks (VPN). Trials of the new offer are scheduled to begin in November 2004, with the launch of commercial services planned in the beginning of 2005. Iceland Telecom has also acquired NetCentrex' MyCall(R) solution for trials of residential broadband IP telephony services which would form part of a 2nd stage Triple Play offer. Iceland Telecom will operate both the enterprise and residential services on the same NetCentrex' platform enabling significant reductions in CAPEX and OPEX while gaining flexibility in delivery of the services.

"Iceland's high responsiveness towards innovation and Iceland Telecom's leading role in developing and deploying value-added services led naturally to the adoption of a long-term IP communications strategy," explains Eva Magnusdottir, Press Officer, Iceland Telecom. "We will naturally begin with the deployment of IP Centrex and Voice/Video VPN as a hosted services offer for the enterprise market and evolve to residential IP telephony services as part of a Triple Play offer."

"An important factor in Iceland Telecom's choice of NetCentrex was the possibility to operate both enterprise and residential telephony services on the same core technology platforms, optimising resources, investment and operational costs. The scalability of the technologies, the rapid time to market, advanced service features and ability to use the solutions in a multiprotocol environment were also significant in our decision," continues Ms. Magnusdottir.

About NetCentrex(TM) (http://www.netcentrex.net/)

NetCentrex(TM) develops next-generation networking products and network-based applications for 3 main markets: business communications, customer interactions and broadband residential communications. NetCentrex' solutions include voice portals, network-based multimedia contact centres, voice and video over IP virtual private networks (VPN), IP Centrex services, business trunking, infrastructure and class IV solution and residential broadband communication services.

The solutions enable both service providers and enterprises to build converged networks and to deploy a wide variety of advanced, high value-added communication services which have minimum installation requirements and lower operational costs. All solutions are built on the NetCentrex Softswitch and Media Server platforms that provide core infrastructure and network connectivity.

Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has over 200 customers worldwide, including Comunitel, Contactel, Equant, France Telecom, FastWeb, Inclarity, LatAmNap Lyse Tele, MTU-Intel, Noos, Orbitel, Prosodie, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Deutschland, TransTeleCom and Xpedite. International partners include Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Intel. Leading European and US venture capital firms back the privately held company.

About Iceland Telecom (http://www.siminn.is/english)

Iceland Telecom Ltd. ("Siminn") is the incumbent telecommunications operator in Iceland and provides a full telecommunications services for homes and businesses, including:

- Fixed-line services: standard telephony over the PSTN, ISDN and value-added services.

- Mobile services: GSM, GPRS, and a nationwide NMT service.

- Data services: a state-of-the-art IP network (MPLS), ATM, xDSL, leased lines and ISP services. Digital Broadband services for distributing TV and providing high-speed Internet access through cable modem (fibre/coax network).

Iceland (288 thousand inhabitants) is commonly rated among the most sophisticated countries in the world in terms of information and communication technology. With one of the highest penetration rates for both Internet and mobile, the market's high responsiveness towards innovation and Iceland Telecom's leading role in developing and deploying value-added services, the company presents exciting opportunities to business partners and potential customers.

Web site: http://www.netcentrex.net/

Web site: http://www.vp-pr.com/

Web site: http://www.siminn.is/

NetCentrex

CONTACT: NetCentrex EMEA: Madeleine Jeavons, Tel: +33-1-58-71-33-28,Email: pr@netcentrex.net. NetCentrex US/Latin America, NadineJoullie, Tel: +1-408-521-7411, Email: pr@netcentrex.net. VPCommunications: Sacha Appleton, Email: sacha@vp-pr.com, RebeccaJones, Email: rebecca@vp-pr.com, Tel: +44-208-964-0260.Siminn, Eva Magnusdottir, Press Officer, Iceland Telecom, Tel:(main switchboard) +354-550-6000, Email: evama@simi.is

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