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CELTEL DEPLOYS CANTATA’S IMG 1010 INTEGRATED MEDIA AND SIGNALING GATEWAY AND EMERGENT’S ENTICE APP SERVER

Honduran Mobile Provider Rapidly Builds Out New Long Distance VoIP Network

SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEEDHAM, Mass. – SPRING VON 2006, Booth #425 – March 15, 2006—Cantata Technology™, the world’s leading independent provider of enabling communications technology, established through the combination of Excel Switching Corporation and Brooktrout Technology, announced today that CelTel, a Honduras-based mobile telecommunications services provider, has successfully deployed Cantata’s Integrated Media and Signaling Gateway 1010 (IMG 1010™) and Emergent’s ENTICE Session Controller in its network. CelTel is leveraging the IMG 1010 and ENTICE platforms to dramatically reduce its long distance costs while delivering a highly reliable SIP-based transport network.

Cantata’s IMG 1010 offers service providers unparalleled performance, reliability and flexibility to introduce services across fixed and mobile networks worldwide. With its compact 1U package, integrated SS7 and flexible architecture, the IMG 1010 is a true carrier-grade VoIP gateway and/or VoIP transcoder that enables service providers to reduce costs while improving service quality.

Emergent’s ENTICE Session Controller provides initiation and termination services as well as SIP proxy and redirect services in a SIP environment. Because the ENTICE Session Controller supports equipment and networks from Cantata and other leading vendors, VoIP service providers can significantly reduce both their hardware investments and their need to maintain separate routing information to multiple vendors’ equipment.

“The powerful combination of Cantata and Emergent represents an affordable solution that has reduced both our initial investment and ongoing operational costs,” said Jose Manuel Astigarraga, chief executive officer, CelTel. "Furthermore, by leveraging both companies’ extensive experience, we were able to quickly install and provision the IMG 1010 and the ENTICE Session Controller. Subsequent network performance has exceeded our expectations.”

“Since its introduction less than one year ago, Cantata’s IMG 1010 has achieved significant market traction, and has been successfully deployed at service provider locations around the globe,” said Peter Vescuso, vice president, marketing, Cantata Technology. “The IMG 1010 empowers any-to-any network connectivity, and provides a new level of density, integration and transcoding on a future-proof platform that can evolve as services evolve.”

About CelTel
CelTel is the leading provider of mobility services in Honduras. Based in Tegucigalpa, CelTel has been in service since September 1996, and currently has more than 1,000,000 subscribers and a 70% market share. CelTel leverages both CDMA and GSM technology.

About Emergent
Emergent Network Solutions (ENS) is a leading provider of advanced telecommunications software for the emerging communications networks. ENS offers a broad portfolio of solutions based on its cutting-edge ENTICE (Emergent Networks Telecommunication Infrastructure Control Environment) technology. The ENTICE portfolio includes a softswitch, session controller, VoIP gateway, converged tandem/ international gateway and various enhanced service solutions. All ENTICE solutions are open allowing deployment today with room for opportunistic innovation in the future. Emergent’s products, services, and expertise allow carriers to adapt swiftly to changing industry conditions and maximize their current and future networks. The company is privately owned. For more information, visit www.emergent-netsolutions.com.

About Cantata Technology, Inc.
Cantata Technology, established in 2006 through the combination of Brooktrout Technology and Excel Switching Corporation, provides enabling communications hardware and software that empowers the creation and delivery of anytime, anywhere IP-based communications applications. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata offers the broadest range of products, along with a worldwide network of partners that allows service provider and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to IP. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., Cantata maintains multiple locations worldwide in North America, Asia and Europe. For more information visit http://www.cantata.com/

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Cantata Technology, Inc.

Geoff Spillane
Director of Corporate Communications
508-862-3091
gspillane@cantata.com

Michelle Liro
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
781-433-9524
mliro@cantata.com

 

 

 

 

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