Veraz Networks, Inc. announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(r))'s INTERNET TELEPHONY(r) magazine(www.itmag.com) has named the Veraz ControlSwitch as a recipient of an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award for 2005. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been the VoIP Authority since 1998(tm).
The Veraz ControlSwitch softswitch and service delivery platform, via its
open and distributed architecture, enables services providers around the world to deploy VoIP-based networks and revenue-generating IP services. Whether migrating to an IP network, evolving towards IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or creating enhanced business models such as Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Veraz customers benefit from a cost-effective way to build a service-rich VoIP network to attract new subscribers over any access network including wireless networks.
"We are honored to have our ControlSwitch distinguished for the services and solutions it provides to our customers around the globe," said Douglas Sabella, president and CEO of Veraz. "INTERNET TELEPHONY bestowed 'Product of the Year' honors on our ControlSwitch in 2004 and I-Gate 4000 Pro media gateway in 2003, we are proud to keep up the tradition with this current award as it recognizes yet again that our VoIP solutions are valued for their excellence."
"The editorial staff of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine is proud to announce the winners of the first-ever INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Awards. These companies are as varied as there are products that fit under the IP telephony umbrella. But the one thing that binds them all together is that they all excel at delivering solutions that solve their customers' needs," indicated Rich Tehrani, Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.
"The VoIP space is hot these days, and it's easy to get caught up in the
hype associated with such a buzzing marketplace. However, the winners of the first-ever INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award are not merely "me-too" players. Veraz Networks has proven to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that the ControlSwitch has excelled in the VoIP/IP Telephony industry, and most importantly, its customers are willing to speak up and offer themselves as references," said Greg Galitzine, Editorial Director of INTERNET TELEPHONY.
The INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award winners for 2005 will be published in the October issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
About Veraz Networks, Inc.
Veraz (www.veraznetworks.com) is the leading global provider of
softswitch-based, toll-quality packet telephony solutions for traditional and next-generation communications networks. Built on a rich heritage of delivering carrier-grade products to over 700 customers in 140 countries, Veraz offers complete solutions to both established and greenfield carriers worldwide through its softswitch, media gateway, and digital compression products. Leveraging open, best-of-breed components and a global support and service infrastructure, Veraz partners with carriers to design and deploy carrier-grade next-generation networks tailored to meet their business objectives. By combining industry-leading, standards-based softswitch and media gateway platforms with robust management systems, Veraz offers unmatched flexibility to carriers - a best-in-class integrated packet telephony solution as well as the freedom to choose best-of-breed individual products to match their unique network needs. Veraz solutions address a wide range of carrier applications such as tandem switching, domestic &
international long distance, IP trunking, IP Centrex, as well as new voice-data services.
Veraz is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners , ECI Telecom (NASDAQ: ECIL), Argonaut Private Equity, Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Levensohn Venture Partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the world.
About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two print magazines:
Customer Interaction Solutions, and Internet Telephony; five digital publications, SIP Magazine, Speech-World, WiFi Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, WiMAX Magazine; and the online publications TMCnet.com, Planet PDA Magazine, WiFi Revolution, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com.
Contacts:
Ed Camarena, Veraz, +1-408-750-9424,
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Sigal Naor, Veraz, +972-3-926-6317,
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Catriona Harris, PR@vantage, +1-407-475-9122,
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TMC Contact: Julie Preuss 203-852-6800, ext. 275;
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