Kenya–Based ISP Wananchi Selects VocalTec for Its Evolution to Triple-Play Services
15 2월 2010 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
VocalTec Communications Ltd. (NasdaqCM: VOCL), a global
provider of end-to-end VoIP and Convergence solutions for
communication service providers, today announced that Wananchi, a
Kenya-based Internet Service Provider (ISP), has selected
VocalTec’s VoIP solutions, as part of its plan to launch the
country’s first triple-play service.
VocalTec will be providing its core Voice-over-IP solution
together with a wide range of supporting applications and prepaid
billing solutions. This comprehensive offering will enable Wananchi
Group to provide VoIP services to both enterprise and residential
users in Kenya and Tanzania, under the SimbaNET and Zuku brands.
Using VocalTec's Class-5, Essentra™ BAX Application Server,
Wananchi will be able to offer its subscribers the latest in IP
telephony services, including an extensive set of applications.
These include voicemail, fax, conferencing and others. The
deployment also incorporates VocalTec’s Essentra™ EX, Peering
Manager, and Essentra CX, Media Gateway Controller, which provide
complete Class-4 capabilities including secure interconnection
between disparate VoIP networks, as well as seamless
interconnection to legacy PSTN environments.
"Launching complex VoIP services in Kenya and Tanzania is
essential to our advancement," commented Euan F. D. Fannell, CEO of
Wananchi Group. "VocalTec showcases its strength in emerging
markets by serving as the central component in fulfilling our goal
of becoming the first triple-play provider in the region. We see
VocalTec as a strong and committed partner in our quest, and we
value their extensive experience in building VoIP networks.”
"We are very excited about the partnership with Wananchi Group,"
said Ido Gur, President and CEO of VocalTec. “Our experience and
product capabilities will help Wananchi to develop its triple-play
business rapidly and cost-effectively, by enabling fast time to
market, with maximum interoperability and connectivity to other
carriers' networks. We look forward to leveraging our expertise to
further assist Wananchi in continuing its future expansion plans
into new markets and technologies.”
About Wananchi Group
In the heart of Nairobi, founded in 2007 following an
acquisition of 3 companies including Wananchi online, SymbaNet and
Mitsuminet, Wananchi Group is now the first triple play service
provider for Kenyan and Tanzanian public. Presently serves the
retail and corporate markets through its consumer and corporate
divisions where the consumer division operates under the Zuku brand
and provides cable television, broadband Internet services and
voice over broadband to residential customers in Kenya using a
combination of hybrid-fiber-coaxial and WiMax technologies and the
corporate division, which operates under the SimbaNET brand, is a
leading provider of Internet and virtual private network services
to corporations, local governments and non-governmental
organizations in Kenya and Tanzania using a combination of
metro-fiber, WiMax and VSAT technologies.
About VocalTec
VocalTec Communications (NasdaqCM: VOCL) is a global provider of
carrier-class Voice-over-IP and Convergence solutions for fixed and
wireless service providers. A pioneer in VoIP technology since
1994, VocalTec develops and markets an extensive VoIP offering
enabling the flexible deployment of next-generation networks
(NGNs). Partnering with prominent system integrators and equipment
manufacturers, VocalTec serves an installed base of dozens of
leading carriers worldwide. VocalTec is led by a management
team comprised of respected industry veterans.
http://www.vocaltec.com
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