Award-Winning 8000 Series Selected for New DSL-Based IP Centrex Services
After Extensive Evaluation and Interoperabiltiy Testing
CENTENNIAL, CO — FEBRUARY 1, 2006 — (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --Verilink®
Corporation (Nasdaq: VRLK), a leading provider of
broadband access solutions, today announced that Verizon Dominicana, the leading
local, long-distance and wireless telephone service provider in the Dominican
Republic, has selected
Verilink's 8000 Series Integrated Access Device (IAD) for
the deployment of its new managed IP Centrex Service.
"IP Centrex is a new DSL-based competitive VoIP service
intended to provide our small business and enterprise customers with greater
benefits than traditional Centrex services," said Odislene Adames, Data Product
Engineering Manager at Verizon Dominicana. "Aside of being more cost-effective
compared to traditional Centrex services, this IP-based offering is easier to
manage and allows us to implement an expanded service feature set. We selected
the 8000 Series for the deployment of this service following rigorous lab
evaluations and network interoperability testing. The configuration flexibility
provided by the 8000, along with its remote management capability, makes it
ideal from an operational standpoint."
"The
8000 Series is the perfect service delivery platform
for DSL-based IP services such as those being rolled out by Verizon Dominicana,"
said Sab Gosal, Vice President of Marketing at Verilink Corporation. "Providing
up to 85% Operational cost savings, compared to delivering services on
equivalent legacy networks, the
Verilink 8000 Series is intended to help service
providers gain further penetration of new competitive broadband services among
small and medium-sized businesses."
The 8000 Series is a highly flexible platform based on a
plug-and-play architecture, integrating directly into existing phones, PBX and
Key systems, to deliver toll-quality voice services over IP networks. Operating
as multi-protocol intelligent customer-located equipment, the 8000 Series
supports Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) and Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
gateway functionality, allowing carriers to migrate their existing services to
IP without having to disrupt existing investments.
About Verilink Corporation
Verilink Corporation (NASDAQ: VRLK) is a leading provider
of next-generation broadband access solutions for today's and tomorrow's
networks. The company develops, manufactures and markets a broad suite of
products that enable carriers (ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, and IOCs) and enterprises to
build converged access networks to cost-effectively deliver next-generation
communications services to their end customers. The company's products include a
complete line of VoIP, VoATM, VoDSL and TDM-based integrated access devices (IADs),
optical access products, wireless access routers, and bandwidth aggregation
solutions including CSU/DSUs, multiplexers and DACS. The company also provides
turnkey professional services to help carriers plan, manage and accelerate the
deployment of new services. Verilink is headquartered in Centennial, CO (metro
Denver area) with operations in Madison, AL and Newark, CA and sales offices in
the U.S., Europe and Asia. To learn more about Verilink, visit the company's
website at http://www.verilink.com.
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