Most businesses recognise that IP Telephony offers low cost calls, but few are aware of the real benefits this technology has to offer. Two European data convergence leaders, QuesCom and NetCentrex, have joined forces to bring businesses simple control over their existing telephony systems, enabling them to integrate rich functionality such as unified messaging and user controlled call routing preferences.
The partnership brings additional functionality to corporate businesses, and to telephony providers. The mix of solutions offered by the two companies brings productivity gains to corporate users, and offers telephony service providers permanent interoperability tests, the ability to rapidly develop and deploy custom-made services, quality monitoring and a automated system failure recovery.
Philippe Oros, CEO of QuesCom, said; “Businesses are demanding greater flexibility from their telephony systems as a way of improving productivity and business efficiency. And over recent years, carriers' and service providers' revenues have been lost by increased competition. The enormous flexibility, functionality and lower operating costs associated with IP telephony represent increased profit margins for providers, helping them restore these lost revenues, and bring business what it is demanding.”
NetCentrex's purpose-built CCS Softswitch sits within the core of a telephone network. Designed to meet the current and future needs of leading Service Providers, it delivers a robust, modular architecture that is scalable and fault-tolerant. QuesCom's solutions leverage existing telecommunications infrastructure. In a softswitch architecture, QuesCom's NextBX® functions as an access call server implementing a full managed IP telephony solution with call routing and billing.
Olivier Hersent, CEO and CTO of NetCentrex explains, “QuesCom's know-how in IP Telephony based value added equipment for the corporate market greatly complements the features of our CCS softswitch. Together we have created an architecture where NetCentrex's intelligence within the core network and QuesCom's at the edge collaborate to provide a best-of breed solution for service providers targeting the corporate market”.
About QuesCom
Provider of innovative Voice and Data convergence solutions, QuesCom is a European company, whose headquarters are based in France. QuesCom's products are particularly aimed at new operators who build infrastructure services around IP networks, and equally companies wanting to take full advantage of the benefits of Internet related services, within their telecommunications systems.
QuesCom developed the SmartIAD, an intelligent and Integrated Access Device. This is complemented by the NextBX Software and Applications, including the NextBX® Access Call Server. By utilising an Open Architecture with Balanced Intelligence and True Convergence and by integrating existing systems, new VoIP devices and convergence for Voice and Data, QuesCom offers a complete solution to implement VoIP networks, one of the fastest growing segments in the telecommunications market.
QuesCom can be reached at +33 4 97 23 48 48
About NetCentrex
NetCentrex™ delivers next-generation networking products and network-based applications for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and standard PSTN networks. The products enable service providers to build converged networks and to offer network-based multi-media services for the eCRM, consumer and enterprise markets. Products include a multi-protocol softswitch and media server platform, an application development and execution platform, and applications for multi-media contact centers, VoIP VPNs, IP Centrex services, and residential telephony. With NetCentrex, Service Providers can build next-generation networks and drive network demand through innovative new services.
Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has over 100 customers across North America and Europe, including France Telecom, GlobalOne, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, and Tiscali. Worldwide partners include Cisco, Compaq, Nortel Networks, Pagoo, and Siemens. The privately held company is backed by leading US and European venture capital firms. For more information, please visit www.netcentrex.net.
