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Verso's Softswitches and China Netcom Connect Rural ChinaTMCnet Contributing Editor Thanks to a new partnership announced on Tuesday between Verso Technologies Inc. and China Netcom, residences in rural China will be able to receive telephone services. China Netcom chose Verso's Clarent Class 5 softswitch to support a major VoIP deployment and provide basic telephony services to remote regions in the Asian country.
According to the companies' news release, the project is "part of a major Chinese government initiative with China Netcom to improve the quality of life for rural Chinese by extending basic telephone service to outer territories." Verso provided its Clarent Class 5 system, which delivers connectivity between end-users and telephony switches. The offering enables carriers to offer wholesale and managed enterprise services, VoIP business applications as well as new and advanced residential communication services.
"China has long been an important market for Verso, since telecom is one of the fastest growing sectors of China's economy," said Monty Bannerman, chief executive officer, Verso Technologies. "With a broad range of applications, Verso is poised for new opportunities in the Chinese market, ranging from basic telephony services through our class 5 softswitch solution to next generation communications solutions."
Verso began 2006 with a big bang with the launch of its IP Centrex, a network hosted VoIP system that enables and supports IP Centrex features and functionality over a packet-based network for the service provider market.
The company's new offering extends the features and functions of Verso's Class 5 Call Manager. Verso's IP Centrex offering integrates the Clarent Class 5 softswitch core capabilities and supports the features needed by providers to sell IP Centrex and VoBB services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) via wholesale or direct distribution models.
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Johanne Torres is contributing editor for TMCnet and Internet Telephony magazine. To see more articles by Johanne Torres, please visit Johanne Torres' columnist page.
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