Batm Advanced Regulatory News (BVC)

21 Jul 2005 08:00

BATM Advanced Communications Ld21 July 2005 Philippines FiberCity Deploys Telco Systems Metro Ethernet Ring Switch Routers and Access211 VoIP Analog Telephone Adaptor for Company's Triple Play Service FiberCity will offer Triple Play (Voice, Video, and Data) services to business and residential users as well as Hotels via Metro Ethernet Access Rings across metro Manila London 19th July 2005 - Telco Systems, A BATM Company (LSE: BVC) today announced that FiberCity, the fastest growing IP solutionsprovider in the Philippines, has deployed the Telco Systems solution thatincludes Fiber Routing switches and CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) to deliverits SIP-based VoIP phone service and commercial interactive TV services acrossthe Philippines. The Telco Systems devices enabled FiberCity's broadband subscribers to make andreceive reliable phone calls with superior voice quality, faxes and commercialinteractive TV services such as live TV channels and VOD over broadband Internetusing a standard telephone, fax machine or Personal Computer/TV. The Telco Systems solution enabled allows FiberCity to build IP Ethernet-basedmetro access network with the same reliability as TDM network but with many moreservices. FiberCity's facilities are connected to most business, commercial andresidential buildings in the major areas, as well as to hotels, industrial areasand homes in the major subdivisions in the country. Telco Systems devices passed FiberCity's extensive interoperability testingprocess and supports the broad range of FiberCity's Metro Ethernet features,including Carrier-Grade redundancy with Sub-50ms Failure Recovery Time in theRing Environment, Standard IEEE Fast-Recovery Mechanisms, MVR and IGMP for fast"Zapping" (switching) between TV channels, Fairness and traffic prioritizationper user per application on the Ring, Trunking and 802.1ad Link Aggregation,Spatial Re-Use and Dynamic Traffic Allocation, SLA Validation using OAM, QoS,User isolation and more. Telco CPE devices in the network enabled FiberCity's VoIP subscribers to plug astandard telephone, fax machine or personal computer directly to a broadbandInternet service through almost any broadband access devices. The customers didnot have to spend money on new equipment like expensive VoIP telephones. Telco CPE devices enabled many services that include but are not limited tocaller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling, voice mail, voice mail to emailnotification, call forwarding, call hunting, call blocking, number portability,return call (*69), anonymous call rejection, call retrieve, call notify, calltransfer, selective call acceptance, simultaneous ring, virtual phone numbersand more. FiberCity is the first IP solutions provider in the Philippines to offer IPservices via fiber optic cables from its metropolitan backbone up to the verylast mile. Fiber City network is fully protected with gigabit capacities coupledwith the best technologies in the world thus being able to provide unlimitedcontent with the click of a button. The commercial launch was implemented successfully in May 2005 in metro Manilaand will eventually cover all major cities throughout the country. "After extensive analysis and testing of various solutions and vendors, weconcluded that Telco Systems, A BATM Company is a superior technology for MetroEthernet Access Rings and broadband services such as VoIP, Internet access, VODand live TV channels over IP networks. Telco Systems succeeded where others havefailed" Said Dorothy Tanedo Jao, CEO FiberCity, "We are happy to have launchedthe first ever Triple-Play services over Fiber in the Philippines, initially inmetro Manila and thereafter, throughout the country." Said Dorothy Tanedo Jao,CEO FiberCity "We are pleased to have been chosen by FiberCity to launch Voice, Video and Dataservices and consider them to be a very important account in Asia," said Dr. ZviMarom, CEO Telco Systems. " About FiberCity FiberCity is a company that provides metropolitan-wide fiber optic facilitiesfor business, residential and commercial buildings, hotels, industrial companiesand residential subdivisions to allow delivery of high quality broadbandservices to end-users. We provide fiber optic cables into the buildings and upto the offices of tenants to generate the fast and reliable means of deliveringICT services - latest technologies including Broadband, up to 100Mbps lease lineconnectivity, data communications, and a host of other applications. FiberCity'sfiber optic network is a fully protected (underground) and fully redundantfacility that has gigabit capabilities. About Telco Systems Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems, a BATM company and a leader innetwork edge technology and IP switching platforms, provides industry-leadingnetworking solutions to the carrier, service provider and enterprise markets.Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power of their customers' networks byintegrating transport, access and packet technologies onto industry-leadingplatforms that meet today and tomorrow's network demands. Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications. BATM(LSE: BVC) is a worldwide leader in designing and supplying carrier-class IPpacket-based systems, such as high-capacity, self-routing switches withextensive QoS (Quality of Service). For more information, please visit TelcoSystems' web site at http://www.telco.com. # # # Press contacts: Amira Bardichev Dorothy Tanedo JaoGlobal Equity IR FiberCity+44 7956 206270 +632 687 2849Amira@global-equityIR dor@fibercity.com.ph Nitsan MorTelco Systems+972.9.866.2528Nitsanm@batm.co.il This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange