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WORLD WIDE PACKETS INTEGRATES VPACKET PRODUCTS INTO ETHERNET ACCESS SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS
Vpacket's 5100 and 6100 Series selected for World Wide Packets LightningEdge™ Ethernet products for business buildings and multi-dwelling units
Spokane, WA and MILPITAS, CA—April 22, 2002 – World Wide Packets, the pioneering provider of Ethernet access solutions, has chosen Vpacket Communications, Inc. as a Preferred Solutions Partner. World Wide Packets will utilize the company's 5100 and 6100 Series products to provide enhanced IP voice/data convergence in its LightningEdge Solution for business. Vpacket Communications' products extend World Wide Packets LightningEdge Solution into business buildings and multi-dwelling units by allowing additional phone line capacity.
"Vpacket Communications' products include unique features as a result of being designed to meet carrier-grade specifications," said Paul Holdaway, product manager for World Wide Packets. "That makes them an excellent choice to complement the LightningEdge Solution."
World Wide Packets LightningEdge Solution gives service providers the flexibility to bundle multiple services over the same infrastructure, improving subscriber satisfaction and boosting profitability. Vpacket's products enhance the LightningEdge solution for office buildings and multi-dwelling units by providing additional phone line capacity while allowing potential customers to maintain legacy PBX or key systems.
"In being selected as a Preferred Solutions Partner for World Wide Packets, Vpacket continues to demonstrate its commitment to provide immediate cost-savings solutions to service providers and IT managers," noted Abraham Wei, president and CEO of Vpacket Communications. "Our technology enhances World Wide Packets' ability to deliver a converged voice/data solution that smoothly integrates into the broad array of legacy equipment found in today's office structures. This is a distinct competitive advantage, as potential customers are looking to migrate toward a single system that is easily deployed and managed, and that can quickly deliver additional revenue."
About World Wide Packets
World Wide Packets pioneered the adoption of Ethernet-based access networks. The company has become synonymous with solutions for "Fiber to the Subscriber®," "Ethernet to the Subscriber™" and "Ethernet in the First Mile." World Wide Packet's LightningEdge™ offering enables a single access platform for both business and residential subscribers, providing the most cost competitive broadband access solution for delivery of voice, video, and data services. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation, established by Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines, Grand Junction Networks and Tidewater Associates. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit our Web site at www.worldwidepackets.com. World Wide Packets, Access Brilliance, LightningEdge, Ethernet to the Subscriber, ETTS, Fiber to the Subscriber, FTTS, and the World Wide Packets logo are trademarks of World Wide Packets Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Vpacket Communications
Located in Silicon Valley, Vpacket Communications is a privately held converged voice/data broadband company focused on providing managed voice over packet solutions for CLECs, ILECs, Integrated Communication Providers (ICPs), IP oriented carriers and other network service providers. Vpacket products will enable people to communicate seamlessly across IP networks with high-quality, feature-rich converged voice/data applications. Vpacket is well positioned to be a leader in this emerging market, with an experienced team from industry-leading networking companies and approximately $60 million in funding from top venture capital firms. In August 2001, Vpacket was awarded an Innovation Award for its 6100 Series voice/data router by Communications Solutions Magazine. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.vpacket.com.
Contact
World Wide Packets Contact:
Eileen DeArmon
World Wide Packets
(509) 242.9270
eileen.dearmon@wwp.com
Vpacket Communications:
Jeff Gustafson
(408) 571.7969
jgustafson@vpacket.com
Sterling Communications:
Justin Hall
(253) 853.5030
jhall@sterlingpr.com
