NexTone Intelligent IP Interconnects Enable Cable & Wireless Europe, USA and Asia to Provide VoIP Services to Other Carriers

Business Wire, June 7, 2006

CHICAGO -- NexTone Communications(R), the leader in intelligent and scalable session management solutions for IP and IMS network interconnects, today announced that Cable & Wireless has deployed the NexTone Multiprotocol Session Exchange (MSX) within its Global VoIP Interconnect solution.

Cable & Wireless Europe, USA and Asia provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecom services. It is using NexTone's MSX to provide intelligent IP interconnects that enable it to exchange, secure, monitor, and control for VoIP sessions for the Cable & Wireless international carrier customer base.

The NexTone MSX is providing Cable & Wireless with the ability to interconnect intelligently with carriers worldwide to provide high-quality wholesale VoIP services that are seamless and secure. NexTone's MSX supports IP interconnections, which allow Cable & Wireless to leverage cost-effective direct VoIP interconnects with the growing community of carriers that have migrated to VoIP.

"As the demand for quality VoIP services increases, NexTone's MSX is enabling Cable & Wireless to address new market opportunities quickly and provide a foundation for future IP telephony service offerings to international carrier customers," said Dan Dearing, vice president of marketing at NexTone. "NexTone's session management technology goes beyond basic IP interconnects to enable Cable & Wireless to intelligently manage all aspects of the real-time IP sessions running on the company's networks. This gives Cable & Wireless the option to add new revenue-generating services, routes and partners to its network for greater service reach for customers, and help maintain its competitive edge."

NexTone's IntelliConnect System

NexTone's IntelliConnect System provides IP networks with a comprehensive facility to manage all aspects of network interconnects for real-time services, including subscriber policies, service connectivity, and traffic management. The IntelliConnect System includes a range of edge devices: the NexTone SBC, a standalone Session Border Controller for securing bilateral interconnects; the NexTone MSX, a Multiprotocol Session Exchange platform for interconnecting SIP and H.323 networks; and the NexTone IMX, an IP Multimedia Exchange platform for interconnecting IP and IMS networks. All NexTone edge devices are centrally controlled by the NexTone Real-Time Session Manager (RSM) in the network core. NexTone's service provider customers that use the IntelliConnect System carry over 50 percent of the world's long distance VoIP traffic.

About Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communications companies. It operates through two standalone business units -- International and Europe, USA and Asia.

The International business unit operates integrated telecommunications companies in 33 countries offering mobile, broadband, domestic and international fixed line services to residential and business customers, with principal operations in the Caribbean, Panama, Macau, Monaco and the Channel Islands.

The Europe, USA and Asia business unit provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecoms services across the UK, US, continental Europe and Asia, and consumer and small business broadband services in the UK through Bulldog.

For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to http://www.cw.com.

About NexTone Communications

NexTone Communications(R) provides an intelligent session management system that gives service providers and other network operators seamless, secure, and scalable session connectivity between diverse IP and IMS networks. NexTone's IntelliConnect(TM) system provides intelligent IP interconnects that enable a common way for operators to exchange, secure, monitor, control, and bill for voice and multimedia sessions flowing through IP networks for instant connectivity and quality compatibility to rapidly add new revenue-generating services, including real-time data, video and interactive gaming, and fixed-mobile convergence. More than 450 service providers and enterprises worldwide use NexTone's IntelliConnect system to accelerate revenue by continually managing technical complexities, optimizing business economics, and eliminating partnership hurdles. The company is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, with domestic and international sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.nextone.com.