Imtech and GENBAND to Deliver Advanced VOIP and Multimedia Solutions to European Service Providers
August 17, 2006, Plano, TX - GENBAND Inc., a leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure products enabling converged services, announced today that Imtech Telecom will add GENBAND’s broad line of IMS-based VoIP and multimedia solutions into their integrated product offerings sold to European service providers looking for integrated voice, data, video, and wireless communications services.
Headquartered in the Netherlands and with major offices in the UK, Sweden, Belgium and Germany, Imtech Telecom provides a full range of network services including consultancy, design, construction, installation, operations and maintenance to service providers throughout Europe.
“Imtech’s broad background and reputation make them the perfect partner for helping expand our initial deployment successes in Europe,” said Robert Vrij, senior vice president of worldwide sales at GENBAND. “Successful deployments at companies like Cabovisão in Portugal and DELTA NV in the Netherlands have provided GENBAND good experience in the European market, and we believe now is the time to focus on expansion. We are confident that Imtech can help GENBAND build upon these early success and help achieve our European goals.”
In Europe, as in North America, wireline, wireless, cable, and emerging service providers are looking to migrate existing legacy networks or build new, next-gen networks that can integrate a bundle of end-user services that will provide differentiation and enhanced revenue opportunities. Imtech has become a leader in helping European service providers evaluate, design, construct, and install state-of-the-art infrastructure solutions that drive consumer demand and mass-market adoption.
“GENBAND is the North American market share leader, having been selected by some of the largest cable, telco, and emerging service providers, and also dozens of smaller service providers looking to deploy next-gen converged service offerings,” said Niels Everstijn, director of solutions at Imtech. “GENBAND’s broad VoIP and multimedia infrastructure products and solutions will fit the needs of many European service providers looking to offer integrated voice, video, and data services”
GENBAND meets the network migration needs of service providers by maximizing the value of their existing telecommunications infrastructures and providing an open standards, IMS-compliant migration path to next-generation services. GENBAND’s portfolio is comprised of the G6® Universal Media Gateway, C2™ Signaling Controller, and S4™ Applications Server. The G6 Universal Media Gateway is a best-in-class access, reverse, and trunking media gateway and network migration platform, purpose-built for the C.O., Headend, or POP, with the capability to simultaneously support multiple service architectures including Class 5 switches as well as IMS-based SIP application servers and softswitches. The C2 Signaling Controller is an open standards-based, IMS-compatible platform with both media gateway control and signaling gateway capabilities, providing SIP network interconnection to the legacy telephone networks. The S4 Applications Server is an economical SIP-based platform for offering revenue enhancing, Class 5 residential and small business voice and multimedia services. GENBAND’s suite of products help accelerate service providers beyond voice to an efficient network that seamlessly migrates to IMS and valued-added services that attract and retain customers.
About Imtech Telecom
Imtech Telecom is headquartered in The Netherlands, with offices in the UK, Sweden, Belgium and Germany. The company is a subsidiary of Imtech N.V., a European technical services provider in the field of electrical engineering, ICT and mechanical engineering. With approximately 14,500 employees, Imtech realizes annual revenues of 2,4 billion Euro. Imtech holds strong positions in the buildings, industry, marine, infrastructure and telecoms markets in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK and is also active in Eastern Europe. Imtech shares are listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange (Amsterdam), where Imtech is included in the Amsterdam SmallCap Index (AScX) and the Next 150 index. www.imtech.nl
About GENBAND™
GENBAND™ develops, manufactures and markets IMS-based application, signaling and media gateway communication infrastructure products for a diverse set of service providers worldwide. GENBAND’s products and solutions enable rapid deployment of new multimedia services, while at the same time, provide a foundation to transition legacy networks to next generation networks. GENBAND is headquartered in Plano, Texas with research and development facilities in Austin and Plano, Texas. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.
Contacts:
Noah Sessions
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3664 (office)
noah.sessions@genband.com
