2011-Oct-25 Senso Telecom reinforces its telecom operations with the Centile Istra SP platform

Istra SP enables Senso Telecom to deliver IP Centrex, PBX Trunking and Unified Communications services to enterprises and local government.

Sophia Antipolis, France, 25 October 2011 - Centile, the leading European developer of unified communications solutions for fixed and mobile network operators today announced that next generation telecom operator Senso Telecom has successfully deployed the Centile Istra SP Platform to deliver hosted PBX trunking, unified communications and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services to SOHO, SME and local government customers.

With a growing customer base and evolving end-user demands, Senso Telecom had been seeking a scalable, industrial-strength platform capable of delivering a wider range of innovative features, ergonomic user interfaces and efficient multi-level management.

Powered by IBM Bladecenter servers, the Centile Istra SP carrier-grade platform combined with the Inalp Patton gateway and SIP phones from Siemens and Aastra allows Senso Telecom to offer SMEs a white-label turnkey service and a full range of value-added features and innovative services including PBX features, web-based administration interface for multi-level management, role-based conferencing, unified messaging, auto-attendant, voicemail-to-email, boss-secretary filtering, call screening, call park and pick up, call barring, IVRs, Automatic Call Distribution, group hunting, free seating, as well as web-based self-service and client applications such as ‘XPad’.

Senso Telecom now offers a large range of offerings to meet market expectations:

SENSO Convergence – a comprehensive telecom and network solution allowing to regroup all your subscriptions in a single bill and benefit from fixe-mobile convergence in order not to lose any calls while away from the office.

SENSO CENTREX-IP – a flexible and scalable solution allowing SMEs to benefit from high level functionalities by combining the flexibility of VoiP and the performances of a telephone system hosted in the operator network.

SENSO PBX-IP – a solution designed for enterprises wishing to modernize their phone system, while enjoying an economical, efficient and scalable solution 

SENSO VoIP Access – a solution enabling to connect your PABX, too recent to be changed, to unlimited VoiP plans without changing your telecom infrastructure and employees habits. It offers the advantages of IP communications without requiring the enterprise to migrate to a hosted solution. This is an ideal first step to migrate smoothly to IP Centrex services.

Bertrand Pourcelot, Managing Director of Centile Telecom Applications says: "Alternative, innovative operators like Senso Telecom who have successfully launched their business with open source platforms, but now wish to accelerate growth and go up-market are ideal customers for our Istra SP solution. We are convinced that the rapid deployment of the Istra SP platform will allow Senso Telecom to quickly reach out to new customers for fixed-mobile unified communications services, consolidating Senso Telecom’s position in the market.”

Michel Sebis, Director of Sales and Marketing at Senso Telecom added: "We’re seeing continuing growth in our target markets of SMEs and mid-market multi-site enterprises, along with increasing demand for new value-added services. The Centile Istra SP platform delivers the agility, scalability and flexibility we need to meet the challenges of delivering high performance, cost-effective unified communications services to our customers.”,  

About Centile
Founded in 1998 in the technology centre of Sophia Antipolis on the Cote D'Azur in Southern France, Centile is the leading European developer of unified communications platforms for operators and enterprises. The Centile Any³ architecture – Any service, over Any network, on Any terminal – addresses the needs of businesses and operators seeking to deliver advanced professional communications services to fixed and mobile users independently of the device they’re using or the network they’re connected to.  In the fast-moving market for fixed and mobile communications, Centile Istra solutions offer customers the flexibility and agility to rapidly develop innovative new services in response to changing customer requirements. http://www.centile.com

About Senso Telecom
SENSO Telecom is a next generation telecom operator with its own portability codes and numbering resources. Senso Telecom addresses the telecom market from high-performance solutions for SOHO, SME and local government users with single- or multi-site operations (SIP-PBX, Centrex, VPN Internet and Mobile), to wholesale offers for local operators. http://www.senso-telecom.com. 

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Senso Telecom
Cécile Bachelot
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