LINKSYS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS COMPLIANT WITH CENTILE'S INTRASWITCH
Successful completion of Centile's interoperability testing with the wide portfolio of Linksys CPE products allows businesses and residential users to enjoy IP telephony services.
Paris & Sophia Antipolis, France - 20
November 2007 - Linksys, a Division of Cisco, the
leading provider of VoIP, wireless and networking hardware for
the consumer and small business environments, and Centile,
the leading European enabler of next-generation SIP-based services
for converged fixed-mobile and multimedia applications, today
announce the compliancy of Linksys IP Phones and SPA-1001, SPA-2102
and PAP2T with Centile's IntraSwitch. The combination of Centile's
VoiP Applications platform and Linksys CPE (Customer Premises
Equipment) product portfolio create an attractive opportunity
for service providers to roll out competitive, feature-rich
VoiP services to their customers across EMEA.
"We are excited to support Centile's applications
with our product portfolio," said Ivar Beljaars, Technical
Solutions Manager for Linksys. "Customers are now able
to take advantage of the Linksys VoIP products with Centile's
value-added and innovative applications."
"This strategic combination
of Linksys products with our solution represents an excellent
addition to our family of leading third-party vendors," stated
Jose Ruiz, CEO for Centile. He added, "the supported
Linksys products enable our customers to offer best-of breed
VoiP CPE equipment to their end customer base, which give us
further competitive advantage and will certainly help accelerating
our worldwide market penetration."
The stylish and functional in design, Linksys
SIP-based IP Phone series are ideal for business and high-end
residential use. Combined with Centile's IntraSwitch it offers
excellent audio quality, a broad range of voice codecs, secure
remote provisioning and unobtrusive in-service software upgrades.
With hundreds of features and configurable service parameters,
Centile's IntraSwitch and Linksys IP Phones address the requirements
of traditional business and residential users, leveraging the
advantages of IP telephony. Features such as easy station moves,
presence, and shared line appearances are just some of advantages
of the Centile's IntraSwitch and the Linksys SIP handset combination.
Centile also supports Linksys SPA 1001, 2102 and PAP2T VoIP
adaptors. The combined solution enables enterprise end-users
to benefit from Centile IntraSwitch's next-generation features
and applications, while at the same time leveraging existing
handsets and infrastructure.
About Centile
Centile is the leading European enabler of next-generation SIP-based
services for converged Fixed-Mobile and multimedia applications,
and allows operators to offer unique value-added and cost-effective
new multimedia services to both the business and consumer markets.
Its pre-IMS VoIP applications platform, the IntraSwitch, provides
the scalability, reliability and manageability to support hundreds
of thousands of customers in a highly distributed and modular
architecture. The platform comes fully loaded with ready-to-market
service functionalities, which include Business Trunking, VoIP
VPN, IP Centrex, Hybrid IP Centrex, Mobile IP Centrex, Intra
Centrex, and Residential VoIP. Additionally, the platform offers
value-added Class 5 features that include CTI (Computer Telephony
Integration), a full Media Server with IVRs (Interactive Voice
Response), ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), Conferencing,
Presence Management, Instant Messaging, Free Seating, Multi-Terminal
and Video support. Additional information is available at
www.centile.com
About Linksys
Founded in 1988, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems,
Inc., (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the recognized global leader in Wireless,
VoIP and Ethernet networking for consumer, SOHO and small business
users. Linksys is dedicated to making networking easy and affordable
for its customers, offering innovative, award-winning products
that seamlessly integrate with a variety of devices and applications.
Linksys provides award-winning product support to its customers.
For more information please visit www.linksys.com
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