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PRESS For Immediate Release News Release: 11 April 2007 Centile enables Level Four to offer value-added VoIP services to the Residential market in the Netherlands Level Four launched Basic4Call, a service using the Centile Intraswitch, to roll out Residential VoIP services through major distributor channels in the Netherlands. Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE, April 11, 2007 - Centile, the leading European VoIP Application Software vendor today announced that Level Four, a Dutch telecom service provider, has successfully launched Basic4Call, a new residential VoIP service based on the Centile Intraswitch. Level Four selected Centile's IntraSwitch in June 2006 for the delivery of value-added VoIP services to the residential market in Holland. After a successful trial and soft launch Level Four launched the Basic4Call VoIP service in December 2006. Consumers are now able to buy the Basic4Call box for a small fee from some 900 stores in the country and benefit from high-value bundled VoIP services at a flat monthly fee. All Basic4Call packages include voice mail, conferencing, anonymous/distinctive ringing, Call Waiting, and free calls to Basic4Call community members. Level Four has signed agreements with major retail organizations in the Netherlands for the commercialization of its Basic4Call VoIP service dedicated to the consumer market. Peter J. Grotenhuis, CEO of Level Four commented: "The Dutch VoiP market in Holland is continuing its strong growth. 85% of the households in Holland have broadband connection. One of the reasons we selected Centile's Residential VoiP platform is that it is already a field proven solution with deployments throughout Europe. Furthermore, the solution's feature richness enables us to stay ahead of competition and allows residential customers to benefit from value-added and innovative features while making significant savings on their monthly telephone and internet bills." The commercialization of the Basic4Call product is very successful in Holland and we will continue to grow our customer base through retail outlets. We expect to connect 10 000 households before the end of year 2007". "Centile welcomes Level Four's decision to join the growing number of Services Providers using the Intraswitch and whishes them success in the Netherlands" says Jose Ruiz, COO of Centile. "We trust that the feature richness, the reliability and scalability of the Centile's Intraswitch will give Level Four the competitive advantage they need to address the very demanding Dutch consumer market". Notes to Editors About Centile Centile is a leading 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, and Video support. Additional information is available at http://www.centile.com. About Level Four Level Four is a telecom provider with a complete service packet of infrastructures (DSL and ADSL), as well as fixed and mobile telephony. The Company was set up in 2006 by Peter Grotenhuis. Level Four has its own Carrier Pre-Select code 1614, where users can simply be connected onto the Level Four network. The Company has its own switch where the outgoing calls can be easily connected worldwide onto networks of other providers. Level Four is working together with more than 30 worldwide operating telecommunication providers, thus enabling to offer optimal tariffs. Additional information is available at http://www.levelfour.nl. For further information contact: Karine De Moraes MarCom Manager Centile Tel : +33 4 97 231 265 Email:pr@centile.com |
