Time Warner Telecom Launches VoIP-Based
Business Solutions Over Metro Ethernet
— Leverages the Company's industry-leading metro Ethernet platform
— First services available in 21 markets; works with existing customer
PBX equipment
— VoIP VPN delivers unlimited long distance for all business customers,
site to site
MIAMI—February 23, 2005—Time Warner Telecom (NASDAQ: TWTC),
a leading provider of managed voice and data networking solutions for businesses,
today announced its VoIP-based business solutions strategy and new service
offerings at the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo in Miami.
Time Warner Telecom is launching its business-class VoIP solution suite,
called TW Telecom ONE SOLUTION, to business customers in 21 initial
markets. These services are now available in: Atlanta; Albuquerque,
N.M.; Austin, Texas; Binghamton, N.Y.; Charlotte, N.C.; Cincinnati; Columbus,
Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Greensboro, N.C.; Indianapolis; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee;
Minneapolis; New York City; Orlando, Fla.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh, N.C.;
San Antonio, Texas; San Diego; Tampa, Fla. Other Time Warner Telecom
markets will have TW Telecom ONE SOLUTION business-class VoIP-based
solutions available later this year.
"Our strategic approach to this technology may differ slightly from
other service providers, but it is consistent with how we have built our
networks, solutions and customer care for businesses," said Michael
A. Rouleau, senior vice president – Strategy and Business Development
for Time Warner Telecom. "Our strategy is to layer VoIP-based
business-class solutions on our robust metro Ethernet platform. This
leverages our network strengths and relationships with customers to meet
their mission-critical voice needs. Our industry leadership position
in data and IP enables new applications, like VoIP-based services, that
work on time, all the time.
"The burning question in the minds of customers is not, what technology, but
what solution, will help me win in a very competitive marketplace?
How the industry takes technologies, like VoIP, and crafts them into real
solutions that deliver real benefits for customers, is what separates the
contenders from the pretenders. As more and more businesses converge
their voice and data networks, aligning with the right service provider
is becoming even more critical," Rouleau added.
The first phase of VoIP-based products offered under TW Telecom ONE
SOLUTION, provides solutions for PBX customers. These products
include: a VoIP trunking solution; an IP FX virtual numbering service;
and a conferencing solution. In concert with this VoIP-based business
strategy launch, Time Warner Telecom is offering free VoIP VPN service
to all its site-to-site customers in the 44 markets it serves.
"These VoIP-based products can integrate quickly and seamlessly
over our packet infrastructure," said Rouleau. "This
gives customers the ability to converge their disparate voice and data
networks onto one common access infrastructure."
These product solutions improve the flexibility of a customer's
voice network, while lowering its overall network and support costs by
as much as 40 percent.
TW Telecom ONE SOLUTION delivers the convergence, simplicity, scalability
and flexibility that enterprises demand of a carrier-class VoIP provider. This
translates into bottom-line efficiencies and cost savings for businesses
today and a platform for next generation services tomorrow.
Analysts have called Time Warner Telecom's metro Ethernet solutions
suite one of the most comprehensive and competitive in the industry with
market leadership position in network reach and breadth of services offered. Since
early 2003, Time Warner Telecom has delivered its metro Ethernet services,
called Native LAN, to more than 1,250 of its medium and large customers.
"Our business is about delivering one network…one voice…one
solution to customers," Rouleau added.
About Time Warner Telecom
Time Warner Telecom Inc., headquartered in Littleton, Colo., is a leading
provider of managed voice and data networking solutions to a wide array
of businesses and organizations. One of the country's premier competitive
telecom carriers, Time Warner Telecom integrates data, dedicated Internet
access, and local and long distance voice services for long distance carriers,
wireless communications companies, incumbent local exchange carriers, and
enterprises doing business in healthcare, finance, higher education, manufacturing,
and hospitality industries, as well as for military and state and local
government organizations. Time Warner Telecom serves the needs of businesses
in 22 states and 44 U.S. metropolitan areas that require telecommunications
intensive services. Please visit www.twtelecom.com for
more information. |
