Mitel Networks Teams with Atreus Systems to Offer High-Speed Internet Service to Hotels

Mitel Networks Teams with Atreus Systems to Offer
High-Speed Internet Service to Hotels

ORLANDO, FL , June 27, 2001 - Mitel Networks today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to form an alliance with Atreus Systems, Inc. a Santa Clara, CA-based innovator of broadband service creation and delivery platform. Under this agreement, Atreus' advanced Broadband Services Creation Platform will anchor Mitel's new Managed Broadband Services (MBS), enabling new revenues for hoteliers by providing high-speed internet, making guest and meeting rooms a secure, fast and easy extension of the business travelers' corporate LAN.

Selection of the Atreus platform follows an extensive search by Mitel to identify the most advanced solution available. Atreus' Broadband Service Creation platform combined with Mitel's MBS brings ultimate flexibility to the hotel front desk staff by allowing them to control the activation of Internet access, as well as differentiated web content and service fees by room, by floor, or by property. Another industry-leading Atreus capability is Routable IP Addressing, which, upon demand, assigns guests a unique Internet "address," allowing participation in online videoconferencing and Web-casting. To further bring the office into the guestroom, the Atreus platform allows guests to directly connect to their corporate LAN. And with Atreus' "click and print" capability, guests can instantly print to a local hotel printer - regardless of which printer driver is installed on their laptop.

"By using Atreus as part of our Managed Broadband Services offer we are able to provide an innovative and practical business model that addresses the needs of the industry, said Dayna Kully, Vice President, Hospitality Group, Mitel Networks. "This will enable hotels to attract new revenues, differentiate their services, and enhance customer loyalty."

For over 20 years Mitel has maintained a strong position of leadership in technology services and ongoing support for the hotel industry. This leadership is further built upon with the introduction of hospitality solutions that generate new revenue, reduce operational costs and increase employee productivity. With a strong migration strategy in place, Mitel allows hotels to migrate to a converged infrastructure on their own terms, providing a smooth, seamless transition.

"The alliance with Atreus is another indication of Mitel's long standing commitment to craft the solutions needed to fulfill the communications needs of the hospitality industry, including rapidly expanding IP broadband service needs," said Ron Westfall, senior analyst, Broadband Infrastructure for Current Analysis. "With the Atreus platform, Mitel will be able to offer its customers a scaleable platform that allows value-add services to be efficiently and rapidly deployed."

Mitel expects to finalize the Atreus agreement within the next 30 days.

About Mitel Networks
Mitel Networks is a leading provider of IP telephony solutions and a market-leader for voice, video and data convergence. The company creates advanced communication solutions and applications in the area of speech recognition, wireless mobility, unified messaging, and contact center solutions. Mitel Networks is committed to delivering integrated business solutions including hospitality, education, health care, government, retail and financial markets. The company supports its customers through offices and partners globally. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.mitel.com.

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™ is a leading developer of intelligent broadband service creation and delivery platforms for service providers and carriers. The company's proven software solutions enable service providers and carriers to increase profitability per customer by creating and delivering customized, bundled IP, application and content services over broadband networks. Atreus Systems delivers this through its Atreus xLINK™ product suite, which contains the power of xAuthority™, a policy-based central management platform; Atreus Service Drivers software plug-in modules; and its featuring a single login point for self-activating Atreus xPortal Software services.

Atreus Systems™, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a privately held company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms SOFTBANK Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, and Skypoint Capital. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.atreuscorp.com/index.htm or call .