Sylantro and Atreus Partner to Deliver Automated Provisioning and Activation for VoIP and Advanced IP Services

Sylantro and Atreus Partner to Deliver Automated
Provisioning and Activation for VoIP and Advanced IP Services

Leading ILEC Selects Joint Solution to Streamline Operations
and Speed Delivery of Business, Consumer and Wholesale VoIP Offerings

SUPERCOMM’05, June 6, 2005 — Atreus Systems™, the Service Fulfillment Experts for VoIP and advanced IP services, and Sylantro Systems Corporation, the carriers’ choice for hosted IP communications services, today announced a partnership to deliver scalable business, consumer and wholesale VoIP offerings for carriers and service providers worldwide. Atreus’ Service Fulfillment Solution and Sylantro’s applications feature server have been selected by a leading Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC), empowering the provider to speed time to market and lower operational costs by automating the activation and provisioning of feature-rich, hosted VoIP applications.

The integrated solution delivers pre-packaged support for an extensive library of advanced service offerings, enabling providers to streamline operational processes, simplify market trials and rapidly introduce compelling communications bundles via direct, reseller and partner channel portals. By extending self-provisioning and management to customers and partners, the joint solution empowers providers to deploy feature-rich VoIP bundles on demand, while reducing the time, cost and complexity of modifying features and adding new customers.

“Our carrier customers are demanding flexible solutions that will allow them to introduce and modify feature-rich services quickly, reliably and profitably," said Bernard Gutnick, Vice President of Product Marketing, Sylantro Systems. “We’re pleased to partner with Atreus as we are both strongly positioned to help carriers successfully scale their operations to rapidly develop and deploy differentiated IP offerings for business, residential and wholesale customers.”

“We’re proud to join forces with Sylantro and deliver a compelling solution that enables large and dynamic service providers to rapidly deploy and manage hosted VoIP and IP applications," said Len Castelli, Vice President of Business Development, Atreus Systems. "The joint solution empowers carriers to launch superior VoIP offerings while giving them the scalability to meet their rapid growth plans for converged voice, video and data services."

Carrier-Grade Solution Delivers Scalable, Feature-Rich IP Offerings
Sylantro Systems is the leading provider of hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications and consumer broadband applications via the company’s carrier-grade feature server. Sylantro’s products are successfully deployed around the globe with the widest market distribution in its product class. The Sylantro platform provides the telco-grade scalability, reliability, operability and regulatory compliance required for massively scalable carrier deployments to serve millions of users.

Pre-packaged with Atreus’ Service Fulfillment Solution, the Sylantro platform empowers providers to scale their business by removing barriers to provisioning and OSS issues that affect the rapid delivery of advanced offerings. The joint solution solves the VoIP delivery challenges of today, while positioning providers to meet their rapid growth plans with an industry-leading business, residential and wholesale service library that bundles everything from VoIP and collaboration, to digital media and desktop applications.

About Sylantro Systems Corp.
Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced IP Centrex and hosted communications services for business, residential, wireless and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as SBC, PTTs such as Swisscom, and next-generation service providers such as NuVox and Covad using the Sylantro platform. With a unique combination of advanced applications, a carrier-class platform, and proven go-to-market services, Sylantro allows service providers to rapidly deliver high-value, high-margin managed telephony services. These award-winning solutions offer business users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today’s in-house PBX and key systems, and give consumers new flexibility in their communications services. Sylantro is a privately held company backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™, the Service Fulfillment Experts for VoIP and advanced IP services, enables global communications providers to extend their existing systems to profitably deliver new services like Voice Over IP, Connectivity, Collaboration and Desktop Applications. Atreus Systems is the vendor of choice for the automated creation, provisioning and activation of new services. Leaders including SAIC, Telcordia and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) sell Atreus’ software to their customers worldwide. For more information, visit the company's web site at atreus-systems.com or call (North America).