Eurocom Uses Thomson's Cirpack SoftSwitches for Large Deployment of VoIP with Fixed Mobile Convergence in Lithuania
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Thomson's Cirpack SoftSwitches selected by Eurocom for Class 5, IP Centrex and PBX trunking with Fixed Mobile Convergence planned for early 2007
Paris September 19, 2006 - Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE; TMS) has deployed its first Cirpack SoftSwitches in Lithuania, with the launch today of Eurocom's nationwide VoIP offering for business and residential users. Eurocom, a mobile and fixed line operator, belongs to the VP group - the largest group of privately owned companies in the Baltics. Eurocom will be using Cirpack SoftSwitches to manage full class 5, IP Centrex and PBX trunking services, with plans to launch packaged fixed mobile convergence solutions in early 2007. This is the first project of this scale to be launched on the Lithuanian market.
French VoIP success stories are inspiration
Luidvikas Andriulis, Eurocom's CEO has been monitoring with interest the success models of alternative operators in France using Cirpack softswitches, who have collectively gained over 15 percent of the French voice market in less than three years. He commented "We believe VoIP will become a mass service in Lithuania. The success of Thomson's Cirpack projects with other operators all over Europe convinced us that the Cirpack MultiNode-B was the solution we needed to strongly challenge this difficult-to-crack market. Another reason for choosing Thomson is that we will be able to easily add advanced services such as Fixed-Mobile Convergence (where the Cirpack platform is already leading the way) and Triple Play, using Thomson's SmartVision IPTV platform. We have also called upon the expertise of partners such as Mediafon and Geka Communications to fully integrate the Cirpack SoftSwitch to both its core network and back office equipment."
Jean-Pierre Dumolard, General Manager, Thomson's Network Intelligence Solutions continued "Lithuania has a sophisticated communications market and Internet use is growing significantly. We believe we can help Eurocom to achieve their objectives and go still further, introducing new services at competitive prices over both fixed and mobile devices. Eurocom is Thomson's first Cirpack client in Lithuania and this reinforces the strong growth our solutions are enjoying in the Baltic states, such as our recent Fixed-Mobile Convergence launch with Estonian provider, Telegrupp."
About Eurocom
Established in 2001, Eurocom is the first and largest virtual operator in Baltic, providing mobile and fixed telecommunications services in Lithuania. Eurocom has over 75 000 prepaid, postpaid and fixed line subscribers and 35 million EUR in revenues (est. 2006). Eurocom is owned by VP Group, one of the largest companies in the Baltics. Eurocom was the first operator in the Baltics to launch a prepaid service tied to retail loyalty scheme, and one of the first to launch fixed line services based on SIP technology
About Thomson - World leader in digital video technologies
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems & equipment to help its Media & Entertainment clients - content creators, content distributors and users of its technology - realize their business goals and optimize their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. The Group is the preferred partner to the Media & Entertainment Industries through its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA, and Thomson brands. For more information: www.thomson.net.
Thomson's Network Intelligence Solutions (NIS), part of the company's systems division, is one of the leading suppliers of softswitch solutions and IPTV service delivery platforms enabling telecom operators to deploy broadband telephony, IP Centrex, Triple Play and Fixed-Mobile Convergence with a migration path to IMS/TISPAN architecture. CIRPACK softswitches deliver primary line telephony services on a large scale. SmartVision IPTV platforms offer rich video services over fixed and mobile networks. Both are closely integrated with Thomson's wide range of digital set-top boxes, phones, broadband modems and gateways for the easy delivery of unique user experiences. With over 80 telco customers in 30 countries, Thomson's NIS solutions are at the heart of the PSTN in Europe. For more information, please visit www.cirpack.com and www.thomson-broadband.com.
Press Relations
Joanna Pays (Thomson NIS - Cirpack)
+33 1 41 44 38 18
jpays@cirpack.com
