Optimum Lightpath Delivers First High-Definition Voice Service for Businesses
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Company Offers First IP-Based HD-Voice Over Dedicated Ethernet Service for Best Quality Calling
JERICHO, N.Y., June 4 -- Optimum Lightpath(SM), a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, today introduced the first HD-Voice service for mid-sized and large businesses, available June 2009. With its advanced Hosted Voice service, next-generation Cisco IP phones and state-of-the-art Ethernet-based fiber optic network, Optimum Lightpath enables smart businesses to enjoy the best quality voice calls to and from anyone within its business facilities.
Since HD Voice uses less bandwidth than standard G711 voice, it enables more bandwidth and improves IP transit. As a result, HD Voice provides greater efficiencies across all voice, data, Internet and video services running across Optimum Lightpath's Ethernet-based fiber optic network. HD Voice is available to New York metropolitan area businesses as part of Optimum Lightpath's Hosted Voice service, a complete customer-hosted voice and Internet solution delivered over a single connection. The service, which uses Cisco IP phones 7945 and 7965, delivers true HD voice quality.
"HD Voice demonstrates our commitment to innovation and continuous improvement of our services for smart businesses," said John Macario, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Management. "Understanding how smart technologies work together helps ensure the highest quality of service, a central focus of Optimum Lightpath and key enabler of the Smart Community of businesses."
With Optimum Lightpath HD Hosted Voice, businesses will benefit from advanced IP features while realizing significant savings and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over most competitive IP offerings. Existing Hosted Voice customers can contact Optimum Lightpath to learn how to take advantage of HD-Voice today.
Optimum Lightpath Hosted Voice service with dedicated Internet access gives businesses:
-- True simplicity: A high-performance, feature-rich phone system bundled with Internet and voice access, minutes of use, telephones, equipment and top-notch support for a single monthly charge.
-- Easy scalability: Ability to manage growth with a simple phone call to increase bandwidth and minutes or add users.
-- Proven reliability: Proven performance and sub-50 millisecond resiliency of Lightpath's Intelligent Enterprise Network.
-- Simple management: Installation, maintenance and management of all equipment and software by Optimum Lightpath and access to an easy-to-use Administrator Portal to make routine changes to extensions, user calling plans and more with little or no technical expertise.
"With the evolution of IP phones, we are now able to deliver HD-quality to businesses making intra-facility calls," said Steve Slattery, vice president and general manager, IP Communications, Cisco. "Optimum Lightpath goes above and beyond to deliver better quality, faster speeds and improved efficiencies and we are excited to be a part of its HD-Voice offering."
Optimum Lightpath's Voice Services portfolio also includes Lightpath Managed Voice, Lightpath IP Trunking and Lightpath Internet/Voice. To learn more about Optimum HD-Voice, a part of its Hosted Voice service, including features, benefits and more, please visit www.optimumlightpath.com.
About Optimum Lightpath
Optimum Lightpath(SM), a division of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC), is an industry leader in providing advanced Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice, video transport solutions and managed services to businesses across the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metropolitan area. Optimum Lightpath's Intelligent Enterprise Network is a highly reliable, resilient and scalable fiber-to-the-business-premises network extending more than 3,700 route miles and is connected to more than 3,000 buildings. Exclusively focused on meeting customer needs in the world's largest business market for 20 years, Optimum Lightpath has been continually recognized for its high level of customer service. For 10 straight years, the New York State Public Service Commission has given Optimum Lightpath its Commendation of Excellence. Optimum Lightpath has received many industry awards for innovation and leadership. For more information, visit www.optimumlightpath.com.
