INdigital telecom selects Integral Access PurePacket™ Solution for Integrated Business Services

Integral Access system allows carriers to expand their markets and retain customers by enabling service differentiation to small and medium businesses.

Integral Access, Inc., the leading provider of Packet-based Access Networks today announced that INdigital telecom, an integrated communications carrier based in Fort Wayne, Indiana will use the PurePacket system to offer converged local access services including voice, data and Internet services to small and medium businesses in Indiana. INdigital will use the operations efficiencies of the packet-based PurePacket solution to offer a comprehensive set of competitively priced integrated communications services - including local, long distance, high speed Internet access and advanced network services to business customers in its markets.

INdigital selected the PurePacket system as part of their NG network architecture initiative, designed to support their explosive business growth by diversifying their service portfolio and increasing market penetration, in a manner that lowers network and operating costs and meets their demanding business metrics. PurePacket's multi-service and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation capabilities provide INdigital with service differentiation over traditional TDM based services. "PurePacket's IP based technology allows us to break the digital rules and offer more services over our access facilities than we could otherwise provision with traditional TDM access solutions" said Mark Grady, CEO of INdigital. "This, along with DS1 bonding capability and PurePacket's efficient operations management system makes PurePacket a breakthrough solution for the competitive integrated service offerings we provide for our customers".

The PurePacket system is an intelligent IP-based access solution that allows carriers to deliver a comprehensive set of converged services over a single multi-purpose network regardless of the last mile link available for reaching customers. To maximize the traffic carrying capacity of networks and increase revenue opportunities for carriers, PurePacket uses a label switched architecture to route, transport and switch voice, video, and data transmissions in packet format. PurePacket provides simultaneous support for domestic and international circuit-switch networks, global softswitch architectures as a line access gateway, and next generation digital loop carrier - facilitating the migration to an all softswitch architecture.

"We are excited to have INdigital telecom as a customer and we believe that our PurePacket solution will go a long way towards providing them with a competitive edge in their markets as well a strong base on which to build future services" said Jack Cicon, CEO and President of Integral Access.

PurePacket enables carriers to deliver all services over a single network using virtually any transport media including copper pairs, xDSL, leased lines, and fiber links. It is the only 100 percent packet-based solution that uses a label-switched architecture to place network intelligence at the customer premises, and make connectionless networks behave like their connection-oriented predecessors. PurePacket enables service providers to guarantee QoS for latency sensitive voice calls and video transmissions, dynamically allocate bandwidth between voice, video and data applications, and offer/bill for multiple classes of service. The PurePacket™ solution is comprised of a packet-based access aggregation platform (PurePacketNode), Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU) aggregation platform (PurePacketCompact), customer premises integrated access devices (PurePacketOUTburst) and an operations management system (PurePacketOMS). This enables service providers to offer traditional voice and data services to Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) and broadband residential services. Service Providers can generate revenues through new services at lower costs than traditional overlay solutions. PurePacket's open architecture supports 3rd party IADs (TDM and IP) and integration with network management systems through standards-based interfaces.

About INdigital telecom

INdigital telecom is an integrated communications carrier servicing small to medium businesses in Indiana with local, long distance, high speed Internet, email, domain management, advanced Network and commercial paging services. INdigital is owed by 10 independent telephone companies with deep Midwestern roots. INdigital is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. To contact INdigital, call 260-469-2010 our visit them on the web at www.indigital.net.

About Integral Access

Integral Access, Inc. provides a carrier-class, IP based multi-service access platform for delivery of converged voice and data. It is the only packet-based access platform to utilize an MPLS architecture to enable carriers to offer differentiated services and combine voice/data on next generation IP-based networks, as well as traditional circuit switched and ATM infrastructures. The company offers a complete access platform, which includes central office, campus, and in-building aggregation platforms; line access gateways, customer premises equipment; and an object-oriented operations management system for network control and services management. Integral Access is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, and is privately held. To contact Integral Access call +1-978-367-7510, visit us on the web at http://www.integralaccess.com, or write to info@integralaccess.com.

Note to editors:

PurePacketCompact, and PurePacketOMS are trademarks of Integral Access, Inc. PurePacket, OUTburst, PurePacketNode, PurePacketPower, Integral Access, and the Integral Access logo are registered trademarks of Integral Access, Inc. Sylantro is a registered trademark of Sylantro Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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