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U.S.
Cellular selects teleSys software to provide Enhanced
Network Services
MACH7-iSTP
Offers Wireless Telecommunication Solutions for Business
Customers
Burlingame, California
July 23, 2001
teleSys
Software, Inc. today announces that it has signed
a network services agreement with U.S. Cellular (AMEX:
USM) to deploy the MACH7-iSTP Gateway system -- a
high-speed SS7 signaling network. The system will
enhance U.S. Cellular's wireless office service and
provide its business customers with affordable, secure
network connectivity, while enabling the company to
take advantage of the efficiencies of an Internet
Protocol network.
Under the
agreement, U.S. Cellular will leverage teleSys' advanced
technology to provide its wireless office subscribers
with a single-phone, single-number system that services
as a wireless office phone on the enterprise telephone
network, while automatically connecting customers
to the external cellular network when outside the
office. The system will enable subscribers of this
service to make and receive calls in a building or
campus environment using all the features of their
office phones, such as call transfer and forwarding,
four- or five-digit dialing, and three-way calling.
Calls made or received within range of the system
will not incur per-minute airtime charges.
"The
new MACH7-iSTP Gateway system will enable U.S. Cellular
to expand its wireless telecommunication services,"
said Larry Sipovic, product development manager for
U.S. Cellular. "It will improve the level of
quality, support, and technology that we provide to
our business customers and create a more efficient
architecture for our network."
"We
are extremely pleased that U.S. Cellular has selected
the MACH7-iSTP Gateway system to enhance its network
services," said Bobby Bahl, CEO of teleSys Software.
"Our system's reliable, field-proven technology
will provide U.S. Cellular with the flexibility to
offer its customers new and enhanced wireless communication
applications."
About
U.S. Cellular
U.S.
Cellular Corporation, the nation's eighth largest
wireless service carrier, provides wireless service
to more than 3 million customers in 146 markets throughout
25 states. The Chicago-based company operates on a
customer satisfaction stragey, meeting customers'
needs by providing a comprehensive range of wireless
products and services, superior customer support and
a high quality network. U.S. Cellular is listed and
traded as USM on the American Stock Exchange. For
more information about U.S. Cellular, visit the company's
website at www.uscellular.com
About
teleSys Software
teleSys
is the premier provider of solutions for the next-generation
intelligent network, delivering open-systems software
and hardware. teleSys is a privately held corporation
based in Burlingame, CA, teleSys' products support
multiple protocol architectures and run on highly
available open-systems platforms. The company's products
change the reliability and availability paradigm by
delivering greater than 99.999% (5 nines) availability
in a software-based solution. teleSys has successfully
developed and integrated a set of network elements
that have been deployed in the networks of majoy wireless
carriers. For more information on teleSys, visit the
company's website at www.telesys.com
For
more information, contact:
Amit Chopra
teleSys Software, Inc.
(650) 692-2297
achopra@telesys.com
and
/or
Michele
M. Merrell
U.S. Cellular
(773) 399-4922
mmerrell@uscellular.com
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