-- HTC continues its commitment to providing the most reliable
communications services possible at the best possible value providing a
complete, integrated bundle of voice, video and cable to its customers in
South Carolina. HTC delivers service over approximately 85,000 access lines
to its customers in Horry and Georgetown counties;
-- GVTC has evolved into a comprehensive communications provider with
offerings that go well beyond residential and business telephone service.
As the largest telephone cooperative in Texas, its service area spans 2,000
square miles and eleven counties, and includes over 32,000 members with
approximately 42,000 access lines.
"MetaSwitch understands what it takes for carriers to be successful in
today's markets and since inception we've helped over 250 services
providers deliver higher-value services to their customers," said Mike
Ward, senior vice president of sales at MetaSwitch. "MetaSwitch will
continue to bring best-in-class solutions to market that can be fully
leveraged by carriers deploying millions or thousands of lines, ensuring
that each carrier has the tools it needs to successfully compete for
business in an increasingly savvy marketplace."
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications
solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely
deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server
platform supports a full range of Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified
communications services. Based on open standards including IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS), MetaSwitch solutions scale from a few hundred to millions
of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers
include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as
operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a
division of Data Connection, a consistently profitable and privately held
telecom technology provider. For more information, please visit
www.metaswitch.com.
About HTC
HTC, Inc. is the nation's largest telephone cooperative and the 25th
largest telephone company. Founded in 1952, HTC celebrates over 55 years
of service to the community as a local communications leader. HTC offers
local telephone service, long distance, Digital Wireless, Digital Cable,
High-Speed Internet Access, and advanced Business Services such as Remote
Recovery Services, Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN)
design, firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) security. HTC
Communications, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HTC, Inc., offers local
telephone service in the city of Conway, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach,
Little River, Pawleys Island and the city of Georgetown. A full menu of
communications services are available from HTC Communications including,
local telephone service, long distance, Digital Wireless, Digital Cable and
High-Speed Internet access. HTC also provides Fiber to the Home
technology called HTC Bluewave, a state-of-the-art fiber optic network that
delivers unparalleled bandwidth for extremely high-speed Internet access
and data transmittal, 100% digital cable TV video, and traditional voice
service through a single delivery point to a customer's home.
About GVTC
GVTC was formed as a telephone cooperative in 1951 to provide phone service
to rural residents of Central and South Texas. Today, it provides a wide
range of services to more than 32,000 members in 11 counties across an area
that covers approximately 2,000 square miles. GVTC offers high-speed
broadband Internet technology, digital cable TV, digital phone service and
home security monitoring. It was the first telecommunications entity to
provide Fiber-to-the-Home technology in South Texas. More information may
be found on GVTC's newly redesigned website: www.gvtc.com.
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and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are
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Copyright © 2007 Data Connection Limited
Contact Information: Contact: Carol Daniels MetaSwitch +1 (510) 589-5074 chd@metaswitch.com Steve Polilli Connect2 Communications +1 (919) 554 3532 x3 steve@connect2comm.com