Cedar Point Communications, Big River Telephone announce Hosted Advanced Communicatons Solutions

July 15, 2010 - PRLog -- DERRY, NH (July 15, 2010) – Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technologies for service providers, and Big River Telephone Company, a full-service telephone provider serving the United States, today announced that Big River Telephone is delivering wholesale communication services to service providers nationwide using Cedar Point solutions.

Big River Telephone is deploying Cedar Point’s SAFARI C³ Multimedia Switching System as part of a comprehensive communications offering that enables small to midsize service providers to rapidly generate new residential and business services revenues without increasing overhead.  At the same time, Big River Telephone will be able to leverage core capabilities of SAFARI C³ to expedite evolution to the new network architectures, which include PacketCable 2.0 and IMS that will define the next generation of communications services.

“Small and medium sized operators understand the financial value of communications services, but often find it challenging to assemble the resources and expertise necessary to deliver a high-quality product,” said Kevin Cantwell, President of Big River Telephone.  “By working together with Cedar Point, we are combining our own in-house expertise and the simplicity, reliability and cost-effectiveness of SAFARI C³ to enable operators to quickly deploy services that are superior to those of incumbent providers.”
   
“The ability of operators to incorporate communication services in bundles has emerged as a real driver of growth for the telecommunications industry,” said George Kassas, executive vice president, global sales and business development for Cedar Point Communications.  “For small and midsized operators who still have not tapped that market, Big River Telephone offers them the experience, customer care expertise, seamless provisioning and billing integration, technical capabilities and the innovative approach that optimizes the value of SAFARI C³’s rich feature set.”  Using Big River Telephone Company’s Technology Based Business Process Outsource  (TPO) platform, including 24x7 support, service provider partners can offer a branded triple-play bundle
of voice, video and data.  Big River provides market leading back-office infrastructure, including sophisticated billing systems network connectivity for the voice traffic, hosted IP services, support for operations and marketing, and technical support to deliver a fully operational communications service.  Big River also provides competitive products such as SIP Trunking, Teleconferencing, vFax, Find Me Follow Me and Sim Ring to help partners win in the marketplace. Cedar Point’s innovative approach to telephony services has driven the deployment of more than six and a half million voice lines for customers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. Through its flagship products – the SafariFusion Application Platform and the SAFARI C³ Multimedia Switching System – the company supports residential and business services by a diverse customer base that includes Cable System Operators, CLECs, Wireless Operators and Universities.  

About Big River Telephone
Big River Telephone Company (www.bigrivertelephone.com) is a full-service telecommunications company that operates across the United States, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.  Big River Telephone is one of the oldest competitive telephone companies in the United States.  Founded in 1983 as a long distance carrier, Big River Telephone has evolved over the years into one of the premier Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) in the United States.  In addition to being a successful CLEC, Big River Telephone is one of the market leaders in delivering wholesale Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP). For more information visit http://www.bigrivertelephone.com.


About Cedar Point Communications
Cedar Point Communications’ integrated switching platform enables the scalable, simplified and cost-effective delivery of VoIP and multimedia communication services for service providers and network operators. Designed to provide superior performance and reliability, while increasing network integrity, security and privacy, Cedar Point’s products support a full range of carrier-class telecommunications, including legacy circuit, NCS, SIP-based and PC 2.0/IMS voice services. The company is based in Derry, NH with its European headquarters in Meersburg, Germany. For more information, please visit www.cedarpointcom.com.

CONTACT:  
Paul Schneider, PSPR, Inc.
+1.215.702.9784 (Office)
+1.215.817.4384 (Mobile)
pspr@att.net  

and/or  

Brad Garlich
Big River Telephone
Marketing Director
+1.314.225.2691 (Office/Mobile)
bgarlich@bigrivertelephone.com

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Big River Telephone Company is a full service telecommunications provider serving customers for over 20 years. Big River Telephone has grown to be one of the largest locally owned carriers in the Midwest.