LDTeleCom Opts for VocalData's Application Server To Provide Hosted PBX Capabilities to Latin American Customer Base

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers     SUPERCOMM 2003     Booth #11731

    ATLANTA--(<a href=www.businesswire.com>BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003--

Global Capabilities and Security Features Key Factors Driving the VOISS(TM) Solution Selection     VocalData Inc., an application developer of hosted IP telephony services, today announced that LDTeleCom, a next generation service provider for the Latin American market, has selected its VOISS(TM) application server to provide hosted PBX services to its customers in the U.S., Venezuela, Peru, Argentina and Spain.     LDTeleCom provides international and long distance VoIP to 3,500 residential and business customers, with a focus on shared tenant environments. By adding hosted PBX capabilities to its service portfolio, LDTeleCom will be able to offer additional, higher-margin services to its existing customers.     "After researching solutions from a variety of vendors for the past two years, LDTeleCom has determined that VocalData's VOISS application server is the ideal choice due to its flexible multi-language support and the VOISS Proxy Firewall's ability to terminate VoIP traffic behind firewalls," said Carlos Lahrssen, president and CEO, LDTeleCom. "It was really amazing to see how I could travel anywhere with my IP phone and receive calls through any LAN, without reconfiguration or firewall problems. VocalData's IP telephony solution is truly plug and play, which will translate to easier installation and administration for LDTeleCom."     VocalData's multi-language capabilities include a modular support structure for the web portal, which enables rapid translation of the language resource file into the customer's preferred language. Web portals are GUI web-based applications, which allow users to link communications capabilities with desktop directories and call logs, allowing for, click to dial and unprecedented end-user control over telephone preferences, with features such as find me/follow me. In addition to the Spanish required for LDTeleCom, VocalData customers are using web portals in a variety of languages, including Japanese and French.     "We've seen strong support for hosted IP telephony among service providers in Asia and the U.S., and it's exciting to see the evolving value proposition for Latin American service providers as well," said Mark Whittier, vice president of corporate marketing, VocalData. "LDTeleCom is now extending its success from long distance VoIP into local VoIP, which represents a huge opportunity for them."

    About LDTeleCom

    LDTeleCom is a next generation carrier with POPs in the USA, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, and Spain. It is a licensed international carrier in all of the countries in its service regions, and is licensed for local service in most of its service region. LDTeleCom has over 3500 customers and manages a virtual communication network reaching over 200 countries.

    About VocalData

    VocalData, Inc. provides an integrated suite of hosted IP telephony applications that enable service providers to reliably and cost-effectively deliver voice-over-IP solutions. VocalData's award-winning VOISS solution is a comprehensive set of hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications that delivers higher value telephony services to business customers, while reducing the costs associated with traditional PBX telephony systems. Through VocalData's broad customer and partner base, there are more than 35,000 VOISS lines today. VocalData was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas. For more information, visit www.vocaldata.com.

    VOISS is a trademark of VocalData, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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SOURCE: VocalData Inc.