Hughes Network Systems Europe and Net2Phone Announce VoIP via Satellite Service
February 08 2005 - 7:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Hughes Network Systems Europe and Net2Phone Announce VoIP via
Satellite Service Integrated, Bandwidth Efficient VoIP Service Is
Now Available for HNSE Customers Throughout Europe and the Middle
East GERMANTOWN, Md., Feb 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems
Europe (HNSE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems,
Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite
solutions, and Net2Phone, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTOP), a leading provider of
retail Voice over IP (VoIP) services, today announced that they
have agreed to offer an integrated VoIP service to DIRECWAY(R)
broadband satellite customers throughout Europe and the Middle
East. The integrated Net2Phone VoIP capability is enabled through
HNS' advanced DW6040 Voice Appliance terminal operating over its
DIRECWAY satellite service. The jointly developed VoIP capability
allocates prioritization to voice packets over data traffic,
thereby significantly improving the quality of service over
competitor's products and services. With this agreement, all of HNS
Europe's DIRECWAY customers can take advantage of Net2Phone's high-
quality, competitively priced, international long-distance service.
"By working in partnership with Net2Phone, we are now able to bring
DIRECWAY customers a single solution for high-quality data and
voice services," said Bernhard Baer, vice president of sales and
marketing for HNS Europe. "This service also provides our European
DIRECWAY value-added service providers with an attractively priced,
value-added option to generate additional revenue and enhance
overall customer satisfaction." This innovative service offering
opens up a new channel of opportunities for both companies. The
integration provides HNSE with an effective telephony overlay for
its existing DIRECWAY services and illustrates HNSE's commitment to
continually enhance its DIRECWAY offerings and provide additional
value to its customers. For Net2Phone, offering high-quality VoIP
over satellite demonstrates market leadership and initiative while
expanding Net2Phone's service offerings via HNS Europe's robust
sales channels. "Net2Phone's core competency has always been to
layer voice over data networks. Satellite, especially in
conjunction with HNS Europe, the leading provider of satellite
network services in Europe, extends the boundaries of
communications in data networks through the addition of voice, and
we are excited to blaze that trail together," said Uri
Schechterman, general manager and vice president of sales for
Net2Phone, EMEA. "Now both HNSE and Net2Phone can deliver a very
dynamic product offering that is complementary to each of their
existing product lines." About Net2Phone Net2Phone (NASDAQ:NTOP)
provides VoIP, PacketCable, SIP, and wireless solutions around the
world. As leaders in service providers with turn-key hosted VoIP
telephony services, Net2Phone has routed billions of retail VoIP
minutes globally, servicing more than 100,000 users in the U.S., as
well as hundreds of thousands more overseas. Net2Phone's hosted SIP
platform provides partners with residential broadband telephony,
calling cards, prefix dialing, and enterprise services in over 100
countries. Net2Phone's PacketCable platform provides cable
operators with the ability to deliver a primary line replacement
service with guaranteed QoS and features such as E911. For more
information about Net2Phone's products and services, please visit
http://www.net2phone.com/. About Hughes Network Systems Europe
Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE) is Hughes Network Systems,
Inc.'s (HNS) operating and sales organization for the European
market. HNSE has facilities in Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany,
and the Czech Republic. Utilizing its satellite hub earth stations
and network operations centers in Griesheim, Germany and Milton
Keynes, U.K., HNSE provides DIRECWAY(R) broadband satellite
services throughout the continent, both directly and through a
growing family of value-added service providers. HNSE designs,
develops, installs and maintains a wide variety of enterprise
network solutions such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Business
Continuity/Backup Services, Corporate Video and Audio Broadcasting,
In-store Video Advertising/Point-of-Sale TV, Interactive Training
and Distance Learning, Streaming Content, and IP Multicast
Services. HNSE is the leading provider in Europe of high-speed,
broadband Internet access and intranet/extranet managed solutions
to enterprises of any size and a leading provider of broadband
connectivity to Wi-Fi hot spots. Its customer base spans all major
market sectors, including oil and gas, retail, automotive, banking,
restaurants and governments, with more than 40,000 terminals
ordered or shipped. For more information or to find a contact for
your region, please visit http://www.hnseu.com/. About Hughes
Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), a wholly owned
subsidiary of The DIRECTV Group, Inc., is the world's leading
provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses
and consumers, with more than 800,000 systems ordered or shipped to
customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of
high-speed satellite Internet access services, which it markets
globally under the DIRECWAY(R) brand. Headquartered outside
Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales
and support offices worldwide. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV)
is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is
approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. For
additional information, please visit http://www.hns.com/. HUGHES,
Hughes Network Systems, and DIRECWAY are trademarks of The DIRECTV
Group, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. DATASOURCE: Hughes Network Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Judy
Blake of Hughes Network Systems, +1-301-601-7330, , or Leslie
Tullio of Brodeur, +1-202-775-2672, , for Hughes Network Systems
Web site: http://www.hns.com/ http://www.hnseu.com/
http://www.net2phone.com/
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