Ericsson and MIND announce IP telephony interoperability
Ericsson and MIND announce IP telephony interoperability Ericsson announced today at VON Helsinki (Voice on the Net) that Ericsson's IP TM Telephony (IPT) solution and the MIND - iPhonEX Internet Telephony Billing system product family are interoperable. The ability to integrate billing functionality and IP telephony platforms is a cornerstone to offering new value-added services. The MIND collaboration puts Ericsson at the forefront again in bringing leading-edge technology to Internet players. "MIND is proud to announce our VoIP product integration with Ericsson, a leading provider of IP telephony solutions," said Zeev Braude, MIND Vice President of product line management. "We see this cooperation as an important industry advance benefiting both IP telephony providers and Enterprise customers." "MIND has demonstrated its ability to develop and deploy a full breadth of billing and management tools for VoIP gateways," said Karen Cook-Hellberg, senior product manager for Ericsson. "MIND's iPhonEX billing and customer management software combined with Ericsson's industry leading IP telephony platform, provide ITSPs, carriers and corporations with a complete VoIP and billing solution." ITSPs (Internet telephony service providers) and leading telcos worldwide have chosen MIND Internet Telephony Billing systems, including Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Telia Light. With Ericsson's leading carrier-class infrastructure solutions, carriers can guarantee toll-quality voice across a service provider's network. Ericsson's IPT platform is deployed in more than 40 countries and has one of the largest installed bases of any IP telephony solution. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Antoinette Torell, Ericsson Corporate Communications Phone: +46 70 519 3699; E-mail: Antoinette.Torell@lme.ericsson.se Barbara Boyle, Ericsson Datacom Inc. Phone: +1 972-583-5481; E-mail: barbara.boyle@ericsson.com About MIND MIND, the market leader for VoIP billing solutions, supplies the telecom industry with software for billing and management. With over one hundred customers worldwide, MIND has the largest install base in IP Telephony Billing. MIND-iPhonEX deploys a carrier grade billing system supporting millions of customers, that provides a scalable, highly reliable solution. For information on MIND and its products visit the company web site: http://www.mindcti.com