FASTWEB Selects CTI Squared InTouch Platform for Value-Added Messaging Services

FASTWEB Selects CTI Squared InTouch Platform for Value-Added Messaging Services

3GSM - CANNES, France, February 10/PRNewswire/ -- CTI Squared (CTI2), a leading developer and provider of
communications and messaging solutions for carriers and service providers,
today announced that Italian telecommunications provider FASTWEB - Italy's
largest alternative broadband telecommunications operator and the first
player worldwide to develop an all IP network for Triple Play service
delivery (voice, data, video) - is using CTI Squared's InTouch platform as
the basis for an advanced voicemail and unified messaging services.


CTI Squared is providing FASTWEB with next generation Voicemail and
Unified Messaging capabilities, including a TV client for messaging via
interactive TV (iTV) and a Web client. FASTWEB, a successful Triple-Player
provider with 500,000 subscribers, has already rolled out the InTouch
services to business and residential customers.


The iTV interface is unique as it provides mailbox monitoring while
watching TV. The subscriber is alerted by on-line notification of the
mailbox status when a new message arrives. Then, by a click of a button on
the TV remote control, the subscriber may surf the mailbox and listening to
the selected message.


"We selected InTouch because it meets all our needs for a scalable,
robust messaging solution that will continue to support emerging services
over the long-term," said Guido Garrone, CTO at FASTWEB. "CTI Squared was
very responsive in offering an innovative, cost-effective solution
customized to our requirements."


InTouch combines a wide range of value added service capabilities
within a single open, telco-grade, IP and standards based platform. This
enables FASTWEB to offer selected services to specific customer groups, and
to easily add third-party applications and new services. InTouch's unique
architecture ensures seamless integration with existing systems and
applications and provides a robust infrastructure for future enhanced
services.


Erez Marom, CEO of CTI Squared commented: "As one of the more
innovative providers of broadband communication services in Europe, FASTWEB
is considered a market trendsetter. Its selection and successful rollout of
the advanced voicemail and unified messaging services proves the value of
our Next Generation messaging services availability and our capability for
cooperation with system integrators."


About FASTWEB


FASTWEB is the main alternative Italian operator for broadband
telecommunication services, currently present in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Turin,
Naples, Bologna, Venezia-Mestre, Padua, Biella, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bari
and Alessandria with a network that spreads out over more than 12,000 km.
Thanks to the use of a technological model that is unique worldwide and
that brings together the extensive use of the Internet Protocol for the
transmission of voice, data and video and fiber optic cable and xdsl
technology, FASTWEB can offer integrated services covering fixed telephony,
fast Internet and television to residential clients, while for business it
provides advanced competitive services to all segments of the market - the
public administration, large, medium and small size enterprises,
professional offices, and the retail sector. For more information, please
visit FASTWEB's website at www.FASTWEB.it.


About CTI Squared


CTI Squared is a leading provider of advanced messaging and
conferencing solutions for Mobile carriers, Fixed-line carriers, Broadband
operators, Cable operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and
Application Service Providers (ASPs). CTI Squared's flagship offering is
InTouch, an open, IP and Standards-based Next Generation Messaging and
Conferencing Platform. Combining a comprehensive suite of advanced services
in a single platform, InTouch is deployed by service providers worldwide.
Founded in 1996, CTI Squared is privately owned. The Company employs a
large team of technicians and programmers to continuously develop in-house
best of breed messaging and conferencing solutions using the most advanced
technologies. CTI Squared provides comprehensive solutions by partnering
with leading integration and support providers worldwide, including HP
(NYSE, NASDAQ: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and others. For more information,
please visit the CTI Squared Web site at www.cti2.com.




FASTWEB Press Office
Simona Geroldi
Tel.: +39-02-4545-4350
Fax: +39-02-4545-2366

CTI Squared Press Office
Alon Livne
Tel: +972-9-960-5200
Email: alon.livne@cti2.com



Source: Cti2 Ltd

For further information: FASTWEB Press Office, Simona Geroldi, Tel.: +39-02-4545-4350, Fax: +39-02-4545-2366, CTI Squared Press Office, Alon Livne, Tel: +972-9-960-5200 Email: alon.livne@cti2.com


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