Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI Earns Four Diamonds in Cable Technology Awards Program

Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI Earns Four Diamonds in Cable Technology Awards Program

DERRY, N.H., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedar Point Communications, the leader in integrated packet-based voice and multimedia switching technologies for the cable telecommunications industry, today announced that its SAFARI C(Cubed) Multimedia Switching System was among the top recipients in the Broadband Gear Report Diamond Technology Awards.

SAFARI C(Cubed), the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP switch designed for the cable industry, earned Four Diamonds from Broadband Gear Report's panel of industry experts. Products were entered in six categories: VoIP Solutions; On-Demand and High-Definition Video; The Digital Home; Network Management and OSS; Advanced Networking Solutions; and Outside Plant.

"Our goal throughout the development of SAFARI C(Cubed) has been to meet the industry's needs for a simple, cost-effective, scalable voice switching system," said Andy Paff, president and CEO of Cedar Point Communications. "We're grateful to the staff of Broadband Gear Report and their panelists for their recognition of the value that SAFARI C(Cubed) brings to cable system operators."

"This is an extremely solid score," said Tim Hermes, publisher of Broadband Gear Report. "Our Review Panel pulled no punches with their product evaluation, and the SAFARI C(Cubed) product has certainly captured the respect of these industry leaders."

"Inaugural Awards programs will always have very high standards," said Laura Hamilton, editor of Broadband Gear Report and a 15-year cable industry technical journalist. "This product not only 'made the grade,' but received high marks."

SAFARI C(Cubed) incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the components that make up the PacketCable(TM) voice switching infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase, maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management Servers, Media Gateways, Record Keeping Servers, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways, Ethernet Switches and CALEA servers.

Designed to accommodate not only current voice switching needs but also the anticipated migration to video telephony and multimedia services, the PacketCable(TM)-qualified SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy.

About Broadband Gear Report

Broadband Gear Report is a Hermes Media & Research publication. BGR is a bi-weekly product alert service written with the goal of helping the broadband engineering manager learn about the hardware, software, and services available to help them improve the performance and profitability of their local, regional or nationwide systems. Launched in June 2004, BGR has grown to over 6,000 active subscribers internationally, with over 40 supporting vendors. You can see and learn more by visiting http://www.broadbandgear.net/.

About Hermes Media & Research

Tim Hermes is an 11-year cable industry publishing veteran. As Publisher of Communications Technology magazine from 1998 - 2004, he launched over a dozen publications, awards and events in the broadband communications sector, including: The Broadband Leaders Retreat, CT's PIPELINE, CT's Readers Choice Awards, CT's Operator of the Year, CT's WebEvents, and created a custom internal newsletter for a leading MSO.

About Cedar Point Communications

Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated voice and multimedia switches provide cable system operators with cost-efficient, less complex voice-over-IP alternatives to distributed soft-switching cable telephony options. Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Multimedia Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)-qualified, Carrier Class Cable (C "Cubed") solution that supports legacy circuit and PacketCable(TM) voice services, as well as video telephony and non-traditional SIP-based devices. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com/.

CableLabs(R) and PacketCable(TM) are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Source: Cedar Point Communications

CONTACT: Paul Schneider, PSPR, Inc., +1-215-702-9784, or +1-215-817-4384
(Mobile), pspr@att.net, for Cedar Point Communications

Web site: http://www.broadbandgear.net/

Web site: http://www.cedarpointcom.com/

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