Backbone Provider to Enhance and Extend Its RSVP Dial-Up Internet Access
Service to Businesses Across the Country
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ --
Electric Lightwave Inc., (Nasdaq: ELIX) a broadband integrated communications
provider, today announced the implementation of Digiquant's (formerly Belle
Systems) Internet Management System (IMS) to enhance Electric Lightwave's
Remote Systems Virtual Portal(SM) (RSVP) dial-up Internet access service
nationwide.
A global provider of service management, billing, and customer care
solutions for telecommunications companies and next-generation service
providers, Digiquant's IMS platform expands Electric Lightwave's existing
number of ports, extending its coverage to more geographic areas. IMS also
gives Electric Lightwave the ability to offer static IP addressing for its
customers, allowing Electric Lightwave's customers to provide a
custom-tailored Internet experience for their end-users.
"We provide additional value to our business customers by providing more
flexible billing options for our RSVP service via the IMS platform," said
Adam Schrage, vice president of Marketing for Electric Lightwave. "For
example, we can offer our customers a variety of billing options -- by port,
by user, and soon, by minute."
Selecting Digiquant's IMS has created long-term value for
Electric Lightwave and its customers. IMS features a call control management
system with port and IP pool servers as well as a feature-rich platform that
not only paves the way for this phase of growth, but allows the company to
easily scale its systems again in the near future.
"The ability to scale IP networks cost-effectively is a critical success
factor for bandwidth providers," said Andreas Schenck, general manager of
Digiquant's Americas headquarters. "We built IMS specifically to address this
concern. What makes IMS' design so unique is that our open, distributed
architecture coupled with our port management capability delivers superior
performance without costly infrastructure or the delays associated with custom
software development."
Ultimately IMS provides Electric Lightwave's customers with greater
network stability and availability. IMS also enhances Electric Lightwave's
ability to meet the evolving needs of its customers in today's IP marketplace
as well as create new revenue streams from its existing RSVP service.
Schrage added, "IMS gives us the opportunity to think about our RSVP
product in ways we had not envisioned before."
About Digiquant A/S, formerly Belle Systems A/S
Digiquant is a global provider of service management, billing and customer
care solutions that enable telecommunications companies and next generation
service providers to manage and account for all aspects of their service
offerings. As its primary product, Digiquant develops and markets Internet
Management System (IMS).
IMS is the strategic choice for providers of existing and next-generation
services whose goals are to introduce new products quickly. IMS is a highly
distributed and massively scalable multi-service platform that handles any
aspect of a service, including authentication, mediation, service activation,
rating, billing, and customer care.
Digiquant is a privately held company with investment funding from market
leader Cisco Systems Inc. and IT venture capitalists
General Atlantic Partners, Index Ventures, and Vertex Management. Its global
headquarters is located in Denmark, with affiliate headquarters in the US,
Asia Pacific, and EMEA. Digiquant has also established a presence in
Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Spain,
Sweden and the UK, and employs more than 400 people worldwide. More
information available at: http://www.digiquant.com.
About Electric Lightwave
Electric Lightwave Inc. is a broadband integrated communications provider
of Internet, data, voice and dedicated access services to
communications-intensive businesses and the growing online business community.
The company owns and operates a nationally acclaimed Internet and data network
as well as high-speed fiber optic networks that interconnect major markets in
the West. Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., the company employs 1,156 and
generated revenues of $187 million in 1999, up 85 percent from 1998.
Additional information about Electric Lightwave is located on the Web at
http://www.eli.net. The company is 86 percent owned by Citizens Communications
(NYSE: CZN; CZNPr).
SOURCE Electric Lightwave, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Enid Lamey of Electric Lightwave, Inc.,
360-816-4682, or elamey@eli.net; or Robert Hobbs of Digiquant
Inc., formerly Belle Systems Inc., 770-206-4629, or
rhobbs@digiquant.com, or Jes Bo Hansen of Digiquant A/S, formerly
Belle Systems A/S, 45-70-12 2500, or jbhansen@digiquant.com
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