MERA Extends Geographical Footprint, Designs New Technology and Maintains Leadership on Softswitch and Session Controller Market
January 21, 2006
MERA Systems Announces 2005 Milestones
Toronto, ON, Canada — January 21, 2006 — MERA Systems, a forefront supplier of VoIP Softswitches and SBCs for intelligent management of VoIP sessions, proudly reports its milestones for the year 2005, which include exponential growth and recognized leadership in the session controller and VoIP softswitch market, backed up with on-going development of new technology.
Over the past year MERA enjoyed a drastic expansion of its global presence including the emerging VoIP markets of Central Asia, Middle East and highly competitive markets of Asia-Pacific. In the North American and European markets the company demonstrated an almost 60 per cent increase of revenues. MERA achieved encouraging results in Russia & CIS as well. The company significantly expanded its presence in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Moldova and other CIS countries. A notable share of the region's VoIP traffic is being handled by MERA's solutions, with PTTs of Ukraine and Uzbekistan using MERA's Softswitches. In Russia, 8 of the top 10 telcos are operating and enhancing their VoIP networks with the help of MERA's VoIP softswitches. Over the past year, MERA's customer base has doubled and reached over 450 carriers and enterprises — more than any other session controller vendor can boast of. Globally, MERA's solutions run on all inhabited continents in more than 50 countries of the world.
MERA's flagship product, the award-winning MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch, is a carrier-grade VoIP Softswitch with SBC functionality that enables carriers and service providers to efficiently handle VoIP sessions and maintain business-critical levels of profitability, resiliency and security. In 2005, in recognition of its innovative technology and exponential growth, MERA's MVTS, received the Internet Telephony's Best of Show and Internet Telephony Excellence 2005 awards.
In 2005 a number of large-scale carriers in EMEA deployed MERA SIPrise, a new VoIP-based service creation and delivery platform. MERA SIPrise allows large-scale operators to design and quickly deploy customer-tailored applications for delivery of any kind of value added services that increase customer satisfaction and generate new streams of revenue.
Furthermore, in Quarter 4 of 2005 MERA announced a new generation of its VoIP Softswitch technology, designed specifically for comprehensive management of large-scale distributed VoIP networks that handle heavy loads of VoIP traffic. The new solution will provide carriers with enhanced policy routing and analytical tools and will help optimize business performance in today's highly competitive environment. Currently the system is being deployed by major carriers in Russia, Europe and Australia. Watch for updates!
"The year 2005 has demonstrated that VoIP market is still on the rise, and that carriers require more advanced technology to stay competitive," comments Konstantin Nikashov, CEO of MERA Systems. "We have provided our customers with highly sensitive and resilient solutions that enable high levels of operational efficiency along with profit-generating instruments. This year we will move further in this direction, giving carriers new ways to control and analyze their networks, as well as more opportunities to build and grow VoIP business."
About MERA Systems, Inc.
MERA Systems develops industry-leading IP Telephony products and solutions that enable VoIP carriers and service providers to efficiently manage VoIP sessions on their networks. The MERA solutions offer a powerful combination of efficiency, scalability and rich functionality, bringing added value and revenue-generating opportunities to carriers globally. To date, MERA is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective VoIP softswitches, has over 450 customer deployments in 50 countries of the world, and controls 70% of the VoIP Softswitch market in Russia & CIS countries and about 4% worldwide. For more information about MERA, visit its website at www.mera-systems.com
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