XOP Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of
Value Added Service platforms that provide Audio Conferencing, Web
Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Enhanced Firebar (emergency conferencing), Voice
Mail, Mass Notification (emergency alerting), and other applications, announced
today that American Broadband, a local phone company in Blair, Nebraska has
successfully added XOP Networks’ Mass Notification
Application to its Universal
Services Node (USN) based Firebar Conferencing system.
American Broadband will
use the Mass Notification application to quickly disseminate emergency and
non-emergency information for its customers in various industries. The phone
company will also use Mass Notification facility to notify its retail customers
of special situations including issues which may impact their service.
XOP
Networks’ feature rich Mass Notification Application is designed to send multi-modal
messages to virtually any number of people during emergency and non-emergency
situations. These messages can be sent as voice, email, or SMS text at the
choice of the operator.
Mitchell Sick, Internet Services Manager at American Broadband in Blair,
Nebraska said “The software upgrade required for adding the Mass Notification
application took less than ten minutes. We appreciate having the USN in our
network and look forward to enabling additional services available on it as the
time goes on”.
“The USN
is a multi-application VAS platform. Its modular architecture allows
applications to be added to the base platform as and when needed. This approach
has allowed American Broadband to add Mass Notification capability to its existing
USN that was originally shipped in 2008 equipped with the Firebar
Conferencing Application”, said Doug Jacobs, VP Sales and
Marketing, XOP Networks.
“The unique value proposition of the USN is its ability to support
multiple applications on the same platform. This approach allows an operator to
maximize its CapEx and OpEx”, said Sudhir Gupta, XOP Networks’ CEO.
About American Broadband
American Broadband
provides rural
With customer care centers located
in Blair, Wayne and Tekamah, its team of customer service specialists and
technicians is ready to assist residential and business customers in the
communities it serves.
For more information about American Broadband,
visit its website at www.abbnebraska.com.
About XOP Networks
Beginning in 2003, XOP Networks embarked on developing a next generation
IP based service and application platform. Realizing this vision, we shipped
our first product, a Digital Collaboration Bridge (DCB) in 2004. A DCB combines
rich Audio Conferencing with Desktop sharing, Document sharing and White
boarding, thus creating a collaborative experience for the end users.
Leveraging the success of the DCB, the product portfolio was expanded in 2005
to include the Group Alerting and Conferencing Server (GACS). The GACS allows
mass notification messages to be dispatched over a variety of communications
networks, while it brings an organization's brain trust into a quick audio
conference. Year 2006 saw the addition of the enhanced Voice Mail Server (VMS)
to the product line. In 2007 XOP Networks launched its Universal Service Node
(USN) which offers multiple value added services on one platform. In 2008, we
added support for Hoot and Holler conferencing over TDM and VoIP networks on
our USN platform. In 2009 we introduced Ring down Firebar Conference (RFCS)
that allows a conference to be set up simply by lifting a handset on an analog
or IP phone. Several other enhancements were introduced including support for
Secure conferencing, SMS driven instant-conferencing, Group SMS and Voice SMS
capabilities. In 2010 the product line was further hardened for use in defense
networks and received the coveted JITC certification from the US Department of
Defense.
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, XOP Networks was founded in 2002 and is
backed by a seasoned management team. Deployed at multiple Fortune 100
companies, CLEC/IOC customers, Government organizations, DoD networks (Air
Force, Army and Navy) XOP Networks' products allow customers to improve
employee productivity, increase business efficiency and enhance emergency
communications. Having both legacy and VoIP interfaces, XOP products allow
customers to seamlessly transition their value added services from legacy
circuit switched networks to VoIP based packet switched networks.
For more information about XOP Networks, visit its website at www.xopnetworks.com.
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Doug Jacobs
XOP Networks
Fax: 972-590-0215
