AT&T intros a series of new features for its global IP VPN and VOIP capabilities

December 15, 2004

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BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- AT&T today announced that it is strengthening its industry leadership in both Virtual Private Networking (VPN) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services through a series of new and improved features.

The company is introducing new capabilities including a real-time "hoot and holler" conference calling feature to create a conference bridge with IP multicasting technology to connect as many end points as needed, anywhere a customer wants, at any time, and an "automatic ring down" feature that enables two phones to be instantly connected just by lifting the handset. These applications have been particularly well-received by the financial services industry, where there is a high demand for instant connectivity among multiple users. AT&T is also providing new Voice over VPN customers with free off-net calling (those calls terminating outside a company's VPN) to all U.S. and non-U.S. locations for 60 days*.

Leveraging the company's industry leadership position, key features of this global VPN offer include:

  • support for a wide array of premises equipment including classicdigital and analog Public Branch Exchanges (PBXs), as well as next generation IP PBXs;

  • the industry's first voice quality service level commitment that isboth VoIP-specific and International Telecommunication Union standards-based;

  • a wide array of customer reports delivered via AT&T'sBusinessDirect® portal, including in-depth call detail and summary reports;

  • greater flexibility and effectiveness of call center employeesthrough advanced routing features;

  • dynamic real-time bandwidth allocation/prioritization, allowingcustomers to optimize their converged voice and data traffic flows;

  • in-region, in-language, global customer support, and

  • unified billing for customers' voice and data services.



"AT&T's Voice over VPN offer is a great way for multi-national companies to maximize the value of their virtual private networks and their inherent security, by unlocking the productivity benefits of VoIP," said Cathy Martine, AT&T's senior vice president of Internet Telephony. "AT&T's goal is to provide businesses with 'customer-defined VPNs' built the way they want with the applications, such as voice, they need."

AT&T Corp.

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