CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- SnowShore Networks, innovators in IP enhanced communications infrastructure, and NextGen, Japan's preeminent provider of "Everything over IP" networks, today announced SnowShore's selection for trials within two leading Pacific Rim carriers. The two companies also announced their entry into a distribution agreement naming SnowShore as NextGen's sole supplier of media servers. With a projected goal of deploying over $1 million US in media services infrastructure over the next year and $5 million in the second year, NextGen will use SnowShore's N20 Media Server to power key business and consumer services such as IP Centrex, Virtual Call Center and Intelligent Dialing applications. SnowShore CEO and co-founder Joel Hughes noted: "As developers of the world's most successful tandem bypass network and a driving force in the emergence of enhanced services networks throughout the Pacific Rim, NextGen is distinctly respected. Its `Everything over Internet Protocol (EoIP)' strategy and architecture is firmly grounded in open standards such as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), making SnowShore's powerful SIP-based media processing technology a strong fit within the NextGen EoIP Service Infrastructure. We are truly honored by our selection and are happy to join the NextGen and Nissho family."The SnowShore N20 was selected by NextGen for its scalability, wire speed media processing performance and open and flexible SIP-based architecture.NextGen CEO Yoshiaki Ueyama commented: "SnowShore's powerful and scalable media servers will help ensure the premium performance, scalability and feature richness that will drive new generations of carrier-class IP converged services and our ongoing leadership in service innovation."SnowShore Networks NextGen Inc. (under construction)