Siemens Selects Mediatrix

MONTREAL -- Mediatrix Telecom, Inc., a leader in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) access technology, today announced that Siemens Communications selected Mediatrix to deploy its residential VoIP solution in Switzerland. Siemens will use Mediatrix residential gateways in its SURPASS solution for next-generation IP telephony, allowing Swiss telecommunications provider SOLPA to roll out high-quality broadband residential telephony services throughout its local service provider supply chain.

Mediatrix residential gateways prove one more time to be an ideal choice for service providers who wish to immediately deploy high-value IP telephony services while allowing their home end-users to simultaneously place phone calls, send/receive faxes and surf the net using one single broadband connection. In addition, Mediatrix residential gateway requires little end-user intervention, as it is auto-configurable, remotely manageable and upgradeable.

"Mediatrix has been closely working with Siemens over the past years to seamlessly integrate our technologies and products into their solutions", said Stefano Genoni, Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Europe, Middle East and Africa, for Mediatrix. "This strategic relationship is moving one step up as we are extending our offering to address the VoIP residential market with our breakthrough gateways. Indeed, combined with Siemens leading edge IP-enabled platforms, our VoIP access devices allow Siemens to provide a complete VoIP solution to telecommunications players such as Swiss-based SOLPA."

"Mediatrix has been aggressively addressing the booming European VoIP market and this agreement with leading telecommunications partner Siemens represents a key milestone in our geographical expansion strategy", added Mr. Genoni.

Mediatrix Telecom Inc.

Siemens Communications Inc.