Pac-West to Deliver Next-Generation Communications Services With VeriSign
12 Januar 2006 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
VeriSign Database and Signaling Services Combined With Pac-West IP
and PSTN Expertise to Create Turnkey Convergence Offering for VoIP
STOCKTON, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pac-West
Telecomm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACW), a leading provider of traditional and
next-generation voice communications services, today announced a
strategic alliance with VeriSign, Inc. to provide services that
enable communications providers to offer converged IP, voice and
data communications. By bundling VeriSign signaling and database
services with Pac-West's network, the companies can offer the
infrastructure elements needed to interconnect IP-based and
traditional public switched telephone networks (PSTN). VeriSign
will supply Pac-West with back office and database services
including Calling Party Name (CNAM), Local Number Portability
(LNP), SS7 and provisioning services. Pac-West will contribute
voice and data network services such as trunking, switching and IP
transport. The result will be a VoIP service bureau that features
LNP, E911, directory listings, customer ordering and service
interfaces with near real- time notifications combined with IP and
PSTN bearer and signaling networks for near real-time service
activation. "Working with Pac-West allows us to speed the
introduction of VoIP and next-generation services," said Bill
Wolfe, senior vice president, VeriSign Communications Services.
"Combining VeriSign's experience operating mission- critical
database and signaling services with Pac-West's services creates
reliable solutions that providers can use to compete in today's
rapidly changing communications market." "VeriSign is the ideal
partner to enhance our national expansion plans and strategy of
being a single source for converged solutions that VoIP, wireless,
broadband and other service providers are starting to offer," said
Hank Carabelli, Pac-West president and CEO. "VeriSign's intelligent
infrastructure services greatly expand the functionality and
scalability of our traditional and IP-enabling services, allowing
both companies to drive adoption of next- generation applications."
About Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. Pac-West is a provider of advanced
communications services that enable traditional and next-generation
providers, carriers, and service providers to efficiently design,
deploy, and deliver integrated communication solutions. Pac-West
has operations in California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Utah,
and Oregon, and has launched a planned national expansion. Founded
in 1980, Pac- West Telecomm, Inc. has been offering communication
services to its customers since 1982 and has been a leading
provider of wholesale services to Internet Service Providers. For
more information, visit http://www.pacwest.com/. NOTE: VeriSign and
other trademarks, service marks and logos are registered or
unregistered marks of VeriSign and its subsidiaries in the United
States and in foreign countries. VeriSign Forward Looking Statement
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and
information constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual
results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such
forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties
include, among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and
profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating
results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to
successfully develop and market new products and services and
customer acceptance of any new products or services, including
Jamster services; the possibility that VeriSign's announced new
services may not result in additional customers, profits or
revenues; and increased competition and pricing pressures. More
information about potential factors that could affect the company's
business and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the
company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2004 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no
obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after
the date of this press release. Pac-West Forward Looking Statement
In this press release, Pac-West's use of the words "outlook,"
"expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "forecast," "project,"
"likely," "objective," "plan," "designed," "goal," "target," and
similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking
statements. While these statements represent our current judgment
on what the future may hold, and we believe these judgments are
reasonable, actual results may differ materially due to numerous
important risk factors that are described in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the
SEC on March 30, 2005, which may be revised or supplemented in
subsequent reports filed by us with the SEC. Such risk factors
include, but are not limited to: our level of indebtedness; an
inability to generate sufficient cash to service our indebtedness;
regulatory and legal uncertainty with respect to intercarrier
compensation payments received by us; the migration to broadband
Internet access affecting dial-up Internet access; the loss of key
executive officers could negatively impact our business prospects;
an increase in our network expenses; migration of our enterprise
customer base to U.S. TelePacific Corp. occurring sooner or later
than contemplated; the possible delisting of our common shares from
the Nasdaq SmallCap Market; and our principal competitors for local
services and potential additional competitors have advantages that
may adversely affect our ability to compete with them. DATASOURCE:
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. CONTACT: John Amaya, +1-209-926-4195, or ,
or investor relations, Reid Cox, +1-209-926-3417, or , both of
Pac-West Web site: http://www.pacwest.com/
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