David Montanaro Joins Pactolus Board of Directors
USA Datanet CEO Brings Strong VoIP Service Provider Experience to the Table
Westborough, MA and Syracuse, NY -- March 1, 2005 -- Pactolus Communications Software Corporation, a leading provider of SIP-based IP voice services, today announced that David Montanaro, president and chief executive officer of USA Datanet, has joined the Pactolus Board of Directors. USA Datanet is a leading provider of IP-enabled voice, Internet access and broadband telephony services for the residential, commercial and wholesale markets.
"We are extremely pleased to have David join our Board of Directors," said Paul Blondin, Chairman and CEO of Pactolus. "We are at a significant growth stage in the history of our company when input from a strong contributor to the industry such as David can provide the critical business guidance we need. USA Datanet has one of the most advanced communication networks in the industry, and we are pleased to be a part of helping to assure that their excellent end-user reputation for delivering high quality services continues with their roll-out of broadband telephony services."
"Pactolus and USA Datanet have enjoyed a close and extremely fruitful development relationship over the past two years," said David Montanaro, "highlighted by USA Datanet becoming the first provider to deploy Pactolus' SIP-based application environment for residential broadband telephony services last year. The value of this relationship continues to grow stronger as USA Datanet extends its VoIP network operating experience and expertise into the commercial and wholesale delivery of residential broadband telephony using Pactolus software."
About Pactolus Communications Software
Pactolus Communications Software Corporation (www.pactolus.com ) is the leading provider of SIP-based IP voice services for today's networks with over 1 billion minutes of monthly network capacity installed in carrier networks worldwide. The company is the first to bring sophisticated, third-party call control capabilities to SIP-based networks. Pactolus offers the industry's broadest suite of commercially proven, turnkey IP voice services that can be customized for deployment in any SIP-enabled carrier network called SIPwareTM Services. These services include primary line broadband telephony (VoIP), audio conferencing, voice messaging, prepaid and post paid calling card, and SCE-built applications, built upon the RapidFLEXTM Application Server. Pactolus is a venture funded, privately held company headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
About USA Datanet
USA Datanet is a leading provider of IP-enabled voice, Internet access and broadband telephony services. Founded in 1998, the company has designed and developed an advanced, next-generation SIP-based network with the capacity, scalability and flexibility required to meet the rigorous demands of the rapidly growing VoIP telephony market. During the past six years, USA Datanet has utilized this network to establish and grow a successful, consistently profitable voice and data communications business that today that has registered more than 485,000 residential and small business customers across the United States. USA Datanet is currently leveraging its IP network services expertise and best in class in-house customer service to offer of a full range of broadband telephony products and services to both residential and commercial/wholesale customer markets. For more information about the company, visit www.usadatanet.com .
For more information, contact:
Pactolus Communications Software Corp.
Ken Osowski(508) 616-0900 x328
keno@pactolus.com