Birch Expands IP Network to Houston
Birch, recognized as the seventh fastest-growing private company in Atlanta, moves aggressively to bring the advantages of its IP network to businesses in Houston.
Atlanta, GA – July 30, 2010 - Birch Communications, a leading IP-based telecom and managed services provider for small and medium businesses, announced today that it has started the initial build-out of its IP network in the Houston, Texas metro area.
“Birch is expanding its IP network to provide more businesses in the Houston area fast, affordable broadband Internet, T1, PRI and integrated voice and data services,” said Allan Samson, chief marketing and sales officer for Birch. “Our bundled packages combine voice and internet for simply the best value in business communications services.”
According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle in its 2010 ranking, Birch was the seventh fastest-growing private company in Atlanta. "Our commitment to upgrade Birch’s network in Houston to an all IP-based architecture affirms the positive growth and profitability Birch has experienced in the past few years,” said Vincent Oddo, Birch chief executive officer. “It is also indicative of our continued commitment to growth and reinvestment of profits in strategic locations across the U.S.”
The Birch IP network is built with IP technology partners MetaSwitch and Zhone Technologies, recognized as premier, best-in-class IP equipment providers worldwide. “Birch has an unwavering commitment to bringing together the best, most reliable technologies to serve our business customers,” said Chris Aversano, Birch chief operating officer. “Birch’s IP network build-out demonstrates our commitment to serving our business customers’ ever-increasing demands for broadband communications services.”
This expansion in the Houston area is the latest step of Birch’s strategy to convert all of it’s networks to IP-based network technology. Birch has already completed the deployment of its IP-based network in many other major markets in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
About Birch Communications
Headquartered in Atlanta GA, Birch Communications is one of the largest IP-based telecommunications and managed services providers serving customers in 32 states in its southeast, southwest and midwest regions. Birch was the first in its class to deploy a private IP-Network utilizing soft switch technology to deliver innovative, high quality, affordable voice and broadband communications services to small and medium-sized business customers. Please visit www.birch.com for more information.
Contact:
Greg Corwin, Marketing Director
greg.corwin@birch.com
816.300.1686
About Metaswitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its MetaSphere applications suite enables a broad set of hosted IP communications services, while its core session control and media/signaling gateway products support a full range of Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities. Customers include many of the world’s leading operators of wireline, wireless and cable networks, with deployments that scale to millions of subscribers. For more information, please visit www.metaswitch.com.
About Zhone Technologies — Access for a Converging World
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global leader in multi-service access network (MSAN) solutions, serving more than 700 of the world's most innovative network operators. The company offers the industry's only fully-integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and Wi-Fi access technologies, enabling a full suite of services, including residential and business broadband, VoIP, and High-Definition IPTV. Zhone's converged multi-service access platform helps operators rapidly deploy premium services using copper, fiber, and wireless while improving network agility and reducing costs. For more information, please visit www.zhone.com.