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RCN Launches New Starpower Internet Phone Service, Expanding Telecom Services With VoIP Technology
2008-01-14
Starpower Internet Phone Service Uses deltathree's Hosted Consumer VoIP
Solution RCN Will Target A Broader Base In & Around Its Service Area; Providing
Choice For All Potential Customers Who Have A High Speed Data Connection From
Any Provider
HERNDON, Va. & NEW YORK, Jan 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RCN Corporation
(NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of video, data, and voice services to
residential, business, and commercial/carrier customers, announced today the
launch of its new Starpower Internet Phone Service. RCN's Starpower Internet
Phone Service is powered by the Hosted Consumer VoIP Solution of deltathree,
Inc. (NASDAQ: DDDC), a leading provider of SIP-based VoIP solutions for service
providers and consumers worldwide.
RCN's Starpower Internet Phone Service is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
solution that provides new competitive choice for phone users who may not be on
the RCN network or within its service area, but who have a high-speed data
connection from a broadband service provider. The service is an ideal option for
consumers who only have mobile phone service but would like an Internet phone
for a second line, fax, home office, or as an alternative to traditional
service. Starpower will supplement RCN's reliable, circuit-switched and digital
phone service using VoIP last mile, which will expand RCN's broadbased marketing
capabilities.
"We are excited to offer the Starpower Internet Phone Service and its advanced
VoIP features. We now have a solution for potential customers who often contact
our call center or visit our website wanting service from RCN," said RCN
President and CEO Peter Aquino. "By extending our footprint to new zones beyond
our hard-wired routes, new customers will be able to connect to another RCN
product through Starpower. We will also have an up-sale opportunity for existing
customers who may be interested in Starpower's conveniences as an add-on to
their RCN high-speed data service."
The Starpower Internet Phone Service includes a variety of features, such as
enhanced call forward; find me (simultaneous ring); online access to voicemail;
as well as enhanced 911 and directory assistance (411). Customers may keep their
existing phone number by transferring it to the Starpower service, or they can
receive a new phone number from most U.S. area codes, independent of their
geographic location. The online Member Center allows customers to manage their
account, customize their service, and access their calling records and voicemail
messages. They can even place a call with a few taps on the keyboard.
Starpower's unlimited domestic calling plans cover calling anywhere within the
U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Customers will save even
more with great international rates when calling overseas.
The Hosted Consumer VoIP Solution of deltathree provides RCN with a complete
VoIP platform, including various components such as billing, eCommerce, fraud
management, soft-switch applications, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
configuration and network management.
"We are proud to partner with RCN, allowing them to expand coverage, especially
in areas that overlap with incumbent telephone companies and franchised cable
providers," stated Gary Coben, deltathree's Director, Hosted Consumer VoIP. "We
enable telecommunications and cable service providers to build new revenue
streams by offering a consumer VoIP product with quick time to market and no
capital investments."
"We look forward to working with deltathree to offer the most advanced VoIP
features and technology. Our Starpower Internet Phone Service is a great way to
reach new homes that are presently just outside our footprint," said RCN
Director of Product and Technology Bryan Laird. "Additionally, Starpower enables
RCN to reach a broader base of customers interested in economical global calling
services leveraging the inroads in the market RCN has already made with its
existing MiTeléfono calling plan."
The Starpower Internet Phone Service offers an unlimited monthly plan starting
at $24.95, with an option to bundle it with other services, including RCN's
MiTeléfono calling plan to receive additional savings for calling to Latin
America and Spain. As part of an introductory promotion, RCN is also offering
the first month free to its new Starpower customers who sign up for the
Unlimited Monthly plan with or without the MiTeléfono bundle. RCN also offers
the option of an unlimited annual plan for greater savings over the year. RCN
offers customers a 30-day money-back guarantee on all its Starpower service
plans.
To learn more about RCN's Starpower Internet Phone Service, visit
www.starpower.net or call
1-877-STARPOWER.
About RCN Corporation
RCN Corporation, www.rcn.com , is one of the
largest facilities-based competitive providers of bundled cable, high-speed
internet and phone services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to
residential, small business and commercial customers in the most densely
populated markets in the U.S. RCN provides service in the Boston, Chicago,
Eastern Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan markets. One
of its divisions, RCN Business Services provides bulk video, high-capacity data
and voice services to small and medium business customers. While its other
commercial division, RCN Metro Optical Networks, is dedicated to meeting the
fiber-based network requirements of Enterprise, Wholesale Telecom and Government
accounts. (RCNI-G)
About deltathree
Founded in 1996, deltathree, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony services, products, hosted solutions and
infrastructure. deltathree offers high quality Internet telephony solutions that
are viable and cost-effective alternatives to traditional telephone services.
Supporting tens of thousands of active users around the world, deltathree serves
customers through its two primary distribution channels: the Service Provider /
Reseller channel and the direct-to-consumer channel. deltathree's advanced
solutions offer service providers and resellers a full spectrum of private label
VoIP products and services, as well as a back-office suite of services.
Utilizing advanced Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology, deltathree
provides all the components to support a complete VoIP service deployment.
deltathree's Consumer Group consists of the award-winning iConnectHere
direct-to-consumer offering and joip, the newly formed consumer brand that
powers the VoIP service of Panasonic's GLOBARANGE hybrid phone.
For more information about deltathree please visit our website:
www.deltathree.com
RCN
Richard Ramlall, 703-434-8430
SVP of Strategic and External Affairs
publicrelations@rcn.net
Michael Houghton, 703-799-7383
Communicreate
mike.houghton@rcn.net
deltathree, Inc.
Media Relations:
Tatiana Kirkbride, 212-500-4866
pr@deltathree.com
Investor Relations:
The Global Consulting Group
Erik Knettel, 646-284-9415
ir@deltathree.com
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