Pac-West to Expand Its Network and Services Nationwide10 October 2005
Pac-West Telecomm,
Inc. (Nasdaq: PACW), a provider of traditional and next-generation voice
communications services in the Western U.S., today announced the first phase
of a planned national expansion, beginning in early 2006, to offer its full
suite of Voice over Internet (VoIP) and Internet access enabling services in
36 major metropolitan markets, covering more than 50% of the U.S. population.
This planned expansion will provide a nationwide, single source solution
targeted at VoIP Providers, Wireless Broadband Providers, Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), Carriers and other Next Generation Service Providers to
provide IP-based services. Pac-West's service offering will include the
services and network supplier diversity required by ISPs to provide dial-up
Internet access, as well as a comprehensive suite of services enabling VoIP
providers to offer carrier class voice services. These services include local
telephone numbers, connectivity to the Public Switched Telephone Network
(PSTN), as well as access to industry telephone databases to provide services
such as E911, 411, and local number portability (LNP). Pac-West is also in
partnership discussions to expand the functionality and scalability of its
services to appeal to new VoIP entrants.
"We are expanding our carrier network and database services to serve a
tremendous market need for a high quality, national, single source platform
that seamlessly bridges the PSTN and the Internet," said Hank Carabelli,
Pac-West's President and CEO. "Our customers have encouraged us to expand our
current services beyond our existing six state coverage area to enhance their
ability to serve their end users. Pac-West is in a unique position to do so by
leveraging the same national infrastructure to serve the needs of both our
large ISP customer base as well as our growing VoIP, broadband wireless
service provider and carrier customer base. Advancements in soft-switch
technology, as well as our unique and efficient SuperPop architecture, enable
us to expand nationally in a very cost effective manner. We believe we will be
providing a superior solution which will greatly enhance the quality and
adoption of VoIP."
The initial phase of Pac-West's planned nationwide solution will allow
customers to provide communications services to an addressable market of more
than 150 million end users across 36 major metropolitan markets. Pac-West
intends to further expand this coverage area subsequent to this initial
launch, creating the most comprehensive, single source solution available to
VoIP providers and ISPs.
Larry Hettick, Vice President of Telecom Services at Current Analysis,
commented, "The VoIP market is experiencing double-digit growth. With the
recent entry of non-traditional providers, this growth will accelerate even
further. As these providers offer VoIP-based services there is an increased
need for experienced telephony service providers like Pac-West to provide
switching and access gateways to the Public Switched Telephone Network. VoIP
network suppliers also must address more than connectivity -- meeting end-user
requirements like E911, 411, and support of local number portability are
critical to success. Pac-West's regional experience and current service
portfolio will help them compete as they grow into a nationwide wholesale
supplier and give retail VoIP service providers a credible, nationwide
alternative."
Pac-West has a 25-year track record of delivering superior communications
services to its customers across one of the most comprehensive and reliable
networks in the Western U.S. In California, where the company is
headquartered, Pac-West offers service providers local access coverage
blanketing virtually the entire state.
The planned national expansion is the next step in the company's strategy
to enable any company to become a custom phone company. In September of 2004,
Pac-West announced the release of its PSTN On Ramp service providing a bridge
to the PSTN for VoIP providers. In February of 2005, Pac-West announced the
release of its VoiceSource(SM) service which added a series of databasing
capabilities to provide a single source for the key components required to
deliver IP-based local phone service. In March of 2005, Pac-West announced the
strategic divestiture of its enterprise customer base to focus on bridging the
PSTN and the Internet to enable anyone to become a phone company. Pac-West's
planned national expansion extends these capabilities, providing a single
source, national solution.
Pac-West today also launched a new web site and a marketing campaign to
support its planned national expansion. To learn more about Pac-West's planned
nationwide rollout and service offerings, visit http://www.pacwest.com or call
800-772-9378.
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.
Currently, Pac-West has operations in California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona,
Utah, and Oregon. 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
In this press release, our 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.
Source: PR Newswire
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